Featured article: Double lung, unlike single lung transplantation might provide a protective effect on mortality and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
Mohammed Fakhro et al surveyed 278 patients who underwent lung transplantation. The researchers found that while Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) often limits survival rates following lung transplantation, double-lung transplant recipients showed a better chance of survival despite developing BOS compared to single-lung transplant recipients.
Aims and scope
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an open access journal that encompasses all aspects of research in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. The journal publishes original scientific research documenting clinical and experimental advances in cardiac and thoracic surgery, and related fields. Topics of interest include surgical techniques, survival rates, surgical complications and their outcomes, pediatric conditions, transplantations and clinical trials.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is of interest to cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiothoracic anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, chest physicians, and allied health professionals.
2016 Journal Metrics
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Speed
39 days from submission to first decision
10 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
1.101 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.240 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.760 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.490 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
618,866 downloads
653.0 Usage FactorSocial Media Impact
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