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Heart Surgery Forum
Heart Surgery Forum is indexed in Web of Science (SCIE), DOAJ. Published by Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1098-3511Verify ISSN ↗1522-6662Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Heart Surgery Forum indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1998–2025).
What is the impact factor of Heart Surgery Forum?
Heart Surgery Forum 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. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.238, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 43.
Who publishes Heart Surgery Forum and what is its ISSN?
Heart Surgery Forum is published by Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC. Its print ISSN is 1098-3511 and its online ISSN is 1522-6662.
Is Heart Surgery Forum in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Heart Surgery Forum open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
How well cited is Heart Surgery Forum? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Heart Surgery Forum has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 0.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Heart Surgery Forum published 120 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 190. 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.
Who publishes in Heart Surgery Forum? — latest 96 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (42.7%), United States (20.3%) and Türkiye (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Heart Surgery Forum? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2025. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2025
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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.
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