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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 >>
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The WJC’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.2 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine is 192/397.
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1949-8462 (online)
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Received (161), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (33 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (25 days/Mean), Accepted (29.8%/Mean), Production Time (29 days/Mean), Time to Publication (127 days/Mean), and Rejected (18.6%/Mean).
Editorial
Wen-Hua Song, Gary Tse, Kang-Yin Chen, Tong Liu
World J Cardiol
17(7):108510.
Published online Jul 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.108510
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Received: 04/16/2025
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Sukhdeep Bhogal, Tarun Bhandari, Akash Batta, Bishav Mohan
World J Cardiol
17(7):109690.
Published online Jul 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.109690
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Received: 05/17/2025
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Revised: 06/15/2025
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Accepted: 07/07/2025
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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
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Received: 03/04/2025
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Accepted: 06/16/2025
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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
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Received: 03/28/2025
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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
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Received: 05/21/2025
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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
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Received: 03/08/2025
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Olesya Ilkun, Amir Kazory
World J Cardiol
17(7):107539.
Published online Jul 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.107539
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Received: 03/25/2025
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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
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Received: 04/04/2025
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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
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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
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Observational Study
Deng Pan, Peng-Fei Chen, Si-Yan Ji, Tie-Long Chen, He Zhang
World J Cardiol
17(7):101434.
Published online Jul 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.101434
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Received: 09/14/2024
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Prospective Study
Huaijun Wang, Anne Schmieder, Mary Watkins, Pengjun Wang, Joshua Mitchell, S Zyad Qamer, Gregory Lanza
World J Cardiol
17(7):108745.
Published online Jul 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.108745
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Received: 04/23/2025
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Systematic Reviews
Krzysztof Glaser, Wojciech Glaser, Luca Marino, Marek Ruchala, Federico Bilotta
World J Cardiol
17(7):107510.
Published online Jul 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.107510
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Received: 03/24/2025
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Case Report
Juan S Acosta, Jennifer Cifuentes Tarquino, Joshua E Arteaga
World J Cardiol
17(7):106828.
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.106828
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Novel approach to pulmonary vein isolation ablation via right internal jugular access: A case report 
John R Lester, Ali Abolhassani, Himax Patel, Haitham Hreibe
World J Cardiol
17(7):108901.
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i7.108901
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