Journal of Cardiac Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure is a monthly journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the Heart Failure Society of America and the Japanese Heart Failure Society, founded in 1994 and covering heart failure and related conditions, indexed in MEDLINE, the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 9.9Journal of Cardiac Failure 是由 Elsevier 代表美国心力衰竭学会与日本心力衰竭学会出版的月刊，1994 年创刊，涵盖心力衰竭及相关疾病，被 MEDLINE、科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子为 9.9。

Scope

• Original clinical, translational and animal research on heart failure关于心力衰竭的原创临床、转化与动物研究。
• State-of-the-art reviews, guidelines and scientific statements前沿综述、指南与科学声明。
• Methodology and the design of clinical studies方法学与临床研究设计。
• Patient and caregiver narratives together with early-career and trainee columns患者与照护者叙事，以及面向青年学者与进修医师的专栏。
• Innovations in the communication and dissemination of heart failure research心力衰竭研究的传播与推广创新。

History

• The journal was founded in 1994 and was first published by Churchill Livingstone该刊 1994 年创刊，最初由 Churchill Livingstone 出版。
• It is published on behalf of the Heart Failure Society of America and the Japanese Heart Failure Society该刊由美国心力衰竭学会与日本心力衰竭学会主办。
• Publishing later moved to Elsevier, which remains its publisher出版方其后转至 Elsevier，并延续至今。
• Its impact factor rose from 6.7 in 2023 through 8.2 in 2024 to 9.9 in 2025其影响因子由 2023 年的 6.7 经 2024 年的 8.2 升至 2025 年的 9.9。

Editors

• The journal is led by co-editors-in-chief Anuradha Lala of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Robert Mentz of Duke University该刊由两位主编共同主持，即西奈山伊坎医学院的 Anuradha Lala 与杜克大学的 Robert Mentz。
• Associate editors include Jesús Álvarez-García in Spain and Emer Joyce in Ireland副编辑包括西班牙的 Jesus Alvarez-Garcia 与爱尔兰的 Emer Joyce。
• Further associate editors include Koichiro Kinugawa in Japan and Jozine ter Maaten in the Netherlands其他副编辑包括日本的 Koichiro Kinugawa 与荷兰的 Jozine Ter Maaten。
• The editorial board draws on about twelve countries led by the United States, and the journal is hybrid open access with a charge of about 3220 US dollars编委会覆盖约 12 个国家，以美国为主；该刊为混合开放获取，版面费约 3220 美元。