Reviewer of the Month (2022)

In 2022, JTD reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

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New Impact Factor for Journal of Thoracic Disease: 3.005

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2021 citation year: 3.005.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

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Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) is among the list of COPE membership.

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Lung Transplantation: Past, Present, and Future

Lung transplantation is the most viable option for many pulmonary diseases in appropriate candidates when medical therapy has failed. This series of manuscripts in this issue was planned prior to the pandemic. Donors remain rate-limiting and the field has been rapidly evolving with innovative approaches resulting in improved outcomes for recipients receiving grafts. The number of lung transplants for patients with COVID-related lung failure is increasing since the first one being performed in 2020. Since the planning of this issue we have been burdened with the COVID-19 pandemic and lung failure has become first and foremost in our lives.

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Artificial Intelligence in Thoracic Disease: From Bench to Bed

We organized this special series to allow respiratory physicians and thoracic surgeons to better understand the artificial intelligence technology currently applied to thoracic diseases, grasp the cutting-edge artificial intelligence cross-research progress, and inspire more respiratory physicians and thoracic surgeons to participate in the development and design of artificial intelligence-related research. The ultimate goal is to allow patients to receive better quality personalized treatment, which will lead to a better prognosis.

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JTD 2021 Annual Report

We are glad to present the 2021 Annual Report of JTD here. Celebrating its new increased impact factor of 2.895, JTD continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of thoracic disease.

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Prolonged air leak after lung surgery: prediction, prevention and management (Ongoing)

This special series of Journal of Thoracic Disease focuses on management and prevention of postoperative Air leaks after thoracic surgery.

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Extracorporeal Life Support in Thoracic Surgery (Ongoing)

This special series on “Extracorporeal Life Support in Thoracic Surgery” is edited by Dr. Ilhan Inci from Klinik Hirslanden Zurich, Switzerland

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Twelfth London International Cough Symposium (12^th LICS)

The Twelfth London International Cough Symposium will take place on 13/14 July 2022 in London. It will gather clinicians and scientists for a review of the latest clinical and research advances, evolving ideas and new treatments regarding acute and chronic cough. There will be a review of the diseases associated with acute and chronic cough, underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, and cutting-edge treatments for hypersensitive cough.

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A Guide for Managing Patients with Stage I NSCLC: Deciding between Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, Wedge, SBRT and Ablation

This series on “A Guide for Managing Patients with Stage I NSCLC: Deciding between Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, Wedge, SBRT and Ablation” is edited by Dr. Frank C. Detterbeck, from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

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Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities (Ongoing)

The series on “Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pectus Deformities” is edited by Prof. Erik R. de Loos from Zuyderland medical center (the Netherlands), Prof. Frank-Martin Haecker from University of Basel (Switzerland) and Prof. Jean H.T. Daemen from Zuyderland medical center (the Netherlands).

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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2022)

In 2022, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

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Why is the outcome good? Secrets of lung transplantation in Japan (Ongoing)

The series on “Why is the outcome good? Secrets of lung transplantation in Japan” is edited by Prof. Masaaki Sato from the University of Tokyo (Japan).

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European Perspectives in Thoracic Surgery (2020) - the Seven Edition

For the 7^th consecutive year the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) presents a series collecting invited lectures presented during the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Annual Conference. During the past 2 years, the Covid-19 pandemic hugely impacted on the organization of all medical conferences and educational programs including the ESTS Annual Meeting. It is our hope that we will soon get back to a new normality, where people can reconvene in person at the ESTS Annual Conference, sharing experiences, physically interacting at the Conferences and at the associated social events.

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Interventional Pulmonology in the Intensive Care Unit

Bronchoscopy and airway procedures represent a large portion of the interventional pulmonology that occurs in the ICU. The complementary roles of intensivists and interventional pulmonologists are highlighted in articles that delineate nuances of bronchoscopy in critically ill patients both intubated and non-intubated, novel methods to manage life threatening hemoptysis and foreign body aspiration, utilization of rigid bronchoscopy to alleviate respiratory failure from central airway obstruction, challenges and pitfalls of performing bronchoscopy on patients receiving extracorporeal life support and the evolving role of endobronchial ultrasound in the ICU.

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Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Conventional thoracic incisions are associated with significant pain and morbidity. Historically thoracic procedures required prolong hospital stay and recovery time. Minimally invasive approaches, initially video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and recently the robotic approach, have offset these morbidities without compromising the technical and oncological principles of thoracic surgery. In this series, world leaders in robotic thoracic surgery have provided an update on these common thoracic procedures to elucidate the indications and techniques for the readers.

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Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases from Lung Cancer

All aforementioned considerations relate to the patients with preserved performance status who may benefit from the progress in the management of lung cancer. However, among patients with brain metastases from lung cancer, there is a significant proportion of patients with poor performance status, for whom WBRT has no benefit over the use of steroids alone. These patients should benefit from the early introduction of all measures of palliative care without radiotherapy, because such an approach improves the quality of life, especially in patients with lung cancer.

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Thoracic Surgery Worldwide (Ongoing)

Starting in 2021, the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) will be launching a new regular feature in each issue entitled “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide”. The aim of this series is to showcase the status of Thoracic Surgery around the world. This Series is edited by Dr Alan Sihoe from Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital, HK.

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Modified SEIR and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in China under public health interventions

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak originating in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, coincided with chunyun, the period of mass migration for the annual Spring Festival. To contain its spread, China adopted unprecedented nationwide interventions on January 23, 2020. These policies included large-scale quarantine, strict controls on travel and extensive monitoring of suspected cases. However, it is unknown whether these policies have had an impact on the epidemic. We sought to show how these control measures impacted the containment of the epidemic.

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Testimonials for JTD from Eminent Experts Worldwide

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JTD. We are thankful for their support for the journal.

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