Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals by time to acceptance (2025)
129 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
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| Circulation Reports | 6 (1–58) | 234 | 59 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Current Problems in Cardiology | 9 (5–15) | 125 | 1 | ≈$3,650 | Hybrid | 0.66 |
| The American Journal of Medicine | 12 (2–41) | 261 | 9 | ≈$3,770 | — | 0.0 |
| Annales de Cardiologie et d Angéiologie | 31 (11–89) | 60 | 41 | ≈$1,713 | — | 0.0 |
| Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal | 36 (14–68) | 62 | 49 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases | 36 (5–72) | 55 | 2 | ≈$4,130 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine | 37 (28–49) | 9,034 | 3 | ≈$3,137 | Open access | 0.16 |
| Advances in Interventional Cardiology | 37 (19–61) | 109 | 86 | ≈$231 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Current Cardiology Reports | 41 (23–91) | 64 | 28 | ≈$4,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 45 (21–79) | 428 | 48 | ≈$7,166 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Echography | 47 (26–63) | 86 | 176 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease | 49 (37–68) | 510 | 4 | ≈$3,300 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| JACC Case Reports | 50 (30–77) | 1,649 | 46 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular revascularization medicine | 52 (31–83) | 188 | 3 | ≈$3,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia | 52 (34–78) | 151 | 176 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine | 52 (11–105) | 121 | 52 | — | — | 0.0 |
| The American Journal of Cardiology | 53 (35–73) | 410 | 7 | ≈$3,380 | — | 0.0 |
| Echocardiography | 53 (32–80) | 276 | — | ≈$3,700 | — | 0.0 |
| JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions | 54 (21–120) | 292 | 51 | ≈$5,000 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing | 54 (2–154) | 216 | — | ≈$3,792 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Internal Medicine | 55 (13–97) | 257 | 7 | ≈$3,520 | — | 0.0 |
| Cardiology Research | 56 (42–74) | 57 | 24 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Saudi Heart Association | 56 (43–87) | 51 | 31 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| EP Europace | 61 (34–89) | 253 | — | ≈$4,909 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiac Failure | 61 (21–100) | 182 | 26 | ≈$3,970 | — | 0.0 |
| Kardiologiia | 61 (44–88) | 110 | 69 | — | — | 0.0 |
| European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy | 61 (5–90) | 75 | — | ≈$4,501 | — | 0.0 |
| Pediatric Cardiology | 64 (44–99) | 347 | 15 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
| Heart Rhythm | 65 (34–95) | 621 | 6 | ≈$4,790 | Hybrid | 1.03 |
| Cardiovascular Diabetology | 65 (47–88) | 474 | 21 | $4,490 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Clinical Medicine Research | 65 (52–83) | 74 | 17 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| IJC Heart & Vasculature | 67 (44–94) | 222 | 7 | $3,400 | Open access (DOAJ) | 2.02 |
| European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging | 68 (9–123) | 231 | — | ≈$5,203 | — | 0.74 |
| CJC Open | 68 (44–101) | 230 | 7 | $2,715 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) | 68 (31–104) | 182 | 19 | ≈$3,160 | — | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics | 70 (37–105) | 145 | 16 | ≈$4,090 | — | 0.0 |
| High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention | 70 (47–101) | 70 | 25 | ≈$2,890 | — | 0.0 |
| Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology | 72 (44–112) | 80 | — | $2,980 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Open Heart | 73 (47–112) | 219 | 22 | ≈$3,223 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine | 73 (55–109) | 54 | 5 | ≈$4,740 | — | 0.0 |
| CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease | 73 (45–108) | 53 | 8 | $2,100 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management | 73 (50–92) | 50 | 101 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology | 75 (51–125) | 220 | 21 | ≈$3,890 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Cardiology | 76 (55–114) | 484 | 2 | ≈$3,970 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| American Journal of Hypertension | 76 (38–132) | 187 | — | ≈$4,814 | — | 0.0 |
| Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia | 76 (10–170) | 97 | 87 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions | 78 (54–108) | 240 | 60 | $2,400 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| European Heart Journal - Imaging Methods and Practice | 78 (49–115) | 139 | 14 | ≈$3,462 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Arrhythmia | 79 (54–109) | 224 | 12 | $1,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.14 |
| Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia | 81 (54–116) | 395 | 3 | ≈$3,490 | — | 0.55 |
| Hellenic Journal of Cardiology | 81 (48–117) | 56 | 6 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions | 84 (53–125) | 634 | 10 | ≈$4,490 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Electrocardiology | 84 (51–127) | 162 | 7 | ≈$2,890 | — | 0.0 |
| Canadian Journal of Cardiology | 87 (61–128) | 292 | 8 | ≈$3,710 | — | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Heart Failure | 87 (49–133) | 265 | 26 | ≈$5,300 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Clinical Hypertension | 88 (60–117) | 164 | — | $4,400 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis | 88 (53–123) | 55 | 19 | ≈$3,890 | — | 0.0 |
| European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes | 89 (67–125) | 107 | — | ≈$4,591 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus | 89 (52–128) | 65 | 2 | $2,470 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine | 90 (69–112) | 457 | 89 | $2,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology | 90 (62–122) | 318 | 14 | ≈$4,500 | — | 0.0 |
| Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal | 90 (48–131) | 64 | 2 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Experimental Physiology | 91 (55–143) | 323 | 29 | $3,150 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.05 |
| Cardiovascular & Haematological Disorders - Drug Targets | 91 (60–109) | 56 | — | — | — | — |
| Global Cardiology Science and Practice | 92 (75–120) | 60 | 21 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Internal and Emergency Medicine | 93 (54–136) | 323 | 17 | ≈$4,790 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | 93 (60–152) | 250 | 15 | ≈$3,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Heart and Vessels | 93 (69–132) | 94 | 19 | ≈$2,790 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| JACC. Clinical electrophysiology | 94 (54–131) | 284 | 50 | ≈$5,000 | Hybrid | 0.95 |
| World Journal of Cardiology | 94 (70–125) | 159 | — | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| JACC Basic to Translational Science | 94 (58–144) | 100 | 57 | $4,750 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention | 95 (65–128) | 149 | 1 | $2,760 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography | 97 (54–151) | 116 | 10 | ≈$3,800 | — | 0.0 |
| American Journal of Preventive Cardiology | 98 (66–147) | 243 | 2 | $2,440 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical Research in Cardiology | 99 (68–139) | 214 | 24 | ≈$4,190 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Cardio-Oncology | 100 (71–154) | 123 | 23 | $2,890 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology | 101 (71–148) | 191 | 18 | ≈$4,170 | — | 0.0 |
| Clinical Cardiology | 103 (66–201) | 112 | — | $4,190 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.22 |
| American Heart Journal | 104 (76–138) | 200 | 4 | ≈$4,070 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiology | 104 (64–145) | 153 | 7 | ≈$3,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives | 104 (79–150) | 106 | 72 | $500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice | 106 (64–162) | 187 | 2 | $2,950 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Korean Circulation Journal | 106 (78–148) | 95 | 44 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Indian Heart Journal | 106 (55–183) | 82 | 1 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine | 107 (70–160) | 1,823 | 18 | ≈$3,850 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.81 |
| JACC Heart Failure | 107 (70–148) | 193 | 48 | ≈$5,000 | — | 0.0 |
| European Heart Journal Open | 107 (77–149) | 164 | 18 | ≈$2,623 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research | 107 (73–149) | 141 | 19 | ≈$4,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Archives of cardiovascular diseases | 107 (58–152) | 94 | 42 | ≈$3,470 | — | 0.0 |
| Cardiology | 107 (82–149) | 81 | 14 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Current Cardiology Reviews | 108 (87–135) | 111 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| BMC Cardiovascular Disorders | 109 (71–181) | 990 | 22 | $3,290 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.15 |
| European Journal of Preventive Cardiology | 110 (71–158) | 436 | 13 | ≈$3,792 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular Toxicology | 110 (80–173) | 123 | 16 | ≈$4,890 | — | 6.85 |
| JACC CardioOncology | 110 (90–158) | 55 | — | $4,410 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| European Heart Journal - Digital Health | 111 (86–146) | 145 | 36 | ≈$3,657 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Vascular Health and Risk Management | 111 (92–133) | 86 | 13 | $3,940 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| JACC Asia | 113 (80–154) | 152 | 63 | $4,207 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Hypertension Research | 114 (78–152) | 224 | 28 | ≈$3,090 | — | 0.0 |
| Autonomic Neuroscience | 115 (82–176) | 89 | 6 | ≈$3,500 | — | 0.0 |
| JACC Advances | 119 (87–159) | 664 | 36 | $3,024 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.77 |
| ESC Heart Failure | 121 (79–173) | 280 | 23 | ≈$5,525 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy | 121 (95–153) | 94 | 72 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| Heart Lung and Circulation | 122 (89–192) | 182 | 130 | ≈$3,260 | — | 0.0 |
| JACC. Cardiovascular imaging | 122 (65–209) | 77 | 64 | ≈$5,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Pulmonary Circulation | 123 (75–171) | 155 | 13 | $2,540 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology | 123 (54–164) | 72 | 99 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology | 125 (85–189) | 69 | — | ≈$4,150 | — | 2.1 |
| Basic Research in Cardiology | 125 (73–214) | 61 | 13 | ≈$4,990 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Heart & Lung | 126 (95–153) | 212 | 8 | ≈$3,600 | — | 2.56 |
| Clinical Autonomic Research | 133 (104–172) | 55 | 24 | ≈$4,790 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Hypertension | 134 (86–194) | 222 | 29 | — | Hybrid | 0.83 |
| Global Heart | 135 (99–192) | 106 | 17 | ≈$1,894 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Heart | 138 (104–186) | 217 | 215 | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia | 138 (99–183) | 153 | — | ≈$388 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Human Hypertension | 139 (106–213) | 110 | 11 | ≈$4,790 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | 144 (94–209) | 157 | 4 | $3,000 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.79 |
| Journal of Cardiology Cases | 146 (111–182) | 108 | 24 | ≈$1,500 | — | 0.0 |
| The Egyptian Heart Journal | 146 (81–228) | 102 | 17 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.83 |
| Clinical Science | 146 (104–194) | 90 | — | — | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Zhōnghuá mínguó xīnzàngxué huì zázhì | 148 (96–204) | 77 | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| European Heart Journal - Case Reports | 155 (112–210) | 663 | 9 | ≈$800 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular Research | 157 (98–241) | 194 | — | ≈$5,329 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology | 179 (123–213) | 127 | 2 | ≈$4,120 | Hybrid | 3.36 |
| European Heart Journal | 190 (134–244) | 367 | — | ≈$5,922 | Hybrid | 0.28 |
| Cardiovascular Therapeutics | 199 (163–261) | 79 | 33 | $2,380 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Cardiology Journal | 209 (122–302) | 102 | 39 | $1,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Veterinary Cardiology | 236 (160–329) | 80 | 6 | ≈$3,360 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Nature Cardiovascular Research | 316 (233–432) | 86 | 41 | ≈$12,690 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
11 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care | 45 (1–80) | 92 | — | ≈$3,792 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease | 55 (20–102) | 63 | 2 | $2,260 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | 60 (33–112) | 54 | 84 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Archives of Medical Science | 87 (52–116) | 191 | 23 | ≈$2,308 | Open access (DOAJ) | 1.33 |
| Cardiorenal Medicine | 99 (58–135) | 57 | 16 | $3,040 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Cardiovascular Pathology | 100 (63–126) | 66 | 5 | ≈$4,210 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods | 100 (67–159) | 59 | 2 | ≈$3,500 | — | 0.0 |
| Structural Heart | 100 (63–140) | 68 | 43 | $2,340 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Heart Views | 143 (46–219) | 61 | 163 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Current Vascular Pharmacology | 151 (101–201) | 58 | — | — | — | — |
| Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology | 213 (170–299) | 59 | 26 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2023
3 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2023 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Heart Surgery Forum | 53 (36–95) | 97 | 36 | $1,500 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Biomedical Papers | 92 (69–125) | 52 | 18 | ≈$692 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging | 167 (115–237) | 54 | 14 | ≈$4,030 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2022
5 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2022 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie | 23 (7–42) | 54 | 28 | ≈$2,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiac Surgery | 39 (12–75) | 722 | 21 | ≈$2,700 | — | 0.0 |
| Cardiology Research and Practice | 91 (64–142) | 68 | 24 | $2,830 | Open access (DOAJ) | 29.05 |
| Journal of Interventional Cardiology | 99 (76–144) | 87 | 24 | $2,620 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Case Reports in Cardiology | 113 (87–193) | 69 | 20 | $870 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2021
4 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2021 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
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| American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease | 68 (52–115) | 77 | 35 | — | — | 0.0 |
| TH Open | 94 (57–138) | 64 | 74 | $3,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Hypertension | 116 (73–173) | 73 | 14 | $1,970 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| ARYA atherosclerosis | 136 (86–222) | 57 | — | 3,500,000 IRR | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Latest available year: 2020
5 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2020 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Atrial Fibrillation | 50 (38–73) | 77 | 106 | — | — | — |
| Journal of Internal Medicine | 71 (42–97) | 121 | 52 | ≈$4,780 | — | 0.0 |
| Cardiovascular Ultrasound | 91 (72–129) | 52 | 11 | $2,990 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Herz | 109 (80–159) | 51 | 29 | ≈$2,390 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research | 180 (114–261) | 67 | 36 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
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Among 129 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 6 days (Circulation Reports). The middle journal's median was 92 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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