Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS-RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging
ISSN 1936-878X · eISSN 1876-7591 · Elsevier Inc. · UNITED STATES · Founded 2008
JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 18.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,000; median 82 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 257 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, together about 46.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A Journal of the American College of CardiologyJACC: Cardiovascular Imaging is one of a family of specialist journals launched by the renowned Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) . It provides readers with a broad, balanced view of all aspects of cardiovascular imaging and includes original clinical research on non-invasive and invasive imaging techniques including echocardiography, CT, CMR, nuclear, optical imaging, and cine-angiography. Advances in basic science and molecular imaging which are likely to substantially influence the clinical practice of medicine in the next decade (in diagnostic performance, understanding of the athogenetic basis of the disease, and therapy) are also featured. Other content will emphasize imaging for the practicing cardiologist, advocacy and practice management, and state-of-the-art reviews.JACC: Cardiovascular ImagingMaintains a strong clinical focus with a broad appeal to the practicing clinician.Highlights the unique as well as complementary nature of each imaging modality within the "imaging continuum," helping clinicians navigate through "modality parochialism" to scientifically identify which modality works best in what situation, and eventually developing "imaging algorithms."Creates a dynamic continuing education forum for practicing clinicians with the obvious goal of improving patient care and outcomes.Harnesses the web to create a live, dynamic and interactive publication, in terms of content, learning, critique, and debate.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS-RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING
Editor-in-chief Y. ChandrashekharPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 88, Canada 11, United Kingdom 9, Australia 7, Germany 5 (150 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine23.1%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine13.9%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine9.4%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine7.6%
- Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsMedicine5.3%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine3.7%
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesMedicine3.3%
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 18.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 19Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 29.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 29.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 100LetPub ·
- h-index
- 205OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,670OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 75LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,548 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 170 | 33 | 100 |
| 2025 | 257 | 171 | 1,086 |
| 2024 | 230 | 229 | 2,602 |
| 2023 | 308 | 308 | 5,396 |
| 2022 | 305 | 305 | 6,855 |
| 2021 | 388 | 386 | 9,485 |
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 · to
82 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 11 days – 142 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (74 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 148 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (460 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 5,000 / EUR 4,680 / GBP 4,000 / JPY 620,150 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 5,250 | — | — |
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,500 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Not considered
- Rebuttal Letter
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- editorialMost manuscripts in every issue will be accompanied by editorial comments. Although usually invited, succinct opinion pieces will also be considered for JACC: C…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- editorial comments and editorial viewpointsEditorial Comments And Editorial ViewpointsLength not stated
- ipix (imaging vignette)iPIX (IMAGING VIGNETTE)Length not stated
- ireviews (state-of-the-art in imaging)iREVIEWS (STATE-OF-THE-ART IN IMAGING)Length not stated
- letterand/or emerging investigators. Research Letters should be ≤1,000 words (including text, references, and figure legend). Abstract:main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letters to the editorWe welcome readers to submit formal comments on the content of articles published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. Such comments should provide constructive sci…main text ≤ 500 words · figures and tables ≤ 1 · references ≤ 5
- letters to the editor and repliesLetters To The Editor And RepliesLength not stated
- original research paperat https://www.jaccsubmit-imaging.org. Original Research Papers The Editors require that manuscripts not exceed 5,000 words (including references and figure leg…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original research papersOriginal Research PapersLength not stated
- research lettersResearch LettersLength not stated
- reviewJACC: Cardiovascular Imaging uses a single-blind peer-review system, meaning that the authors are blinded to the identity of the reviewers and as a general rule…Length 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 and 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, writi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright CC BY for Funded Authors Only
Elsevier has established a number of agreements with funding bodies, which allow authors to comply with their funder's open access policies. Some funding bodies will reimburse the author for the Open Access Publication Fee. Details of existing agreements are available online.After acceptance, open access papers will be published under a noncommercial license. For authors requiring a commercial CC …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging 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: Cardiovascular Imaging Associate Editor will be identified at the end of the review process, all correspondence concerning a manuscript should be addr…
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 references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1936-878X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1876-7591
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging
What CAS zone is JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems / Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 18.31; CiteScore 29.3, h-index 205.
How long does peer review take at JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 82 days (interquartile range 11–142 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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-Cardiovascular Imaging?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,500 words; Reference style: AMA; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Required. 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-Cardiovascular Imaging based?
Of the 150 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (88), Canada (11) and United Kingdom (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging open access, and what is the APC?
JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,000.
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: .