Journal profile · Peripheral Vascular Disease
Heart and Vessels
ISSN 0910-8327 · eISSN 1615-2573 · Springer Japan · JAPAN · Bimonthly · Founded 1985
Heart and Vessels: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.45; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 76 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 137 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Heart and Vessels is published by Springer Japan 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 Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Heart and Vessels is an English-language journal that provides a forum oforiginal ideas, excellent methods, and fascinating techniques on cardiovasculardisease fields. All papers submitted for publication are evaluatedonly with regard to scientific quality and relevance to the heart and vessels.Contributions from those engaged in practical medicine, as well as fromthose involved in basic research, are welcomed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Peripheral Vascular Disease
Editor-in-chief Nobuhisa HagiwaraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Japan 70, United States 10, Germany 4, Italy 3, Mainland China 2 (102 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine10.7%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine9.6%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine7.4%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine7.2%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine6.5%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine6.2%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine5.2%
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 | Peripheral Vascular Disease | 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 | Peripheral Vascular Disease | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Peripheral Vascular Disease | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 1.45LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,859OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 22.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 91LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 414,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,174 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 109 | 21 | 32 |
| 2025 | 137 | 44 | 154 |
| 2024 | 160 | 38 | 442 |
| 2023 | 124 | 38 | 655 |
| 2022 | 221 | 62 | 1,401 |
| 2021 | 262 | 63 | 1,888 |
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
76 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 31 days – 118 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 100 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (294 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 4,190 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- review articles not invited by the journal editors
Article types accepted5
- graphic reportsArticles may be in the form of Original articles (Clinical investigation / Basic science) Short communications, Graphic reports, Letters, and Invited reviews.Length not stated
- invited reviewsArticles may be in the form of Original articles (Clinical investigation / Basic science) Short communications, Graphic reports, Letters, and Invited reviews. O…Length not stated
- lettersArticles may be in the form of Original articles (Clinical investigation / Basic science) Short communications, Graphic reports, Letters, and Invited reviews.Length not stated
- original articles (clinical investigation / basic science)Articles may be in the form of Original articles (Clinical investigation / Basic science) Short communications, Graphic reports, Letters, and Invited reviews.Length not stated
- short communicationsArticles may be in the form of Original articles (Clinical investigation / Basic science) Short communications, Graphic reports, Letters, and Invited reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
Authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could have direct or potential influence or impart bias on the work. Although an author may not feel there is any conflict, disclosure of relationships and interests provides a more complete and transparent process, leading to an accurate and objective assessment of the work. Awareness of a real or perceived conflicts of interest is a persp…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data transparency; data/materials/software should support published claims Model summary
All authors are requested to make sure that all data and materials as well as software application or custom code support their published claims and comply with field standards. Please note that journals may have individual policies on (sharing) research data in concordance with disciplinary norms and expectations.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member; follows COPE guidelines on misconduct Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Heart and Vessels, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Authors may suggest/exclude reviewers Model summary
Authors are welcome to suggest suitable reviewers and/or request the exclusion of certain individuals when they submit their manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0910-8327
- Electronic ISSN
- 1615-2573
- Society / sponsor
- Sakakibara Heart Foundation
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Heart and Vessels
What CAS zone is Heart and Vessels in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Heart and Vessels is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems / Peripheral Vascular Disease. 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 Vessels?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.45; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at Heart and Vessels?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 76 days (interquartile range 31–118 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Heart and Vessels?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Heart and Vessels based?
Of the 102 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (70), United States (10) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Heart and Vessels?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Heart and Vessels is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Heart and Vessels open access, and what is the APC?
Heart and Vessels is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,790.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .