Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
The principal aim of Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal is to promote cardiovascular research that crosses the borders between disciplines. The journal is a forum for the entire field of cardiovascular research, basic and clinical including:
• Cardiology - Interventional and non-invasive • Cardiovascular epidemiology • Cardiovascular anaesthesia and intensive care • Cardiovascular surgery • Cardiovascular radiology • Clinical physiology • Transplantation of thoracic organs
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal is the official journal of the Swedish Heart Association, the Swedish Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Norwegian Cardiothoracic Surgery Society. The editorial base of the journal is Scandinavian; however both readership and contributors are truly international.
Please note that Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 56 (2022).
Journal metrics
Usage
287K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
3.4 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.709 (2023) SNIP
0.569 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
43 days avg. from submission to first
decision
88 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
16 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
17% acceptance rate
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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
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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.
Chief Editor Thomas Kahan - Danderyds sjukhus, Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: mailto:[email protected]
Associate Editors
Truls Myrmel, MD, PhD, Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine - Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, The Arctic university of Norway Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery and Department of Cardiology - University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø (Norway)
Helge Skulstad, MD, PhD, Associate professor in Cardiology - Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo (Norway) Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo (Norway)
Theis Tønnessen, MD, PhD,Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery - Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo (Norway) Department of Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo (Norway)
Abstracting and indexing
The Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
ASCA (Automatic Subject Citation Alert) Chemical Abstracts Service Current Awareness in Biological Sciences Current Clinical Cancer Current Contents - Clinical Medicine (Clarivate Analytics) Energy Research Abstracts EMBASE (Elsevier) GeoAbstracts Helminthological Abstracts Index Medicus Life Sciences Collection Medline Modern Medicine PEDro Pubmed (NLM) PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM) Reference Update Research Alert Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
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
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
(1967 - 1996)
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