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IJC Heart and Vasculature is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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ISSN 2352-9067Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 140 / 409 | 65th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.2.
IJC Heart and Vasculature is Q2 in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (rank 140 of 409), by CiteScore 2025.
IJC Heart and Vasculature is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 65th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.759, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 42.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,330 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
IJC Heart and Vasculature is published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Its ISSN is 2352-9067.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
IJC Heart and Vasculature has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 1.91 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #146 of 398 Scopus journals in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.
IJC Heart and Vasculature published 251 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 254. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (19.4%), Japan (14.1%) and Germany (11%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 7 retracted papers are recorded (3.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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