Congenital Heart Disease

Aims & Scope

Congenital Heart Disease is an open-access journal focusing on congenital heart disease in children and adults.

Though the number of infants born with heart disease each year is relatively small (approximately 1% of the population), advances in treating such malformations have led to increased life spans for this population.

Consequently, today most patients treated for congenital heart disease are over the age of 20.

What are the special needs of adults with congenital heart disease?

What are the latest developments in the care of the fetus, infants, and children?

Who should treat these patients?

How should they be treated?

Congenital Heart Disease focuses on these questions and more.

Conceived as a forum for the most up-to-date information on congenital heart disease, the journal is led by Editor-in-Chief Vladimiro L.

Vida, MD, Ph.D., Professor in Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua in Italy, as well as an international editorial board.

Congenital Heart Disease publishes articles on heart disease as it relates to the following areas: -Basic research of congenital heart disease- Clinical pediatric and adult cardiology- Cardiac imaging- Preventive cardiology- Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization- Electrophysiology- Surgery- Long-term follow-up, particularly as it relates to older children and adult congenital heart disease- Exercise and exercise physiology in the congenital patient- Post-op and critical care- Common disorders such as syncope, chest pain, murmurs, as well as acquired disorders such as Kawasaki syndrome

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20973

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	154

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.203

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	60

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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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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.

• Incorporating Three-dimensional Printing into a Simulation-based Congenital Heart Disease and Critical Care Training Curriculum for Resident Physicians

  Citation: 179

  Authors: John P., Laura J., Lillian, Axel, Fahad, Omar, M. Blair, Shi-Joon, Peter C., Richard A., Dilip S.

• Protein-Losing Enteropathy after Fontan Operation

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Jack

• Experiences and Outcomes of Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care Services for Young People with Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review

  Citation: 163

  Authors: Emily, Aisling M., Alison E., Imelda

• Liver Disease in the Patient with Fontan Circulation

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Fred M., Chinweike, Robert D., Anne Marie, John E., Michael G.

• Nutrition Algorithms for Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; Birth through the First Interstage Period

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Julie, David A., Megan, Jessica, Kenan W., Brandis, Elena C., Liz, Erin, Linda M., Denise, Marcy, Nancy, Haleh, Jeffrey B.

• Clinical Phenotypes of Fontan Failure: Implications for Management

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Wendy M., Jennifer, Anita, Anne, Fred

• Congenital Heart Defects and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Larry, Eric, Rodrigo, Edward, Joshua, Marilyn G.

• Exercise Testing Identifies Patients at Increased Risk for Morbidity and Mortality Following Fontan Surgery

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Susan M., Mark E., Dionne A., Paul, Mathieu, Elizabeth, Dorothy D., Michael J., Jonathan

• Five decades of the Fontan operation: A systematic review of international reports on outcomes after univentricular palliation

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Laura S., Peter, Stanislav

• Development of a Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative: From Inception to Implementation. From the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease Quality Improvement Task Force

  Citation: 114

  Authors: John D., Robert H., Geoffrey L., Kathy J., Thomas S., Gerard R., Steven R., Carole

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