Respirology

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Official Journal of the APSR

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Y C Gary Lee

Respirology, one of several APSR publications, is a journal of international standing, publishing peer-reviewed articles of scientific excellence in clinical and experimental respiratory biology and disease and its related fields of research including allied health, thoracic surgery, internal medicine, immunology, intensive and critical care, epidemiology, cell and molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology and paediatric respiratory medicine. Respirology aims to encourage the international exchange of results and encourages papers in the following categories: Editorials and Reviews, Original Articles and Letters to the Editor with the sub-categories of Scientific Letters, Clinical Notes and Correspondence. The journal is keen to play a vital role in bridging the gap between best scientific research and clinical practice.

Respirology is the official journal of the APSR and is available as a paper subscription or online via Wiley InterScience, Respirology has also been adopted as the official English language journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society and the Taiwanese Society of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and the preferred journal of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.

A table of contents is available for each issue.

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Respirology Virtual Issues

Respirology Virtual Issues

Respirology Virtual Issues offers free access to the full text articles on the Respirology website.

To access our Virtual Issues, please visit: www.wiley.com/bw/vi.asp?ref=1323-7799

Virtual Issues regroup a collection of previously published papers collated for a themed issue online.

Further Virtual Issues are planned for the near future.

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Coming soon in Respirology

Invited reviews:

Watch out for these invited reviews featuring later this year;

  • Reviews on bacterial infections, edited by Dr. Jeremy Brown, discussing host response to Pneumococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. These reviews will feature in the next issue of Respirology, Volume 15 Issue 7.

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Recent Highlights in Respirology

Here are some direct links to recent highlights:

  • How to set up pulmonary subspecialty services

    This new series, edited by Prof. Y.C. Gary Lee, will look at how to set up pleural disease and interventional pulmonary services, clinical trials unit and state of the art pulmonary rehabilitation. The first review from this series, Development and organization of an interventional pulmonology department by Prof. Henri Colt, features in our latest issue Volume 15 issue 6.

  • Pro-con debate

    This series started in Volume 15 Issue 1 with a debate on Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: A failure! Debated between Prof. Grant Waterer and Dr. Christine Jenkins and moderated by Dr. David Hui, this pro-con debate was picked up by the press and made the headlines in Australia. Our current issue, Volume 15 issue 6, features a debate on The safety of long-acting beta-agonists: More evidence is needed. The debate is moderated by Prof. Robin Taylor with the pro argument being debated by Dr. Shamsah Kazani, Prof. James Ware and Prof. Jeffrey Drazen and the con argument debated by Prof. Malcolm Sears.

  • Think Tank

    This series started in Volume 15 Issue 1 and will continue throughout the year. Our current issue, Volume 15 issue 6, features a review by A/Prof. Martin Kolb and colleagues: Have advanced research technologies made real impact on respiratory medicine? This series will raise issues on different topics such as Lung Cancer, Asthma, Thoracic surgery, OSA and more.

  • Tuberculosis

    Edited by Profs. Wing Wai Yew, Giovanni Migliori and Christoph Lange, this review series featured in Issue 1 to Issue 5 of Respirology this year. This series features reviews from world renowned authors on topics such as the control and elimination of tuberculosis, diagnostic advances, immunology and treatment. It will soon be available as a virtual issue online.

  • A year in review 2009

    This year our ever popular "A year in review series" focused on the advances in different areas of respiratory medicine and summarised what the articles published in Respirology in 2009 brought to each field. The series started in Volume 15 Issue 1 with a review by Prof. Peter Eastwood and colleagues: Interstitial lung diseases, acute injury, sleep, physiology, imaging and bronchoscopic intervention. This was followed in Volume 15 Issue 2 with the second review by A/Prof. Ian Yang and colleagues: Asthma, COPD and airway biology. The series finished in Volume 15 Issue 3 with a review by Prof. Stephen Spiro and colleagues: Respiratory infections, tuberculosis, pleural diseases and lung cancer.

  • Complications in Lung Procedures:

    Now available as Virtual Issue with Free Access! This review series, edited by Profs. Pyng Lee and Najib M Rahman, showcases reviews from specialists from around the world on topics such as complications following pleural procedures, interventional bronchoscopy and radiology, thoracic surgery and ICU management.

  • Pulmonary Fibrosis:

    Now available as Virtual Issue with Free Access! This series on pulmonary fibrosis, edited by Profs. Martin Kolb and Gerard Cox, showcases reviews from world renowned authors on the diagnoses, development, treatment and management of pulmonary fibrosis.

  • Infectious Diseases:

    Now available as Virtual Issue with Free Access! This series showcases reviews from world renowned scientists and covers topics such as bioterrorism, non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases, pneumococcal diseases, community acquired pneumonia, pneumonia and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromes in HIV-infected patients.

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Review Articles

All review articles published within the last two years are now available FREE online.

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Table of Contents

A full table of contents is available for each issue.

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Manuscript Submission

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Before preparing your paper, take advantage of the special 'Write' Way for Authors video, which shows how to improve your prospects of having your paper accepted for publication.

All manuscripts should be submitted online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/res

For assistance please contact the Editorial Office at: respirol@liwa.uwa.edu.au

For more information regarding Respirology, including instructions for authors, please visit the journal's homepage: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1440-1843

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Sample Copy

Online sample issues are available on Wiley InterScience: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/resp.2010.15.issue-1/issuetoc

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Editorial Information

Editor-in-Chief
Y C Gary Lee, Australia

Editor-in-Chief Elect
Philip Bardin, Australia

Senior Associate Editors
David Hui, Hong Kong
Martin Kolb, Canada
Helen Reddel, Australia
Toby Maher, UK

Associate Editors
Paul Baas, Netherlands
Jeremy Brown, UK
Andreas Diacon, South Africa
Peter Eastwood, Australia
David Feller-Kopman, USA
Darryl Knight, Canada
O Jung Kwon, Korea
Chi Chiu Leung, Hong Kong
Amanda Piper, Australia
Jose Porcel, Spain
Robin Taylor, New Zealand
Grant Waterer, Australia
Robert Young, New Zealand

Editorial Board
Arata Azuma, Japan
Patrick Barron, Japan
Richard Beasley, New Zealand
Fan Chung, UK
Jack Gauldie, Canada
Yoshinori Hasegawa, Japan
Mohammad Rashidul Hassan, Bangladesh
John Heffner, USA
James Hogg, Canada
Tzuen-Ren Hsiue, Taiwan
Won Dong Kim, Korea
David Chi-Leung Lam, Hong Kong
Richard Light, USA
Richard Li-Cher Loh, Malaysia
Patrick Gerard Moral, Philippines
John Murray, France
Masaharu Nishimura, Japan
Toshihiro Nukiwa, Japan
Paul Reynolds, Australia
Richard Ruffin, Australia
Stephen Spiro, UK
John Stradling, UK
Philip Thompson, Australia
Ian Yang, Australia
Chul Gyu Yoo, Korea
Chong-Jen Yu, Taiwan
Faisal Yunus, Indonesia

Honorary Epidemiologist Statistician
Michael Abramson, Australia

Manager Editorial Office
Lieve Bultynck, Australia

Acting Manager Editorial Office
Naomi Alexander, Australia

Administrative Editors
Joyanne Kelly, Australia
Sanjika Obeysekera, Australia

Editorial Assistant
Neil Misso, Australia

Editorial Office
Professor Y C Gary Lee
c/o Lung Institute of Western Australia
Ground Floor, E Block
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Nedlands
Western Australia 6009
Tel: +61 8 9346 3198
Fax: +61 8 9346 4159
email: respirol@liwa.uwa.edu.au

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