201 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals (Medicine) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Medicine by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 2077-0383 | 9,105 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,02,183 to publish | Yes | No | Switzerland |
| Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 0735-1097 | 7,236 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Heart Journal | 0195-668X | 6,121 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Circulation | 0009-7322 | 5,464 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Heart Rhythm | 1547-5271 | 2,423 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine | 2297-055X | 1,804 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,63,273 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of the American Heart Association | 2047-9980 | 1,333 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,06,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | 2047-4873 | 1,314 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| EP Europace | 1099-5129 | 1,191 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Frontiers in Physiology | 1664-042X | 1,173 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,63,273 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| BMC Cardiovascular Disorders | 1471-2261 | 999 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,641 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Cardiology | 0167-5273 | 996 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions | 1876-7605 | 913 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging | 2047-2404 | 871 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia | 1053-0770 | 823 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| JACC Advances | 2772-963X | 822 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,91,298 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Circulation Research | 0009-7330 | 800 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Hypertension | 0194-911X | 799 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Cardiac Failure | 1071-9164 | 738 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Physiological Reports | 2051-817X | 593 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,07,106 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| The American Journal of Cardiology | 0002-9149 | 532 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | 2308-3425 | 509 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,11,377 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology | 1045-3873 | 504 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The American Journal of Medicine | 0002-9343 | 487 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine | 1530-6550 | 477 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,08,251 to publish | Yes | Yes | Hong Kong SAR China |
| JACC. Clinical electrophysiology | 2405-500X | 461 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Journal of Internal Medicine | 0953-6205 | 456 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| American Journal of Preventive Cardiology | 2666-6677 | 439 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,35,042 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| JACC Heart Failure | 2213-1779 | 432 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Hypertension Research | 0916-9636 | 425 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing | 1474-5151 | 419 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Experimental Physiology | 0958-0670 | 406 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,435 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Internal Medicine Journal | 1444-0903 | 393 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Australia |
| Heart Rhythm O2 | 2666-5018 | 383 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,28,299 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Internal and Emergency Medicine | 1828-0447 | 383 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Italy |
| European Journal of Heart Failure | 1388-9842 | 367 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Medical Sciences | 2076-3271 | 344 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,61,455 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Heart | 1355-6037 | 333 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Echocardiography | 0742-2822 | 326 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 0363-6135 | 323 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| American Heart Journal | 0002-8703 | 317 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Cardiology in Review | 1061-5377 | 309 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| ESC Heart Failure | 2055-5822 | 307 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,21,088 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| CJC Open | 2589-790X | 292 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,61,532 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Arrhythmia | 1880-4276 | 287 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,48,346 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | 1569-5794 | 285 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Cardiovascular Research | 0008-6363 | 283 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography | 0894-7317 | 283 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Annals of Biomedical Engineering | 0090-6964 | 279 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| JACC Asia | 2772-3747 | 277 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,05,254 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| JAMA Cardiology | 2380-6583 | 276 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Circulation Journal | 1346-9843 | 275 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Japan |
| Cardiovascular revascularization medicine | 1553-8389 | 272 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Deutsches Ärzteblatt international | 1866-0452 | 262 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| JACC. Cardiovascular imaging | 1876-7591 | 257 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| IJC Heart & Vasculature | 2352-9067 | 251 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,27,517 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Circulation Reports | 2434-0790 | 245 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Japan |
| Open Heart | 2053-3624 | 244 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,04,673 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| American Journal of Hypertension | 0895-7061 | 243 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | 1383-875X | 242 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Clinical Research in Cardiology | 1861-0684 | 237 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| JACC Basic to Translational Science | 2452-302X | 237 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,57,561 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Clinical Hypertension | 1524-6175 | 233 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,23,846 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Heart & Lung | 0147-9563 | 232 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Clinical Cardiology | 0160-9289 | 229 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,03,617 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Cardiology | 0914-5087 | 222 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Russian Journal of Cardiology | 1560-4071 | 219 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| EuroIntervention | 1774-024X | 215 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Acta Physiologica | 1748-1708 | 209 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| European Journal of Clinical Investigation | 0014-2972 | 209 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice | 2666-6022 | 207 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,84,169 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention | 2772-4875 | 203 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,65,867 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Acta cardiologica. Supplementum | 0373-7934 | 197 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY AND PREVENTION | 1728-8800 | 191 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Circulation Heart Failure | 1941-3289 | 186 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Current Cardiology Reports | 1523-3782 | 179 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging | 1941-9651 | 174 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes | 2058-1742 | 174 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions | 1941-7632 | 170 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Angiology | 0003-3197 | 168 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice | 2755-9637 | 168 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,26,496 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 0022-2828 | 168 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Heart Journal Open | 2752-4191 | 165 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,47,375 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Swiss Medical Weekly | 0036-7672 | 165 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| World Journal of Cardiology | 1949-8462 | 164 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management | 1176-6336 | 162 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,79,535 to publish | Yes | Yes | New Zealand |
| Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy | 0920-3206 | 161 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | 0929-5305 | 159 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Internal Medicine | 0954-6820 | 154 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases | 0033-0620 | 152 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Heart Journal - Digital Health | 2634-3916 | 151 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,44,889 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Future Cardiology | 1479-6678 | 151 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Heart Journal | 1349-2365 | 141 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Japan |
| Heart and Vessels | 0910-8327 | 137 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research | 1937-5387 | 135 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| JACC CardioOncology | 2666-0873 | 133 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,24,809 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Nature Reviews Cardiology | 1759-5002 | 130 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology | 1941-3084 | 129 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy | 0277-0008 | 129 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Cardiovascular Toxicology | 1530-7905 | 128 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
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