The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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| description | Peer-reviewed journal |
| Area of Expertise | Medicine and surgery |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Elsevier ( United States of America ) |
| First edition | 1931 |
| Frequency of publication | 12 issues a year |
| Web link | Website of the journal |
| ISSN (print) | 0022-5223 |
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , abbreviated J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. , is a scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association . The journal was founded in 1931 under the name The Journal of Thoracic Surgery . In 1959 it was extended to the current name; the magazine appears with twelve issues a year. Papers are published that deal with surgery of the heart and lungs.
The impact factor in 2014 was 4.168. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the Journal with this Impact Factor in the category Surgery in twelfth position of 198 journals in the category respiratory system ninth of 57 magazines and in the category cardiovascular system in 26 out of 123 magazines guided.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the journal ; accessed on February 12, 2014.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).