European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery Impact factor 2026

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The latest impact factor of European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery: Aim & Scope

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System | Respiratory System | Surgery.
The ISSN of this journal is 1873734X.

Impact factor of European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Journal Title	European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
Impact Factor	3.1
SJR	1.183
ISSN	1873734X
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2025

Year	Impact Factor
2018	3.504
2019	3.847
2020	3.486
2021	4.191
2022
2023	3.4
2025	3.1

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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