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COPD in the spotlight

Guest Editors
Vito D'Agnano, MD, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Don Sin, MD, University of British Columbia, Canada
Carolyn Wang, PhD, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Canada


Submission Status: Open until 26 January 2026

E-cigarettes, vaping, and pulmonary health

Guest Editors
Christopher D. Pascoe, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Canada
Aneesa Vanker, MD, PhD, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa


Submission Status: Open until 26 August 2025

Aging and lung disease

Guest Editors
Tamara Cruz Santa Cruz, PhD, Clinical Foundation for Biomedical Research – IDIBAPS, Spain
Sadiya Shaikh, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA


Submission Status: Open until 8 July 2025

Remote monitoring of chronic lung disease

Guest Editors
Brooks Thomas Kuhn, MD, MAS, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
Iain Stewart, PhD, Margaret Turner Warwick Centre for Fibrosing Lung Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK


Submission Status: Open until 22 May 2025

Artificial intelligence and machine learning: applications in pulmonary medicine

Guest Editors
Feredun Azari, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
Shu-Yi Liao, MD, MPH, ScD, National Jewish Health, USA


Submission Status: Open until 29 July 2025

Extracellular vesicles in pulmonary disease and medicine

Guest Editors
Wenqiang Xin, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, China

Submission Status: Open until 26 June 2025

Published

Chronic cough: epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management

Guest Editors:
Michael Ghobrial, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, USA
Kefang Lai, PhD, MD, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China

Sex and gender in pulmonary disease

Guest Editors:
Mari Ozaki, PhD, MD, The Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Pasquale Tondo, MD, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy

Radiomics approaches to lung cancers

Guest Editor
Kim Lori Sandler, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, US

Non-invasive critical care procedures

Guest Editors:
Jaber S. Alqahtani, PhD, MD, Department Respiratory Care, Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
Teresa Renda, MD, PhD, Cardio-Thoraco-Neurovascular Department, San Donato Hospital, Italy
Raffaele Scala, MD, Chief of Pulmonology and RICU, San Donato Hospital, Italy
Gaetano Scaramuzzo, MD, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Italy

Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease

Guest Editors:
Bruno Guedes Baldi: University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil 
Niranjan JeganathanLoma Linda University Health System School of Medicine, US
Jin Woo Song: University of Ulsan College of Medicine, South Korea

Occupational lung diseases

Guest Editors:
Renee Carey: Curtin University, Australia
Alice Turner: University of Birmingham, UK
Gareth Walters: University of Birmingham, UK

Brain-lung crosstalk

Guest Editors:
Denise Battaglini: Consultant in Neuro and General Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
Chiara Robba: Consultant in Neuro and General Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy
James A. Town: Assistant Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Sarah Wahlster: Section Head, Neurocritical Care in the Department of Neurology at the University of Washington, Seattle Washington

The Impact of COVID-19 on Lung Cancer Patients

Guest Editors
Michele Mondoni: MD, University of Milan, Italy
Jian Wu: PhD, Zhejiang University, China

2018

Article collection

Bronchiecstasis: The forgotten worldwide epidemic

Collection published: 22 May 2018

2014

Cross journal collection

World Asthma Day 2014: recent insights into asthma

Collection published: 6 May 2014

Cross journal collection

Reviewer acknowledgements 2013

Collection published: 26 February 2014

2013

Cross journal collection

World Asthma Day 2013: it's time to control asthma

Collection published: 3 May 2013

Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 2.6
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.0
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.889
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.773

    Speed 2024
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 19
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 142

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 3,010,764
    Altmetric mentions: 1,119

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