Kardiologia Polska

Aims & Scope

Kardiologia Polska (Kardiol Pol, Polish Heart Journal) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Polish Cardiac Society (PTK, Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne) published monthly since 1957.

It aims to provide a platform for sharing knowledge in cardiology, from basic science to translational and clinical research on cardiovascular diseases.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.8
2024	3.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11888

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1095

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.485

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

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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

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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.

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

  Citation: 337

  Authors: Paulus, Stefano, Dipak, Anders, Dan, Barbara, Manuel, Hans-Christoph, Hein, Jeroen, Gerhard, Antonis S., Jonas, Bogdan Alexandru, Ulrich, Bart, Panagiotis

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

  Citation: 191

  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

• Oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease: new insights

  Citation: 175

  Authors: Pasquale, Danilo, Daniele, Francesco

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

  Citation: 174

  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

• Lipoprotein ratios are better than conventional lipid parameters in predicting coronary heart disease in Chinese Han people

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Li, Zhan, Liren, Xiaoxiao, Yang, Wenfeng, Yanping, Fang, Yongyan

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

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Bryan, Giuseppe, Wilko, Enrico Agabiti, 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

• New indexes of body fat distribution, visceral adiposity index, body adiposity index, waist-to-height ratio, and metabolic disturbances in the obese

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Beata, Małgorzata, Marta, Grażyna

• 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Raimund, Victor, Catherine, Eduardo, Roberto, Holger, Arturo, Volkmar, Herbert, Oliver, Martin, Axel, Bernard, Athanasios John, Folkert, Christoph A., Marco, Hervé, Udo, Per Anton, Regula S., Christiaan J.M.

• 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Franz Josef, Miguel, Anders, Fernando, Adrian P., Umberto, Robert A., Jean-Philippe, Volkmar, Stuart J., Peter, Adnan, Akos, Steen D., Josef, Dimitrios J., Petar M., Dirk, Giulio G., Stephan, Rashmi, Michael O.

• 2018 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Vera, Jolien W., Johann, Carina, Renata, Michele, Bernard, Mark Richard, Ulrich, Peter, Irene Marthe, Joao, Petronella G., Patrizia, Susanna, Giuseppe M. C., Ute, Tommaso, Lorna, Carole A.

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