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Editorial boards of cardiology journals are analyzed to find patterns of power positions in cardiology publications. The study covers the meso (journal), macro (national) and the micro (individual researcher) levels. It was confirmed that the editors are prominent members of the research community both as their publication productivity and their citation impact are concerned. It was also confirmed that the publication and citation excellence of the editors and, even more, the Editors-in-Chief is positively correlated with the standing of the journal as measured, e.g., by the impact factor.

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This work was supported by the European Commission under the FP7 Grant No. 613202 (IMPACT-EV Project).

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Appendices

Appendix 1

List of journals included in the study

Journal Title

Citable items

Impact factor

# of active editors

# of EiCs

# of countries

Majority country

Majority (%)

Acta Cardiologica

85

0.649

58

1

11

Belgium

56.9

Acta Cardiologica Sinica

75

0.174

41

1

1

China

100.0

American Heart Journal

232

4.331

220

1

2

USA

99.5

American Journal of Cardiology

634

3.074

202

1

13

USA

88.6

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

42

2.373

36

1

8

USA

58.3

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

357

3.588

214

1

14

USA

77.1

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

124

0.694

113

1

19

Turkey

62.8

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

77

1.008

45

1

14

USA

46.7

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

219

0.676

78

1

12

Japan

80.8

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

58

1.254

41

1

12

Saudi Arabia

58.5

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

586

3.366

89

1

13

USA

75.3

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

65

1.667

15

1

2

France

93.3

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

141

0.706

112

1

1

Brazil

100.0

Basic Research in Cardiology

46

4.975

96

1

10

Germany

59.4

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

197

1.833

123

2

25

USA

16.3

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

234

3.092

114

1

10

Canada

73.7

Cardiology

92

2.063

131

1

19

USA

78.6

Cardiology Clinics

49

1.010

4

4

1

USA

100.0

Cardiology in Review

40

2.407

71

2

5

USA

93.0

Cardiology in The Young

184

0.735

77

6

20

USA

45.5

Cardiology Journal

91

0.912

73

2

15

Poland

49.3

Cardiorenal Medicine

31

1.667

68

1

11

USA

76.5

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

207

1.767

84

1

27

UK

13.1

Cardiovascular Diabetology

159

2.844

47

2

19

USA

29.8

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

55

3.047

70

2

16

USA

20.0

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

44

0.758

37

1

7

South Africa

73.0

Cardiovascular Pathology

64

1.941

72

1

12

USA

59.7

Cardiovascular Research

210

5.681

136

1

19

USA

16.2

Cardiovascular Therapeutics

42

2.304

75

2

14

USA

58.7

Cardiovascular Toxicology

36

1.663

44

1

2

USA

97.7

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

49

1.200

38

2

17

Italy

31.6

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

362

1.838

130

1

16

USA

80.0

Circulation

423

13.828

283

1

12

USA

89.4

Circulation Journal

319

2.568

157

1

12

Japan

73.9

Circulation Research

246

10.099

220

1

16

USA

70.9

Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

139

4.176

51

1

10

USA

66.7

Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics

105

4.447

36

1

8

USA

66.7

Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

98

4.981

86

1

10

USA

75.6

Circulation-Cardiovascular interventions

83

5.894

47

1

10

USA

76.6

Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

109

5.333

53

1

8

USA

79.2

Circulation-Heart Failure

111

5.665

35

1

5

USA

88.6

Clinical Cardiology

107

2.343

94

1

16

USA

71.3

Clinical Research in Cardiology

93

3.000

103

2

19

Germany

68.0

Congenital Heart Disease

105

1.024

1

1

1

USA

100.0

Coronary Artery Disease

94

1.400

64

1

15

USA

54.7

Current Cardiology Reports

114

1.879

49

1

13

USA

59.2

Current Opinion in Cardiology

82

2.679

37

1

9

USA

56.8

Current Problems in Cardiology

11

3.000

7

1

1

USA

100.0

Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques

257

0.913

92

1

15

USA

69.6

Eurointervention

161

3.359

173

1

28

Netherlands

13.9

Europace

238

2.936

123

1

33

Germany

15.4

European Heart Journal

289

14.405

325

1

31

USA

23.7

European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

157

3.291

129

1

23

USA

24.0

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

308

2.886

59

1

18

Germany

15.3

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

56

1.457

39

1

17

Sweden

28.2

European Journal of Heart Failure

151

5.657

81

1

17

Italy

29.6

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

175

2.841

31

1

16

Netherlands

25.8

Heart

225

5.268

114

1

19

UK

41.2

Heart and Lung

110

1.181

47

1

3

USA

93.6

Heart and Vessels

114

1.121

90

1

17

Japan

60.0

Heart Failure Clinics

60

1.740

3

3

2

USA

66.7

Heart Failure Reviews

67

3.669

42

2

9

USA

66.7

Heart Lung and Circulation

210

1.307

61

1

9

Australia

77.0

Heart Rhythm

292

4.436

173

1

18

USA

68.8

Heart Surgery Forum

69

0.373

38

1

15

USA

50.0

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

59

0.754

26

1

4

Greece

76.9

Herz

137

0.594

54

8

10

Germany

79.6

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

366

1.082

42

1

15

Germany

26.2

International Journal of Cardiology

553

3.023

79

1

22

USA

17.7

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

188

1.506

52

1

16

USA

36.5

JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

89

6.737

173

1

19

USA

74.0

JACC -Cardiovascular interventions

133

6.760

128

1

18

USA

75.0

Journal of Cardiac Failure

118

2.847

95

1

14

USA

74.7

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

159

0.845

57

1

7

USA

80.7

Journal of Cardiology

147

1.950

60

1

8

Japan

65.0

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

54

1.485

85

1

4

USA

95.3

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

258

1.101

144

1

21

USA

66.0

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

186

0.955

51

2

17

USA

29.4

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

49

2.026

38

1

7

USA

63.2

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

183

2.505

130

1

17

USA

66.2

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

96

3.949

79

1

18

USA

48.1

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

123

1.343

198

1

28

Italy

67.7

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

64

1.947

43

2

8

USA

74.4

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

134

2.053

77

1

19

USA

54.5

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

55

2.039

93

1

9

USA

83.9

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

120

1.254

76

1

17

USA

23.7

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

86

2.656

50

1

7

USA

66.0

Journal of Electrocardiology

136

1.020

94

1

21

USA

51.1

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

54

1.298

640

3

50

USA

33.8

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

144

5.617

64

1

13

USA

56.3

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

117

0.686

63

2

10

USA

57.1

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

102

1.396

78

1

14

USA

61.5

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

71

1.091

63

1

10

USA

82.5

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

140

0.834

102

1

16

USA

79.4

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

223

4.400

201

1

17

USA

52.7

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

94

2.268

135

1

22

USA

63.0

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

433

14.908

408

1

30

USA

73.5

Journal of the American Heart Association

247

4.220

38

1

4

USA

92.1

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

142

3.243

73

1

11

USA

69.9

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

659

3.344

94

1

11

USA

83.0

Kardiologia Polska

112

0.447

1

1

1

Poland

100.0

Korean Circulation Journal

66

0.721

50

1

8

South Korea

60.0

Minerva Cardioangiologica

46

0.504

71

1

12

Italy

74.6

Nature Reviews Cardiology

52

9.000

37

1

18

USA

29.7

Netherlands Heart Journal

72

1.078

52

2

1

Netherlands

100.0

Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

179

3.051

82

1

16

Italy

53.7

Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

214

1.007

124

1

26

USA

62.9

Pediatric Cardiology

197

1.189

149

1

23

USA

65.8

Perfusion-UK

77

0.805

39

4

14

USA

38.5

Postepy w Kardiologii interwencyjnej

63

0.111

96

1

25

Poland

45.8

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

61

2.411

16

1

1

USA

100.0

Respiratory Medicine

216

2.923

33

1

12

USA

30.3

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

40

0.564

17

2

1

USA

100.0

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular

60

0.322

64

1

9

Brazil

81.3

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

79

1.978

246

1

18

Spain

83.3

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

72

0.375

182

1

19

Portugal

64.3

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

49

1.009

10

1

4

Norway

50.0

Texas Heart institute Journal

116

0.608

74

1

3

USA

95.9

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

123

0.868

37

1

8

Germany

59.5

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

48

2.871

57

1

8

USA

82.5

Appendix 2

Editorial positions taken into account in the analysis

All active editors

Adjunct Editor

Advisory Board Member

Advisory Editor

ASNC Publications Committee

Assistant Editor

Assistant Managing Editor

Associate Editor

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Associate Statistical Consultant

Associate Statistical Editor

Associated Editor

Chief Editor

CME Co-Editor

CME Editor

Co-Editor

Commissioning Editor

Consultant Editor

Consultant in Biostatistics

Consulting Editor

Content Editor

Cornotes Editor

Deputy Editor

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Deputy Statistical Editor

ECAS Associate Editor

Editor

Editor of Supplements

Editorial Advisor

Editorial Advisory Board Member

Editorial And Bibliographic Consultant

Editorial Board Consultant

Editorial Board Member

Editorial Committee Member

Editorial Consultant

Editorial Members

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Consultant

Executive Editor

Executive Managing Editor

Feature Editor

Former Editor

Former Editor-in-Chief

Founder And Editor-in-Chief

Guest Editor

ICT Consultant

International Advisor

International Advisory Board Member

International Associate Editor

International Consulting Editor

International Editor

International Editorial Board Member

International Guest Editor

International Scientific Board Member

International Scientific Consultant

Local Associate Editor

Locum Assistant Editor

Managing Editor

Medical Editor

Methodology And Biostatistics Consultant

National Scientific Consultant

Online Content Editor

Online Editor

Publications Committee

Publications Committee Chair

Regional Coordinator

Regional Editor

Reviews Editor

Scientific Director

Scientific Publishing Committee Member

Section Editor

Senior Advisor

Senior Advisory Consultant

Senior Advisory Editor

Senior Associate Editor

Senior Consultant in Biostatistics

Senior Consulting Editor

Senior Editor

Senior Guest Editor

Senior Statistical Editor

Series Editor

Special Features Editor

Statistical Advisor

Statistical Consultant

Statistical Consulting Editor

Statistical Editor

Statistician

Subject Editor

Supplements Associate Editor

Supplements Editor

Positions possibly denoting Editor-in-Chief or equivalent roles

Associate Editor

Associate Editor-in-Chief

Chief Editor

Consulting Editor

Editor

Editor-in-Chief

Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

Editorial positions not taken into account in the analysis

Inactive editors

Editor Emeritus

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Emeritus Consulting Editor

Emeritus Editor

Emeritus Founding Editor

Founding Editor

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Honorary Board Member

Honorary Editor

Immediate Past Editor

Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief

Past Editor

Past Editor-in-Chief

Editor Emeritus

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Emeritus Consulting Editor

Emeritus Editor

Emeritus Founding Editor

Founding Editor

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Honorary Board Member

Honorary Editor

Immediate Past Editor

Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief

Past Editor

Technical editors

Assistant Production Editor

Committee on Mentorship

Cover Editor

Digital Media Editor

Economic Editor

Editorial Administrator

Editorial Assistant

Editorial Director

Editorial Manager

English Consultant

ESC Journal Family Ethics Committee Member

Ethics Committee Member

Ethics Consultant

Ethics Editor

Image Challenge Editor

Images Editor

Journal Manager

Language Editor

Liaison Editor

Manuscript Editor

Normatization and Guidelines Coordinator

Production Consultant

Production Editor

Publisher

Publisher Editor

Publishing Director

Senior Manuscript Editor

Society Representative

Webmaster

Appendix 3

Expertise labels of PLoS ONE editors included in the study

Acute cardiovascular problems

Cardiac arrest

Cardiac electrophysiology

Cardiac hypertrophy

Cardiac muscle fibers

Cardiac muscles

Cardiac output

Cardiac pacing

Cardiac surgery

Cardiac transplantation

Cardiac ventricles

Cardiology

Cardiomyopathies

Cardiothoracic surgery

Cardiovascular analysis

Cardiovascular anatomy

Cardiovascular disease epidemiology

Cardiovascular disease risk

Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases in women

Cardiovascular imaging

Cardiovascular medicine

Cardiovascular pharmacology

Cardiovascular physiology

Cardiovascular procedures

Cardiovascular therapy

Dilated cardiomyopathy

Echocardiography

Electrocardiography

Endocarditis

Endocardium

Interventional cardiology

Myocardial infarction

Myocarditis

Myocardium

Pediatric cardiology

Pericardial diseases

Pericardium

Sudden cardiac death

Appendix 4

Country distribution of editorial positions and publications in 2015 in the 120 cardiology journals and in PLoS ONE

Rank

Country

Editorial positions

Editor-in-Chief positions

PLoS editors

Publications in 2015

 

Total number

11,017

156

524

53,824

1

USA

47.15%

46.15%

38.36%

26.29%

2

Italy

6.32%

5.77%

13.36%

5.62%

3

Germany

5.59%

11.54%

7.82%

5.87%

4

Japan

4.65%

2.56%

3.82%

6.33%

5

UK

4.25%

8.33%

5.92%

6.64%

6

Canada

3.27%

3.21%

2.48%

3.40%

7

Spain

2.97%

0.64%

3.63%

3.37%

8

Netherlands

2.95%

3.85%

3.44%

3.56%

9

Brazil

2.10%

1.28%

1.53%

1.35%

10

China

2.09%

1.28%

2.86%

6.26%

11

Australia

1.88%

1.92%

2.48%

2.09%

12

France

1.84%

1.28%

2.48%

2.89%

13

Belgium

1.43%

1.28%

0.76%

1.33%

14

Switzerland

1.41%

0.64%

0.76%

1.70%

15

Portugal

1.27%

1.28%

0.19%

1.02%

16

Turkey

1.06%

0.64%

0.00%

2.40%

17

Poland

1.03%

1.92%

0.19%

1.64%

18

Greece

0.89%

0.64%

0.38%

1.28%

19

Israel

0.72%

1.28%

0.57%

0.74%

20

Sweden

0.73%

0.64%

0.57%

1.65%

21

South Korea

0.71%

0.64%

0.00%

2.04%

22

Austria

0.47%

0.64%

2.10%

0.83%

23

South Africa

0.42%

0.64%

0.38%

0.19%

24

Norway

0.42%

0.64%

0.00%

0.65%

25

Saudi Arabia

0.41%

0.64%

0.19%

0.37%

26

Denmark

0.40%

0.00%

0.38%

1.33%

27

India

0.40%

0.64%

0.19%

0.68%

28

Argentina

0.29%

0.00%

0.38%

0.27%

29

Hong Kong

0.27%

0.00%

0.76%

0.00%

30

Finland

0.23%

0.00%

0.38%

0.49%

31

New zealand

0.22%

0.00%

0.19%

0.41%

32

Hungary

0.20%

0.00%

0.57%

0.35%

33

Taiwan

0.15%

0.00%

1.34%

0.87%

34

Czech Republic

0.15%

0.00%

0.00%

0.44%

35

Russia

0.15%

0.00%

0.00%

1.18%

36

Singapore

0.14%

0.00%

0.38%

0.43%

37

Serbia

0.12%

0.00%

0.00%

0.37%

38

Ireland

0.10%

0.00%

0.00%

0.33%

39

Mexico

0.09%

0.00%

0.38%

0.16%

40

Croatia

0.08%

0.00%

0.00%

0.15%

41

Lebanon

0.08%

0.00%

0.00%

0.08%

42

Slovenia

0.08%

0.00%

0.00%

0.12%

43

Romania

0.07%

0.00%

0.00%

0.31%

44

Egypt

0.06%

0.00%

0.38%

0.35%

45

Iran

0.06%

0.00%

0.00%

0.44%

46

Qatar

0.06%

0.00%

0.19%

0.12%

47

Chile

0.05%

0.00%

0.00%

0.13%

48

Venezuela

0.05%

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

49

Lithuania

0.05%

0.00%

0.00%

0.07%

50

United Arab Emirates

0.05%

0.00%

0.19%

0.00%

51

Luxembourg

0.04%

0.00%

0.00%

0.04%

52

Malaysia

0.04%

0.00%

0.00%

0.15%

53

Thailand

0.03%

0.00%

0.00%

0.13%

54

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

55

Bulgaria

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.08%

56

Cameroon

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

57

Iceland

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.05%

58

Indonesia

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.08%

59

Kosovo

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.01%

60

Kuwait

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.07%

61

Slovakia

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.11%

62

Uruguay

0.02%

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

63

Colombia

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.05%

64

Cuba

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.11%

65

Cyprus

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.06%

66

Estonia

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.04%

67

Jordan

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.05%

68

Kenya

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.02%

69

Latvia

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.05%

70

Libya

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

71

Macedonia

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.03%

72

Nigeria

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.05%

73

Palestine

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

74

Phillipines

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

75

Ukraine

0.01%

0.00%

0.00%

0.16%

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Schubert, A. Power positions in cardiology publications. Scientometrics 112, 1721–1743 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-017-2448-1

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