Global Heart

Aims & Scope

Global Heart offers a forum for dialogue and education on research, developments, trends, solutions and public health programs related to the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) worldwide, with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Manuscripts should address not only the extent or epidemiology of the problem, but also describe interventions to effectively control and prevent CVDs and the underlying factors.

The emphasis should be on approaches applicable in settings with limited resources.

Economic evaluations of successful interventions are particularly welcome.

We will also consider negative findings if important.

While reports of hospital or clinic-based treatments are not excluded, particularly if they have broad implications for cost-effective disease control or prevention, we give priority to papers addressing community-based activities.

We encourage submissions on cardiovascular surveillance and health policies, professional education, ethical issues and technological innovations related to prevention.

Global Heart is particularly interested in publishing data from updated national or regional demographic health surveys, World Health Organization or Global Burden of Disease data, large clinical disease databases or registries.

Systematic reviews or meta-analyses on globally relevant topics are welcome.

We will also consider clinical research that has special relevance to LMICs, e.g. using validated instruments to assess health-related quality-of-life in patients from LMICs, innovative diagnostic-therapeutic applications, real-world effectiveness clinical trials, research methods (innovative methodologic papers, with emphasis on low-cost research methods or novel application of methods in low resource settings), and papers pertaining to cardiovascular health promotion and policy (quantitative evaluation of health programs.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	3.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.063

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	55

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4371

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3796

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Abstracting & Indexing

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Nursing, 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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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine and Nursing, 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 Global Burden of Disease Study and the Preventable Burden of NCD

  Citation: 416

  Authors: Catherine P., Gregory A., Andrew E.

• Global Atlas of Cardiovascular Disease 2000-2016: The Path to Prevention and Control

  Citation: 314

  Authors: Hana, Jamie, Adrianna, Shaoli, Eliezer, Sara, Pablo, George A., Jagat, Catherine O., Gregory A., Andrew E.

• Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

  Citation: 308

  Authors: Kristian, Joseph S., Allan S., Maarten L., Bernard R., Harvey D., Writing Group Joint ESC

• Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018)

  Citation: 291

  Authors: Kristian, Joseph S., Allan S., Bernard R., Jeroen J., David A., Harvey D.

• Cardiovascular Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Compared to High-Income Countries: An Epidemiological Perspective

  Citation: 277

  Authors: Matthew Fomonyuy, Karen, Andre Pascal, Anna Olga, Gene

• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Insights from Framingham

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Ralph B., Michael J., Joseph M., Sean

• Global and Regional Burden of Aortic Dissection and Aneurysms: Mortality Trends in 21 World Regions, 1990 to 2010

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Uchechukwu K. A., Paul E., F. Gerald R., Victor, Yanna, Frank E., Mohammad H., Mohsen, Julie O., Mary M., Michael H., George A., Majid, Christopher

• Global and Regional Burden of Death and Disability From Peripheral Artery Disease: 21 World Regions, 1990 to 2010

  Citation: 222

  Authors: Uchechukwu K.A., F. Gerald R., Mary M., Michael H., Victor, Paul E., Mohammad H., Mohsen, Yanna, Frank E., Julie O., George A., Majid, Christopher

• The Impact of Neighborhoods on CV Risk

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Ana V., Mahasin S., Jana A., Kari, Latetia V.

• Global Burden of Atrial Fibrillation in Developed and Developing Nations

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Sumeet S., Gregory A., Richard F., George A.

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