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Name of Journal	World Journal of Cardiology
Title Abbreviation	World J Cardiol
ISSN	1949-8462 (online)
DOI	10.4330
Launch Date	December 31, 2009
Frequency	Monthly
Open Access	Open access
Publisher	Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
Research Domain	Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Overview
Aims and Scope	World Journal of Cardiology (WJC, World J Cardiol) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of cardiology. The types of articles published in WJC include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Correspondence, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJC is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group.
Article Type	Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Correspondence, and Case Report.
Indexing/Abstracting	The WJC is now abstracted and indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics	The 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJC as 2.8; JIF without journal self cites: 2.6; 5-year JIF: 2.9; JIF Rank: 84/230 in cardiac and cardiovascular systems; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2. The WJC’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.2 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine is 192/397.
Editors-in-Chief	Ramdas G Pai, Xiao-Quan Rao
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About the BPG	Baishideng Publishing Group (BPG), founded in 1993, is headquartered in California, USA. BPG is committed to editing and publishing high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed clinical medical journals. Our team comprise the Administrative Office, Editorial Office, Production Department, and New Technology Development Department. Collectively, our principle commitment is to discovery and dissemination of knowledge. Our mission is to provide a high-quality platform for authors to publish innovative research results in the field of clinical, basic, and translational medical research following strict peer review mechanisms. We are guided by our vision to help authors expand their academic influence, provide readers with high-quality academic content, and lead field development. Our values remain strong in adherence to our review guidelines, decision guidelines, and publication ethics, in ensuring the fairness, openness, and transparency of the process from the time of author's submission through each step of first review, peer review, and final review, and in editing and publishing of each high-quality peer-reviewed article.
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