Fostering diffusion of scientific contents of National Society Cardiovascular Journals: the new ESC search engine

摘要

The National Society Cardiovascular Journals (NSCJs) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) are high-quality bio-medical journals devoted to publishing original research and educative material on cardiovascular diseases. These journals officially belong to the corresponding ESC national societies. Many of them have achieved major international recognition, are included in most important bibliomet-ric databases, and have made major scientific impact. Some NSCJs offer full-text English content and are freely available in electronic editions. However, NSCJs are largely heterogeneous and some of them are only published in local languages with a limited visibility.