Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · 132 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
The top Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, 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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- 2Journal of the American Heart Association5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Clinical and Experimental Hypertension3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · InformaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Circulation Journal3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Japanese Circulation SocietyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7JACC Basic to Translational Science2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12American Journal of Preventive Cardiology2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Vascular Health and Risk Management2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14European Cardiology Review1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Radcliffe PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Medical Sciences1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 18Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
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- 20The Journal of Physiological Sciences3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Current Therapeutic Research3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Frontiers in Physiology3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Journal of Clinical Medicine3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · IMR PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Cleveland ClinicOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27BMC Cardiovascular Disorders2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 29Hellenic Journal of Cardiology2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Journal of Clinical Hypertension2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 38Netherlands Heart Journal1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Bohn Stafleu van LoghumOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE PublishingOpen 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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