Blood Transfusion is an English-language, bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal. It is published by the Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia, SIMTI).[1] As of 2024, the editor-in-chief is Serelina Coluzzi.[2][3]
| Discipline | Transfusion medicine, immunohematology, hemostasis, thrombosis |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Serelina Coluzzi |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1956–present |
| Publisher | SIMTIPRO Srl on behalf of Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia (SIMTI) |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 2.4 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Blood Transfus. |
| NLM | Blood Transfus |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1723-2007 (print) 2385-2070 (web) |
| LCCN | 2005243953 |
| Links | |
Scope
editAs an online open-access[4] publication, Blood Transfusion covers a range of topics including blood donation and donor recruitment; immunohematology; transfusion medicine, patient blood management, collection, production and storage of blood components, transfusion transmitted diseases, hemovigilance, therapeutic apheresis, cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cord blood banking, immunogenetics, hemostasis and thrombosis, hematology, organization and quality systems in transfusion medicine, legal and ethical aspects of transfusion medicine.
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is indexed and abstracted in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's impact factor for 2023 is 2.4.[8][9]
History
editBlood Transfusion was founded in 1956 with Lorenzo Lapponi as its founding editor-in-chief.[10]
Past Editors-in-Chief
edit- Lorenzo Lapponi, 1956-1964
- Carlo Alberto Lang, 1965-1966
- Roberto Venturelli, 1967-1968
- Rosalino Sacchi, 1969-1978
- Giorgio Reali, 1979-2006[11]
- Claudio Velati, 2007-2015
- Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno, 2015-2019
- Luca Mascaretti, 2020-2024[12]
References
edit- ^ "SIMTI homepage".
- ^ "Editorial Board". Blood Transfusion. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Coluzzi, S.; Mascaretti, L. (2024). "Insights and innovations in Blood Transfusion". Blood Transfus. 22 (4): 277–278.
- ^ "Blood Transfusion passes OJS". 24 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Blood Transfusion". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Blood Transfusion". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Source details - Blood Transfusion". Scopus. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Velati C. Blood Transfusion's first "impact factor". Blood Transfus. 2011;9(4):355.
- ^ "Blood Transfusion". 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024.
- ^ "Editorial Team". Blood Transfusion. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ Velati, C. (2010). "Giorgio Reali (1927 – 2009)". Blood Transfus. 8 (1): 1.
- ^ Mascaretti, L. (2020). "Blood Transfusion: interesting times ahead". Blood Transfus. 18 (1): 1–2.