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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, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJC is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
Editors-in-Chief
- Ramdas G Pai, MD, Professor, (Email: ramdas.pai@medsch.ucr.edu) Director Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, Chair of Clinical Sciences, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA 92507, United States
- Xiao-Quan Rao, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
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.
ISSN
1949-8462 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (221), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (30 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (26 days/Mean), Accepted (35.7%/Mean), Production Time (29 days/Mean), Time to Publication (122 days/Mean), and Rejected (25.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Rafail Koros, Eleni M Domouzoglou, Michail I Papafaklis
World J Cardiol
17(9):110228.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110228
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Received: 06/01/2025
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Revised: 07/08/2025
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Accepted: 08/12/2025
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Review
Liudmila A Zotova, Nikita V Enenkov
World J Cardiol
17(9):109876.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.109876
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Received: 05/24/2025
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Accepted: 08/28/2025
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Minireviews
Shilpi Gupta, Nand Lal, Akshyaya Pradhan, Ajay Kumar Verma
World J Cardiol
17(9):109126.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.109126
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Received: 04/29/2025
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Revised: 06/11/2025
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Accepted: 08/25/2025
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Rony Marethianto Santoso, Wilbert Huang, Ser Wee, Bambang Budi Siswanto, Amiliana Mardiani Soesanto, Wisnu Jatmiko, Aria Kekalih
World J Cardiol
17(9):109992.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.109992
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Received: 05/27/2025
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Accepted: 08/05/2025
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Jia-Xin Xu, Ye Wu, Lin Zhang, Yong-Hao Wu, Chun-Lai Li, Fen Lin
World J Cardiol
17(9):110278.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110278
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Received: 06/10/2025
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Accepted: 08/11/2025
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Prospective Study
Subrata Kar, Clifton Espinoza
World J Cardiol
17(9):110220.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110220
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Received: 05/31/2025
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Systematic Reviews
Vinay Gundareddy, Shivam Singla, Jupalle Mounika, Okello Owona, Bhavna Singla, Taranpreet Singh, Sidra Anwar, Vignesh Ramachandran, Hikmat Ullah, Shabbir Mazari
World J Cardiol
17(9):110061.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110061
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Received: 05/28/2025
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Meta-Analysis
Muhammad Burhan, Humza Saeed, Muhammad Usama, Aamnah Tariq, Saira Shafiq, Sonia Hurjkaliani, Minahil Iqbal, Sufyan Shahid, Salman Khalid, Naeem Khan Tahirkheli
World J Cardiol
17(9):110403.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110403
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Received: 06/05/2025
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Danyal Bakht, Maaz Amir, Fahad Saleem, Ahmed Asif, Mohammad Maheer Mubashir, Abdullah Shahid Farooq, Muhammad Zauraiz Malik, Ahmad Hassan, Kinza Bakht, Muhammad Arham, Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Muhammad Numan Awais, Muhammad Khan Buhadur Ali, Allah Dad, Muhammad Rizwan Akram
World J Cardiol
17(9):110756.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110756
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Aarushi Gupta, Tinatin Chikhradze, Afrah Arshad, Rahmah Ashar Sakrani, Zainab Khan, Melake Getahun, Samreen Rizwan Ahmed Shaikh, Wajiha Syed, Tanish Baweja, Abhijith Remesan, Cheryl Lewis, Joy Doshi, Muneeb Khawar, Asraf Hussain, Muhammad Muneeb Khawar
World J Cardiol
17(9):110838.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.110838
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World J Cardiol
17(9):111044.
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Jia Zeng, Yao Zhao, Di Gao, Xiang Lu, Jing-Jing Dong, Yan-Bing Liu, Bin Shen
World J Cardiol
17(9):113720.
Published online Sep 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i9.113720
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