About the Journal
The European Heart Journal Open (EHJ Open) is an official, international, peer-reviewed journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The Journal is dedicated to the entire spectrum of cardiovascular medicine, with an emphasis on novel research results with the potential to improve patient care.
The Journal's mission is to promote open and interactive cardiology for an accelerated and global sharing of science to fight cardiovascular disease.
Issues published per year: 6
Articles available: online only
Access: fully open access
Objectives of the Journal
- To facilitate dissemination of novel research results through open access to a broad readership in cardiology
- To stimulate debate of recent trials, guidelines, and observations
- To provide directions for current and future cardiology
Research areas published in this Journal
EHJ Open will consider manuscripts reporting original results from clinical trials, observational studies, and experimental work as long as it falls within the topics listed below.
- Acute cardiac care
- Arrhythmias and electrophysiology
- Basic science
- Cardiac surgery
- Co-morbidities (cardio-oncology, diabetes, cardio-rheumatology)
- Congenital heart disease
- Coronary syndromes, chronic and acute (interventional and non-interventional cardiology)
- Epidemiology
- Genetics and precision medicine
- Heart failure
- Hypertension
- Imaging
- Nursing
- Prevention, lipids and sports cardiology
- Pulmonary circulation
- Stroke
- Thrombosis
- Valvular heart disease
- Vascular medicine
