Journal profile · Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
JACC Asia
ISSN 2772-3747 · Elsevier · United States
JACC Asia: impact factor 6.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 4,207; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 277 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JACC Asia is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, together about 27% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JACC: Asia, an open access journal, promotes and leverages the clinical research discoveries in cardiovascular medicine to lead the prevention of diseases and improvement on prognosis to ultimately advance the field. With an orientation towards Asian-population-focused cardiovascular problems, cross-disciplinary studies where Asia holds a competitive edge, and comparative studies between Asia and the rest of the world, the Journal has a focus of clinical research which includes randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, and registries. Manuscripts on basic science with a strong clinical translational component are also welcome, Regardless of types of manuscripts, all articles addressing the concerns on the clinical front are desirable. JACC: Asia specifically features manuscripts on cutting-edge technology, to encompass newly developed clinical devices and techniques, as well as translational medicine attempts and Guidelines, consensus on Asian population, and Zoom-in. Specific article types can be found below. While we encourage Asian-focused research topics, there is no compulsory requirement on the nationality of authors or location of the medical research. As long as the publication provides a justifiable perspective that facilitates the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases among Asian populations with educational meaning, the paper will be considered appropriate for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor-in-chief Jian'an WangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 30 in mainland China (about 20%); most named United States 62, Mainland China 30, South Korea 12, Japan 10, Singapore 6 (151 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine10.5%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine8.3%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine8.3%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine7.8%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.5%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine6%
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular DiseasesMedicine4%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedPublisher 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)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 107LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,206 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 381 | 381 | 150 |
| 2025 | 277 | 277 | 755 |
| 2024 | 167 | 167 | 932 |
| 2023 | 169 | 169 | 1,370 |
| 2022 | 149 | 149 | 1,555 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 1,036 |
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 PubMed
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (26% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 4,207 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 4,084 / EUR 3,820 / GBP 3,270 / JPY 506,540 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 4,084 / USD 1,633 | — | — |
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted14, with length limits
- asian cardiovascular landscapeArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge Technology Zoom-In Research Letters A…Length not stated
- clinical recommendations on asian populationsArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian PopulationsLength not stated
- cutting-edge technologyArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge TechnologyLength not stated
- editorialAll Editorial Comments published in JACC: Asia are invited by the Editors. If you are invited to write an editorial, specific requirements will be sent to you. …main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorial commentsArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge Technology Zoom-In Research Letters A…Length not stated
- letters to the editorWe welcome readers to submit formal comments on the content of articles published in JACC: Asia. Such comments should provide constructive scientific remarks. R…main text ≤ 400 words · figures and tables ≤ 1 · references ≤ 5
- letters to the editor and repliesArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge Technology Zoom-In Research Letters A…Length not stated
- original research papersArticle Types Original Research PapersLength not stated
- research lettersArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge Technology Zoom-In Research LettersLength not stated
- reviewJACC: Asia uses a single-blind peer-review system, meaning that the authors are blinded to the identity of the reviewers and as a general rule, although there a…Length not stated
- state-of-the-art reviewsArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art ReviewsLength not stated
- viewpointSuccinct opinion pieces will be considered on occasion and should have ameaningful impact for the readership. While an invitation is not required for a Viewpoin…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- viewpointsArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge Technology Zoom-In Research Letters A…Length not stated
- zoom-inArticle Types Original Research Papers State-of-the-Art Reviews Clinical Recommendations on Asian Populations Cutting-Edge Technology Zoom-InLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Each author must have contributed significantly to the submitted work. If there are more than 4 authors, the contribution of each author must be substantiated in the cover letter. If authorship is attributed to a group (either solely or in addition to 1 or more individual authors), all members of the group must meet the full criteria and requirements for authorship. Each individual author should b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure of AI programs
Please disclose in the cover letter in the acknowledgement section (the latter of which is published, if the paper is accepted) if any artificial intelligence (AI) programs (e.g., ChatGPT, or other similar software) contributed to the compilation of the submitted manuscript as well as the nature of the contribution that the tool provided. This could include design, performance, analysis, writing, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright: transfer to American College of Cardiology Foundation on acceptance Model summary
On acceptance, transfer of copyright to the author(s) will occur (for more information see https://www.elsevier.com/OAauthoragreement). Permitted third party reuse of open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license (see https://www.elsevier.com/openaccesslicenses). As an author you (or your employer or institution)have certain rights to reuse your work. For more informati…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently available for readers to download and read without cost. Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative Commons user licenses (see http://www.elsevier.com/openaccesslicenses).Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) –For non-commercial purposes, this license allows others t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process And Decisions
Peer review type: single-blind Model summary
JACC: Asia uses a single-blind peer-review system, meaning that the authors are blinded to the identity of the reviewers and as a general rule, although there are exceptions, the reviewers are blinded to each other. While the JACC: Asia Associate Editor may be identified at the end of the review process, all correspondence concerning a manuscript should be addressed to the JACC: Asia editorial sta…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) defines plagiarism as "theft or misappropriation of intellectual property and the substantial unattributed textual copying of another’s work." Manuscripts where unacknowledged copying of others’ ideas, language and/or results will not be published in JACC Journals and, depending on level of egregiousness, will be reported to ORI and/or other agencies. Therefo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: preprints not considered prior publication under conditions Model summary
JACC Journals do not consider the posting of manuscripts to a preprint server a prior publication, if they have not undergone peer review
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
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2772-3747
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JACC Asia
What is the impact factor of JACC Asia?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 6.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.5, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at JACC Asia?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 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 are the manuscript requirements of JACC Asia?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: AMA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: 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 JACC Asia based?
Of the 151 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 30 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (62), Mainland China (30) and South Korea (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JACC Asia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JACC Asia is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JACC Asia open access, and what is the APC?
JACC Asia is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,207.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .