''The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation'' is a monthly

peer-review Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

covering

heart The heart is a muscular Organ (biology), organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrie ...

and

lung transplantation Lung transplantation, or pulmonary transplantation, is a surgical procedure in which one or both lungs are replaced by lungs from a donor. Donor lungs can be retrieved from a living or deceased donor. A living donor can only donate one lung lobe ...

. It was established in 1981 as ''Heart Transplantation'', and was renamed to the ''Journal of Heart Transplantation'' in 1984. It obtained its current name in 1991. It is published by

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on behalf of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, of which is the official journal. The

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Mandeep R. Mehra Mandeep R. Mehra (born December 1967 in Delhi) is The William Harvey Distinguished Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Br ...

(

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 13.569, the highest of any journal in cardiothoracic surgery.

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* Elsevier academic journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1981 English-language journals Academic journals associated with international learned and professional societies Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation {{immunology-journal-stub