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Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
H-index 16

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

1530-6550

Published by: IMR Press

https://www.imrpress.com/journal/RCM

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1513 121 135 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 223
Documents by Best Scientists*: 237
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.488
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine?

The topics of Internal medicine, Cardiology, Heart failure, Intensive care medicine and Myocardial infarction are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The journal tackles research in various disciplines, including Internal medicine and In patient. Atrial fibrillation, Revascularization, Artery, Acute coronary syndrome and Cardiomyopathy are among the concentrations of Cardiology that garnered much attention in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine connects research in Atrial fibrillation with the related topic of Stroke. The works on Heart failure deal in particular with Natriuretic peptide. The concepts on Intensive care medicine presented in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine can also apply to other research fields, including Clinical trial and MEDLINE.

The work on Coronary artery disease addressed in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine expands to the thematically related Radiology. The in-depth study on Percutaneous coronary intervention also explores topics in the intersecting field of Angioplasty. The study on Disease presented in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine intersects with subjects under the field of Diabetes mellitus.

  • Internal medicine (52.78%)
  • Cardiology (42.50%)
  • Heart failure (18.43%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE): opportunities to improve care of patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure. (262 citations)
  • B-type natriuretic peptides: a diagnostic breakthrough for clinicians. (178 citations)
  • Epidemiology of contrast-induced nephropathy. (135 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine:

The published articles facilitate discussions on Internal medicine, Cardiology, Heart failure, Disease and Intensive care medicine. The most cited publications focus on Internal medicine as well as the interrelated topics of Endocrinology. In addition to Heart failure research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Hemodynamics and Kidney disease.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine investigates studies in Internal medicine, Cardiology, Myocardial infarction, Heart failure and Intensive care medicine. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine aims to address concerns in Internal medicine, specifically in the areas of Ejection fraction, Coronary artery disease, Acute coronary syndrome, Percutaneous coronary intervention and Incidence (epidemiology). Aside from discussions in Cardiology, the journal also deals with the subject of Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging which intersects with Left ventricular hypertrophy disciplines.

The research on Myocardial infarction tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Clinical endpoint and Propensity score matching. It explores issues in Heart failure which can be linked to other research areas like Acute kidney injury, Telemedicine and Observational study. Intensive care medicine research featured in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Disease and Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Cardiovascular complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19): a systematic review and meta-analysis. (3 citations)
  • Long term prognostic benefit of complete revascularization in elderly presenting with NSTEMI: real world evidence. (1 citations)
  • Chronic disease management in heart failure: focus on telemedicine and remote monitoring. (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Norman E. Lepor (109 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter A. McCullough (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Gregg C. Fonarow (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter A. McCullough (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dean J. Kereiakes (29 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Los Angeles (94 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Baylor University Medical Center (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beaumont Hospital (23 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 10.43% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 1.94% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.56% of all publications and 75.73% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical evidence of relationship between Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease

    Raffaele Galiero;Alfredo Caturano;Erica Vetrano;Arturo Cesaro

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Current status and outcomes in heart transplantation: a narrative review.

    (2022)
    61 Citations
  • Dietary patterns, dietary nutrients and cardiovascular disease.

    (2022)
    58 Citations
  • Overview of salt restriction in the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) and the Mediterranean diet for blood pressure reduction.

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Hypertension and cognitive dysfunction: a review of mechanisms, life-course observational studies and clinical trial results.

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    (2022)
    39 Citations
  • Restrictive cardiomyopathy: from genetics and clinical overview to animal modeling.

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • Athlete's Heart: A Cardiovascular Step-By-Step Multimodality Approach

    (2023)
    34 Citations
  • Efficacy and Safety of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drugs as Initial Therapy for Management of Symptomatic Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis.

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Identification and treatment of the vulnerable coronary plaque

    (2022)
    24 Citations

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