JACC-Clinical Electrophysiology

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology is a monthly journal published by Elsevier for the American College of Cardiology, launched in 2015 as a member of the JACC family of journals and devoted to the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.2.《美国心脏病学会杂志：临床电生理学》（JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology）由（Elsevier）代表（American College of Cardiology）出版，2015 年创刊，属 JACC 系列期刊，专注心律失常的流行病学、发病机制、诊断与治疗，2025 年影响因子为 7.2。

Scope

• The epidemiology of cardiac arrhythmias, including population burden, risk factors and screening, is a core subject.心律失常的流行病学是核心内容，含人群负担、危险因素与筛查。
• Pathogenesis and mechanisms are covered from cellular electrophysiology to genetics and translational work.发病机制方面，从细胞电生理到遗传学与转化研究均有覆盖。
• Diagnosis is addressed through invasive and non-invasive mapping, imaging and autonomic assessment.诊断方向涵盖有创与无创标测、影像学以及自主神经评估。
• Treatment papers cover catheter ablation, antiarrhythmic pharmacology and hybrid or surgical approaches.治疗类论文涵盖导管消融、抗心律失常药物以及杂交与外科途径。
• Implantable electrical devices are a standing theme, spanning pacemakers, defibrillators, resynchronization and leadless systems.植入式电子装置是常设主题，涵盖起搏器、除颤器、再同步治疗与无导线系统。
• Outcomes and health services research, including quality and cost analyses, are encouraged.该刊鼓励结局研究与卫生服务研究，含质量与成本分析。
• Submissions are invited from cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, neurology, genetics and outcomes research, and the content profile includes original research papers, research letters, state-of-the-art reviews, editorial comments and Editor's Pages.该刊欢迎来自心脏病学、心血管外科、神经病学、遗传学与结局研究的投稿，栏目包括原创论文、研究快报、前沿综述、编辑评论与主编专栏。

History

• The journal made its debut with Volume 1, Number 1 in March 2015, as the newest member of the JACC family built around the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.该刊于 2015 年 3 月以第 1 卷第 1 期创刊，是围绕（Journal of the American College of Cardiology）建立的 JACC 系列的新成员。^[1]
• David J. Wilber of Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago was the founding editor in chief and wrote that opening editorial.芝加哥（Loyola University Medical Center）的（David J. Wilber）为首任主编，并撰写了创刊社论。
• Wilber led the journal through its first five years, and Kalyanam Shivkumar was named editor in chief in 2020.（Wilber）执掌该刊最初五年，2020 年（Kalyanam Shivkumar）被任命为主编。
• Twelve issues appear a year and one volume is completed annually, with Volume 11 running through 2025.该刊每年出版 12 期、每年完成一卷，2025 年出至第 11 卷。
• The journal is now fully integrated into the JACC portfolio, sharing editorial policies and a unified voice with the flagship journal.该刊现已全面并入 JACC 系列，与旗舰刊共享编辑政策。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 6.375 in 2021 and 6.124 in 2022 to 7.7 in 2024 and 7.2 in 2025, and open access publication is available at a fee.其影响因子由 2021 年的 6.375、2022 年的 6.124 变为 2024 年的 7.7 与 2025 年的 7.2，可按付费方式开放获取发表。

Editors

• Kalyanam Shivkumar is editor in chief and a Distinguished Professor of medicine in cardiology, radiology and bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as director of the UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center.现任主编为（Kalyanam Shivkumar），他是（University of California，Los Angeles）心脏病学、放射学与生物工程学杰出教授，并任（UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center）主任。
• The executive editors are Emile Daoud of the TriHealth Heart and Vascular Institute in Cincinnati and Ratika Parkash of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.执行编辑为辛辛那提（TriHealth Heart and Vascular Institute）的（Emile Daoud）与加拿大哈利法克斯（Dalhousie University）的（Ratika Parkash）。
• Sumeet S. Chugh of Cedars-Sinai, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen of Virginia Commonwealth University, Francis E. Marchlinski of the University of Pennsylvania and William G. Stevenson of Vanderbilt University serve as deputy editors.副编辑包括（Cedars-Sinai）的（Sumeet S. Chugh）、（Virginia Commonwealth University）的（Kenneth A. Ellenbogen）、（University of Pennsylvania）的（Francis E. Marchlinski）与（Vanderbilt University）的（William G. Stevenson）。
• Associate editors come from Australia, Germany and the United States, among them Jonathan M. Kalman of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Christian Meyer of the University of Duesseldorf.副编辑来自澳大利亚、德国与美国，包括（Royal Melbourne Hospital）的（Jonathan M. Kalman）与（University of Duesseldorf）的（Christian Meyer）。
• All submissions are reviewed by the editor and associate editors and then sent to two peer reviewers under a double-blind model, with the final decision resting with the editor in chief, while statistical editors assess methods.所有稿件先由主编与副编辑审阅，随后以双盲方式送两位审稿人评审，最终决定权归主编，统计编辑负责方法学评估。
• The journal also publishes editorial comments, letters to the editor and invited Editor's Pages, and it is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and MEDLINE.该刊还刊载编辑评论、读者来信与特邀主编专栏，并被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（MEDLINE）收录。