Aims & Scope
Aims
Chest Disease Reports (CDR, ISSN 2039-4772) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted entirely to the study, diagnosis, and treatment of all conditions of chest-related diseases. CDR publishes reviews, regular research papers (articles), communications, and case reports. Our aim is to rapidly publish clinically relevant information that will directly improve the care of patients. Basic science studies and experimental papers of interest to those treating chest disorders will also be considered for publication.
Scope
The journal covers a broad range of topics related to chest diseases, including but not limited to:
- Pulmonology and respiratory medicine
- Cardiology
- Thoracic surgery and transplantation
- Critical care medicine
- Abdomen and chest diseases
- Sleep medicine
MDPI Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add
high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate
authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in
such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.
Book Reviews
Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.
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Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Chest Disease Reports will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:
Reprints
Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.
Announcement and Advertisement
Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free in the News & Announcements section of the journal. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is cdr@mdpi.com.

