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Editor |
Professor Adam D Timmis
London Chest Hospital
London, UK
Email: adamtimmis{at}mac.com
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| Editorial Office |
Heart Editorial Office
BMJ Journals Department
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9JR, UK
Email: heartjournal{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6235
Fax +44 (0)20 7388 6668 |
| Frequency |
12 times a year plus supplements |
| Launch date |
1939 |
| ISSN Heart |
1355-6037 |
| ISSN Heart Online |
1468-201X |
| Readership |
Clinicians (including trainees) and researchers involved with all areas of cardiovascular medicine and surgery as well as affiliated healthcare workers such as echocardiographers and nurse practitioners |
| Print circulation |
3830 (42% UK including members of the British Cardiac Society; 21% Europe; 22% North America; 15% other) |
| Indexed by |
Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase) |
| Impact factor |
The 2007 impact factor is 4.141
(ISI Web of Science) |
| Submitting to Heart |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press,
our online submission and review system.
Heart welcomes:
Original papers (clinical and basic science)
Editorials (usually commissioned)
Viewpoints (usually commissioned)
Reviews (usually commissioned)
Images in cardiology
Heart will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest
Authors may opt to have their articles published as electronic only pages
This greatly reduces the time to publication
Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on Heart Online
Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial
Office |
| Lead times |
Time from submission to first decision: mean 6 weeks
About 30% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to print publication: approximately 6-7 months (original papers)
This journal features Online First |
| Acceptance rate |
18% |
| Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe
- Personal print subscribers receive access to Heart Online at no additional cost
- Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to Heart Online separately
- All subscribers to Heart receive all supplements
- All subscribers have free access to relevant material on Online Learning
- Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues
- Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$12 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$30 |
| Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide Heart with an exclusive
licence to publish.
Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on Heart Online. |
| Permissions |
Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines
Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission;
we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible |
| Reprints |
Reprints contact details
Reprint Order Form For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer
authors a 10% royalty of net receipts less any sales commission.
The corresponding author will be contacted automatically should such a sale be secured to determine how the royalty should be paid. The royalty will be offered for up to
five years after publication. |
| Royalties from Reprint Sales |
For commercial reprint sales in excess of £2000, BMJ Journals is pleased to offer authors a 10%
royalty of net receipts less any sales commission.
The corresponding author will be contacted automatically should such a sale be secured to determine how the royalty should be paid. The royalty will be offered for up to
five years after publication. |
| Supplements |
Guidelines for publication of supplements to
Heart and other BMJ Journals
For further details please contact Claire Jura:
cjura{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6088 |
| Advertising |
For display advertising rates please visit the BMJPG
website and/or
contact Euan Currer:
Email: ecurrer{at}bmj.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6181
For information regarding web advertising and sponsorship of email @lerts
contact Simon Walker
Email: swalker{at}bmj.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6350 |
| ABC Electronic |
Heart has been audited by ABC Electronic |
| COPE |
Heart is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics |
| Equator |
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| Feedback |
Heart welcomes feedback on the journal and this site |
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