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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 1074-2484Verify ISSN ↗1940-4034Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | 103 / 409 | 74th | Q2 |
| Pharmacology (medical) | 82 / 278 | 70th | Q2 |
| Pharmacology | 122 / 328 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.6.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics is Q2 in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (rank 103 of 409), Q2 in Pharmacology (medical) (rank 82 of 278) and Q2 in Pharmacology (rank 122 of 328), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 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 5.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 74th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.829, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 63.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,325 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 Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1074-2484 and its online ISSN is 1940-4034.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics has an h-index of 68 and a 2-year mean of 1.88 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #147 of 398 Scopus journals in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 70. 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 93 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (29.6%), United States (18%) and Germany (5.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (2.1 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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