Journal profile · CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Open Heart
ISSN 2053-3624 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
Open Heart: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 63 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 32% (journal website); 244 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Heart is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 3 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, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, together about 28.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acceptance rate:32%Time to first decision with review:45 days*Time from acceptance to publication:22 days*Impact Factor:3.1Impact Factor rank:91/237Citescore:4.3More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Editorial Board Ownership Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Contact Information For Authors To advertise Rights and Permissions Affiliations Related BMJ journals
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Editor-in-chief Ganesan KarthikeyanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine10.1%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsMedicine9.2%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine9.2%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine7.9%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine6.9%
- Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementMedicine6.1%
- Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine6%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
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)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 906OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 232LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,080 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 200 | 200 | 80 |
| 2025 | 244 | 244 | 656 |
| 2024 | 144 | 144 | 808 |
| 2023 | 164 | 164 | 1,761 |
| 2022 | 171 | 171 | 2,325 |
| 2021 | 235 | 235 | 3,597 |
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
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 85 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 95 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (485 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 22 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 | GBP 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,163 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2053-3624
- Society / sponsor
- British Cardiovascular Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Heart
What CAS zone is Open Heart in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Open Heart is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Open Heart?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Open Heart?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 51–85 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32%. 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.
Which databases index Open Heart?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Open Heart is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Open Heart open access, and what is the APC?
Open Heart is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .