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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, (Email: jannet18@163.com) Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
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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.
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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 (2203), Peer Review Time (30 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (46 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (38 days/Mean), Accepted (52.0%/Mean), Production Time (56 days/Mean), Time to Publication (181 days/Mean), and Rejected (35.0%/Mean).
Editorial
Davide Ramoni, Federico Carbone, Luca Liberale, Fabrizio Montecucco
World J Cardiol
18(2):117277.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.117277
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Received: 12/03/2025
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Accepted: 01/14/2026
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Minireviews
Vaibhav Sharma
World J Cardiol
18(2):111032.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.111032
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Received: 06/20/2025
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Revised: 08/01/2025
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Accepted: 12/17/2025
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Aneeza Waris Hussain Rathore, Hira Naveed, Atif Nadeem, Aqib Ishaque, Sadia Iqbal, Uswah Ilyas, Tooba Arooj, Saira Rafaqat
World J Cardiol
18(2):113624.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.113624
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Received: 08/29/2025
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Revised: 09/30/2025
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Accepted: 01/05/2026
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Sze-Hua Tan, Jia-Lin Wu, Shu-Xiong Zhuo, Yi Zhang, Miao Wang
World J Cardiol
18(2):114960.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.114960
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Received: 10/03/2025
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Case Control Study
Zefferino Palamà, Giuseppe Tricarico, Antonio Scarà, Antonio Gianluca Robles, Gabriele De Masi De Luca, Martina Nesti, Silvio Romano, Luigi Sciarra
World J Cardiol
18(2):111861.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.111861
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Received: 07/19/2025
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Accepted: 01/06/2026
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Retrospective Cohort Study
Abdulaziz Algethami, Salman Salem Alahmadi, Abdulrahman AlQahtani, Mohammed Balghith
World J Cardiol
18(2):114983.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.114983
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Received: 10/03/2025
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Accepted: 12/12/2025
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Ahmed Jamal Chaudhary, Wasim Akbar Bhat, Affan Ul Haq, Haroon Ur Rashid, Irum Dad Khan, Mah Noor Dad Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Mubeen Nawaz, Sameer Ali, Muhammad Hamza Tariq
World J Cardiol
18(2):115528.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.115528
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Received: 10/18/2025
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Accepted: 12/17/2025
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Retrospective Study
Vijay K Trehan, Safal Safal, Siddhant Trehan, Sanjeev Kathuria, Preeti S Vani
World J Cardiol
18(2):114636.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.114636
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Received: 09/29/2025
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Accepted: 12/15/2025
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Observational Study
Muntaser Omari, Miray Ibrahim, Omran Abukhalaf, Ahmed Abdalwahab, Richard Edwards, Rajiv Das, Azfar Zaman, Mohamed Farag, Mohammad Alkhalil
World J Cardiol
18(2):110803.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.110803
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Received: 06/15/2025
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Accepted: 11/21/2025
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Basic Study
Min Zeng, Qiong Li, Lin Li, Cheng-Fang Xiang, Yi-Jun Wang
World J Cardiol
18(2):113358.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.113358
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Received: 08/22/2025
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Systematic Reviews
Eman Elmenyar, Mohammad Adeeb Abbara, Zeina Al-Ghoul, Wael Al Mahmeed, Başar Cander, Ahmed Shaaban Abdelrahman, Hassan Al-Thani, Ayman El-Menyar
World J Cardiol
18(2):114561.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.114561
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Received: 09/22/2025
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Tirath Patel, Muhammad Farhan, Nehal K Bhatt, Hewaz A Fatah, Joel J Peniel, Ved V Kaulgud, Tisimol Mathew, Aashita M Bapat, Waleed SS Harazeen, Abdullatif N Alatta, Ayoola Awosika
World J Cardiol
18(2):116172.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.116172
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Received: 11/04/2025
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Accepted: 01/04/2026
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Meta-Analysis
Usha Kumari, Manaswini Kaka, Fakhar Abbas, Amar Rai, Sanjana Kumari, Hakim Ullah Wazir, Salim Surani
World J Cardiol
18(2):112956.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.112956
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Received: 08/10/2025
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Kristina G Pereverzeva, Ayoub Glenza, Sergey S Yakushin
World J Cardiol
18(2):114265.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.114265
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Received: 09/14/2025
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Letter to the Editor
Nikias Milaras, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Skevos Sideris
World J Cardiol
18(2):114706.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.114706
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Received: 09/25/2025
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Revised: 11/02/2025
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Accepted: 12/24/2025
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Hussam Ali, Flavio Airoldi, Riccardo Cappato
World J Cardiol
18(2):115016.
Published online Feb 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i2.115016
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Received: 10/05/2025
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