Top Cardiology journals

Grouped by quality band, best first, and listed alphabetically within each band — the bands are the ranking; we do not order named journals against one another.

156 ranked journals. Computed 2026-09-04, citation window 2019–2022. Journals too new or too small to rank fairly are not listed — “unranked” is not a zero.

Questions

Why might a strong sub-specialty journal sit below the broad flagships?

Every cardiology journal is ranked against all of cardiology, so a focused title can rank below the broad flagships that accumulate more field-wide citations. A high position signals reach across the whole field, not the only measure of a journal's value in its niche.

Are cardiac surgery and vascular journals included here?

No. This list is limited to journals whose primary NLM discipline is Cardiology. Cardiac surgery and vascular medicine are neighbouring fields with their own scope, and each journal is ranked in its home discipline to keep every list honest.

How current is this ranking?

The measure is recomputed about once a year over a multi-year citation window, and the exact calculation date is shown beneath the list. A ranking without a date is noise — this one carries its own.

Spotted an error?

If a journal looks misclassified — the wrong discipline, a missing title, a band that seems off — please tell us at [email protected]. Every report gets an answer, and a confirmed error is corrected at the latest when the ranking is next recomputed.