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Welcome to the World Journal of Cardiology

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 >>

2025 Published Issues
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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 (160), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (33 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (25 days/Mean), Accepted (30.0%/Mean), Production Time (29 days/Mean), Time to Publication (127 days/Mean), and Rejected (18.8%/Mean).
Editorial
Review
Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Muhammad Umais, Syed Muhammad Faizan Sattar, Umair Mehboob, Asma Iqbal, Maaz Amir, Danyal Bakht, Khawar Ali, Abdul Haseeb Hasan, Muhammad Arsham Javed, Wahidullah Dost 
World J Cardiol 17(7):106561. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.106561
Thang Viet Luong, Hoa Tran, Bich Ngoc Hoang Thi, Hung Minh Vu, The Trung Le, Tien Thi Le, Huyen Trang Tran Thi, Hung Minh Nguyen, Thang Chi Doan, Binh Anh Ho, Tien Anh Hoang, Hai Nguyen Ngoc Dang 
World J Cardiol 17(7):107751. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.107751
Jian Zu, Lu Cheng, Jing-Jing Lu, Hui Xu, Rong Zhang, Xue-Rui Ye, Qian Qiao, Li-Hong Zhang, Hao-Ling Zhang, Jing-Jing Zhang 
World J Cardiol 17(7):109787. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.109787
Minireviews
Syed Faqeer Hussain Bokhari, Ali Bin Waseem, Hassan Raza, Asma Iqbal, Saad Javaid, Beya Idrees, Khawaja Allah Ditta Saad, Danyal Bakht, Wahidullah Dost 
World J Cardiol 17(7):106841. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.106841
Xenofon M Sakellariou, Dimitrios Ν Nikas, Panagiotis Papanagiotou, Evangelos Liberopoulos, Matilda Florentin, Aris Bechlioulis, Eleftheria M Mastoridou, Theofilos M Kolettis 
World J Cardiol 17(7):107772. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.107772
Saira Rafaqat, Ali Hassan, Ahmad Usman, Iman Hussain, Aneeza Waris Hussain Rathore, Muhammad Faheem Tariq, Hooria Naseem, Sara Khan, Masooma Zaidi 
World J Cardiol 17(7):108363. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.108363
Retrospective Study
Li-Hong Zhang, Zhi-Fu Cen, Qian Qiao, Xue-Rui Ye, Lu Cheng, Gui-Qin Liu, Yi Liu, Xing-Qiang Zhang, Xian-Feng Pan, Hao-Ling Zhang, Jing-Jing Zhang 
World J Cardiol 17(7):109044. Published online Jul 26, 2025. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.109044
Observational Study
Prospective Study
Systematic Reviews
Case Report