Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Aims & Scope

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia (ACA) is the official journal of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists.

The journal is indexed with PubMed/MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica/EMBASE, IndMed and MedInd.

The journal’s full text is online at www.annals.in.

With the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing articles ‘Ahead of Print’ immediately on acceptance.

In addition, the journal would allow free access (Open Access) to its contents, which is likely to attract more readers and citations to articles published in ACA.

Authors do not have to pay for submission, processing or publication of articles in ACA.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Descriptive statistics and normality tests for statistical data

  Citation: 1631

  Authors: Anshul, Prabhaker, ChandraM, Uttam, Chinmoy, Amit

• Application of Student's t-test, Analysis of Variance, and Covariance

  Citation: 649

  Authors: Prabhaker, Uttam, Chandra M, Priyadarshni, Gaurav

• Comparison of Continuous Thoracic Epidural Analgesia with Bilateral Erector Spinae Plane Block for Perioperative Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery

  Citation: 181

  Authors: PS, S, Naveen G, Omshubham, G, N, K

• Selection of appropriate statistical methods for data analysis

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Prabhaker, ChandraMani, Uttam, Amit, Mayilvaganan

• Cannulation strategies in adult veno-arterial and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Techniques, limitations, and special considerations

  Citation: 162

  Authors: ArunL, Daniel, Pranav, Harish

• Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Christian, Manuel, Yolanda, Enrique

• Blood transfusion is associated with increased resource utilisation, morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery

  Citation: 121

  Authors: BharathiH, FrankC, Roger

• Early goal-directed therapy in moderate to high-risk cardiac surgery patients

  Citation: 117

  Authors: PoonamMalhotra, Madhava, Ujjwal, Minati, R, Usha

• Left ventricular global systolic function assessment by echocardiography

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Suresh

• Efficacy of Bilateral Pectoralis Nerve Block for Ultrafast Tracking and Postoperative Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Karthik Narendra, Ravikumar Nagashetty, Naveen G, PS, Madhu, Balaji, R, N, N