Website: http://www.chestnet.org/
Publications: http://www.chestpubs.org/
Email: CHEST@accucoms.com
CHEST, is the official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).
Each month, it features cutting edge original research in the multidisciplinary specialties of chest medicine, such as pulmonology, critical care, sleep medicine, cardiorespiratory interactions, thoracic surgery, transplantation, airways disease, and more. CHEST also features Recent Advances in Chest Medicine, Topics in Practice Management, Medical Writing Tips, Pulmonary and Critical Care Pearls, Chest Imaging and Pathology for Clinicians, Contemporary Reviews, and much, much more. Readers of the online journal harness the power of multimedia with CHEST's newest sections, Interactive Physiology Grand Rounds and Procedure Videos Online. Editorials and communications to the editor explore controversial issues and encourage further discussion among by physicians dealing with chest medicine. More than 30,000 readers worldwide turn to CHEST in print and 400,000 people view CHEST online each month for the latest in chest-related medicine. .
2009 Institute of Scientific Information: Journal Citation Report Data:
Impact Factor: 6.36; ranked 3rd among 43 Respiratory Journals
5-Year Impact Factor: 5.442
Total Citations: 41,623; ranked 2nd among 43 Respiratory Journals
Articles: 416; ranked 2nd among 43 Respiratory Journals
Immediacy Index: 1.127; ranked 6th among 43 Respiratory Journals
Eigenfactor Score: 0.10746; ranked 2nd among 43 Respiratory Journals
Article Influence Score: 1.712; ranked 4th among 43 Respiratory Journals
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Online version: updated daily and avalilable through the HighWire Press platform, including access to the historical archive dating back to January 1946.
Papers in Press: online access to the articles already approved for printing is available to the subscribers several months before these are actually published
Consortial Policy
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These are some of the standard parameters used:
- Multiple years contract for three years
- Fixed price cap for the duration of the contract, lower than the standard yearly increase from the publisher’s catalogue
- Deeply Discounted Price for print subscriptions
- Perpetual Access guaranteed after the termination of contract
- “Opt-out” clause in case of superior or irresistible force (force majeure)
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