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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · 139 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

The top 40 of 139 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. 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).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    Global Heart
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Journal of the American Heart Association
    5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    JACC Advances
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Circulation Journal
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Japanese Circulation Society
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    JACC Basic to Translational Science
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Open Heart
    2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Vascular Health and Risk Management
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    JACC Asia
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    European Cardiology Review
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Radcliffe Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Medical Sciences
    1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Structural Heart
    0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
    0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  15. 15
    Clinical and Experimental Hypertension
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    ESC Heart Failure
    5.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Journal of Clinical Medicine
    3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
    3.2 cites/paper · Q2 · IMR Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Cleveland Clinic
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
    2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing Company
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Blood Pressure
    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Cardiovascular Therapeutics
    2.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  28. 28
    Journal of Clinical Hypertension
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Clinical Cardiology
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    World Journal of Cardiology
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Netherlands Heart Journal
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    IJC Heart & Vasculature
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elmer Press Inc.
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Journal of Arrhythmia
    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Archives of Medical Science
    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Termedia Publishing House
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Heart Rhythm O2
    1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
    1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    CJC Open
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Artery Research
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“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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Frequently asked

Global Heart, Journal of the American Heart Association, JACC Advances, Circulation Journal, JACC Basic to Translational Science lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 139 ranked venues are listed on this page; 17 are Scimago Q1 and 23 Q2. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 1 journal OpenAlex files under Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is left out because OpenAlex's main field for it and Scimago's categories both place it in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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