Featured blog post: E-cigarettes affect lung biology, even in those who’ve never smoked
Research into the potential health effects of e-cigarettes has so far focused on in vitro studies or on users who are ex-cigarette smokers. But how do e-cigarettes affect people who have never smoked before? A new study published in Respiratory Research finds that in a small sample of volunteers, smoking e-cigarettes lead to clear changes in lung biology, suggesting further research is needed before we label e-cigarettes as harmless.
Aims and scope
Respiratory Research publishes high-quality clinical and basic research, review and commentary articles on all aspects of respiratory medicine and related diseases.
As the leading fully open access journal in the field, Respiratory Research provides an essential resource for pulmonologists, allergists, immunologists and other physicians, researchers, healthcare workers and medical students with worldwide dissemination of articles resulting in high visibility and generating international discussion.
Editorial board
Editors-in-Chief
Jan Lötvall, Göteborg University, Sweden
Reynold A Panettieri. Jr, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Associate Editors
Robert Bals, Saarland University, Germany
Francesco Blasi, University of Milan, Italy
Arnaud Bourdin, University of Montpellier, France
Mario Cazzola, Antonio Cardarelli Hospital, Italy
Bruno Crestani, Bichat Hospital, France
Jeanine D'Armiento, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
Massimo Di Maio, University of Turin, Italy
Louise Donnelly, Imperial College London, UK
Hiromasa Inoue, Kagoshima University, Japan
Victor Kim, Temple University School of Medicine, USA
Victor Laubach, University of Virginia, USA
Stylianos Orfanos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Stephen Peters, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, USA
YS Prakash, Mayo Clinic, USA
Oliver Schildgen, Hospital of the Private University Witten/Herdecke, Germany
Dale D Tang, Albany Medical College, USA
Kelan Tantisira, Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA
Johan Verbraecken, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium
Featured article: The genetics of smoking in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Smoking is the principal modifiable environmental risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Most of the genetic studies of smoking have relied on self-reported smoking status which is vulnerable to reporting and recall bias. This study demonstrates that using objective measures of smoking such as eCO and/or salivary cotinine can more precisely capture the genetic contribution to multiple aspects of smoking behaviour.
Editors profiles
Jan Lötvall
Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, and Chairman of the Krefting Research Centre at the University of Gothenburg.
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Respiratory Research welcomes review articles on a variety of different topics relating to the scope of the journal. Submit your review today.
For further queries or to discuss the limited funds which may be available to cover the article-processing charge, please contact the editorial team.
Reynold Panettieri
Professor and Vice Chancellor for Translational Medicine and Science at The State University of New Jersey.
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2016 Journal Metrics
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Speed
22 days from submission to first decision
11 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
3.841 - 2-year Impact Factor
3.872 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.183 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.560 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)Usage
749,409 downloads
689.0 Usage FactorSocial Media Impact
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