Journal profile · Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Heart and Mind
ISSN 2468-6476 · eISSN 2468-6484 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Bimonthly
Heart and Mind: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.9 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 109 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 72 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Heart and Mind is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena, together about 39.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Psychology-Clinical Psychology
Editor-in-chief Lin LuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Health and Mental HealthMedicine21.5%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine12.5%
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated PhenomenaMedicine5.5%
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyMedicine5.3%
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19Medicine4.5%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology3.7%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine3.7%
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience3.5%
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 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | 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 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS · rank 95/237
- JCR Q2 · PSYCHIATRY · rank 119/293
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 425 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 10 |
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | 136 |
| 2024 | 67 | 67 | 313 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 237 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | 296 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 104 |
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
109 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 55 days – 151 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 44 days (89 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 159 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (109 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 2468-6476
- Electronic ISSN
- 2468-6484
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Heart and Mind
What CAS zone is Heart and Mind in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Heart and Mind is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems / Psychiatry. 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.
What is the impact factor of Heart and Mind?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at Heart and Mind?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 109 days (interquartile range 55–151 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 weeks. 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.
What JCR quartile is Heart and Mind in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS Q2 (95/237), PSYCHIATRY Q2 (119/293). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Heart and Mind?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Heart and Mind is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Heart and Mind open access, and what is the APC?
Heart and Mind is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .