The American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology is a peer-reviewed

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 monthly medical journal

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 and an official publication of the American Thoracic Society

American Thoracic Society

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. It publishes articles using cellular, biochemical, developmental, genetic, immunologic, and molecular approaches to understand structure and function of the respiratory system

Respiratory system

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 under physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions.

History

The American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology was established in July 1989. It was developed to address the shift in modern pulmonary science to lung cell and molecular biology. The founding editors

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 were Jerome S. Brody, Robert M. Senior, and Mary C. Williams. John A. Mcdonald served as editor from 1993 to 1998. The current editor is Kenneth B. Adler (Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University

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, Raleigh, North Carolina

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).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Index Medicus

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, Current Contents

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/Life Sciences, Current Contents/Critical Care Medicine, MEDLARS, MEDLINE

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, and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts

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. According to the 2009 Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal's impact factor

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is 4.319.