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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1749-8090Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 269 / 597 | 54th | Q2 |
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 233 / 409 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | 99 / 165 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.4.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is Q2 in Surgery (rank 269 of 597), Q3 in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (rank 233 of 409) and Q3 in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (rank 99 of 165), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 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 2.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.449, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 65.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,890 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.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1749-8090.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery has an h-index of 78 and a 2-year mean of 1.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #191 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery published 543 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 702. 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 (56.8%), United States (7.2%) and Iran (4.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 12 retracted papers are recorded (1.9 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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