Heart Group 2020 Unofficial Impact Factor

We are proud to announce that our publisher Wiley has estimated our Group's 2020 Impact Factor to be 10.970 (2019 IF was 9.400). This is an unofficial metric, calculated by Wiley, the publisher of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews which has the official 2020 Impact Factor of 9.289 (2019 IF was 7.890).


Cochrane Heart review
Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease was number 7 in the ranking of top Cochrane Reviews (published anytime) ranked by number of cites in guidelines, with 50 cites. The latest updated version of this review was published this month (November 2021).

Appearing top of the list in more than one metric (Top highest cited reviews for the Heart Group and Top most accessed reviews in 2020 of the Heart Group) was the popular review 'Mediterranean‐style diet for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease'.

The review 'Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease' was our review that received the highest Altmetric score of 290, demonstrating its widespread interest to readers.