Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation is the official journal of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, founded in 1981 as Heart Transplantation and published by Elsevier, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.7《心脏与肺移植杂志》（Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation）是国际心肺移植学会的官方期刊，1981 年以（Heart Transplantation）之名创办，由（Elsevier）出版，2025 年影响因子为 6.7

Scope

• The journal covers heart, lung and cardiothoracic transplantation该刊覆盖心脏、肺与心胸器官移植
• Mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices are central subjects机械循环支持与心室辅助装置是核心主题
• Immunosuppression and graft rejection are covered免疫抑制与移植物排斥在其范围
• Donor management and organ allocation policy are within scope供体管理与器官分配政策同样收录
• Pulmonary hypertension and advanced heart failure are published肺动脉高压与终末期心力衰竭均在发表之列
• Registries, outcomes research and consensus statements are welcomed登记研究、结局研究与共识声明受到欢迎

History

• The journal was launched in 1981 as Heart Transplantation该刊 1981 年以（Heart Transplantation）之名创办
• It was renamed for the journal of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation as the society broadened its remit to lung transplantation随着国际心肺移植学会把范围扩展到肺移植，期刊相应更名
• Elsevier publishes the journal on behalf of the society today期刊现由（Elsevier）代表该学会出版
• The journal is published by Elsevier and appears monthly, under print ISSN 1053-2498, electronic ISSN 1557-3117该刊由（Elsevier）出版，按月刊出版，印刷 ISSN 为 1053-2498，电子 ISSN 为 1557-3117。-
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 10.247 in 2021 and reached 6.7 in 2025, with the reported series 6.7, 6.0, 13.569, 10.247其影响因子由 2025 年的 6.7、2024 年的 6.0、2022 年的 13.569、2021 年的 10.247 等年度数据构成，最新为 2025 年的 6.7。

Editors

• An editor-in-chief is supported by associate editors divided by organ programme主编与按器官项目分工的副编辑共同主持稿件
• The journal publishes original research, registries, guidelines and consensus documents期刊发表原创研究、登记研究、指南与共识文件
• Society statements and practice updates appear alongside peer-reviewed articles学会声明与实践更新与同行评审论文一同刊出
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE, Scopus and PubMed该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（MEDLINE）、（Scopus）与（PubMed）收录。