About Heart
Aims and Scope
Heart (formerly British Heart Journal) is an international peer review journal that keeps cardiologists up to date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Topics covered include coronary disease, electrophysiology, valve disease, imaging techniques, congenital heart disease (fetal, paediatric and adult), heart failure, surgery, and basic science.
Each issue contains an extensive continuing professional education section (Education in Heart) and JournalScan highlighting important papers from outside the cardiology literature.
Heart is the official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society and has been published since the 1930s.
Editor |
Professor Adam D Timmis
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Editorial Office |
Heart Editorial Office
Email: heartjournal{at}bmjgroup.com
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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 2008 impact factor is 4.964 (ISI Web of Science) |
Submitting to Heart |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press, our online submission and review system. Heart welcomes:
Heart will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest Authors may opt to have their articles published as electronic only pages
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
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Acceptance rate |
18% |
Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe - Personal print subscribers receive access to Heart Online at no additional cost
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Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide Heart with an exclusive
licence to publish.
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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 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.
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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.
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Supplements |
Guidelines for publication of supplements to Heart and other BMJ Journals For further details please contact Claire Jura:
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Advertising |
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For information regarding web advertising and sponsorship of email @lerts
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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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