''The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation'' is a monthly peer-reviewed

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

covering heart and

lung transplantation Lung transplantation, or pulmonary transplantation, is a surgical procedure in which one or both lungs are replaced by lungs from a donor. Donor lungs can be retrieved from a living or deceased donor. A living donor can only donate one lung lobe. ...

. It was established in 1981 as ''Heart Transplantation'', and was renamed to the ''Journal of Heart Transplantation'' in 1984. It obtained its current name in 1991. It is published by Elsevier on behalf of the

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), established in 1981, is a professional organization committed to research and education in heart and lung disease and transplantation. It holds annual scientific meetings and pub ...

, of which is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is

Mandeep R. Mehra Mandeep R. Mehra (born December 1967 in Delhi) is The William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the medical director of the Brigham Heart and Vascular Center ...

( Harvard Medical School). According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 13.569, the highest of any journal in cardiothoracic surgery.

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* Elsevier academic journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1981 English-language journals Academic journals associated with international learned and professional societies Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation {{Cardiology-journal-stub