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Editor-in-Chief |
Wisia Wedzicha
Royal Free and University College Hospital Medical School
London, UK
Email: j.a.wedzicha{at}medsch.ucl.ac.uk
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Editors |
Sebastian Johnston
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Imperial College, St Mary’s Hospital
London, UK
David Mitchell
Consultant Respiratory Physician
St Mary’s Hospital
London, UK
Competing Interests
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| Editorial Office |
BMJ Journals Department
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London, WC1H 9JR, UK
Email: thorax{at}bmjgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6147
Fax +44 (0)20 7388 6668 |
| Frequency |
12 times a year plus supplements |
| Launch date |
1946 |
| ISSN Thorax |
0040-6376 |
| ISSN Thorax Online |
1468-3296 |
| Readership |
Includes thoracic physicians, thoracic surgeons, respiratory disease specialists, paediatricians, coronary disease specialists, oncologists, radiologists, public health consultants, occupational health consultants, consultants in emergency medicine and intensive care unit staff. |
| Print circulation |
4700* (48% UK including members of the British Thoracic Society; 17% USA and Canada; 20% Europe; 8% Far East and Australasia, 7% other) *This figure does not include our combined print & online, online only or consortia customers |
| Indexed by |
Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase) |
| Impact factor |
The impact factor is 6.064 (ISI Web of Science) (2006) |
| Submitting to Thorax |
All papers must be submitted through Bench>Press,
our online submission and review system.
Thorax welcomes:
Case reports
Letters - correspondence and research letters
Editorals
Images in thorax
Review articles
Supplementary data for articles and electronic correspondence are available on Thorax Online
Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors and from the Editorial
Office |
| Lead times |
Time from submission to first decision: mean 6 weeks
About 45% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to publication: 4 months (original papers) |
| Acceptance rate |
14% |
| Subscriptions |
Information on rates and how to subscribe
- Personal print subscribers receive access to Thorax Online at no additional cost
- Personal and institutional subscribers may purchase access to Thorax Online separately
- All subscribers to Thorax receive all supplements (including the Management of Asthma guidelines)
- All subscribers have free access to relevant material on Online Learning
- Subscriptions can start with any issue and refunds are given upon cancellation for outstanding issues
- Non-subscribers may purchase individual articles for US$8 or access the whole site for 30 days for US$25 |
| Rights |
Authors retain copyright for their own material. However, they must provide Thorax with an exclusive
licence to publish.
Corresponding authors are provided with a toll-free link to their published article on Thorax Online.
Authors receive a 10% royalty for any commercial reprint sales in excess of £1000 |
| Permissions |
Material may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Please refer to our Copyright and Permission Guidelines
Authors may reproduce their own work in other publications and host on their own website or that of their institution (non-commercial only) without prior permission;
we do ask that all material is clearly acknowledged with the original source and a link to the website included where possible |
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The corresponding author will be contacted automatically should such a sale be secured to determine how the royalty should be paid. The royalty will be offered for up to
five years after publication. |
| Supplements |
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 6057 |
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