About the journal
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an open-access journal published by BMC in United Kingdom, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ and MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 2,490 EUR. 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
- BMC
- ISSN
- 1749-8090
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 2,490 EUR
- Articles in DOAJ
- 4367
- Declared review time
- 15 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- open_review
- Official website
- https://cardiothoracicsurgery.biomedcentral.com/
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2006-03-08
- MEDLINE · 2006-01-01
- PUBMED · 2006-03-03
- Indexing
- DOAJ · MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 2,490 EUR
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 15 weeks
- Actual review time (measured)
- 142 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=95)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
4367
Most recent article
last month
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
15weeks
Works in OpenAlex
6049
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
77
i10-index
1572
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy13
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2026-03-17
- Added to DOAJ
- 2006-03-08
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSLOCKSSPMCPortico
- 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
- 91%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 14%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- JCTS
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 101265113
Classification3
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
Show all subjects (50)
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
Keywords (DOAJ)
- cardiac surgery
- cardiology
- transplantation
- anaesthesiology
- thoracic surgery
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