About the journal
The Heart Surgery Forum is an open-access journal published by IMR Press in Singapore, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 1,500 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 15 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- IMR Press
- ISSN
- 1098-3511 · 1522-6662
- Country
- Singapore
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 1,500 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 112
- Declared review time
- 15 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- double_blind
- Official website
- https://www.imrpress.com/journal/HSF
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2026-06-17
- PUBMED · 2004-01-01
- Indexing
- DOAJ · PUBMED
- APC
- 1,500 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 15 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Articles in DOAJ
112
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
15weeks
Works in OpenAlex
2524
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
39
i10-index
403
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy12
- Added to DOAJ
- 2026-06-17
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2026
- Level 1 — approved scholarly channel
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 32%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 55%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity2
- Alternate titles
- HSF
- Source type
- journal
Classification2
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
Show all subjects (50)
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
- Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Keywords (DOAJ)
- heart surgery
- cardiac surgical science
- cardiovascular surgery
- structural heart disease
- valvular heart disease
- congenital heart disease
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