Structural Heart Volume Volume 8 Issue 1 to 2

Structural Heart: Unveiling a New Era in Cardiovascular Publishing

Breaking Barriers in Cardiovascular Research

Since January 2022, Structural Heart has undergone a transformative journey, emerging as an open-access journal. This evolution empowers authors to share their research immediately, ensuring global accessibility and the enduring impact of their work. While embracing this open-access model, the journal maintains its steadfast commitment to its core principles, including its mission, esteemed editorial team, submission processes, and rigorous peer-review standards.

Key Highlights and Author Benefits:

1. Open Access Pioneering: Authors contributing to Structural Heart gain the advantage of open access, enabling their work to be immediately, permanently, and freely available. This strategic shift aligns with the journal’s dedication to fostering a culture of unhindered knowledge dissemination.
2. Consistency in Excellence: Amidst the transition to open access, Structural Heart remains unwavering in its mission, preserving the same aims and scope, esteemed editorial team, submission system, and stringent peer-review process. This steadfastness ensures that the journal continues to stand as a trusted source of high-quality research in the field of structural heart diseases.
3. Author Empowerment: Authors retain copyright to their published work, and the journal introduces an Article Publishing Charge (APC) system. The APC is applied post peer review and acceptance, providing authors with the flexibility and ownership over the dissemination of their groundbreaking research.

Focus Areas:

Structural Heart stands as a distinctive, international, and peer-reviewed open-access journal with a specialized focus on the diagnosis and treatment of heart valve diseases, myocardial conditions, great vessel disorders, and congenital heart diseases. The journal also emphasizes the pivotal role of the heart team in these processes.

Comprehensive Coverage:

Encompassing a broad spectrum of topics, Structural Heart delves into transcatheter procedures, cardiovascular surgery, drug treatments, basic and translational science, and imaging in structural heart disease. The journal also spotlights innovations such as new devices, therapies, and first-in-humans studies. Each issue presents a blend of original research, reviews, opinion pieces, editorials, and impactful images in cardiovascular disease.

Calling Trailblazers in Cardiovascular Research:

Researchers, clinicians, and pioneers in cardiovascular science are invited to contribute to Structural Heart and be part of this groundbreaking phase in cardiovascular research. The journal serves as a dynamic platform for disseminating discoveries, advancements, and insights that shape the future of structural heart care.

Volume 8, Issue 1: January 2024

Volume 8, Issue 2: March 2024