About the Journal : Annals of Thoracic Medicine

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About the Journal

​Annals of Thoracic Medicine (ATM, ISSN 1817-1737) is the official publication of the Saudi Thoracic Society (STS), affiliated to King Saud University. It features cutting edge clinical investigations in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine, such as pulmonology, cardiology, thoracic surgery, transplantation, sleep and breathing, airways disease, and more. The journal also features basic science, special reports, case reports, board review questions, and more. Editorials and communications to the editor explore controversial issues and encourage further discussion by physicians dealing with chest medicine. The journal is published Quarterly at the beginning of each quarter.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
DOAJ, EMBASE/ Excerpta Medica, EMR Index Medicus, PubMed Central, Scimago Journal Ranking, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of Science

Impact Factor® as reported in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2022): 2.535

Journal Ethics

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Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Digital Archiving

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Ahead of Print policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. Wolters Kluwer Medknow has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

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  • "Pop-up" and "banner" ads appear on a random, rotating basis. The advertiser has no control or input over the pages where their ads appear.
  • The Editorial Board has full and final approval over the content of all advertisements.
  • Advertisers will never be shown any manuscripts or other content prior to publication.

About Saudi Thoracic Society (STS)

Saudi Thoracic Society (STS) is a scientific foundation and a leading resource for the improvement in cardiopulmonary health and critical care in Saudi Arabia. The mission of STS is to promote the prevention and treatment of diseases of the chest through leadership, education, research, and communication. It was established in 2002 and it is affiliated with King Saud University in Riyadh.  

Contact Address

Saudi Thoracic Society
P.O.Box: 106911
Riyadh 11676
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
966-1-2488966 (Phone)
966-1-467-2558 (Fax)
E-Mail : [email protected]
Website : saudithoracicsociety.org

Editor – in – Chief
Mohamed S. Al Moamary, MD
Associate Dean, College of Medicine,
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
P.O. Box 84252, Riyadh 11571
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: [email protected]

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