The Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) announced today the launch of a new journal, JCF-Intersections (JCF-I), in partnership with Elsevier. This new journal will join the JCF Family of Journals, led by the Journal of Cardiac Failure.

JCF-Intersections is an open access journal with a focus on heart failure and its various intersections with other disciplines and specialties within the broader cardiovascular community. The JCF family of journals publishes the highest quality science and prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion and mentorship. JCF-I will have a special focus on how multidisciplinary partnerships impact patient care. Published papers will span original investigations to state-of-the-art reviews, expert perspectives, including those with a global viewpoint, early career and trainee spotlight pieces, and patient and patient-partner narratives.

Co-Editors-in-Chief of JCF, Drs. Robert Mentz and Anu Lala, shared that they are “thrilled to see the continued growth and strengthening of the JCF journal family.” They went on to note that, “As the number of high-quality submissions to JCF has continued to increase and we’ve engaged with a broader global community, there was an unmet need for additional platform to share insights that best inform multi-disciplinary patient care in HF. We’re excited to work with the new JCF-I team to multiply efforts in being constructively disruptive in academic publishing to ultimately benefit patients.”

“The HFSA Board of Directors is very excited about our new OA journal,” said Dr. Jim Fang, President of HFSA. “JCF Intersections will build on the tremendous growth and success of JCF over the last four years under the leadership of Rob Mentz and Anu Lala. A new era of heart failure science and research begins today.” 

The HFSA is currently conducting an Editor-in-Chief search for the new journal. More information on qualifications can found here.

JCF-I will launch its first issue in 2025.