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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Springer Science+Business Media · Japan · ISSN 1863-6705, 1863-6713

ITS Journal Score65.4
Global rank#9,576
Rank in Medicine#2,336 of 8,607
h-index61
Open access 2021–202524%

Overview

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, published by Springer Science+Business Media (Japan), published 684 papers in 2021–2025, and its papers received 2,905 citations in those years. Its h-index is 61 and its two-year mean citedness is 1.30. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #9,576 of 62,158 ranked journals and #2,336 of 8,607 in Medicine.

Key figures

Papers 2021–2025684
Citations 2021–20252,905
Citations per paper4.2
h-index61
i10-index973
2-year mean citedness1.30
Open-access share24%
Change in papers, 2020→2025-52%
Article fee (APC)Not recorded

Citations count every citation the journal's papers received in these years, including citations to older papers. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor.

Papers and citations by year

YearPapersCitations receivedOpen-access papers
20202732,15238
20211951,17946
202215180725
20239143726
202411727529
202513020738

What it publishes

The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.

Similar journals

Ranked journals that publish on the same topics.

JournalFieldScorePapers 2021–2025Open access
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryMedicine79.42,55369%
Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryMedicine70.42,311100%
Annals of Cardiothoracic SurgeryMedicine72.2454100%
The Annals of Thoracic SurgeryMedicine81.33,70534%
Journal of Cardiac SurgeryMedicine61.52,12172%
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryMedicine76.53,83960%
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryMedicine65.077513%
Structural HeartMedicine55.9694100%

Identity and sources

  • ISSN-L: 1863-6705
  • Print ISSN: 1863-6705
  • Electronic ISSN: 1863-6713
  • Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
  • Listed in DOAJ: Not yet checked
  • Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
  • OpenAlex: S4210208447
  • Journal website: www.springer.com

Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.

Questions

What is the ITS Journal Score of General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?

It is 65.4 out of 100, which places it #9,576 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.

What is the impact factor of General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?

This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 1.30.

Is General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery open access?

24% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access.

Does General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery charge a publication fee?

No fee is recorded in the open data used here. Check the journal's own website for its current fees.

Transparent methodology

How the ITS Journal Score works

One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.

A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.

What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.