Thorax | One of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles.

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Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice. This includes articles concerning basic and translational mechanisms with application to clinical material (cell and molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and immunology).

Thorax is an official journal of the British Thoracic Society.

Latest content from the British Thoracic Society:
BTS Guideline for the investigation and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma

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To celebrate the latest impact factor of 9.655 we have made the top ten cited articles from the past three years free to access. See the list here.

Impact Factor: 9.655

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Thorax accepts submissions of a wide range of article types, including original research, state of the art reviews and protocols.

The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for Thorax.

Information is also provided on editorial policies and open access.

Impact Factor: 9.655

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Editor’s Choice

Cough:

Protective effect of breastfeeding on recurrent cough in adulthood

Rehabilitation:

Ventilatory support or respiratory muscle training as adjuncts to exercise in obese CPAP-treated patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised controlled trial

Respiratory epidemiology:

Body mass index status and peripheral airway obstruction in school-age children: a population-based cohort study

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Smoking duration alone provides stronger risk estimates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than pack-years

Respiratory epidemiology:

Plasma urate, lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Mendelian randomisation study in 114 979 individuals from the general population

Most Read Articles

BTS guideline:

British Thoracic Society Guideline for the initial outpatient management of pulmonary embolism (PE)

Chest clinic:

Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma: a look at the key differences between BTS/SIGN and NICE

Editorial:

Stable or fluctuating temperatures in winter: which is worse for your lungs?

Asthma:

Persistent variations in national asthma mortality, hospital admissions and prevalence by socioeconomic status and region in England

State of the art review:

Improving the global diagnosis and management of asthma in children

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Tuberculosis:

Should NICE reconsider the 2016 UK guidelines on TB contact tracing? A cost-effectiveness analysis of contact investigations in London

Chest clinic:

Pancytopaenia and breathlessness: Hickam’s Dictum prevails!

Smoking:

Pro-inflammatory effects of e-cigarette vapour condensate on human alveolar macrophages

Sleep:

Minimum important difference of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale in obstructive sleep apnoea: estimation from three randomised controlled trials

Editorial:

FeNO monitoring to adjust treatment in asthma: has it come of age?

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