American Journal of Cardiology

Aims & Scope

Published 24 times a year, The American Journal of Cardiology® is an independent journal designed for cardiovascular disease specialists and internists with a subspecialty in cardiology throughout the world.

AJC is an independent, scientific, peer-reviewed journal of original articles that focus on the practical, clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

AJC has one of the fastest acceptance to publication times in Cardiology.

Features report on systemic hypertension, methodology, drugs, pacing, arrhythmia, preventive cardiology, congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, and cardiomyopathy.

Also included are editorials, readers' comments, and symposia.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	2.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5417

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4127

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.933

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy: Comparison to necropsy findings

  Citation: 4796

  Authors: Richard B., Daniel R., Elizabeth M., Geoffrey J., Emilio, Irene, Nathaniel

• Decreased heart rate variability and its association with increased mortality after acute myocardial infarction

  Citation: 2967

  Authors: Robert E., J.Philip, J.Thomas, Arthur J.

• Problems in echocardiographic volume determinations: Echocardiographic-angiographic correlations in the presence or absence of asynergy

  Citation: 1925

  Authors: Louis Evan, Thomas, Michael V., Richard

• Treatment of myocardial infarction in a coronary care unit

  Citation: 1663

  Authors: Thomas, John T.

• Role of diabetes in congestive heart failure: The Framingham study

  Citation: 1621

  Authors: William B., Marthana, William P.

• Prevalence, incidence, prognosis, and predisposing conditions for atrial fibrillation: population-based estimates 11Reprints are not available.

  Citation: 1589

  Authors: W.B, P.A, E.J, D

• A more meaningful scoring system for determining the severity of coronary heart disease

  Citation: 1546

  Authors: Goffredo G.

• Waist circumference and abdominal sagittal diameter: Best simple anthropometric indexes of abdominal visceral adipose tissue accumulation and related cardiovascular risk in men and women

  Citation: 1445

  Authors: Marie-Christine, Jean-Pierre, Simone, Sital, Claude, Angelo, André, Paul J.

• New type of cardiomyopathy associated with diabetic glomerulosclerosis

  Citation: 1394

  Authors: Shirley, Joel, Yusuf Ziya, Tarik, Arthur Whitley, Arthur

• A brief self-administered questionnaire to determine functional capacity (The Duke Activity Status Index)

  Citation: 1279

  Authors: Mark A., Robin E., Michael B., Kerry L., Daniel B., Robert M., Frederick R., David B.

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