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World Journal of Cardiology is a rigorously peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal dedicated to publishing original, high-quality research findings in the field of cardiology, including clinical, translational, and basic studies, as well as research involving artificial intelligence. The journal focuses on, but is not limited to, the following areas: Acute coronary syndromes, aneurysm, angina, arrhythmias, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, imaging, infection, myocardial infarction, pathology, peripheral vessels, public health, Raynaud’s syndrome, stroke, thrombosis, and valvular disease. Types of articles published by the journal include clinical study, basic study, case report, editorial, review, minireview, systematic review, meta-analysis, guidelines, and correspondence. The journal sincerely welcomes experts and scholars to submit original research manuscripts. Each submission will be reviewed by at least two independent referees, who will critically assess its novelty, significance, and reproducibility, as well as any flaws in experimental design and data processing, in order to provide authors with meaningful peer review reports. The journal adheres to editorial policies, peer-review processes, editorial processes, and publication ethics guidelines developed by the editorial office in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the World Association of Medical Editors. By doing so, the journal strives to provide authors with high-quality services, offer readers high-quality academic content, and further advance clinical practice. Submit an Article >>
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
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 (2249), Duration of Peer Review (24 days/Mean), Days from Submission to First Decision (46 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (38 days/Mean), Accepted (51.9%/Mean), Production Time (56 days/Mean), Time to Publication (180 days/Mean), and Rejected (34.9%/Mean).
Review
María Magdalena Aguirre García, Amedeo Amedei, María Fernanda Flores Enciso, Samuel Jaimez Alvarado
World J Cardiol
18(3):116780.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.116780
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Accepted: 01/29/2026
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Daisuke Usuda, Daiki Furukawa, Rikako Imaizumi, Rikuo Ono, Yuki Kaneoka, Eri Nakajima, Masashi Kato, Yuto Sugawara, Runa Shimizu, Tomotari Inami, Riki Sakurai, Kenji Kawai, Shun Matsubara, Risa Tanaka, Makoto Suzuki, Shintaro Shimozawa, Yuta Hotchi, Ippei Osugi, Risa Katou, Sakurako Ito, Kentaro Mishima, Akihiko Kondo, Keiko Mizuno, Hiroki Takami, Takayuki Komatsu, Tomohisa Nomura, Manabu Sugita
World J Cardiol
18(3):118227.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.118227
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Minireviews
Sudipta Mondal, Dinesh P Raja, Nadeem A Muslim, Mukund A Prabhu
World J Cardiol
18(3):116299.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.116299
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Received: 11/06/2025
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Case Control Study
Tomislav Letilovic, Tajana Filipec Kanizaj, Ivana Jurin, Vedran Radonic, Frane Paic, Jasenka Grgurić, Maja Vuckovic
World J Cardiol
18(3):114077.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.114077
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Retrospective Study
Hiroki Teragawa, Yu Hashimoto, Akane Tsuchiya, Shuichi Nomura
World J Cardiol
18(3):116661.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.116661
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Accepted: 01/23/2026
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Observational Study
Anna Dmitrievna Karbovskaya, Basheer Abdullah Marzoog, Anastasia Stroeva, Alexander Suvorov, Peter Chomakhidze, Daria Gognieva, Natalia Kuznetsova, Abromavich Syrkin, Valentin V Fadeev, Sevindzh M Ismailova, Irina V Poluboyarinova, Philipp Kopylov
World J Cardiol
18(3):116217.
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.116217
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Received: 11/04/2025
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Prospective Study
Anna Dmitrievna Karbovskaya, Basheer Abdullah Marzoog, Anastasia Stroeva, Peter Chomakhidze, Daria Gognieva, Natalia Kuznetsova, Abromavich Syrkin, Valentin V Fadeev, Irina V Poluboyarinova, Sevindzh M Ismailova, Alexander Suvorov, Philipp Kopylov
World J Cardiol
18(3):116115.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.116115
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Received: 11/02/2025
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Basic Study
Peng-Fei Hu, Ling-Yu Bai, Ming Zhao, Kui-Ying Ma, Li-Ying Xuan, Xin Qi
World J Cardiol
18(3):117821.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.117821
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Meta-Analysis
Maneeth Mylavarapu, Ogechukwu Obi, Yozahandy Abarca, Husna Fatima, Prarath Roshni, Noor Ul Huda, Yuliya Lysak, Asad Gandapur, Samantha Contreras Vazquez, Muhammad Areeb Siddiqui, Adetola Mowo-Wale
World J Cardiol
18(3):112189.
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.112189
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World J Cardiol
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.116789
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Case Report
Ao Li, Yong-Jie Zhu, Xiao-Xue Ma, Yan Jin, Jun Yang, Qiu-Ting Feng
World J Cardiol
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.117999
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Letter to the Editor
Tsung Ying Tsai, Scot Garg, Patrick W Serruys
World J Cardiol
18(3):115153.
Published online Mar 26, 2026.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v18.i3.115153
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