ATS Scholar


ATS Scholar is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open access, medical-education journal published on a quarterly basis by the American Thoracic Society.
It is one of four official journals published by the American Thoracic Society, along with the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, and the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Contents

The journal is focused on publishing peer-reviewed health professions education manuscripts relevant to the fields of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. This includes those related to the teaching of common clinical topics, the training of healthcare providers and scientists, and educational research.

History

The journal was announced in a newsletter released to members of the American Thoracic Society in February 2019. Its first set of accepted articles were published online on February 24, 2020.

Editors

In July 2020, Nitin Seam, MD, Associate Chief, Senior Research Physician and Fellowship Director of the Critical Care Medicine Department, and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine became the journal's first editor-in-chief.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed in SHERPA/RoMEO.