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2011–2020
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Journal
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Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
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ISSN 2093-6516Verify ISSN ↗2233-601XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Scopus · InactiveOpen Access
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2011–2020).
What is the impact factor of Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and what is its ISSN?
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is published by Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Its print ISSN is 2093-6516 and its online ISSN is 2233-601X.
Is Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery open access?
Yes — it is an open-access journal per Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery for 10 years, between 2011 and 2020. Coverage ended in 2020, 6 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 6,569 works and 13,166 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2020, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2020, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 1.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
29
h-index
1.14
2-yr mean citations
346
i10-index
6,569
works indexed
13,166
total citations
Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery published 131 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Are there integrity warnings for Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2020. 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 2020
- 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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