Journal Guide

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HEST is the official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). Each month, it features cutting edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine, such as pulmonology, critical care, sleep medicine, cardiorespiratory interactions, thoracic surgery, transplantation, airways disease, and more. CHEST also features Recent Advances in Chest Medicine, Topics in Practice Management, Medical Writing Tips, Pulmonary and Critical Care Pearls, Chest Imaging and Pathology for Clinicians, Contemporary Reviews, and much, much more. Readers of the online journal harness the power of multimedia with CHEST's newest sections, Interactive Physiology Grand Rounds and Procedure Videos Online. Editorials and communications to the editor explore controversial issues and encourage further discussion among by physicians dealing with chest medicine. More than 30,000 readers worldwide turn to CHEST in print and 400,000 people view CHEST online each month for the latest in chest-related medicine.

Chronic Respiratory Disease is a peer reviewed scholarly journal, created in response to the rising incidence of chronic respiratory diseases worldwide. It publishes high quality original research papers, reviews and correspondence; covering topics including COPD, respiratory failure, bronchiectasis and obstructive sleep apnoea. Chronic Respiratory Disease has an unofficial impact factor of 1.519.

Clinical Lung Cancer is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal that publishes original articles describing various aspects of clinical and translational research of lung cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer is devoted to articles on detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of lung cancer. The main emphasis is on recent scientific developments in all areas related to lung cancer. Specific areas of interest include clinical research and mechanistic approaches; drug sensitivity and resistance; gene and antisense therapy; pathology, markers, and prognostic indicators; chemoprevention strategies; multimodality therapy; and integration of various approaches.Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Targeted specifically toward pulmonary specialists, this peer-reviewed journal puts every aspect of pulmonary medicine under one cover. Concise, clinically focused reviews summarize major developments and controversies within the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine, saving hours of reading time. Six times a year clinicians are brought up-to-date on all of the material that has impact on the clinical practice of pulmonary medicine. Website: www.clinpulm.com.

Clinical and Translational Allergy is a peer reviewed open access journal aiming to provide a platform to publish original research and reviews in the field of allergy. Such papers can be based on clinical, translational or basic research. Clinical and Translational Allergy is one of several journals in the portfolio of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Clinics in Chest Medicine updates those in the fields of anesthesia, critical care, and respiratory medicine on the latest trends in patient management, providing a sound basis for choosing the best treatment options. Published quarterly—in March, June, September, and December—each issue offers state-of-the-art reviews on a single topic, including diseases of air movement and airways, infectious lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, sleep-related disorders, respiratory failure, and systemic disease.

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports provides in-depth review articles contributed by international experts on the most significant developments in the field. By presenting clear, insightful, balanced reviews that emphasize recently published papers of major importance, the journal elucidates current and emerging approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of allergy and asthma.

This reader-friendly resource provides a powerful, broad-based perspective on the most important advances from throughout the world literature. Featuring renowned guest editors and focusing exclusively on one to three topics, every issue of Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine delivers unvarnished, expert assessments of developments from the previous year. Insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews cover key subjects such as asthma; obstructive, occupational, and environmental diseases; disorders of pulmonary circulation; neoplasms of the lung; sleep and respiratory neurobiology; and cystic fibrosis--some nine items in all of major relevance.All reviews are supplemented with an indispensable section, 'References and Recommended Reading'. At the back of each volume is 'Current World Literature', an exceptionally thorough bibliography culled from several hundred top journals in the field.Website: www.co-pulmonarymedicine.com.

Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews publishes original research papers, frontier reviews, drug clinical trial studies and guest edited issues dedicated to clinical research on all the latest advances on respiratory diseases and its related areas e.g. pharmacology, pathogenesis, clinical care, therapy. The journal is essential reading for all researchers and clinicians in respiratory medicine.

ERJ Open Research is a fully open access original research journal, published online by the European Respiratory Society. The journal aims to publish high-quality work in all fields of respiratory science and medicine, covering basic science, clinical translational science and clinical medicine.

The primary aim of the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is to provide a medium for the publication of high-quality original scientific reports documenting progress in cardiac and thoracic surgery. The journalpublishes reports of significant clinical and experimental advances related to surgery of the heart, the great vessels and the chest. Special emphasis is placed on contribution from the European countries. The journal is supported by a number of leading European societies.The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery welcomes original articles, editorials, case reports, how-to-do-it reports, reviews, Imagesin cardio-thoracic Surgery, and Letters to the Editor. Papers are submitted to a peer review by the members of Editorial and Advisory Board and by other invited reviewers. Selected papers from the annual meetings of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery are printed in the journal.Manuscripts should be submitted to: L.K. von Segesser, Editor European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEditorial OfficeAv. Grand-St.-Bernard 69B (app.6)CH-1920 Martigny (VS)SwitzerlandTel: +41.27.7236171Fax: +41.27.7236173E-mail: info@ejcts.chMembership to the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons includes a subscription to the Journal.Electronic usage:An increasing number of readers access the journal online via ScienceDirect, one of the world's most advanced web delivery systems for scientific, technical and medical information.Average monthly article downloads for this journal: 35,915* * Figure is an average based on full text articles downloaded monthly via ScienceDirect between May 2009 and May 2010.

The European Respiratory Journal is the flagship journal of the European Respiratory Society. The ERJ publishes clinical and experimental work relating to all aspects of adult and paediatric respiratory medicine, including cell biology, epidemiology, immunology, oncology, pathophysiology, imaging, occupational medicine, intensive care, sleep medicine and thoracic surgery. In addition to original research material, the ERJ also publishes editorial commentaries, reviews, short research letters and correspondence to the editor.

The European Respiratory Review publishes state-of-the-art reviews, updates, meeting proceedings, editorials letters and correspondence on current topical issues in respiratory medicine, science and surgery. All material is subject to independent peer review. Correspondence to the Chief Editor regarding published material is encouraged. The ERR is published quarterly, with each issue covering topics including tuberculosis, COPD, cystic fibrosis, respiratory infections, oncology and sleep disordered breathing. All articles are free to read, share and reuse for non-commercial purposes under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 licence. There are no article processing charges. Articles or correspondence should be submitted for peer review at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/err. For more information about online submission, contact manuscriptcentral@ersj.org.uk The ERR is abstracted/indexed in: EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, Scopus, SIIC Data Bases, CAB abstracts, Global Health, Open J Gate and Genamics JournalSeek. Chief Editor Vincent Cottin, National Reference Center for rare pulmonary disease, Competence Center for pulmonary hypertension, Department of respiratory diseases - Louis Pradel Hospital, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, 28 Avenue du Doyen Lepine, 69677 Lyon, France E-mail: vincent.cottin@chu-lyon.fr For general enquiries about the European Respiratory Review, please contact info@ersj.org.uk