Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
journal
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering all aspects of cardiology and vascular medicine with an emphasis on studies that offer new treatments and practices or facilitate the translation of scientific advances into clinical practice. It was established in 2014 and is published by Frontiers Media. The editors-in-chief are Hendrik Tevaearai Stahel (Berne University Hospital) and Masanori Aikawa (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School).
The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Directory of Open Access Journals, Embase, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2022 impact factor of 3.6.
Controversy
On 7 May 2015, Frontiers removed 31 editors across Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, after a dispute with the editorial board. The editors complained that the company was interfering in editing decisions and acting in a way that violated core principles for medical publishing in general.
In a document sent to management, editors (including three editors-in-chief) cited multiple unethical issues with how Frontiers handled manuscripts, including that editors-in-chief are only notified of acceptances after an associate editor or guest editor has accepted a paper for publication. On the other hand, rejection of papers requires editor-in-chief approval.
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