The ''American Journal of Translational Research'' is an open-access

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published by

e-Century Publishing Corporation e-Century Publishing Corporation is a publisher of seventeen open access scientific journals based in Madison, Wisconsin. 11 of them are indexed in the Web of Science, including the ''American Journal of Translational Research'', the '' Americ ...

. The journal covers

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and the relevant biomedical research areas. It was established in 2009. The

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is Wen-Hwa Lee (

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). The journal's main focus is original clinical and experimental research articles, but it also publishes review articles,

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s, hypotheses,

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, and meeting reports.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to

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, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.060

References

External links

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