JACC-Heart Failure

JACC-Heart Failure is the heart failure journal of the American College of Cardiology, announced in November 2012 and first published in February 2013 by Elsevier, currently led by editor-in-chief Biykem Bozkurt, with a 2024 Journal Impact Factor of 12.0（JACC-Heart Failure）是美国心脏病学会的心衰期刊，2012 年 11 月宣布创办、2013 年 2 月由（Elsevier）出版首期，现任主编为（Biykem Bozkurt），2024 年影响因子为 12.0。

Scope

• It publishes the most important findings on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and care of heart failure patients该刊发表心衰患者病理生理、诊断、治疗与照护领域最重要的研究发现。
• It covers original clinical studies across the heart failure field其覆盖心衰全领域的原创临床研究。
• It also publishes experimental investigations with clear clinical relevance其亦发表具明确临床相关性的实验研究。
• Its goal is to improve understanding of the disease, clinical trials, clinical outcomes and advances in therapies其目标是提升对疾病本身、临床试验、临床结局与治疗进展的认识。
• It serves the international heart failure research and clinical community该刊服务国际心衰研究与临床社群。
• It is part of the JACC journal family of the American College of Cardiology该刊是美国心脏病学会（JACC）期刊家族成员。

History

• The American College of Cardiology announced the launch of the journal on 28 November 2012美国心脏病学会于 2012 年 11 月 28 日宣布创办该刊。
• It began publishing in February 2013 as a bimonthly journal该刊于 2013 年 2 月开始出版，创刊时为双月刊。
• Its founding editor-in-chief was Christopher M. O'Connor of Duke University其创刊主编为（Christopher M. O'Connor），任职于杜克大学。
• It later moved to a monthly publication schedule该刊后改为月刊。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 12.0 for 2024, ranking in the first quartile of cardiac and cardiovascular systems其 2024 年影响因子为 12.0，位居心脏与心血管系统类别 Q1 区。
• It established the Christopher O'Connor Award for Outstanding Scholarship for early career investigators该刊设立面向早期职业研究者的（Christopher O'Connor）杰出学术奖。

Editors

• Its editor-in-chief is Biykem Bozkurt of Baylor College of Medicine and the DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston其主编为（Biykem Bozkurt），任职于贝勒医学院与休斯敦（DeBakey）退伍军人医疗中心。
• Its deputy editor is Akshay S. Desai of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston其副主编为（Akshay S. Desai），任职于波士顿布莱根妇女医院。
• Its associate editors include Tariq Ahmad of Yale University, Jennifer Ann Cowger of Henry Ford Hospital and Anita Deswal of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center其副编辑包括（Tariq Ahmad，耶鲁大学）、（Jennifer Ann Cowger，亨利福特医院）与（Anita Deswal，德克萨斯大学 MD 安德森癌症中心）。
• Its founding editor-in-chief Christopher M. O'Connor led the journal for its first decade其创刊主编（Christopher M. O'Connor）领导该刊约十年。
• Its editorial office operates within the JACC journals organisation of the American College of Cardiology其编辑部设于美国心脏病学会（JACC）期刊体系内。