Tragic Transplant Team Loss at University of Michigan
On June 4th, 4 members of the University of Michigan Transplant Team were killed in an airplane accident, while retreiving organs as a part of the Survival Flights program. Two air crew were also lost in the accident. Editor-in-Chief Philip Halloran, on behalf of the AJT staff and editorial board, wishes to extend deepest condolences to the families and colleagues of those lost, and to express gratitude to all of the medical personnel who place themselves in the line of danger to serve these vital, life-saving programs.
AJT’s 2006 Impact Factor is 6.843!
With its high quality content, an average time to first decision of 21.5 days, and an Impact Factor of 6.843 (ranked no. 1 in transplantation, no. 2 in surgery), the American Journal of Transplantation is the journal you can’t be without.
The journal serves as a forum for debate and re-assessment and is a major new platform for promoting understanding, improving results and advancing science in this dynamic field. Published monthly, the American Journal of Transplantation provides an essential resource for researchers and clinicians around the world.
Features
- The highest Impact Factor of any transplantation journal (ranked 2nd in the surgery category)
- Accepted articles available online before print publication - via OnlineEarly
- Decisions usually delivered within three weeks
- Publishes original articles, case reports, invited reviews, letters to the editor, critical reviews, news features, consensus documents and guidelines.
- Includes:
- thoracic (heart, lung), abdominal (kidney, liver, pancreas, islets), tissue and stem cell, transplantation
- organ and tissue donation and preservation
- tissue injury, repair, inflammation, and aging
- histocompatibility
- drugs and pharmacology
- graft survival and prevention of graft dysfunction and failure
- ethical and social issues
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