Journal profile · Surgery
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
ISSN 1731-5530 · eISSN 1897-4252 · Termedia Publishing House Ltd. · POLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2004
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 81 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is published by Termedia Publishing House Ltd. 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, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, together about 23.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (“Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska“) is a quarterly publishing original papers, reviews and letters to the Editor in the field of adult and paediatric cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, cardiology, cardiac anaesthesia and intensive care, pulmonology and transplantation. The Journal also publishes reports and materials from scientific conferences, book reviews, information on upcoming scientific congresses and conferences. All the papers are published in English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 39, United States 6, Germany 5, Italy 3, Ukraine 2 (62 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine9.3%
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesMedicine7.4%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine6.9%
- Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesMedicine6.5%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine6.2%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.1%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine5.9%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine5%
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 | 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 | 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)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 909 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 0 |
| 2025 | 60 | 60 | 42 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | 39 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 108 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 150 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 143 |
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
81 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 53 days – 116 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 97 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (111 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)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use ChatGPT-3.5 and the Polish thoracic surgery specialty examination: a performance evaluation
Adam Mitręga, Dominika Kaczyńska, Mikołaj Magiera, Natalia Denisiewicz, Michał Bielówka, Anna Kożuch, Miłosz Korbaś, Aleksandra Gaweł, Jakub Kufel
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA AND/OR WHO SHOULD BE LISTED AS A CONTRIBUTOR
Case reports only as Letters to the Editor Model summary
Termedia Publishing House in the matter of authorship criteria and/or who should be listed as a contributor, respects standards recommended by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Detailed information about those criteria you can find in COPE Report publicationethics.org/files/2003pdf12_0.pdf.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Funding sources disclosure required Model summary
Discussion should be followed by a brief disclosure of funding sources (e.g. grants, individual sponsors).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications Model summary
Sarajevo Declaration on Integrity and Visibility of Scholarly Publications
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics ETHICAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES
Compliance with Declaration of Helsinki required Model summary
Termedia Publishing House is committed to upholding standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright usually transferred to journal owner; alternative arrangements possible Model summary
The rights to the article are usually transferred by the authors to the owner of the journal, who makes it available under the Creative Commons license. However, if the author does not want to transfer the copyright to the publisher, he/she may contact the editorial office and set separate rules
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Model summary
This is an Open Access journal, all articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review process
Double-blind peer review; open access publication Model summary
Submitted manuscripts which comply with instructions for authors are subject to assessment by reviewers. The editors select reviewers taking into account topics presented in the article submitted. Each paper is evaluated by independent reviewers in the double-blind review process, in which authors do not know the identity of their reviewers, nor do the reviewers know the identities of the authors.…
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
- Termedia Publishing House Ltd.
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1731-5530
- Electronic ISSN
- 1897-4252
- Society / sponsor
- Polish Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
What CAS zone is Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 81 days (interquartile range 53–116 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery based?
Of the 62 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (39), United States (6) and Germany (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska-Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .