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THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON

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12 Review(s)

Open Access SCIE Official Website Submission Website

*Average Peer Review
Average 3 Month(s)

*Competitiveness
About 80%

CiteScore
3.2

CiteScore Rank

Subject Area	Rank	Percentile
Category: Medicine Subcategory: Surgery	182 / 597
Category: Medicine Subcategory: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine	193 / 409
Category: Medicine Subcategory: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine	83 / 165

Link to PubMed Central (PMC)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=0171-6425%5BISSN%5D

Indexing (SCI collection)

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Scopus (CiteScore)

Country/Area of Publication
GERMANY

Publication Frequency
Bimonthly

Publisher
Georg Thieme Verlag

ISSN
0171-6425

E-ISSN
1439-1902

Year Publication Started
1979

Self-citation (2025-2026)
13.30%

Annual Article Volume
73

Gold OA Percentage
20.08%

Open Access Info

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

Journal Aim & Scope

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon publishes articles of the highest standard from internationally recognized thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, physiologists, and pathologists. This journal is an essential resource for anyone working in this field.

Original articles, short communications, reviews and important meeting announcements keep you abreast of key clinical advances, as well as providing the theoretical background of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. Case reports are published in our Open Access companion journal The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports.

Web of Science Quartiles

WOS Quartile: Q3

Quartiles By JIF	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS	SCIE	Q3	162/237
Category: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	SCIE	Q4	83/107
Category: SURGERY	SCIE	Q3	189/321

Quartiles By JCI	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS	SCIE	Q3	139/237
Category: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	SCIE	Q3	73/107
Category: SURGERY	SCIE	Q3	208/321

*Crowdsourced data

Journals In The Same Subject Area
CiteScore Trends
Self Citation Trends
Annual Article Volume Trends

Journal Title	h-index	CiteScore
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL	216	27.20
Journal of Thoracic Oncology	113	33.40
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE	343	25.70
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
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	65	10.20
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY	147	9.00