Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

ISSN 0896-4327 · eISSN 1540-8183 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA · Bimonthly · Founded 1988

Journal of Interventional Cardiology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4; fully open access; APC about USD 2,620; median 217 days to acceptance (85 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.

Impact factor1.4Latest value listed by LetPub
CAS zoneZone 4 · Medicine2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 3 · Medicine
Review time217 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 85 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 2,620Fully open access
AcceptanceFairly easyCommunity average
Articles per year402025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Interventional Cardiology is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Interventional Cardiology is an open access journal that publishes articles focusing on interventional procedures and techniques in the diagnosis, investigation, and management of patients with cardiovascular disease and its associated complications.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine18.6%
  2. Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine10%
  3. Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine8.6%
  4. Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine7.8%
  5. Peripheral Artery Disease ManagementMedicine4.3%
  6. Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine4%
  7. Vascular Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine3.6%
  8. Cardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesMedicine3.6%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
LevelCategoryZone
MajorMedicineZone 4
MinorCardiac & Cardiovascular SystemsZone 4

Top journal: noReview journal: no

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
LevelCategoryZone
MajorMedicineZone 3
MinorCardiac & Cardiovascular SystemsZone 3

Top journal: noReview journal: not marked

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
LevelCategoryZone
MajorMedicineZone 3
MinorCardiac & Cardiovascular SystemsZone 3

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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
1.4LetPub ·
Impact factor (publisher)
1.4Publisher website ·
CiteScore 2026-06
3.7LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
3.7Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.59LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.8LetPub ·
h-index
47LetPub ·
h-index
66OpenAlex ·
i10-index
1,116OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.66OpenAlex ·
Self-citation rate
0%LetPub ·
Share of gold OA articles
100%LetPub ·

Volume

Articles per year
37LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,243 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202649491
2025404016
2024292961
20233232186
20229090777
20218484786

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

217 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 147 days – 292 days

Acceptance to online
median 27 days (85 articles)
Submission to online
median 242 days
Sample
85 articles with submission and acceptance dates (83 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)
6–12 weeksLetPub ·
Average acceptance (community reports)
Fairly easyLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
21%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
63 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 22 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).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 2,620 / GBP 1,750 / EUR 2,280YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 2,380 / EUR 2,070 / GBP 1,750——
Publisher websiteYes, amount not published——

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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Reference style
Chicago
First submission
Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Graphical abstract
Optional
Not considered
preprint
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted7
  1. original researchThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  2. research articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  3. research articlesResearch articles should present the results of an original research study. These manuscripts should describe how the research project was conducted and provide…Length not stated
  4. reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  5. review articleThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
  6. reviewsA review article provides an overview of the published literature in a particular subject area.Length not stated
  7. systematic reviewThe journal will consider the following article types: Research articles Research articles should present the results of an original research study. These manus…Length not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required with submission. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Authors retain copyright; open access articles under Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism

Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint articles accepted; preprint should be cited. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
Frequency
Bimonthly
Founded
1988
ISSN
0896-4327
Electronic ISSN
1540-8183
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Interventional Cardiology

What CAS zone is Journal of Interventional Cardiology in?

In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Interventional Cardiology 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Interventional Cardiology?

The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.4; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 66.

How long does peer review take at Journal of Interventional Cardiology?

Based on the dates recorded on 85 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 217 days (interquartile range 147–292 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21%. 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 Journal of Interventional Cardiology?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: 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.

Which databases index Journal of Interventional Cardiology?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Interventional Cardiology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Journal of Interventional Cardiology open access, and what is the APC?

Journal of Interventional Cardiology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,620.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .