Pediatric Cardiology

Aims & Scope

The editor of Pediatric Cardiology welcomes original manuscripts concerning all aspects of heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents, including embryology and anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, biochemistry, pathology, genetics, radiology, clinical aspects, investigative cardiology, electrophysiology and echocardiography, and cardiac surgery.

Articles which may include original articles, review articles, letters to the editor etc., must be written in English and must be submitted solely to Pediatric Cardiology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.622

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	87

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9311

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1294

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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.

• Incidence of congenital heart disease: I. Postnatal incidence

  Citation: 585

  Authors: J. I. E.

• Normal ECG standards for infants and children

  Citation: 411

  Authors: André, Pentti, Edna, François, Marguerite, André

• Autoregulation of Cerebral Blood Flow in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Disease: The Brain Sparing Effect

  Citation: 314

  Authors: M. T., Y. A., R. M., C., L. D., B. W., F., C. B., J. C., C. S.

• Congenital Heart Disease Among 815,569 Children Born Between 1980 and 1990 and Their 15-Year Survival: A Prospective Bohemia Survival Study

  Citation: 305

  Authors: M., M.

• Fetal and Neonatal Cardiac Tumors

  Citation: 278

  Authors: H.

• Lessons Learned from the Development of a New Hybrid Strategy for the Management of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

  Citation: 268

  Authors: M., J.P.

• The Precarious State of the Liver After a Fontan Operation: Summary of a Multidisciplinary Symposium

  Citation: 268

  Authors: Jack, Gruschen, Elizabeth, Pierre, Jonathan J., Karen, David J., Anne Marie, Rebecca G.

• Dentists Are Innocent! ``Everyday'' Bacteremia Is the Real Culprit: A Review and Assessment of the Evidence That Dental Surgical Procedures Are a Principal Cause of Bacterial Endocarditis in Children

  Citation: 253

  Authors: Graham J.

• The Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Defects, Part I: A Study Based on Data from Three Large Registries of Congenital Malformations

  Citation: 252

  Authors: P., C., J.A., E.

• Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome: Temporally Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS): Cardiac Features, Management and Short-Term Outcomes at a UK Tertiary Paediatric Hospital

  Citation: 248

  Authors: Tristan, Oscar, Chui Yi, Nanda, Raghu, Alex G., Deepthi, Hari Krishnan, Steven B., Scott, Eslam, Barnaby R., Ashish

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