About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal metrics
Usage
- 56K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.450 (2023) SNIP
- 0.341 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 12 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 64 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 25% acceptance rate
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.
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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
Editor-in-Chief
- Patrizio LANCELLOTTI
Executive Editors
- Erwan DONAL ([email protected])
- Madalina GARBI ([email protected])
- Cécile OURY ([email protected])
- Mani VANNAN([email protected])
- Alain NCHIMI ([email protected])
Statistical Editor
- John DIBATO ([email protected])
- Arnaud ANCION ([email protected])
- Laurent DAVIN ([email protected])
- Raluca DULGHERU ([email protected])
- Mathieu LEMPEREUR ([email protected])
- Patrick MARECHAL ([email protected])
- Marie MOONEN ([email protected])
- Muriel SPRYNGER ([email protected])
- Vincent TCHANASATO ([email protected])
- Adriana POSTOLACHE ([email protected])
- Caroline PIETTE ([email protected])
- Alexandra GIRBEA ([email protected])
Section Editors
- Werner BUDTS ([email protected])
- Bernard COSYNS ([email protected])
- Johan DE SUTTER ([email protected])
- Wilfried MULLENS ([email protected])
- Sandrine HORMAN ([email protected])
- Philippe UNGER ([email protected])
- Christophe BEAULOYE ([email protected])
- Guy VAN CAMP ([email protected])
- Michel DE PAUW ([email protected])
- Marc CLAEYS ([email protected])
- Guy DE BACKER ([email protected])
- Bernhard GERBER ([email protected])
International Associate Editors
- Giuseppe BORIANI ([email protected])
- Victoria DELGADO ([email protected])
- Dimitrios FARMAKIS ([email protected])
- Eugenio PICANO ([email protected])
- Giuseppe ROSANO ([email protected])
- Kristina HAUGAA ([email protected])
- Pepe ZAMORANO ([email protected])
Editorial Board Members
- Alain COHEN SOLAL ([email protected])
- Agnes PASQUET([email protected])
- Thomas MODINE ([email protected])
- Sofie GEVAERT ([email protected])
- Augustin COISNE ([email protected])
- Philippe BERTRAND ([email protected])
- Ciro SANTORO ([email protected])
- Samuel BRULS ([email protected])
- Nozomi WATANABE ([email protected])
- Ruxandra JURCUT ([email protected])
- Benoit CARDOS ([email protected])
- Federico ASCH ([email protected])
- Sugimoto TADAFUMI ([email protected])
- Philippe PIBAROT([email protected])
- Yun Yun GO ([email protected])
- Maria João ANDRADE ([email protected])
- Teresa LOPEZ ([email protected])
- Gianluca PONTONE ([email protected])
- Nicolas LHOEST ([email protected])
- Nicolas BAEYENS ([email protected])
- Frank COOLS ([email protected])
- Pedro BRUGADA ([email protected])
- Arnaud SUDRE ([email protected])
- Khalil FATTOUCH ([email protected])
- Bernard IUNG ([email protected])
- Christophe LECLERCQ ([email protected])
- Elif SADE ([email protected])
- Mohammed KHANJI ([email protected])
- Fausto PINTO ([email protected])
- Vlatka RESKOVIC ([email protected])
- Walter VAN MIEGHEM ([email protected])
- Martin PENICKA ([email protected])
- Stéphane CARLIER ([email protected])
- Nico VAN DE VEIRE ([email protected])
- Cristina GIANNINI ([email protected])
- Claudiu-Mih UNGUREANU ([email protected])
- Caroline VAN DE HEYNING ([email protected])
- Juan IGLESIAS ([email protected])
- Ganesh MANOHARAN ([email protected])
- Quentin DESIRON ([email protected])
- Jeroen J. BAX ([email protected])
- Steven DROOGMANS ([email protected])
- Nicolas BAEYENS ([email protected])
- Alexandros STEFANIDIS ([email protected])
- Christophe LECLERCQ ([email protected])
- Frank TIMMERMANS ([email protected])
- Andrew COATS ([email protected])
- Joëlle KEFER ([email protected])
- Richard ISNARD ([email protected])
- Bernhard GERBER ([email protected])
- Gerasimos FILIPPATOS ([email protected])
- Jérome GAROT ([email protected])
- Laurent PISON ([email protected])
- Walter DESMET ([email protected])
- Tommaso VIVA ([email protected])
Administrative Board
- B. COSYNS (director)
- P. LANCELLOTTI
- B. GERBER
- M. DE PAUW
Founding Editor
- J. LEQUIME
Honorary Editors
- H. KESTELOOT
- H. ECTOR
- L. PIERARD
Open access
Acta Cardiologica 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.
Why choose open access?
- 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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Society information
The main goals of the BSC are to stimulate the study of questions relating to the cardiovascular system by:
- Advancing both basic and clinical research
- Disseminating research findings
- Fostering scientific collaboration and exchange among cardiologists
- Strengthening continuous education in cardiology
- Cultivating international cooperation
The BSC gratefully acknowledges its Major Sponsors for their support to the BSC mission.
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