Journal profile

The Journal of cardiovascular surgery

Publisher: Edizioni Minerva Medica
ISSN0021-9509 | 1827-191X FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
2.44
Citation rate 0.98 126 total citations
h5-index 14 h5 depth signal
Cited share 50.0% 64 of 128
Total citations 126 Citation footprint
Metric signal 1.03 External metric anchor
Self-citation 5.6% 7 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Italy 190
United States 185
Germany 146
Netherlands 79
France 68

Citing Fields of Research

Vascular Disorders 606
Cardiology 452
Abdominal Surgery 142
Liver Diseases 36
Kidney Diseases 33

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 856 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 128 64 cited publications
Last 12 months 77 7.7 publications/month
Open access share 6.5% 5 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Italy 190 citing publications
Leading citing field Vascular Disorders 606 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 1 September 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
May-Jun. 1964-
PubMed
May-Jun. 1964-
OLDMEDLINE
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Vascular Disorders Cardiology

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
Contributor
International Cardiovascular Society

Broad Categories

Cardiology General Surgery Vascular Diseases Vascular Disorders

MeSH Descriptors

Cardiovascular Diseases

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

07
Tamas Kovacs, Andreas K. Johannessen, Jacob Budtz-Lilly et al.
Dedicated bridging stents for fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair (F/BEVAR) have recently become available. The BeFlared stent (Bentley InnoMed, Germany) is a balloon-expandable covered stent mounted on a dual-diameter ba...
10
Pablo Marques DE Marino, Nils Schwaertzel, Athanasios Katsargyris et al.
This study aims to report the results of target vessels (TVs) bridged with more than one bridging stent-graft (BSG) in branched endovascular aneurysm repair (BEVAR) and assess the impact of hybrid configuration, BSG selection and relinin...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Some vols. include special issues covering the proceedings of the congresses of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery or the International Cardiovascular Society.

Also issued online.

Summaries in French, Spanish, Italian, and/or German.

Official journal of the International Cardiovascular Society.