Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Future Cardiology
ISSN 1479-6678 · eISSN 1744-8298 · Future Medicine Ltd.
Future Cardiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 116 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 151 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Future Cardiology is published by Future Medicine Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, together about 24.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine9.6%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.8%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine7.3%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine6%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine5.9%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine5.8%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine4.9%
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular DiseasesMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Q3 | 240/409 | 41st |
| Molecular Medicine | Q4 | 152/179 | 15th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 450OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.99%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 113LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,936 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 86 | 78 | 1,079 |
| 2025 | 151 | 148 | 1,489 |
| 2024 | 102 | 97 | 1,494 |
| 2023 | 85 | 25 | 1,546 |
| 2022 | 79 | 20 | 1,591 |
| 2021 | 92 | 26 | 1,520 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
116 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 151 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 127 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (258 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Future Medicine Ltd.
- ISSN
- 1479-6678
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-8298
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Future Cardiology
What CAS zone is Future Cardiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Future Cardiology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Future Cardiology?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 116 days (interquartile range 94–151 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Future Cardiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Future Cardiology is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Future Cardiology open access, and what is the APC?
Future Cardiology is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .