Journal profile · Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
ISSN 1050-1738 · eISSN 1873-2615 · Elsevier Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1991
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,740; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 115 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is published by Elsevier Inc. and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, together about 23.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine11.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsMedicine5.9%
- Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedicine5.7%
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine5.3%
- Ion channel regulation and functionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studiesMedicine4.7%
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin StudiesMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 8.41LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 18.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.06LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 134OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,466OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,934 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 20 | 56 |
| 2025 | 115 | 29 | 365 |
| 2024 | 72 | 28 | 350 |
| 2023 | 71 | 12 | 653 |
| 2022 | 108 | 31 | 1,977 |
| 2021 | 123 | 31 | 2,609 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (49% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,740 / EUR 4,430 / GBP 3,790 / JPY 587,900 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1050-1738
- Electronic ISSN
- 1873-2615
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine
What CAS zone is Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.41; CiteScore 18.2, h-index 134.
How long does peer review take at Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine?
Authors report an average review time of over 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.
Which databases index Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,740.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .