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Annals of the American Thoracic Society
H-index 44

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

2325-6621

Published by: American Thoracic Society

https://www.atsjournals.org/journal/annalsats

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 365 485 561 40

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 725
Documents by Best Scientists*: 686
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 146
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.652
Impact Factor: 5.4

Top Publications

  • The REMAP-CAP (Randomized Embedded Multifactorial Adaptive Platform for Community-acquired Pneumonia) Study. Rationale and Design.

    Derek C. Angus;Scott Berry;Roger J. Lewis;Farah Al-Beidh

    (2020)
    399 Citations
  • Persistent Poor Health after COVID-19 Is Not Associated with Respiratory Complications or Initial Disease Severity.

    Liam Townsend;Joanne Dowds;Kate O'Brien;Grainne Sheill

    (2021)
    289 Citations
  • Defining Modern Pulmonary Rehabilitation. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.

    Anne E. Holland;Narelle S. Cox;Linzy Houchen-Wolloff;Linzy Houchen-Wolloff;Carolyn L. Rochester

    (2021)
    283 Citations
  • Incidence and prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in a Large U.S. Managed Care Health Plan, 2008-2015

    Kevin L. Winthrop;Theodore K. Marras;Jennifer Adjemian;Haixin Zhang

    (2020)
    251 Citations
  • Outdoor Air Pollution and New-Onset Airway Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.

    George D Thurston;John R Balmes;Erika Garcia;Frank D Gilliland

    (2020)
    180 Citations
  • Noninvasive Ventilatory Support of Patients with COVID-19 outside the Intensive Care Units (WARd-COVID).

    Giacomo Bellani;Giacomo Grasselli;Maurizio Cecconi;Laura Antolini

    (2021)
    141 Citations
  • Changes in Airway Microbiome and Inflammation with Ivacaftor Treatment in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis and the G551D Mutation.

    J. Kirk Harris;Brandie D. Wagner;Edith T. Zemanick;Charles E. Robertson

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Mechanisms and Clinical Management

    Chitra Lal;Terri E Weaver;Charles J Bae;Kingman P Strohl

    (2021)
    131 Citations
  • Respiratory Mechanics and Gas Exchange in COVID-19-associated Respiratory Failure.

    Edward J Schenck;Katherine Hoffman;Parag Goyal;Justin Choi

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • Perspectives on Telephone and Video Communication in the Intensive Care Unit during COVID-19

    Niki R Kennedy;Alexis Steinberg;Robert M Arnold;Ankur A Doshi

    (2020)
    99 Citations

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