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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY

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45 Review(s)

Open Access SCIE Official Website Submission Website

*Average Peer Review
Average 2 Month(s)

*Competitiveness
About 65%

CiteScore
5.3

CiteScore Rank

Subject Area	Rank	Percentile
Category: Medicine Subcategory: Surgery	60 / 597
Category: Medicine Subcategory: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine	108 / 409
Category: Medicine Subcategory: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine	44 / 165

Link to PubMed Central (PMC)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=1010-7940%5BISSN%5D

Indexing (SCI collection)

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Scopus (CiteScore)

Country/Area of Publication
NETHERLANDS

Publication Frequency
Monthly

Publisher
Elsevier

ISSN
1010-7940

E-ISSN
1873-734X

Year Publication Started
1987

Self-citation (2025-2026)
12.10%

Annual Article Volume
310

Gold OA Percentage
22.85%

Open Access Info

APC	APC Waiver	Other Charges
N/A	N/A	N/A

Journal Aim & Scope

The primary aim of the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is to provide a medium for the publication of high-quality original scientific reports documenting progress in cardiac and thoracic surgery. The journal publishes reports of significant clinical and experimental advances related to surgery of the heart, the great vessels and the chest. The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is an international journal and accepts submissions from all regions. The journal is supported by a number of leading European societies.

Web of Science Quartiles

WOS Quartile: Q1

Quartiles By JIF	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS	SCIE	Q2	81/237
Category: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	SCIE	Q2	39/107
Category: SURGERY	SCIE	Q1	50/321

Quartiles By JCI	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS	SCIE	Q1	58/237
Category: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	SCIE	Q1	24/107
Category: SURGERY	SCIE	Q1	79/321

*Crowdsourced data

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CiteScore Trends
Self Citation Trends
Annual Article Volume Trends

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CHEST	267	11.20
THORAX	200	14.40
RESPIROLOGY	72	11.60
JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION	122	10.60
RESPIRATORY RESEARCH	95	8.80
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY	147	9.00