Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
International Cardiovascular Research Journal
ISSN 2251-9130 · eISSN 2251-9149 · Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
International Cardiovascular Research Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Cardiovascular Research Journal is published by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 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 Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, together about 23.2% 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
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine8.1%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.7%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine7.3%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine6.4%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine5.8%
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesMedicine5.8%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine5.5%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine5.3%
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 | Q4 | 384/409 | 6th |
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 67.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 322 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 34 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 65 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 84 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- ISSN
- 2251-9130
- Electronic ISSN
- 2251-9149
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Cardiovascular Research Journal
What CAS zone is International Cardiovascular Research Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Cardiovascular Research Journal 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.
Which databases index International Cardiovascular Research Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Cardiovascular Research Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Cardiovascular Research Journal open access, and what is the APC?
International Cardiovascular Research Journal is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .