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The only targeted specialist Journal in South Africa
for the cardiovascular community published in
printed form and online as a full-text electronic
journal.
Opinion leaders
It reaches all specialist physicians particularly
opinion leaders in the field of:
- Cardiology - preventative & invasive
- Hypertension
- Paediatric cardiology
- Intensive - care nursing
- Lipidology
- Cardiovascular research
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Laboratory and support staff eg.
perfusionists, cath to lab, ECG
- Vascular medicine
- Diabetes nuclear medicine, nephrologists
The Cardiovascular Journal of Africa is the only
specialist Journal in South Africa for the
cardiovascular community, which has INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION:
- Publishes local South African original
research, together with case reports, clinical
trials, reviews and a section Drug Trends in
Cardiology
- These articles are not paid for by the
publisher in any form, but are sent to the
Journal for international acceptance of the data
and ideas
- The Journal offers reprints of pivotal
articles that are published
- Publishes new product releases and packaging
shots at no cost to the advertising /
pharmaceutical companies
- Offers to cover and write up local CME
Events for the Journal at no extra cost to the
advertising / pharmaceutical companies
- Offers online access to full-text published
articles
Readership
- Members of SA Heart Association
- Associate members of SA Heart Association.
(Intensive - care senior nursing staff, teaching
staff, cath lab technicians and perfusionists).
- Hypertension Society members
- Nephrology Association
- Cardiothoracic Surgeons Association
- Vascular Society of South Africa
- Registrars in Internal Medicine/Medicine
- Physicians
- All medical libraries in South Africa and
major libraries of universities with
cardiovascular departments in the USA, UK,
Australia and New Zealand.
Circulation figures
- 2 000
- ABC audit within the SAMA.
- 70% specialist
Technical Requirements
- Material can be provided via e-mail or on
disc as an open freehand file or in pdf format.
The file can be sent electronically on a
dedicated ISDN line to
for attention: Elsabe
and marked for the applicable Journal (CVJA or
SAJDVD).
- Advertisements are printed by the Offset
Litho process. Material should be supplied in
the form of litho positives. The publication is
stapled.
- The screen required for half-tone positives
is 133.
- Charges for mechanical handling and
preparation of material are nett.
- Material for colour advertisements must be
accompanied by progressives.
- Advertisement copy may be changed as often
as desired.
- Please note that the illustrative material
must line up with the crop marks.
- Mechanical details:
Trim size: 297 mm x 210 mm
Copy - safe area: 260 mm x 180 mm
Column width: 84 mm (double column format) 55 mm
triple column format
Full - page bleed: 305 mm x 215 mm
Full - page type area: 260 mm x 180 mm
One-third page, horizontal: 90 mm x 180 mm
One-third page, vertical: 260 mm x 55 mm
Half-page, horizontal: 128 mm x 180 mm
Half-page, vertical: 260 mm x 84 mm
Two-thirds page, horizontal: 185 mm x 180 mm
Two-thirds page, vertical: 260 mm x 114 mm
Quarter page, horizontal: 65 mm x 180 mm
Quarter page, vertical: 128 mm x 84 mm
Double - page spreads material should be
supplied in the following sizes:
Bleed: 305 mm x 216 mm
Ordinary: 260 mm x 192 mm