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Cardiovascular Journal of Southern Africa is indexed in Web of Science (SCIE). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q4. Published by Clinics Cardive Publishing (PTY)Ltd.
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ISSN 1015-9657Verify ISSN ↗1680-0745Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Clinics Cardive Publishing (PTY)Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 320 / 409 | 21st | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1994–2007).
Cardiovascular Journal of Southern Africa is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 21st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.257, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 45.
Cardiovascular Journal of Southern Africa is published by Clinics Cardive Publishing (PTY)Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1015-9657 and its online ISSN is 1680-0745.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Cardiovascular Journal of Southern Africa has an h-index of 49 and a 2-year mean of 0.66 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q4.
Cardiovascular Journal of Southern Africa published 130 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Türkiye (45%), South Africa (14%) and China (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2007. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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