Which one of these CT journals is most prestigious?

[Socrates25]

I have a manuscript I want to submit, but I've never submitted to a CT journal before and dont know very much about them. I looked at their websites but they dont give any pagerank or impact factor ratings so I'm not sure how to judge them.

Which one is the most "prestigious"?

1. Annals of Thoracic Surgery
2. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
3. Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Any others?

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[Scrubbed In]

Impact factor is probably the best overall measure of journal quality. Every journal's impact factor can be found through the database Journal Citation Report (most med school libraries have a subscription).

Here are the top 5 for CT:

ANN THORAC SURG 3.792
J THORAC CARDIOV SUR 3.608
EUR J CARDIO-THORAC 2.293
J CARDIOVASC SURG 1.352
THORAC CARDIOV SURG 0.753

Journal of cardiac surgery is a modest 0.557

 

[Buzz Me]

I have a manuscript I want to submit, but I've never submitted to a CT journal before and dont know very much about them. I looked at their websites but they dont give any pagerank or impact factor ratings so I'm not sure how to judge them.

Which one is the most "prestigious"?

1. Annals of Thoracic Surgery
2. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
3. Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Any others?

Annals and JTCVS are the big two. I haven't heard much about the others.