American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

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The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal published in two yearly volumes by the American Thoracic Society. It covers the pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system. The journal also publishes review articles in several forms. The "State-of-the-Art review" is a treatise usually covering a broad field that brings bench research to the bedside. Shorter reviews are published as "Clinical Commentaries" or "Pulmonary Perspectives". These are generally focused on a more limited area and advance a concerted opinion about care for a specific process. Case reports are also published.

Recently the journal has included debates of a topical nature on issues of importance in pulmonary and critical care medicine and to the membership of the American Thoracic Society. Other recent changes have included incorporating works from the field of critical care medicine and the extension of the editorial governing body of journal policy to colleagues outside of the United States.

History

The first issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine was published in March 1917 as the American Review of Tuberculosis. Since then there have been several title changes. In 1953 a subtitle was added, "A Journal of Pulmonary Diseases." In 1955 the title became the American Review of Respiratory Diseases, and in 1965 the American Review of Respiratory Disease. The journal obtained its current title in 1994. Recent editors-in-chief have included John F. Murray (1973-1980), Gareth Green (1980-1985), Reuben Cherniack (1985-1989), Robert A. Klocke (1989-1994), Alan R. Leff (1994-1999), Martin J. Tobin (1999-2004), and Edward Abraham (2004-2009). The current editor is Jacob Iasha Sznajder (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University).

Abstracting and indexing

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus, Current Contents/Life Sciences, Current Contents/Critical Care Medicine, MEDLARS, MEDLINE, Radline, and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2010 impact factor is 10.191.

External links

• Official website