Thorax,

Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice. This includes articles concerning basic and translational mechanisms with application to clinical material (cell and molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and immunology).

Thorax is an official journal of the British Thoracic Society and is a companion to BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

Editors-in-Chief
Professor Jennifer Quint, Professor Mark Griffiths & Professor Cecilia O'Kane
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Call for Papers! Thorax invites submissions for the following topic collection:

• Global and Regional Comparisons of COPD in Vulnerable Populations: The Role of Environmental Factors