ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Journal Title

ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

ANN THORAC SURG

ISSN / eISSN

0003-4975 / 1552-6259

Aims and Scope

The mission of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery is to promote scholarship in cardiothoracic surgery patient care, clinical practice, research, education, and policy. As the official journal of two of the largest American associations in its specialty, this leading monthly enjoys outstanding editorial leadership and maintains rigorous selection standards.

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery features:

• Full-length original articles on clinical advances, current surgical methods, and controversial topics and techniques
• New Technology articles
• Case reports
• "How-to-do-it" features
• Reviews of current literature
• Supplements on symposia
• Commentary pieces and correspondence
• CME
• Online-only case reports, "how-to-do-its", and images in cardiothoracic surgery.

An authoritative, clinically oriented, comprehensive resource, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery is committed to providing a place for all thoracic surgeons to relate experiences which will help improve patient care.

Subject Area

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

SURGERY

CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

CiteScore

5.60 View Trend

CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Medicine - Surgery	Q1	#46/495
Medicine - Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine	Q1	#84/354
Medicine - Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine	Q2	#42/144

Web of Science Core Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed	-

Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023)	Quartile
CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS - SCIE	Q2
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM - SCIE	Q2
SURGERY - SCIE	Q1

H-index

184

Country/Area of Publication

UNITED STATES

Publisher

Elsevier USA

Publication Frequency

Monthly

Annual Article Volume

512

Open Access

NO

Contact

ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10010-1710