Thorax and BMJORR Journals

Thorax 

Thorax is our respected and widely disseminated journal. It is published jointly with the British Medical Journal, and is available to members who subscribe in a number of categories. 

Thorax has an Impact Factor of 10.8 (2024).

BTS members who receive Thorax as part of their membership subscription can also access articles online for free.  Make sure you are logged into the BTS website and from the list of options in ‘My BTS’ select ‘Thorax’.  If you have forgotten your password you can reset it from the login page by following the steps for ‘Forgotten your password?’. 

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Thorax is printed and packaged using sustainably sourced materials from companies with good environmental credentials, while remaining cost-effective.

Winter Meeting Abstracts: BTS/Thorax publication

BTS is working with Thorax to plan for the simultaneous publication of selected manuscripts to coincide with abstract presentation at the Winter Meeting 2025. There is no submission fee and submitted abstracts that are selected would be reviewed and processed by Thorax in time for presentation/ publication at the Winter Meeting. This process will be administered by Thorax, which has sole responsibility for oversight and selection of the publication. Successful authors can expect to hear from Thorax by early September.

For your abstract to be considered for this opportunity, please select the relevant tick box on the submission form. Please note that this is separate from the publication of abstracts within the Thorax Winter Meeting programme. 

Abstract Deadline: 23:59 Thursday 26 June 2025.

Submit your Winter Meeting Abstract via the Winter Meeting event page

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 

BMJ Open Respiratory Research is the sister journal to Thorax and is co-owned by the Society and BMJ. It is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal. 

The journal has an Impact Factor of 3.7 (2024). 

BTS members receive a 25% discounted article processing charge (APC) for BMJ Open Respiratory Research. Sign up here to receive updates on the latest content.