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Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Editor-in-Chief<\/strong>
Professor Paul Brink<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Editorial Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Postal Address<\/strong>
CVJA Editorial Office
PO Box 1013
Durbanville
South Africa
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Tel: + 27 21 976 8129
Email: info@clinicscardive.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Frequency<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Four times a year plus supplements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Launch date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/strong>1990<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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ISSN Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Print – ISSN 1995-1892 (the Journal is no longer being printed)
Online – ISSN 1680-0745<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Readership<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/strong>Clinicians (including registrars) and researchers involved with all areas of cardiovascular medicine and surgery as well as affiliated healthcare workers such as echocardiographers and nurse practitioners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Indexed by<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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National Library of Medicine (NLM) \/ PubMed Central (PMC) \/ PubMed \/ Medline \/ Thompson Reuters \/ ISI (Web of Science), EBSCOhost and Sabinet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Impact factor<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/strong>Latest impact factor is 1.022 (2015) (Read Article<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Manuscript Submission<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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All papers must be submitted through OJS<\/strong><\/a>, our online submission and review system.<\/p>\n

CVJA welcomes:<\/strong>
Original research articles
Short reports
Advances
Abstracts
Letters to the Editor
Regional profile
Images in cardiology<\/p>\n

CVJA will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lead times<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Payment will need to be made online and once payment has been received, the manuscript will be further processed for possible publication.<\/p>\n

Time from submission to first decision: within 1 – 6 months depending on reviewer availability.<\/p>\n

Time from acceptance to print publication: approximately 6 – 7 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Acceptance rate<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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45%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd. holds the copyright of all published articles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Permission<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission by Clinics Cardive Publishing (Pty) Ltd. Please refer to our Copyright Clearance and Permission to Republish<\/a> section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Supplements<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Guidelines for publication of supplements to CVJA. For further details please contact Elsabe: elsabe@clinicscardive.com<\/a> or Tel +27 21 976 8129.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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CPD Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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For further details, on CPD sponsorship please contact Elsabe: elsabe@clinicscardive.com<\/a> or Tel +27 21 976 8129.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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CVJA welcomes feedback<\/a> on the journal and this website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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