Guide for Authors
Published 24 times a year, The American Journal of Cardiology is an international journal designed for cardiovascular disease specialists and internists with a subspecialty in cardiology. AJC is an independent, scientific, peer-reviewed journal of original articles that focus on the practical, clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. AJC has one of the fastest acceptance to publication times in cardiology. Articles report on systemic hypertension, methodology, drugs, pacing, arrhythmia, preventive cardiology, congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, and cardiomyopathy. Also included are editorials, readers' comments, and symposia.
Ethics in publishing
Please see our information on Ethics in publishing.
Human rights
If the work reported involves the use of human subjects, the author should ensure that the work described has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-declaration-of-helsinki-ethical-principles-for-medical-research-involving-human-subjects/ ; Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical journals http://www.icmje.org. The author should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should create a declaration of competing interest statement using this tool and upload to the submission system at the Attach Files step. Note: Please do not convert the .docx template to another file type. Author signatures are not required.
Submission declaration and verification
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection service Crossref Similarity Check.
Preprints
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Use of inclusive language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Content should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader; contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommend avoiding the use of descriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition unless they are relevant and valid. These guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify appropriate language but are by no means exhaustive or definitive.
Author contributions
For transparency, we encourage authors to submit an author statement file outlining their individual contributions to the paper using the relevant CRediT roles: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Roles/Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Authorship statements should be formatted with the names of authors first and CRediT role(s) following. More details and an example
Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed.
Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.
Article transfer service
This journal is part of our Article Transfer Service. This means that if the article is not accepted for publication in AJC, the Editor in Chief may suggest the possibility of transferring it to another journal for consideration for publication. You may accept or decline; if you accept, your article will be transferred automatically on your behalf with no need to reformat. More information about this can be found here: https://www.elsevier.com/authors/article-transfer-service.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases.
For gold open access articles: Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (more information). Permitted third party reuse of gold open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license.
Author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.
Copyright
This journal offers you the option of making your article freely available via the ScienceDirect platform. To prevent any conflict of interest, you can make this choice only after receiving notification that your article has been accepted for publication. The fee of $3,000 excludes taxes and other potential author fees such as color charges. In some cases, institutions and funding bodies have entered into agreement with Elsevier to meet these fees on behalf of their authors. Details of these agreements are available at https://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies. Authors of accepted articles who wish to take advantage of this option should complete and submit the order form (available at https://www.elsevier.com/locate/openaccessform.pdf).
Retained author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain many rights, including the right to post a revised personal version of your article on your own website. For more information on author rights see https://www.elsevier.com/journal-authors/author-rights-and-responsibilities.
For open access articles please see https://www.elsevier.com/OAauthoragreement.
Elsevier supports responsible sharing
Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals.
Role of the Funding Source
Please identify who provided financial support for the research and/or preparation of the article and briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in writing the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated. Please see https://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding Body Agreements and Policies
Elsevier has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose articles appear in journals published by Elsevier to comply with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit https://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information.
Language services
Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientific English may wish to use the English language editing service available from Elsevier's WebShop. See https://webshop.elsevier.com/language-editing-services/language-editing/ or visit our customer support site https://service.elsevier.com for more information.
Submission
Submission to this journal for full length reports, case reports, review articles, editorials, historical studies, proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts source files to a single PDF file of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF files at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail, eliminating the need for a paper trail.
Submit your article
Please submit your article via https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajc.
Peer review
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themselves or have been written by family members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups. More information on types of peer review.
MANUSCRIPTS are received with the understanding that they are submitted solely to The American Journal of Cardiology and, that upon submission they become the property of the Publisher, that the work has not been previously published, and that the data in the manuscripts have been reviewed by all authors, who agree with the analyses of the data and the conclusions reached in the manuscript. The publisher reserves copyright and renewal on all published material, and such material may not be reproduced without the written permission of the Publisher. Statements in articles are the responsibility of the authors. The Journal does not accept original articles involving animal research.
As of May 1, 2005, all new manuscripts, including Readers' Comments and Errata, must be submitted through The American Journal of Cardiology online (https://www.editorialmanager.com/ajc) or (http://www.ajconline.org). Authors are requested to submit the text, tables, and figures in electronic form to this address. The Publisher and Editors regret that they are not able to consider submissions that do not follow these procedures. Please include the corresponding author's phone and email address. The cover letter should state precisely and concisely the significance and uniqueness of the work in the authors' view. The authors may state the extent of any concessions they are prepared to make (for example, the elimination of 1 or more figures or tables or a portion of the text) to increase the likelihood of publication of their work in the Journal. If possible, names and email addresses should be provided of non-local experts who, in the view of the author(s), could provide objective and informed reviews of their work. The names of investigators considered unlikely to give nonbiased reviews of their work also may be submitted. This request is honored.
Please note that an editable file is needed for production purposes after acceptance, and we ask that you submit source files in the event your manuscript is accepted.
Study recent past issues of the Journal for format. Arrange the paper as follows: (1) title page, which should include the title, the full names and academic degrees of the authors, and current affiliations of all authors; (2) abstract; (3) text; (4) acknowledgement; (5) references; (6) figure legends; (7) tables; and (8) figures. Number the title page as 1, abstract page as 2 with the introduction beginning on page #3 and so forth. Type double-spaced (including references) with at least 25-mm (l-inch) margins, sized for 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Files should be labeled with appropriate and descriptive file names. Upload text, tables and graphics as separate files. Do not import figures or tables into the text document. Complete instructions for electronic artwork submission can be found on the Author Gateway, accessible through the journal home page.
Title Page and Abstract
For the complete title page, include the full first or middle and last names of all authors. List the current affiliations of all authors and link author names and affiliations by “a,” “b,” “c,” etc., after the author names and before the affiliation. Provide information about grant support if necessary, including the location (City/state/country). If work described is supported by a grant from a pharmaceutical company, that fact should be stated on the title page. Add at the bottom the phrase "Corresponding author" followed a telephone number, email address, and mailing address. Add a 2-to 6-word running head. Limit the abstract to 250 words or a single page. List 2 to 4 key words for subject indexing at the end of the abstract.
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