The ''Annals of the American Thoracic Society'' is an official

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of the

American Thoracic Society The American Thoracic Society (ATS) is a nonprofit organization focused on improving care for pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses and sleep-related breathing disorders. It was established in 1905 as the American Sanatorium Association, and ch ...

(ATS). It publishes original clinical and epidemiological research in the fields of

pulmonology Pulmonology (, , from Latin ''pulmō, -ōnis'' "lung" and the Greek suffix "study of"), pneumology (, built on Greek πνεύμων "lung") or pneumonology () is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. ...

critical care medicine Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes pro ...

, and

sleep medicine Sleep medicine is a medical specialty or subspecialty devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of sleep disturbances and sleep disorder, disorders. From the middle of the 20th century, research has provided increasing knowledge and answered many ...

. Known colloquially as the "White Journal", the ''Annals of the American Thoracic Society'' is one of four journals published by the American Thoracic Society, along with the ''

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine The ''American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Thoracic Society. It covers the pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system, ...

'' ("Blue Journal"), ''

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology The ''American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal and an official publication of the American Thoracic Society. It covers research on the structure and function of the respiratory system u ...

'' ("Red Journal"), and

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The ''Annals of the American Thoracic Society'' is a

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that publishes clinical trials and original scientific research related to adult and pediatric pulmonary and respiratory sleep medicine, as well as adult

, that is applicable to clinical practice, the formative and continuing education of clinical specialists, and the advancement of

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. With a focus on clinical practice, the journal features original research articles, brief communications, focused reviews, perspectives, opinions and ideas, and NIH workshop reports. Since 2013, the journal has produced a monthly

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in which clinicians and contributing authors to the ''Annals of the American Thoracic Society'' discuss a range of topics pertaining to pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine in order to help research findings reach a wider audience. The journal's impact factor of 8.785 was announced June 2022 by the Web of Science. As of 2020, it has a 19% acceptance rate for original research articles.

History

The journal was established in 2004 as the ''Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society'', obtaining its current name in 2013. The

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was Alan R. Leff (

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). He was succeeded in 2012 by John Hansen-Flaschen (

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). David Lederer (

Columbia University Medical Center NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (NYP/CUIMC), also known as the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), is an academic medical center and the largest campus of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. It includes C ...

) became the third editor-in-chief on April 1, 2017. Colin Cooke (

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) assumed the interim editor-in-chief role on June 27, 2019, and on January 22, 2020 was named the editor-in-chief for a 5-year term. The journal is published online and in print.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, Web of Science, and the

Emerging Sources Citation Index The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) is a citation index produced since 2015 by Thomson Reuters, and now by Clarivate. According to the publisher, the index includes "peer-reviewed publications of regional importance and in emerging scientifi ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.atsjournals.org/journal/annalsats
Clinician to Clinician: an AnnalsATS Podcast
Publications established in 2004 Pulmonology journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies of the United States English-language journals Monthly journals

Contents

History

Abstracting and Indexing

References

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