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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.

Ownership

Heart is co-owned by the British Cardiovascular Society and the BMJ Group. For more information please refer to the Affiliations section below.

Journal Statistics

Acceptance rate	17% for original research submitted in 2012
Time from submission to first decision	27 days for reviewed original articles
Time from acceptance to publication	31 days (online) 68 days (print)
Frequency	Biweekly
Impact factor	4.223
Indexed by	Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase)
Launch date	1939
ISSN of Heart	1355-6037
ISSN of Heart Online	1468-201X

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Affiliations

The BMJ Publishing Group is a founding member of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics), which provides a forum for publishers and Editors of scientific journals to discuss issues relating to the integrity of the work submitted to or published in their journals.

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the value of medical research literature by promoting transparent, accurate reporting of research studies. The BMJ Group is a sponsor of its activities.

BMJ Group sites
BMJ
BMJ Open
Emergency Medicine Journal
Heart Asia
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of Medical Genetics
Quality & Safety in Health Care
Tobacco Control

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