Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Aims & Scope

The journal will cover clinical and technical studies related to congenital cardiac problems in newborns, infants, children, adolescents and adults.

It will also address issues related to some of the acquired heart diseases in children and adolescents such as rheumatic heart disease, pericarditis, aortoarteritis, cardiac tumors, pulmonary hypertension etc.

It will publish material related to fetal cardiac malformations including fetal interventions.

Articles dealing with physiology, pharmacology, pathology, cardiology, imaging, cardiac surgery, cardiac anesthesia, critical care, nursing and more basic specialities such as genetics and molecular biology will be published.

The Journal would publish peer-reviewed original research papers, brief communications, case reports, images, reviews, state-of-the-art articles, point-counterpoint and various interventional and surgical techniques (How I do it).

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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.

• The use of Z-scores in paediatric cardiology

  Citation: 141

  Authors: JohnM, Henry

• Pathology of Takayasu arteritis: A brief review

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Pradeep, JayaR

• Stenting the ductus arteriosus: Case selection, technique and possible complications

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Mazeni

• The role of stents in the treatment of congenital heart disease: Current status and future perspectives

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Bjoern, Peter, Felix

• Familial hypercholesterolemia: A review

  Citation: 72

  Authors: MithunJ

• Three-dimensional-printed cardiac prototypes aid surgical decision-making and preoperative planning in selected cases of complex congenital heart diseases: Early experience and proof of concept in a resource-limited environment

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Mahesh, NageshwaraRao, RajeshR, BrijeshP, Krishna

• Non-cardiac issues in patients with heterotaxy syndrome

  Citation: 63

  Authors: ShyamS

• Sequential segmental analysis

  Citation: 60

  Authors: RobertH, Girish

• Prevalence of congenital anomalies in newborns with congenital heart disease diagnosis

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Alexander, Simon, Deborah, Santosh, Shubhika

• Fetal cardiac arrhythmias: Current evidence

  Citation: 58

  Authors: EdwardAraujo, NathalieJeanne, LucianeAlves, LucianoMarcondes