AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The American Journal of Cardiology (ISSN 0002-9149) is a biweekly, peer-reviewed medical journal published in New York, USA, by Elsevier. Dedicated to the field of cardiovascular medicine, the journal encompasses a broad spectrum of clinical and translational research, with particular emphasis on coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and preventive cardiology. It is indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI) and generally falls within the third or fourth quartile of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) journal ranking system, reflecting an impact factor that typically hovers around 3.0. As a subscription-based publication that is not open access, the journal is recognized for its practical orientation, frequently publishing original research articles, case reports, and reviews that prioritize direct clinical application. While it maintains a reputable standing in the discipline, its broader acceptance criteria compared to top-tier cardiology journals allow for the dissemination of studies with modest novelty, making it a reliable, albeit less selective, platform for authors seeking to share cardiovascular research with a wide clinical audience.