Cardiology (journal)

Cardiology  

Former names	Cardiologia, Cardiology, Heart Drug
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Cardiology
Discipline	Cardiology
Language	English
Edited by	Jeffrey S. Borer
Publication details
Publisher	Karger
Publication history	1937-present
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor (2013)	2.044
Indexing
ISSN	0008-6312 (print) 1421-9751 (web)
CODEN	CAGYAO
OCLC no.	02064881
Links
Journal homepage

Cardiology: International Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pathology and Pharmacology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Karger. The editor-in-chief is J. S. Borer. It was established in 1937 as Cardiologia by Bruno Kisch and Wilhelm Löffler. From 1971, the journal was published under the name Cardiology and in 2005 it incorporated the medical journal Heart Drug and obtained its current name.

Scope

The journal covers clinical, pre-clinical, and fundamental research as well as topical comprehensive reviews in selected areas of cardiovascular disease. Following the incorporation of the journal Heart Drug, Cardiology has included coverage of issues relating to cardiovascular clinical pharmacology and drug trials.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Current Contents/Life Sciences
• PubMed/MEDLINE
• Biological Abstracts
• Excerpta Medica
• Science Citation Index

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.044.

External links

• Official website