Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · 323 journals indexed
Best journals for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
The top Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 6Current Hypertension Reports5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusPubMed
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- 11Journal of the American Heart Association5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14Annals of Internal Medicine4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American College of PhysiciansScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Current Cardiology Reports4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Heart Failure Reviews4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Circulation Heart Failure4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19EuroIntervention4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular InterventionsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 25Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Clinical and Experimental Hypertension3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · InformaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Adis, Springer HealthcareScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 32European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Circulation Journal3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Japanese Circulation SocietyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38JACC Basic to Translational Science2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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