American Heart Journal


The American Heart Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of cardiology. It is published by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is Daniel B. Mark. The journal was established in 1925 and published bimonthly until 1977, when it switched to a monthly schedule.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Science [Citation Index], Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Current Contents/Life Sciences, BIOSIS Previews, and Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.099, ranking it 45th out of 336 journals in the category "Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems".