Draft:Blood Transfusion (journal)


Blood Transfusion
DisciplineTransfusion medicine, Immunohematology, Hemostasis, and Thrombosis
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySerelina Coluzzi
Publication details
History1956–present
Publisher
SIMTI Servizi Srl on behalf of Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia (SIMTI)
FrequencyBimonthly
2.4 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Blood Transfus
NLMBlood Transfus
Indexing
ISSN1723-2007 (print)
2385-2070 (web)
LCCN2005243953
Links

Blood Transfusion is an English-language, bimonthly peer-reviewed 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]

Scope

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As a free online 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

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The journal is indexed and abstracted in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's impact factor for 2023 is 2.4.[7][8]

History

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Blood Transfusion was founded in 1956 with Lorenzo Lapponi as its founding editor-in-chief.

Past Editors-in-Chief

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  • Lorenzo Lapponi, 1956-1964
  • Carlo Alberto Lang, 1965-1966
  • Roberto Venturelli, 1967-1968
  • Rosalino Sacchi, 1969-1978
  • Giorgio Reali, 1979-2006[9]
  • Claudio Velati, 2007-2015
  • Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno, 2015-2019
  • Luca Mascaretti, 2020-2024[10]

References

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  1. ^ "SIMTI homepage".
  2. ^ "Editorial Board". Blood Transfusion. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Coluzzi S, Mascaretti L. Insights and innovations in Blood Transfusion. Blood Transfus. 2024;22(4):277-278.
  4. ^ "Blood Transfusion passes OJS". 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Source details - Blood Transfusion". Scopus. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Blood Transfusion". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Velati C. Blood Transfusion's first "impact factor". Blood Transfus. 2011;9(4):355.
  8. ^ "Blood Transfusion". 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024.
  9. ^ Velati C. Giorgio Reali (1927 – 2009). Blood Transfus. 2010;8(1):1.
  10. ^ Mascaretti L. Blood Transfusion: interesting times ahead. Blood Transfus. 2020;18(1):1-2.
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