CardioRenal Medicine

Aims & Scope

The journal CardioRenal Medicine explores the mechanisms by which obesity and other metabolic abnormalities promote the pathogenesis and progression of heart and kidney disease (cardiorenal metabolic syndrome).

It provides an interdisciplinary platform for the advancement of research and clinical practice, focussing on translational issues.

Attention is paid to the fact that some metabolic abnormalities cluster with heart and chronic kidney disease, and collectively this is called the cardiorenal metabolic syndrome.

Moreover, certain metabolic abnormalities of the heart promote impaired coronary artery endothelial function, diastolic dysfunction and ischemic reconditioning that parallel glomerular hyperfiltration and impairments in proximal tubule handling of sodium and albumin.

Another point of focus is the role of the obesity epidemic in promoting the increasing incidence of heart and kidney disease in industrialized countries and the prevailing problems of insufficient exercise and excessive consumption of cheap, unwholesome food in promotion of the cardiorenal metabolic syndrome in both adults and children.

CardioRenal Medicine addresses a multidisciplinary audience consisting of nephrologists, cardiologists, nutritionists, endocrinologists, physiologists and general internists.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.723

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7780

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	251

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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.

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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.

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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.

• Uric Acid - Key Ingredient in the Recipe for Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Kunal, Kunal, James, Annayya

• Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Huijuan, Nevin, Wassawon, Lourdes, Zelal, Anna, Tommaso Hinna, Jeong Chul, Akash, Mauro, Grazia Maria, Alessandra, Elisa, Loris, Claudio

• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: From Pathophysiology to Treatment

  Citation: 177

  Authors: Luca, Antonio, Domenico, Alberto, Claudio

• A Comparison of Traditional and Novel Definitions (RIFLE, AKIN, and KDIGO) of Acute Kidney Injury for the Prediction of Outcomes in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Andrew K., Catherine, Cecelia, Edel, Alice, Niall G., Patrick T.

• Renal Dysfunction in the Presence of Normoalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the DEMAND Study

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Jamie P., Hans-Henrik, Lawrence G., Moti, Giuseppe, Julia B.

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and the Kidney

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Gianluca, Nevin, Claudio

• Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 1 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Wim, Sofie, John A., Sean M., Harlinde, Ingrid, Johan, Eric A.J.

• The Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Kevin Bryan, Fahad, Pradhum, Aaron Y., Kristen M., Peter A., Janani

• Association of Body Mass Index with Clinical Outcomes in Non-Dialysis-Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Seyed-Foad, Golara, Emad, Elani, Connie M., Daniel L., Luca, Roberto, Ana C., Csaba P., Kamyar

• Weathering the Cytokine Storm in COVID-19: Therapeutic Implications

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Giulia, Roberto, Marco Giuseppe, Massimiliano, Claudio, Carl J., Antonio, Filippo, Massimo, Nadia

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