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Aims and scope
Research advances have contributed to improved outcomes across all specialities, but the rate of advancement in cardiology has been exceptional. Concurrently, the population of patients with cardiac conditions continues to grow and greater public awareness has increased patients' expectations of new drugs and devices.
Future Cardiology reflects this new era of cardiology and highlights the new molecular approach to advancing cardiovascular therapy. Coverage will also reflect the major technological advances in bioengineering in cardiology in terms of advanced and robust devices, miniaturization, imaging, system modelling and information management issues. We also take a new approach to the way information is structured and delivered, so that its value is maximized to the reader. Accessible 'at-a-glance' formats are important in an increasingly time-constrained clinical community.
Topics include the following areas:
- Advanced device and imaging technologies
- Interventional and surgical approaches
- Molecular basis of cardiovascular disease
- New diagnostic approaches, screening and patient stratification
- Personalized medicine in cardiology
- Therapeutic overviews highlighting optimal therapy and future options
- Real-world evidence and outcomes research
Journal metrics
Citation metrics
- 1.6 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.398 (2023) SNIP
- 0.412 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editorial Advisory Board
Aronow WS, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, USA
Bhindi R, Royal North Shore and North Shore Private Hospitals, The University of Sydney, Australia
Massimiliano C, IRCSS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
Cavallari L, University of Florida, FL, USA
Coleman CI, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Colombo A, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, IT
Das P, University of Tenessee, TN, USA
Feldman AM, Temple University, USA
Ghali J, Mercer University, USA
Goel R, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, NY, USA
Gupta R, Lehigh Valley Health Network, PA, USA
Iannaccone G, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, Italy
Kornowski R, Rabin Medical Center, IL
Kramer CK, University of Virginia Health System, VA, USA
Lakkireddy D, University of Missouri
Lavie CJ, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, LA, USA
Lip G, University of Liverpool, UK
Madjid M, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), CA, USA
Menown I, Craigavon Cardiac Centre, Northern Ireland, UK
Merryman D, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA
Mikhailidis D, University College London, UK
Mookadam F, Mayo Clinic, AZ, USA
Nagraj S, Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA
Navab M: David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA
Papakonstantinou P, Evangelismos Hospital, Greece
Park SJ, Ulsan University Hospital, KR
Marco Proietti, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Qureshi SA, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, UK
Ruschitzka F, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Shi GP, Harvard Medical School, USA
Sirignano P, “Sapienza” University of Rome/Sant’Andrea Hospital, Italy
Waksman R, University of Miami Medical Center, USA
Webster KA, University of Miami, USA
Wenger NK, Emory Heart and Vascular Center, USA
Wissner E, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Yasmin F, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Open access
Future Cardiology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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