Aims & Scope

The European Heart Journal is an international, English language, peer-reviewed journal dealing with cardiovascular medicine.

It is an official journal of the European Society of Cardiology and is published weekly.

The European Heart Journal aims to publish the highest quality material, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine.

It includes articles related to research findings, technical evaluations, and reviews.

In addition it provides a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine, including education issues.

In addition to publishing original papers on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine and surgery, the journal also features reviews, clinical perspectives, ESC Guidelines, and editorial articles about recent developments in cardiology as well as encouraging correspondence from its readers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 35.6
2024 37.60

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 19241

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 4.987

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q1

h-index

Year Value
2024 367

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 295

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


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.

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

    Citation: 10637

    Authors: Piotr, Adriaan A., Stefan D., Héctor, John G. F., Andrew J. S., Volkmar, José Ramón, Veli-Pekka, Ewa A., Mariell, Cecilia, Petros, John T., Burkert, Jillian P., Giuseppe M. C., Luis M., Frank, Frans H., Peter

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

    Citation: 9525

    Authors: Theresa A, Marco, Marianna, Roy S, Andreas, Michael, Haran, Javed, Jelena, Ovidiu, John G F, Andrew J S, Maria G, Dimitrios, Martine, Stephane, Arno W, Tiny, Ewa A, Mitja, Carolyn S P, Alexander R, John J V, Alexandre, Richard, Claudio, Massimo, Susanna, Giuseppe M C, Frank, Anne, Rudolf A, P, Magdy, Victor, Stamatis, Stefan D, Elena, Riccardo, Johann, Antoni, Michael A, Werner, Maja, Kevin, Victoria, Paul, Polychronis, Heinz, Justin, Volkmar, Laurent, Gerasimos, Alan, Norbert, Chris P, Finn, Julie, Bernard, Stefan, Mariell, Aleksandra, Dipak, Ekaterini, Patrizio, Ulf, Christophe, Basil S, Francisco, Aleš, Maja-Lisa, Lars H, Donna, Josep, Davor, Christian, Holger, Jens-Cosedis, Lis, Michel, Steffen E, Anna, Piotr, Eva, Amina, Dimitrios J, Evgeny, Petar, Michele, Marta, Miguel, Carlo G, Rhian M, Carsten, Johannes, Marianna, Andreas, Michael, Haran, Jelena, Ovidiu, John G F, Andrew J S, Maria G, Dimitrios, Roy S, Martine, Stephane, Arno W, Tiny, Ewa A, Mitja, Carolyn S P, Alexander R, John J V, Alexandre, Richard, Claudio, Massimo Francesco, Susanna, Giuseppe M C, Frank, Anne Kathrine

  • 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

    Citation: 7617

    Authors: Bryan, Giuseppe, Wilko, Enrico, Michel, Michel, Denis L, Antonio, Giovanni, Anna, Thomas, Felix, Josep, Luis, Alberto, Mary, Sverre E, Reinhold, Stephane, Gregory Y H, Richard, Krzysztof, Frank, Roland E, Evgeny, Costas, Victor, Ileana, Guy, Anthony M, Stefan, Murielle, Claudio, Pierre, Jana, Héctor, Enrico G, Bo, Neil, Renata, John G F, Jean-Philippe, Ioan Mircea, Peter W, Victoria, Paul, Hans-Christoph, Maria, Robert, Csaba, Marc, Ian M, Guido, Hermann, F D Richard, Bojan, Catriona, Hugo A, Abraham A, Christophe, Dragan, Empar, Athanasios J, Theresa A, Franz, Maria Lorenza, Uwe, Michael Hecht, Gianfranco, Joep, Massimo Francesco, Jorge, Piotr, Dimitrios J, Stefano F, Marco, Naveed, Petar M, Iain A, Miguel, Alice V, Philippe, Panos, Massimo, Sven, Stephan, Jose Luis, Stephan, Victor, Stefan, Emanuele, Héctor, Antonio, Jean-Philippe, Ioan Mircea, Veronica, Victoria, Donna, Oliver, Gerhard, Bernard, Peter, Hugo A, Juhani, Patrizio, Christophe, Theresa A, Massimo Francesco, Piotr, Dimitrios J, Marco, Evgeny, Iain A, Miguel, Jose Luis, Costas, Empar, Reinhold, Murielle, Enrico Agabiti, Bojan, Michel, Andrzej, Thomas, Jorge, Philippe, Bryan, Claudio, Giuseppe, Gianfranco, Denis L, Antonio, Athanasios, Dragan, Salim, Parounak, Peter, Ruslan, Olga, Michel, Larisa, Dimitar, Nikos, Aleš, Michael Hecht, Amin Fouad, Margus, Kaj, Marija, Jean-Michel, Zurab, Heribert, Costas, Dénes, Karl, Michael, Giuseppe, Gani, Tatiana, Kārlis, Georges A, Gintare, Stéphanie, Daniela Cassar, Alexandru, Janneke, Tonje Amb, Piotr, Jorge, Dragos, Elena I, Marina, Ana Djordjevic, Slavomira, Zlatko, Vicente, Bo, Thilo, Wissem, Sinan, Yuriy, Adrian, Thomas, Irina, Tine De, Sekib, Bojan, Jiri, Margus, Ilkka, Thierry, Bernhard K, George S, Gianfranco, Kārlis, Marius, Eva, Andrzej, Manuel, Maria, Irina, Dragan, Slavomira, Jana, Julian, Anders, Antoinette, Serap, Yuriy, Adrian

  • 2017 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation

    Citation: 7384

    Authors: Borja, Stefan, Stefan, Manuel J, Chiara, Héctor, Alida L P, Filippo, John A, Sigrun, Gerhard, Adnan, Mattie J, Eva, Marco, Marco, Christoph, Pascal, Petr, Jean-Philippe, Steen Dalby, Victor, Andreas, Raffaele, Ioan Mircea, Victoria, Donna, Oliver, Anthony H, Stephan, Veli-Pekka, Hugo A, Juhani, Philippe, Christophe, Gregory Y H, Joao, Aleksandar N, Franz-Josef, Alexander, Massimo Francesco, Dimitrios J, Evgeny, Iain A, Ph Gabriel, Christian Juhl, Kristian, Stephan, Jose Luis, Uwe, Stephan, Victor, Stefan, Emanuele, Héctor, Antonio, Jean-Philippe, Ioan Mircea, Veronica, Victoria, Donna, Oliver, Gerhard, Bernard, Peter, Hugo A, Juhani, Patrizio, Christophe, Theresa, Massimo Francesco, Piotr, Dimitrios J, Marco, Evgeny, Iain A, Jose Luis, Mohamed, Hamlet G, Bernhard, Firdovsi, Volha, Christophe, Larisa, Kiril, Bosko, Loizos, Petr, PetrChristian Juhl, Sameh Mohamad, Toomas, Matti, Sasko, Martine, Alexander, Albrecht, Ioannis Georgios, Béla, Thorarinn, Zaza, Leonardo, Salim, Gani, Medet, Ilja, Hisham Ben, Olivija, Bruno, Robert G, Samir, Vibeke, Jacek, Ana Teresa, Gabriel, Alexey, Luca, Milan, Martin, Matjaz, Ana Maria, Petur, Raban, Mohamed Sami, Aylin, Alexander, Chris P

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

    Citation: 7377

    Authors: Gerhard, Tatjana, Nikolaos, Elena, Jeroen J, Carina, Giuseppe, Manuel, Gheorghe-Andrei, Polychronis E, Laurent, Gerasimos, Jonathan M, Mark, Deirdre A, Jean-Pierre, Maddalena, Gregory Y H, Fausto J, G Neil, Marco, Isabelle C, Bart P, Caroline L, Paulus, Michael, Victor, Anders, Pawel, Johann, Stefano, Axel, Frieder, A John, Davide, Barbara, David, Harry J G M, Victoria, Dobromir, Heinz, Lars, Donna, Thierry, Chris P, Bulent, Karl Georg, Hein, Bernard, Hugo A, Dipak, Ulf, Christophe, Basil S, Julia, Jose Luis, Béla, Lluís, Christian, Klaudia V, Jonas, Nikola, Roberto F E, Steffen E, Jonathan P, Bogdan A, Helmut, Dimitrios J, Marco, Andrea, Daniel, Renate B, Iain A, Evgeny, Moritz F, Jan, Miguel, Piotr, Martin, Rhian M, Nikolaos, Elena, Jeroen J, Carina, Giuseppe, Manuel, Gheorghe-Andrei, Polychronis E, Laurent, Gerasimos, Jonathan M, Mark, Deirdre A, Jean-Pierre, Maddalena, Gregory Y H, Fausto J, G, Marco, Isabelle C, Caroline L, Tahar, Hamayak S, Daniel, Alexandr, Michel De, Elnur, Tchavdar, Panayiotis, Josef, Christian, Ahmad Abd, Priit, Pekka, Serge, Giorgi, Lars, Vassilios, Zoltán, David O, Joseph, Alon, Pasquale, Amina, Ibadete, Alina, Oskars, Mario, Aras, Laurent, Mark A, Aurel, Aneta, Abdelhamid, Natasja de, Lidija, Ole-Gunnar, Przemyslaw P, Diogo Magalhães, Calin, Evgeny N, Luca, Dejan, Robert, Zlatko, Fernando, Tord, Christian, Leila, Ilyas, Oleg, Matthew G D, Nodir U

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

    Citation: 6659

    Authors: François, Colin, Alberico L, Konstantinos C, Manuela, Lina, M John, Guy G, Victoria, Brian A, Ian M, Alison, Ulf, Borislava, Terje R, Gabriele, Dimitrios J, Marc S, Marja-Riitta, Lale, Olov, Christian, Heinz, Victor, Alberto, Wolfram, Michel, Bruna, Meral, Goran, Ekaterini, Basil S, Josep, Philippe, Steffen, Anna Sonia, Massimo Francesco, Xavier, Lorenz, Kausik K, Željko, Walter F, Marco, Jean-Paul, Evgeny, Iain A, Erik, Isabella, Alexandros D, Margus, Cecile, Alexander, Michal, Mislav, José Luis, Jean-Philippe, Konstantinos C, Manuela, Lina, M, Guy G, Victoria, Brian A, Ian M, Alison, Ulf, Borislava, Terje R, Gabriele, Dimitrios J, Marc S, Marja-Riitta, Lale, Olov, Stephan, Victor, Colin, Jean-Philippe, Veronica, Victoria, Donna, Chris P, Diederick, Sigrun, Gerhard, Bernard, Peter, Hugo A, Ulf, Christophe, Maddalena, Basil S, Bela, Christian, Steffen, Anna Sonia, Dimitrios J, Marco, Evgeny, Iain A, Miguel, Rhian M, Djamaleddine, Parounak H, Peter, Ruslan, Philippe, Belma, Arman, Lambros, Jindřich, Mogens Lytken, Hesham Salah, Margus, Timo E, Jean, Rusudan, Ulrich, Loukianos, László, Thorbjörn, Vincent, Yaakov, Michele Massimo, Aisulu, Gani, Alina, Gustavs, Omar, Rimvydas, Laurent, Philip, Victoria, Aneta, Mbarek, Frank, Irena, Kjetil, Piotr, Ricardo, Dan, Marat, Marina, Vojislav, Daniel, Zlatko, Leopoldo Perez, Emil, Roger, Leila, Oner, Olena, Riyaz S

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes

    Citation: 5409

    Authors: Juhani, William, Antti, Davide, Emanuele, Christian, Eva, Robert F, Christi, Thomas, Stefan, Kenneth, Thor, Javier, Bernard J, Pavel, Martine, David, Robert, Felix, Josep, Claudio, Marco, Stephan, Jeroen J, Franz-Josef, Udo, Adrian Paul, Nikolaos, Héctor, Raffaele, Alaide, Filippo, Martin, Victoria, Paul, Frank Arnold, Helmut, Erik Lerkevang, Stefan, Demosthenes, Ulf, Maddalena, Christian M, Hendrik, Alexander, Carlo, Anna Sonia, Steffen E, Raffaele, Massimo Francesco, Bogdan A, Lorenz, Dimitrios J, Marco, Franz X, Evgeny, Dirk, Sigmund, Iain A, Miguel, Panos, Adam, Jose Luis, Stephan, Stefan, Emanuele, Jeroen J, Davide, Thomas, Christi, Kenneth, Thor, Javier, Christian, Bernard J, Martine, David, Robert, Felix, Josep, Claudio, Eva, Antti, Robert F, Pavel, Marco, Stephan, Victor, Colin, Jean-Philippe, Veronica, Victoria, Donna, Christopher P, Diederick, Sigrun, Gerhard, Bernard, Peter, Hugo A, Ulf, Christophe, Maddalena, Basil S, Bela, Christian, Steffen, Anna Sonia, Dimitrios J, Marco, Evgeny, Iain A, Miguel, Rhian M, Salim, Bernhard, Volha, Bernard, Zumreta, Vasil, Georgios, Petr, Sune Ammentorp, Hamza, Tiia, Tomi, Guillaume, Zurab, Jochen, John, Kálmán, Thorarinn, Aaron, Doron, Carmine, Shpend, Erkin, Silvija, Antoine, Ruta, Jean, Andrew J Cassar, Valeriu, G J, Hristo, Vibeke, Piotr, José, Ovidiu, Dmitry, Luca, Ana Djordjevic, Martin, Matjaz, Fernando, Magnus, Michael, Faouzi, Aylin, Yuriy, Brian

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Citation: 5254

    Authors: Paulus, Stefano, Dipak, Anders, Dan, Barbara, Manuel, Hans-Christoph, Hein, Jeroen, Gerhard, Antonis S., Jonas, Bogdan Alexandru, Ulrich, Bart, Panagiotis, Stefan, John, Gonzalo, Werner, Scipione, Filip, Antonio, Raffaele, Spiridon, Dobromir, José M., Gerasimos, Donna, Bulent, Maxine, Stefan H., Philippe, Gregory Y. H., Athanasios, John, Piotr, Raphael, Frank, Irina, Sanjay, Piotr, Juan Luis, Clare J., Isabelle C., Adriaan A., Stephan, Jose Luis, Katja


Quick Facts

Current Factor
35.6
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
4.987
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q1
First Published: 2024

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