Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
JTCVS Techniques
ISSN 2666-2507 · Elsevier
JTCVS Techniques: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,553; median 55 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); 329 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JTCVS Techniques is published by Elsevier 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 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, together about 34.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Official publication of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery JTCVS Techniques is a peer-reviewed, open access journal from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the publisher of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS). Brought to you by the same editorial team as JTCVS, JTCVS Techniques aims to provide timely information to cardio-thoracic surgeons by publishing high-quality case reports, innovative techniques and cardiothoracic images in video and multimedia formats. Videos are an important component to demonstrate techniques and report outcomes of surgical interventions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief G. Alexander PattersonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 198, Canada 18, Italy 8, Japan 6, United Kingdom 3 (246 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine14.2%
- Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesMedicine11.7%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine8.9%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine8.4%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering6.3%
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine6.1%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine5.5%
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesMedicine5.2%
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 |
| Minor | Surgery | 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 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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
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)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 165OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 112LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,431 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 227 | 227 | 17 |
| 2025 | 329 | 329 | 175 |
| 2024 | 276 | 276 | 452 |
| 2023 | 284 | 284 | 686 |
| 2022 | 324 | 324 | 1,335 |
| 2021 | 472 | 472 | 1,894 |
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
55 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 44 days – 81 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 71 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (575 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
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 2,553 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,553 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 2,040 / JPY 316,650 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,553 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 2,553 (excluding taxes). Review this journal’s open access policy.
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
- ISSN
- 2666-2507
- Society / sponsor
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery JTCVS Techniques
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JTCVS Techniques
What CAS zone is JTCVS Techniques in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JTCVS Techniques is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems / Surgery. 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.
What is the impact factor of JTCVS Techniques?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at JTCVS Techniques?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 55 days (interquartile range 44–81 days). 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 JTCVS Techniques based?
Of the 246 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 (198), Canada (18) and Italy (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JTCVS Techniques?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JTCVS Techniques is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is JTCVS Techniques open access, and what is the APC?
JTCVS Techniques is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,553.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .