Former names British Heart Journal Discipline Cardiology Edited by Catherine Otto | Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Heart Language English Publisher BMJ Group | |
Heart is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all areas of cardiovascular medicine and surgery. It is the official journal of the British Cardiovascular Society. It was established in 1939 as the British Heart Journal and is published by the BMJ Group. The name was changed from British Heart Journal to Heart in 1996 with the start of volume 75.
Contents
Topics covered include coronary disease, electrophysiology, valve disease, imaging techniques, congenital heart disease (fetal, paediatric, and adult), heart failure, surgery, and basic science. Each issue also contains an extensive continuing professional education section ("Education in Heart").
The journal is available online by subscription, with archives from before 2006 accessible free of charge. The editor-in-chief is Catherine Otto (University of Washington).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by Index Medicus, Science Citation Index, and Excerpta Medica. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2014 impact factor is 5.595, ranking it 15th out of 123 journals in the category "Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems".
Editors-in-chief
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal: