Heart
is an international journal from BMJ and BCS publishing important research and reviews in cardiovascular disease.
Impact Factor: 4.4
Citescore: 10
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Authors
Heart considers unsolicited submissions of a variety of article types, including original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and image challenge questions. Review articles are usually commissioned but unsolicited reviews may be considered for topics of interest to the journal's readers.
Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.
All manuscripts should be submitted online.
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Latest Articles
Congenital heart disease:
Congenital heart disease in England: a national cohort study from fetal diagnosis to end of infancy22 October 2025
Editorials:
Strategies for optimising tapering and withdrawal of interleukin-1 blockers in recurrent pericarditis20 October 2025
Arrhythmias and sudden death:
Ventricular arrhythmias during exercise in patients with mitral valve prolapse20 October 2025
Special populations:
Comparative analysis of recurrence rates following various cessation strategies for rilonacept in recurrent pericarditis20 October 2025
Best Research Paper Award
Each year the Heart editorial team selects the most meritorious research papers to receive the Heart Best Research Paper Award.
We are pleased to announce the winner and finalists for the Heart Best Research Paper Award 2025 in recognition of high quality and clinical impact. The 2025 award is for the best research paper published in the journal in 2024.
Winner
Fatemeh Malekzadeh, Abdullah Gandomkar, Hossein Poustchi, Arash Etemadi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Armin Attar, Firoozeh Abtahi, Shahrokh Sadeghi Boogar, Vahid Mohammadkarimi, Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Abbas Mohagheghi, Reza Malekzadeh, Sadaf G Sepanlou
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Heart - Our Full Story
Listen to Editor-in-Chief of Heart, Kazem Rahimi, talk about the journal's aims and scope, the advice he has for authors thinking about submitting to the journal, what the journal has to offer to readers and what the journal has planned for 2024.
Find out moreOpen Access Articles
Congenital heart disease:
Congenital heart disease in England: a national cohort study from fetal diagnosis to end of infancy21 October 2025
Coronary artery disease:
Retinal image-based deep learning for mild cognitive impairment detection in coronary artery disease population16 May 2025
Special populations:
Pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: a contemporary, nationwide perspective29 March 2025
Systematic review:
Impact of diabetes on outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a GRADE meta-analysis8 October 2025
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