Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (CCTS) is an international peer-reviewed journal providing high-quality researches and information related to challenging issues on thoracic surgeries with an aim to improve current diagnosis and treatment of thoracic diseases. The journal focuses on current challenges, controversial issues and intractable situation of thoracic surgeries for pulmonary, tracheal, mediastinal, esophageal, and chest-wall diseases. It also dabbles in related specialties such as pulmonary medicine, transplantation, anesthesiology, pathology, imaging, biology, critical care medicine and nursing.
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How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
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Physiology (medical)Q4
SurgeryQ4
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Surgery
Scopus Categories
Physiology (medical)Surgery
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentTracheal and airway disordersPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsTransplantation: Methods and OutcomesOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedical Imaging and Pathology StudiesEsophageal and GI PathologyRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingTrauma Management and Diagnosis