Basic Research in Cardiology

Basic Research in Cardiology (commonly abbreviated as ''Basic Res. Cardiol.') is a journal of basic research in cardiology and circulatory physiology published by Springer. It was founded in 1973 as the German-language Archiv für Kreislaufforschung and took its present title in 1985. It is the official journal of the German Cardiac Society, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.2.Basic Research in Cardiology（常用缩写 Basic Res. Cardiol.）是 Springer 出版的心脏与循环系统基础研究期刊，1973 年以德文《Archiv für Kreislaufforschung》创刊，现名始于 1985 年，是德国心脏与循环系统学会的机关刊，2025 年影响因子为 9.2。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal publishes original research in cardiovascular physiology, pathophysiology, cardiac pharmacology and molecular cardiology. Its core orientation is mechanistic basic research rather than trials whose primary endpoint is clinical.学科定位： 刊载心血管生理学、病理生理学、心脏药理学与分子心脏病学领域的原创研究，核心取向是机制层面的基础研究，而非以临床终点为主的临床试验。
• Coverage: the journal covers contractile and diastolic function of heart and vessels, intracellular calcium handling in cardiomyocytes, energetics, ion channels and signalling pathways, as well as the molecular genetics of cardiovascular disease.收录范围： 涵盖心脏与血管的收缩与舒张功能、心肌细胞内钙调控、能量代谢、离子通道与信号通路，以及心血管疾病的分子遗传学基础。
• Article types: alongside original research the journal prints commentaries, editorials and Letters to the Editor. Short letters have an explicit length ceiling so that new data can be exchanged quickly within the journal.体裁设置： 除原创研究外，另刊评论、社论与Letters to the Editor，短篇来信篇幅有明确上限，以便在同一期刊内快速交流新数据。
• Society affiliation: the journal is the official organ of the German Cardiac Society, and several society officers sit on its editorial board. The journal's subject coverage is therefore closely tied to the society's scientific agenda. It converted to full open access in 2024 and no longer collects subscription income.学会关系： 期刊为德国心脏与循环系统学会（Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie）的机关刊，编辑与编委中有多位学会负责人，因此刊物的选题与学会的学术议程联系紧密；期刊自 2024 年起转为完全开放获取，不再收取订阅费用。
• Open access: the journal is fully open access, and every article is freely readable on the publisher's website.完全开放获取： 期刊为完全开放获取刊物，全部文章均可在官网免费阅读全文。
• Indexing and metrics: the journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.2. It ranks in the first quartile in the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems category, with a self-citation rate of about 6.7 percent.收录与指标： 收录于科学引文索引扩展版，2025 年影响因子 9.2，在心脏与心血管系统类别中分区为第一区，自引率约 6.7%。^[2]

History

• 1973: the journal was founded as the German-language Archiv für Kreislaufforschung, roughly Journal of Circulatory Research. It was launched by Heinz G. Borggrefe and his colleagues, whose aim was to give German-speaking cardiovascular researchers a dedicated forum for mechanistic experimental work.1973年： 期刊以德文《Archiv für Kreislaufforschung》（意为「循环系统学档案」）创刊，由 Heinz G. Borggrefe 与其同事发起，初衷是为德语心脏研究界提供一个能够发表机制性实验结果的专门论坛。
• 1985: the title was formally changed to Basic Research in Cardiology. The name became English, and the journal henceforth addressed an international readership.1985年： 正式更名为 Basic Research in Cardiology，刊名改为英语，自此进入国际读者群。
• The 1980s and 1990s: the journal developed a dual-language title format with German and English names in parallel and became one of the principal channels through which German cardiovascular findings reached the international audience. Its impact factor then reached around 17, the high point of its influence.1980年代至1990年代： 期刊逐步发展出双倍的德英双语刊名栏位结构，一度成为德语区心脏病学成果对外流通的主要渠道之一；此阶段影响因子曾升至 17 上下，是该刊影响力最高的时期。
• 1997: Borggrefe stood down as editor-in-chief and was succeeded by Stephan H. A. Felix.1997年： Borggrefe 卸任主编，由 Stephan H. A. Felix 接手。
• 2015: Felix stood down and was succeeded by Annette S. W. Brinkmann, who had already served for years as an associate editor of the journal.2015年： Felix 卸任，由 Annette S. W. Brinkmann 接任，她此前已在期刊担任多年副主编。
• Recent years: the title at one point carried the German subtitle Reading on Cardiovascular Topics before reverting to an English-only title. The composition of the editorial office has also changed over the same period.近年： 刊名一度改用德语副题 Reading on Cardiovascular Topics 的搭配形式，直至近年才恢复为纯英文刊名，编辑部的构成在此期间亦有调整。
• Move to full open access: following the institutional reorganisation of the editorial office, the journal converted to full open access and gave up subscription revenue altogether.完全开放获取转型： 期刊在完成编辑部的机构化改组后转为完全开放获取，取消了全部订阅收入。
• Succession of editors-in-chief: apart from the founding editor Heinz G. Borggrefe, the post passed to Stephan H. A. Felix, who stood down in 2015. The present editor-in-chief is Annette S. W. Brinkmann, who had already served for years as an associate editor of the journal.创刊至今的主编更迭： 主编一职除创刊时由 Heinz G. Borggrefe 担任外，其后由 Stephan H. A. Felix 接任并于 2015 年卸任，现任主编为 Annette S. W. Brinkmann，她此前已在期刊担任多年副主编。^[3]

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Professor Annette S. W. Brinkmann of the Charité Medical Center in Berlin. Her laboratory works on calcium handling and calmodulin signalling in cardiomyocytes, a background that embodies the journal's basic-research orientation.现任主编： 主编为 Annette S. W. Brinkmann 教授，来自德国柏林夏里特医学中心，她的实验室研究心肌细胞钙稳态与钙调蛋白信号，这一背景正是本刊基础研究取向的体现。
• Associate editor: there is one associate editor, based at the Medical Center in Muenster, whose field is myocardial energetics and the mitochondrial biology of heart failure.副主编： 副编辑一位，来自德国明斯特医学中心，研究心肌能量代谢与心衰的线粒体生物学。
• Editorial board: the board is drawn from Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States, and consists mainly of mid-career researchers in molecular and physiological cardiology, with a smaller number of clinician-scientists. The journal's submissions therefore concentrate on experimental work.编委构成： 编委成员来自德国、瑞士、荷兰、美国等国，以从事分子与生理心脏学的中青年研究者为主，兼顾少量临床研究者，刊物的稿源因此集中在实验研究。
• Editorial practice of a society journal: as an official organ, editor appointments and issue planning are tied to the society's council procedures. The editor-in-chief normally also holds an office in the society, and review passes through society-level checks in addition to the editorial office.学会期刊的编辑惯例： 作为机关刊，编辑遴选与刊期安排须与学会的理事会程序相衔接，主编通常同时是学会的重要职务担任者，审稿环节除编辑部外还会经学会层面的把关。
• Submission and review: manuscripts are lodged through the publisher's online submission system. All articles undergo public peer review, and the editors commit to a definite decision on every manuscript.投稿与评审： 稿件通过出版方在线投稿系统递交，全部文章实行公开的同行评审，编辑部承诺对稿件处理结果作出明确答复。^[4]