Journal profile · Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
JACC: Case Reports
ISSN 2666-0849 · Elsevier · United States
JACC: Case Reports: impact factor 22.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 850; median 36 days to acceptance (197 articles, last 24 months); 1,886 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JACC: Case Reports is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JACC: Case Reports is one of a family of specialist journals launched by the renowned Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) . It provides an educational platform for promoting clinical cases and clinical problem solving. It accepts everyday educational or rare clinical cases, well described and with clear learning objectives, from across the field of cardiovascular medicine. The journal aims to serve as a publication vehicle for early career cardiologists and members of the cardiovascular care team, and as a forum for mentorship on the review and publication process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Editor-in-chief Gilbert H. L.Publisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 62, Canada 10, France 7, Japan 6, India 4 (116 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine12.1%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine8.9%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine7.7%
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine6.1%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesMedicine5.5%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine4.7%
- Cardiac tumors and thrombiMedicine4.6%
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 22.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 232OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.4OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,732 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,014 | 2,014 | 217 |
| 2025 | 1,886 | 1,886 | 966 |
| 2024 | 581 | 581 | 611 |
| 2023 | 435 | 435 | 717 |
| 2022 | 460 | 460 | 1,414 |
| 2021 | 465 | 465 | 1,919 |
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
36 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 21 days – 62 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 40 days (170 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 97 days
- Sample
- 197 articles with submission and acceptance dates (3,980 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 850 | No | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 850 / EUR 800 / GBP 680 / JPY 105,430 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 700 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 850 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- case reportJACC: Case Reports publishes the following manuscript types:Clinical CasesClinical Case SeriesFirst-in-Human/Early ReportsHow We Did ItMultidisciplinary Team Di…Length not stated
- clinical casesJACC: Case Reports publishes the following manuscript types: Clinical CasesLength not stated
- editorialAll manuscripts must be submitted online at https://www.jaccsubmit-case-reports.org. By submitting an article to the journal, all authors of the submission agre…Length not stated
- how we did itJACC: Case Reports publishes the following manuscript types: How We Did ItLength not stated
- letterJACC: Case Reports publishes the following manuscript types:Clinical CasesClinical Case SeriesFirst-in-Human/Early ReportsHow We Did ItMultidisciplinary Team Di…Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor will focus on a specific manuscript that has been published in JACC: Case Reports. Letters must be submitted within 6 weeks of the issue da…main text ≤ 400 words · figures and tables ≤ 5
- reviewJACC: Case Reports 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…Length not stated
- viewpointThese articles focus on topics on the human side of patient care from all perspectives: From the senior-level physician to the early career cardiologist or fell…main text ≤ 1,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 3 · references ≤ 2
- viewpointsJACC: Case Reports publishes the following manuscript types: ViewpointsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Each author must have contributed significantly to the submitted work. If authorship is attributed to a group (either solely or in addition to one or more individual authors), all members of the group must meet the full criteria and requirements for authorship. To save space, if group members have been previously published, the article should be referenced rather than reprinting the list of names. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access Model summary
This is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently available for everyone to read and download 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-NonCommericial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND): For non-commercial purposes, lets others distribute and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Single-blind peer review Model summary
JACC: Case Reports 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: Case Reports Associate Editor will be identified at the end of the review process, all correspondence concerning a manuscript should be addressed to the JACC: Ca…
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. Therefore…
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
- 2666-0849
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JACC: Case Reports
What is the impact factor of JACC: Case Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 22.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at JACC: Case Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 197 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 36 days (interquartile range 21–62 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 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.
Where are the editorial board members of JACC: Case Reports based?
Of the 116 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (62), Canada (10) and France (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JACC: Case Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JACC: Case Reports is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is JACC: Case Reports open access, and what is the APC?
JACC: Case Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 850.
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: .