Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Heart Failure Clinics
ISSN 1551-7136 · eISSN 2374-9334 · Elsevier Inc. · UNITED STATES
Heart Failure Clinics: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.32; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,680; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Heart Failure Clinics is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, together about 37.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Heart failure is quickly becoming the most pressing health problem in the United States. Heart Failure Clinics provides practical, concise and easy-to-read coverage that encompasses everything you need to know about the current literature. Topics include acute decompensated heart failure, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, ventricular dysfunction, comorbidities of heart failure, diastolic dysfunction, genetic evaluation, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and surgery/transplantation. Heart Failure Clinics publishes four times per year, in January, April, July, and October.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine15.3%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine15.1%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine6.7%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine5.6%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine5.5%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering4.3%
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin StudiesMedicine4.2%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
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)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.32LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 553OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,585 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 76 | 12 | 66 |
| 2024 | 73 | 12 | 141 |
| 2023 | 69 | 20 | 268 |
| 2022 | 73 | 27 | 665 |
| 2021 | 85 | 16 | 1,137 |
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.
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 2,680 / EUR 2,350 / GBP 2,100 / JPY 288,010 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
Article types accepted1
- reviewThe Clinics and Advances review article journals publish high-quality, invited review content on a bi-monthly, quarterly or annual basis. Each journal’s editori…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Submission by invitation only; unsolicited submissions not accepted. Model summary
By adhering to the authorship requirements stated above, authors meet the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria [updated version January 2024] on authorship.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Authors must follow Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy. Model summary
Authors must follow ethical guidelines stated in Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed; does not count as prior publication. Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication.
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
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1551-7136
- Electronic ISSN
- 2374-9334
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Heart Failure Clinics
What CAS zone is Heart Failure Clinics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Heart Failure Clinics is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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.
What is the impact factor of Heart Failure Clinics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.32; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 65.
Where are the editorial board members of Heart Failure Clinics based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Heart Failure Clinics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Heart Failure Clinics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Heart Failure Clinics open access, and what is the APC?
Heart Failure Clinics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,680.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .