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World Journal of Cardiology (WJC, World J Cardiol) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing clinical, basic, and translational research achievements that are innovative, novel, and practical in the fields of cardiology. The types of articles published in WJC include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. WJC is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. Submit here >>
Editors-in-Chief
- Ramdas G Pai, MD, Professor, (Email: ramdas.pai@medsch.ucr.edu) Director Cardiovascular Fellowship Program, Chair of Clinical Sciences, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA 92507, United States
- Xiao-Quan Rao, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
Indexing/Abstracting
The WJC is now abstracted and indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Web of Science), PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database.
Journal Metrics
The 2025 edition of Journal Citation Reports® cites the 2024 journal impact factor (JIF) for WJC as 2.8; JIF without journal self cites: 2.6; 5-year JIF: 2.9; JIF Rank: 84/230 in cardiac and cardiovascular systems; JIF Quartile: Q2; and 5-year JIF Quartile: Q2.
The WJC’s CiteScore for 2024 is 3.2 and Scopus CiteScore rank 2024: Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine is 192/397.
ISSN
1949-8462 (online)
Latest Manuscript Statistics
Received (194), Peer Review Time (5 days/Mean), Time to First Decision (31 days/Mean), Second Decision Time (26 days/Mean), Accepted (31.4%/Mean), Production Time (29 days/Mean), Time to Publication (127 days/Mean), and Rejected (22.7%/Mean).
Editorial
Davide Ramoni, Luca Liberale, Federico Carbone, Fabrizio Montecucco
World J Cardiol
17(8):108749.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.108749
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Received: 04/22/2025
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Revised: 05/25/2025
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Accepted: 07/18/2025
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Evidence Review
Sowrabha Bhat, Cornelius J Fernandez, Vijaya Lakshmi, Joseph M Pappachan
World J Cardiol
17(8):107991.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.107991
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Received: 04/01/2025
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Revised: 05/28/2025
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Accepted: 07/14/2025
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Review
Anum Siraj, Kanwal Haneef
World J Cardiol
17(8):107437.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.107437
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Received: 03/24/2025
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Revised: 05/22/2025
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Accepted: 08/01/2025
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Joseph Mercola
World J Cardiol
17(8):110163.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.110163
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Received: 05/29/2025
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Revised: 06/12/2025
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Accepted: 07/18/2025
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Minireviews
Lan-Lan Zhang, Bo Wang, Jing Wang, Jia Zhao, Li-Wen Liu
World J Cardiol
17(8):107847.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.107847
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Affan Faisal, Abdul Basit, Abdullah Iftikhar, Muneeb Saifullah, M Khalil ur Rehmaan, Abdul M Basil
World J Cardiol
17(8):109657.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.109657
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Received: 05/16/2025
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Retrospective Study
Jing-Yan Hao, Shi-Fu Wang, Qin Yang, Wei Wang, Zhuo-Xian Zhao, Shan Guo, Ying Zhou, Fei Dong, Wen-Hua Lin
World J Cardiol
17(8):109903.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.109903
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Received: 05/26/2025
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Systematic Reviews
Early mobilization in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A scoping review 
Vasiliki Kanellou, Konstantinos Kaliarntas, Despoina Myrto Dounavi, Irini Patsaki, Dimitrios Kalpaxis, Christos Kourek, Stavros Dimopoulos
World J Cardiol
17(8):107811.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.107811
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Received: 03/28/2025
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Aman Goyal, Samia Aziz Sulaiman, Abdallah Alaarag, Waseem Hoshan, Priya Goyal, Viraj Shah, Mohamed Daoud, Gauranga Mahalwar, Abu Baker Sheikh
World J Cardiol
17(8):110489.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.110489
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Received: 06/07/2025
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Meta-Analysis
Muneeb Khawar, Syed Abdullah Shah, Aqsa Komel, Zainab Anfaal, Umad Ali, Moosa Mubarik, Muhammad Khan Buhadur Ali, Awon Muhammad, Muneeb Saifullah, Mirza Muhammad Hadeed Khawar, Abdul Qadeer, Saad Ur Rahman, Mobeen Haider, Abbas Muhammad Mehdi
World J Cardiol
17(8):109738.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.109738
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Received: 05/20/2025
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Mirza Muhammad Hadeed Khawar, Hooria Ejaz, Muhammad Soban Jaffar, Muhammad Kashif, Mavia Habib, Absar Mukhtar, Hafsa Riaz, Syed Abdullah Shah, Awon Muhammad, Umad Ali, Hannan Saeed, Muhammad Khan Buhadur Ali, Rejina Chhetri
World J Cardiol
17(8):111159.
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doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.111159
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Received: 06/23/2025
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Case Report
Han Cheng, Ling-Tong Gu, Jing Yang
World J Cardiol
17(8):110366.
Published online Aug 26, 2025.
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v17.i8.110366
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Received: 06/04/2025
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