The Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Last updated ISSN 2662-2203
The Cardiothoracic Surgeon is published by Springer Nature in medicine. It is open access. There is no article processing charge.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Cardiothoracic Surgeon concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2662-2203 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | None |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 217 |
| Publishing since | 2019 |
| Journal website | cts.springeropen.com |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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