Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

The Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography is the official journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, published by Mosby-Elsevier since 1988, covering cardiovascular ultrasound in clinical practice, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.3 and a first quartile rank of 26 of 237 in cardiac and cardiovascular systems《美国超声心动图学会杂志》（Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography）是（American Society of Echocardiography）的官方期刊，自 1988 年起由（Mosby-Elsevier）出版，覆盖临床心血管超声，2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在心脏与心血管系统类 237 种期刊中列第 26 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal brings physicians and sonographers peer-reviewed original investigations and state-of-the-art reviews on cardiovascular ultrasound该刊为医生与超声技师提供心血管超声的同行评审原创研究与最新综述。
• Conventional clinical applications of echocardiography form the core of its content, together with newer techniques entering practice超声心动图的常规临床应用构成其内容主体，并涵盖进入临床的新技术。
• Three-dimensional echocardiography and strain and strain rate methods for evaluating cardiac mechanics are covered三维超声心动图与用于评价心肌力学的应变与应变率方法均在其列。
• Interventional applications, including imaging guidance during structural heart procedures, are within scope介入应用，包括结构性心脏病手术中的影像引导，也在收录范围之内。
• Contrast echocardiography, myocardial perfusion and stress echocardiography feature among the clinical topics published声学造影、心肌灌注与负荷超声心动图是该刊常见的临床选题。
• Article types include original investigations, comprehensive review articles, brief reports and society guideline and standards documents文章类型包括原创研究、综合性综述、简报，以及学会的指南与标准文件。
• As a hybrid journal it publishes by subscription while offering an open access option to authors作为混合期刊，该刊以订阅方式出版，同时为作者提供开放获取选项。

History

• The journal published its first issue in January 1988, six times a year initially, under C. V. Mosby of St. Louis该刊首期于 1988 年 1 月出版，初期为双月刊，由圣路易斯的（C. V. Mosby）出版。
• It was created as the official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, a professional society founded in 1975 that is the largest international organisation for cardiovascular ultrasound该刊是（American Society of Echocardiography）的官方刊物，该学会成立于 1975 年，是心血管超声领域规模最大的国际专业组织。
• Publication passed from C. V. Mosby to Mosby-Year Book and then to Mosby-Elsevier, which publishes the journal today该刊出版方由（C. V. Mosby）转至（Mosby-Year Book），再归入现出版方（Mosby-Elsevier）。
• The journal now appears twelve times a year, with the society's annual scientific sessions and guideline work reflected in special issues该刊现为每年 12 期，学会年会与指南工作常体现在专刊中。
• Michael H. Picard served as editor-in-chief before the current appointment, and the journal has used focus issues to address timely clinical questions（Michael H. Picard）曾任主编，该刊亦曾以聚焦专刊回应当下的临床问题。
• Its Journal Impact Factor reached 8.3 in 2025, ranking 26th among 237 journals in cardiac and cardiovascular systems该刊 2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在心脏与心血管系统类 237 种期刊中列第 26 位。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Patricia Pellikka, a cardiologist specialising in echocardiography and stress imaging现任主编为（Patricia Pellikka），专长超声心动图与负荷影像的心脏病学家。
• She is supported by associate editors drawn from cardiology, sonography and paediatric imaging, reflecting the journal's clinical readership协助其工作的副编辑来自心脏病学、超声技术与儿科影像领域，与该刊的临床读者群相称。
• The journal operates a single anonymized review process, and contributions are typically sent to at least two independent expert reviewers该刊采用单盲评审流程，稿件通常送交至少两位独立专家审阅。
• Authors may suggest reviewers, but the editor retains the sole right to decide whether those suggestions are used作者可推荐审稿人，但编辑保有决定是否采纳推荐人选的专属权力。
• The editor is responsible for the final decision on every article, and editors take no part in decisions on papers they or close colleagues have written每篇稿件的最终决定由编辑负责，编辑不参与处理其本人或密切同事撰写的论文。
• Society guideline and standards documents are developed with the American Society of Echocardiography's writing groups and published in the journal学会的指南与标准文件由（American Society of Echocardiography）撰写组编制，并在该刊发表。