| American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | AJRCCM |
| Discipline | Pulmonology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Jacob I. Sznajder |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | American Thoracic Society (United States) |
| Publication history | 1917–present |
| Frequency | 24/year |
| Impact factor (2010) |
10.191 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1073-449X (print) 1535-4970 (web) |
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The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (ISSN 1073-449X) is a semi monthly medical journal published in two yearly volumes by the American Thoracic Society covering 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 in a more limited area and advance a concerted opinion about care for a specific process. Case Reports are also published. The American Thoracic Society also publishes an episodic journal, the Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, covering articles on broad topics in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine as well as the monthly journal, the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology.
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.
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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. Finally in 1994 the Journal became the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Recent editors 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, Jacob Iasha Sznajder, is the Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. His major clinical interests are acute respiratory distress syndrome, mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury, alternative modes of mechanical ventilation, and cardiovascular management of acute respiratory failure.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2010 impact factor is 10.191.
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.