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| Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation |
| Discipline | Cardiology; Thoracic Surgery; Transplantation |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | JHLT |
| Publisher | International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation |
| Country | United States |
| History | 1981–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation is a peer-reviewed medical journal concentrating on clinical and basic science aspects of cardiac and pulmonary transplantation and mechanical circulatory and respiratory support. It serves clinicians, surgeons, researchers, and policy stakeholders involved with Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford University School of Medicine, and other major centers. The journal is associated with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation and often features collaborations among investigators from Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and international institutions such as Great Ormond Street Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, University of Toronto, and University of Oxford.
Established in 1981 during a period of rapid development in organ transplantation surgery at centers like Papworth Hospital and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the journal emerged as a dedicated venue paralleling advances at institutions including University of California, San Francisco, Mount Sinai Medical Center, University of Michigan, and Duke University Hospital. Early issues reflected seminal work influenced by pioneers affiliated with Stanford University, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Barcelona, and Laennec Hospital. Over decades the journal has chronicled landmark events such as the adoption of cyclosporine-based immunosuppression protocols developed in part at Scripps Research and multicenter trials coordinated by groups including National Institutes of Health networks and European Society for Organ Transplantation partners.
The journal publishes original research, reviews, consensus guidelines, and clinical case series on heart transplantation, lung transplantation, combined heart–lung transplantation, ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and pulmonary hypertension management. Its scope intersects work from laboratories and clinical programs at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Institut Pasteur, Weill Cornell Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, University of Edinburgh, McGill University Health Centre, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Aims include advancing patient outcomes through dissemination of randomized trials, registry analyses from networks like the United Network for Organ Sharing, and guideline statements developed with societies such as the American College of Cardiology, American Thoracic Society, European Society of Cardiology, and European Respiratory Society.
The editorial leadership historically and presently draws editors and associate editors from prominent departments such as Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Sydney, Seoul National University Hospital, and National University Hospital, Singapore. The board typically includes experts in transplant immunology from Rockefeller University, cardiothoracic surgery from Imperial College London, pediatric transplantation from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and pulmonology from Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Publication frequency is monthly, and typeset and peer-review workflows are managed in coordination with academic publishing infrastructures employed by leading houses servicing medical societies and university presses.
The journal is indexed in major biomedical databases and abstracting services used by researchers at PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and professional registries maintained by organizations such as World Health Organization and European Union research portals. Librarians at institutions including New York University, University of California, University of British Columbia, and Monash University rely on such indexing for collection development and citation tracking.
Articles from the journal have influenced clinical practice guidelines promulgated by entities like the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, American Heart Association, and National Health Service advisory panels. Citation metrics and impact factors reported in annual bibliometric reports compare its influence with specialty journals affiliated with Circulatory System Diseases Research, Thoracic Surgery clinics, and transplantation-focused periodicals from publishers linked to Wiley, Elsevier, and Springer Nature. The journal's consensus documents and registry analyses are frequently cited by investigative teams at Institute of Clinical Sciences and by policy committees in regions governed by agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency.
Noteworthy contributions include multicenter registry analyses, landmark randomized trials of immunosuppressive regimens from collaborative groups involving NIH investigators, reports on long-term outcomes from programs at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and Kerckhoff Clinic, and influential reviews on mechanical circulatory support technologies pioneered by teams at Jarvik Heart-affiliated laboratories and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. The journal has published guideline statements influencing organ allocation policies, risk stratification models developed in consortia including OPTN contributors, and translational studies on rejection biomarkers from research groups at Sloan Kettering Institute.
Distribution aligns with models used by learned societies and university presses, offering institutional subscriptions to university libraries such as Harvard University Library, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and consortia for hospital systems including Kaiser Permanente. Individual subscriptions and pay-per-view options coexist with open-access pathways for select articles under policies compatible with funding agencies like Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Electronic access is provided through platforms used by major academic institutions and hospital networks, and reprint requests and permissions follow customary procedures engaging rights offices at associated publishers.
Category:Cardiology journals Category:Transplantation journals