Cardiology in the Young

Aims & Scope

Cardiology in the Young is devoted to cardiovascular issues affecting the young, and the older patient suffering the sequels of congenital heart disease, or other cardiac diseases acquired in childhood.

The journal serves the interests of all professionals concerned with these topics.

By design, the journal is international and multidisciplinary in its approach, and members of the editorial board take an active role in the its mission, helping to make it the essential journal in paediatric cardiology.

All aspects of paediatric cardiology are covered within the journal.

The content includes original articles, brief reports, editorials, reviews, and papers devoted to continuing professional development.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15066

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1107

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.353

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	68

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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.

• Current insights regarding neurological and developmental abnormalities in children and young adults with complex congenital cardiac disease

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Gil

• Clinical and epidemiological description of aortic dissection in Turner's syndrome

  Citation: 216

  Authors: Claus, Kerstin, Kirstine, Britta, Thomas, Christian, Lisskulla, Ulrik, Bent, Jens

• Relationship of the dimension of cardiac structures to body size: an echocardiographic study in normal infants and children

  Citation: 206

  Authors: P. E. F., E. H., R. G., Z., J., S. A.

• The nomenclature, definition and classification of hypoplastic left heart syndrome

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Christo I., Jeffrey P., Paul M., Vera D., Marie J., Steven D., Martin J., Rodney C.G., J. William, Otto N., Hiromi, Bohdan, Giovanni

• Transcatheter closure as standard treatment for most interatrial defects: experience in 200 patients treated with the Amplatzer â„¢ Septal Occluder

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Felix, Peter, Per G., Ingo, Gregor, Ira, Michael, Peter E.

• Long-term outcomes after the atrial switch for surgical correction of transposition: a meta-analysis comparing the Mustard and Senning procedures

  Citation: 153

  Authors: Paul, Michael J., Jean, Clare P.

• Nomenclature for congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: Historical perspectives and The International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Rodney C.G., Jeffrey Phillip, Otto N., Marie J., Vera D., Steven D., Martin J., J., Hiromi, Bohdan, Giovanni, Christo I., Henry L., Paul, Robert H.

• The morphological spectrum of ventricular noncompaction

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Robert M., Shi-Joon, Don, Glenn, Steffen, Robert H.

• Collaborative quality improvement in the cardiac intensive care unit: development of the Paediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC⁴)

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Michael, David S., Sarah, Steven M., Nancy, Nikhil K., John M., Ravi R., Peter C., Lara S., Janet E., Gina M., J. William, Jeffrey P., Richard G., John R., Sara K., Mark A.

• Behaviour at eight years in children with surgically corrected transposition: The Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial

  Citation: 136

  Authors: David C., Jane W., David, Karl C. K., Adre J., Leonard A.

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