Your free Heart journal as part of your BCS Membership
All BCS members have free access to the online version of Heart, the official journal of the BCS, published jointly with BMJ Journals. Heart is an international peer reviewed journal that keeps cardiologists up to date with important research advances in cardiovascular disease. It is also the vehicle for important BCS and BJCA statements such as those on workforce, professional behaviours and inequalities in health.
New scientific developments are highlighted in editorials and put in context with concise review articles. There is one free Editor’s Choice article in each issue, with open access options available to authors for all articles. Education in Heart articles provide a comprehensive, continuously updated, cardiology curriculum.
Access to Heart Online is FREE to selected BCS Member categories
Selected BCS Member Categories also receive a discount rate for the print subscription.
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Social Media
Heart promotes active interchange among researchers and readers to come together as a community to advance science and improve patient care via regular free audio podcasts, letters to the Editor, and news via X, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Editorial Team
The editor-in-chief Professor Kazem Rahimi is a Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Population Health at the University of Oxford.
Heart Podcast
Heart also has an accompanying podcast, published every other Tuesday featuring in-depth interviews with renowned authors and leading experts in the field, delving into the latest advances in cardiovascular research and treatments. Hosted by James Rudd, Digital Media Editor, University of Cambridge, it is available on all the usual podcast platforms.
Open Heart
Open Heart, the companion free access publication to Heart, is dedicated to publishing high quality, peer reviewed medical research in all disciplines and therapeutic areas of cardiovascular medicine. Research is published across all study phases and designs, from protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or specialist studies. Opinionated discussions on controversial topics are welcomed.
Exclusive 25% APC discount on publishing in OpenHeart for BCS members – login to your BCS profile to view the discount code