Why publish with EHJ-ACVC?

Discover the top 5 reasons to publish your research with EHJ-ACVC

The European Heart Journal – Acute Cardiovascular Care (EHJ-ACVC) is an official, international, peer-reviewed journal of the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC), an association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The Journal publishes high-quality material, both clinical and scientific, on all aspects of acute cardiac care such as acute coronary syndromes, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, cardiac arrhythmias, and acute heart failure.

The Journal offers a unique integrative approach combining the expertise of the different subspecialties of cardiology, emergency, and intensive care medicine in the management of patients with acute cardiovascular syndromes.

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1. High Impact

EHJ-ACVC is a high-quality Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems journal dedicated to acute cardiovascular care.

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2. Visible Worldwide

Get worldwide visibility for your research

• EHJ-ACVC received over 400,000 downloads in 2024.

• Publishing in EHJ-ACVC gets your work noticed: 75% of all papers published in 2024 were mentioned on public platforms online, for a total of more than 2,000 mentions, according to data from Altmetric.com.

• EHJ-ACVC's Social Media Editors may select your paper for special promotion on the ESC Journals and/or the EHJ-ACVC Editor-in-Chief X accounts.

• Gain widespread attention via press releases:

  • Hot topic EHJ-ACVC papers could be selected to receive ESC press coverage, which often results in heightened news and social media attention upon publication.

  • EHJ-ACVC welcomes and facilitates press releases from institutions and funders – please let us know in your cover letter when you submit.

• EHJ-ACVC is indexed in the Science Citation Index (SCI-E), Scopus, MEDLINE (PubMed), and OVID.

3. Quality Peer Review

Benefit from fast and rigorous expert peer review

• EHJ-ACVC has an international pool of expert peer reviewers from more than 30 countries with expertise in all areas of cardiology, under the expert leadership of Professor Pascal Vranckx.

• EHJ-ACVC operates using single-anonymised peer review, which provides your research with honest and genuine reviews by anonymous reviewers. Find out more about the EHJ-ACVC peer review process

• Get a fast decision on your submitted manuscript.

4. Simple Submission

Submit and publish your paper easily

• Submit your manuscript to EHJ-ACVC without journal-specific formatting or style.

• EHJ-ACVC has no submission fees.

• We are committed to fast first decisions and rapid online publication, and the Journal facilitates fast track publication.

• The EHJ-ACVC Editors may select your graphical abstract to be redrawn by professional illustrators at no cost to you.

• Make your research as discoverable as possible by publishing open access.

• Make use of OUP Read and Publish Agreements to publish open access (available to corresponding authors at participating institutions for select article types).

• Opt to have your paper considered for transfer to another journal in the ESC Journal Family if it cannot be accepted by EHJ-ACVC. All peer review comments are transferred with your manuscript, and you will not need to reformat your submission.

5. Excellent Reputation

Benefit from the reputation of the ESC and OUP

European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

As an EHJ-ACVC author, you would become part of the ESC Journal Family and partner with a world leader in the discovery and dissemination of best practices in cardiovascular medicine. The ESC’s global organisation is comprised of 100,000+ scientists, clinicians, nurses, and allied professionals across all cardiology specialties and career stages, 57 national cardiac societies, 29 specialty communities, and is affiliated with 47 cardiac societies from around the globe.

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Oxford University Press (OUP)

As an OUP author, you will be part of a prestigious tradition of excellence. For over 500 years OUP has published the world’s finest minds, shaping and developing important and rigorous research and scholarship. OUP is the world's largest university press with the widest global presence, currently publishing nearly 2,000 books every year and over 500 of the highest quality academic journals.

Learn more about publishing with OUP

Ready to publish your research with EHJ-ACVC?

Read our author guidelines for more information on publishing with EHJ-ACVC, including how to prepare your manuscript, then visit the EHJ-ACVC online submissions site to submit your research.

Have a question?

Go to the Oxford University Press author resource center to find answers to all of your questions before, during, and after publication — including advice on how best to promote your work once published.

You can also contact our editorial office at [email protected].

Open Access

EHJ-ACVC offers authors the option of publishing under a standard licence or an open access licence. Learn more about open access publishing in EHJ-ACVC.

Oxford University Press has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means that authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution will pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating and whether your paper is eligible.

Commitment to ethical publishing

EHJ-ACVC and OUP are members of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We follow the highest standards of publication ethics and apply COPE principles as outlined in the Core Practices.