Journal rankings · indicator year 2004
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Subfield ranking · 2004
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journal rankings 2004
136 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine has 136 ranked journals in 2004. The median journal has an OJR of 0.65, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2003; Q1 starts at OJR 1.07. The top three are Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Archives of Internal Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2004. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
136 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2003. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2001–2003, the window the 2004 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2001–2003 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2004. | Compare |
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1CirculationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 5.28Q1 | 12.71 2.06 up from 2003 | 3,681 | 45% | — | ||
2Journal of the American College of CardiologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.58Q1 | 8.01 1.05 up from 2003 | 2,141 | 98% | $7,166 | ||
3Archives of Internal MedicineAmerican Medical Association · United States | 2.74Q1 | 5.58 0.75 up from 2003 | 1,426 | 8% | — | ||
4HypertensionLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.42Q1 | 6.21 0.13 up from 2003 | 1,285 | 58% | — | ||
5ACC Current Journal ReviewElsevier BV · United States | 2.14Q1 | 4.74 0.79 up from 2003 | 205 | 1% | — | ||
6European Heart JournalOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 4.78 1.08 up from 2003 | 981 | 25% | $5,922 | ||
7Trends in Cardiovascular MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 1.93Q1 | 5.67 0.62 up from 2003 | 177 | 3% | $4,740 | ||
8Cardiovascular ResearchOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.86Q1 | 4.74 0.11 down from 2003 | 1,102 | 28% | $5,329 | ||
9The American Journal of CardiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.77Q1 | 3.73 0.27 up from 2003 | 2,548 | 3% | $3,380 | ||
10American Heart JournalElsevier BV · United States | 1.77Q1 | 3.79 0.42 up from 2003 | 1,095 | 1% | $4,070 | ||
11The American Journal of MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 1.73Q1 | 3.62 0.20 up from 2003 | 1,286 | 24% | $3,770 | ||
12Progress in Cardiovascular DiseasesElsevier BV · United States | 1.63Q1 | 3.41 0.62 up from 2003 | 99 | 0% | $4,130 | ||
13Journal of Molecular and Cellular CardiologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.57Q1 | 3.79 0.99 down from 2003 | 573 | 2% | $4,120 | ||
14Mayo Clinic ProceedingsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 3.46 0.84 up from 2003 | 769 | 17% | $3,900 | ||
15Heart Failure ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.48Q1 | 3.84 0.62 up from 2003 | 105 | 0% | $3,090 | ||
16European Journal of Heart FailureElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.45Q1 | 3.33 0.19 down from 2003 | 328 | 37% | $5,300 | ||
17American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyAmerican Physical Society · United States | 1.42Q1 | 3.95 0.35 down from 2003 | 1,902 | 5% | — | ||
18Journal of HypertensionLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 3.49 0.34 up from 2003 | 1,105 | 1% | — | ||
19Current Opinion in CardiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.39Q1 | 2.83 0.26 up from 2003 | 207 | 0% | — | ||
20European Journal of Clinical PharmacologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.38Q1 | 2.34 0.34 up from 2003 | 367 | 9% | $3,090 | ||
21Journal of Cardiac FailureElsevier BV · United States | 1.33Q1 | 2.93 0.80 up from 2003 | 226 | 6% | $3,970 | ||
22American Journal of HypertensionOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.28Q1 | 3.29 0.24 up from 2003 | 735 | 20% | $4,814 | ||
23Journal of Cardiovascular ElectrophysiologyWiley · United States | 1.20Q1 | 2.52 1.24 down from 2003 | 399 | 12% | $4,500 | ||
24Medical Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.19Q1 | 2.29 0.13 down from 2003 | 217 | 1% | $3,350 | ||
25Thrombosis and HaemostasisThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.17Q1 | 2.73 0.68 down from 2003 | 1,331 | 9% | — | ||
26Annual Review of MedicineAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.16Q1 | 13.90 0.90 up from 2003 | 95 | 4% | — | ||
27European Journal of Clinical InvestigationWiley · United Kingdom | 1.15Q1 | 2.88 0.39 up from 2003 | 514 | 8% | $4,100 | ||
28HeartBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.15Q1 | 1.89 0.08 down from 2003 | 207 | 100% | — | ||
29Current Medical Research and OpinionTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.15Q1 | 2.85 0.64 up from 2003 | 314 | 13% | — | ||
30Cardiology ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.15Q1 | 1.87 0.09 down from 2003 | 149 | 0% | $3,150 | ||
31HeartBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.10Q1 | 2.31 0.49 up from 2003 | 1,273 | 100% | — | ||
32European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & RehabilitationSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.08Q1 | 1.84 0.25 down from 2003 | 162 | 6% | — | ||
33Cardiovascular Drug ReviewsWiley · United States | 1.08Q1 | 2.68 0.02 up from 2003 | 65 | 30% | — | ||
34Journal of Cardiopulmonary RehabilitationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.07Q1 | 1.85 0.27 down from 2003 | 155 | 1% | — | ||
35Heart & LungElsevier BV · United States | 1.07Q2 | 1.64 0.30 down from 2003 | 167 | 22% | $3,600 | ||
36Basic Research in CardiologySpringer Nature · Germany | 1.04Q2 | 2.98 0.14 up from 2003 | 187 | 5% | $4,990 | ||
37European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular ImagingOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 1.87 1.57 up from 2003 | 39 | 3% | $5,203 | ||
38Physiological MeasurementIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.95Q2 | 1.61 0.20 up from 2003 | 244 | 49% | $3,325 | ||
39American Journal of TherapeuticsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.95Q2 | 2.12 0.23 down from 2003 | 191 | 0% | — | ||
40Current Hypertension ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.95Q2 | 2.66 0.47 up from 2003 | 227 | 0% | $4,590 | ||
41Applied Psychophysiology and BiofeedbackSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.90Q2 | 2.45 1.06 up from 2003 | 68 | 0% | $3,290 | ||
42AACN Clinical Issues Advanced Practice in Acute & Critical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.90Q2 | 1.27 0.37 up from 2003 | 145 | 2% | — | ||
43Cardiovascular PathologyElsevier BV · United States | 0.88Q2 | 1.65 0.21 down from 2003 | 130 | 0% | $4,210 | ||
44Journal of the American Society of EchocardiographyElsevier BV · United States | 0.84Q2 | 1.93 0.27 up from 2003 | 611 | 18% | $3,800 | ||
45Journal of Interventional CardiologyOAWiley · United States | 0.84Q2 | 1.55 0.61 up from 2003 | 249 | 7% | $2,380 | ||
46Journal of Human HypertensionSpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 2.23 0.71 up from 2003 | 445 | 9% | $4,790 | ||
47Cardiovascular & Haematological Disorders - Drug TargetsBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.82Q2 | 1.67 1.22 up from 2003 | 42 | 2% | — | ||
48Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsWiley · United States | 0.81Q2 | 1.67 0.25 up from 2003 | 950 | 7% | $4,490 | ||
49Cardiovascular ToxicologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.80Q2 | 1.60 0.45 up from 2003 | 93 | 9% | $4,890 | ||
50Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and TherapeuticsOASAGE Publishing · United States | 0.79Q2 | 1.70 0.02 up from 2003 | 122 | 18% | $1,325 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery391
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine152
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health137
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine136
- Oncology109
- Epidemiology94
- Infectious Diseases86
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging71
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism65
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine51
- Dermatology49
- Hematology49
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health49
- Ophthalmology43
- Obstetrics and Gynecology38
- Pharmacology30
- Rheumatology30
- Nephrology28
- Reproductive Medicine25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Complementary and alternative medicine21
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine16
- Rehabilitation16
- Geriatrics and Gerontology14
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine6
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2004. Corpus-wide, 69.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
45 additional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2001–2003, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2004. Publication window: 2001–2003. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 136
- Window papers (baseline)
- 50,285 +16.3% from indicator year 2001
- Median OJR
- 0.65 +28.2% from indicator year 2001
- Rising journals (2025)
- 29
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2001–2003 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 100 | 111 | 124 | 128 | 136 | 139 | 150 | 162 | 173 | 184 | 190 | 200 | 209 | 218 | 227 | 238 | 248 | 266 | 280 | 290 | 294 | 297 | 296 | 293 | 289 | 287 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 38,504 | 43,221 | 45,691 | 48,567 | 50,285 | 54,819 | 60,687 | 66,011 | 71,206 | 78,674 | 83,572 | 88,872 | 90,962 | 95,515 | 101,247 | 105,471 | 109,295 | 111,295 | 114,960 | 118,626 | 123,446 | 129,250 | 135,096 | 137,746 | 137,659 | 138,818 | |
| Median OJR | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.717 | 0.6771 | 0.684 | 0.666 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.724 | 0.682 | 0.668 | 0.678 | 0.718 | 0.674 | 0.6769 | 0.70 | 0.691 | 0.694 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.