1、该刊只有国际刊号！

2、投稿方式：在线投稿。

3、刊内网址：（202506期）

https://ccts.amegroups.com/

4、投稿系统：

https://ccts.amegroups.org/author/submit

5、官网邮箱：ccts@amegroups.com（编辑部）

6、出刊日期：双月刊，逢双月出版。

2026年2月2日星期一

《胸外科前沿（英文）》

（Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery）期刊简介

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery（《胸外科前沿》，简称CCTS杂志，网页：https://ccts.amegroups.com）是由上海市肺科医院与AME出版社于2019年3月合作创办的开放获取、经同行评审的国际英文医学期刊。CCTS杂志旨在改善目前胸部疾病的诊断和治疗，重点关注当前胸外科挑战性难题、争议性问题和疑难病例，涵盖肺内科、移植、麻醉学、病理学、影像学、生物学、重症医学和护理等相关专业，致力于为国内外同行提供一个分享最新研究、前沿知识和实践经验的国际性专业平台。CCTS杂志由上海市肺科医院姜格宁教授、美国麻省总医院Douglas Mathisen教授担任主编；上海市肺科医院陈昶教授、香港养和医院孙汉治教授以及美国麻省总医院Michael Lanuti教授担任副主编。截至2021年4月15日，期刊编委团队由来自16个国家的112位专家组成。

《胸外科前沿（英文）》

（Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery）作者指南

【官网信息】

Guidelines for Authors

Thank you for your interest in the Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (CCTS, Curr Chall Thorac Surg, ISSN: 2664-3278). CCTS adheres to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals, issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (1), and the Cope of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (2), issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please refer to the following guidelines to help you prepare your manuscript. Feel free to contact the editorial office by email (ccts@amegroups.com) should you have any questions. To ensure a swift peer review and publication process, manuscripts that do not adhere to the following instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision at preliminary review.

1. ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (CCTS, Curr Chall Thorac Surg, ISSN: 2664-3278) 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. Besides, it encompasses extensive contents of technical development, multidisciplinary approach, precision treatment, perioperative medicine, basic and translational science, and education and training. CCTS will serve as a professional platform for healthcare professionals including surgeons, physicians and scientists to share their research, knowledge and experience.

2. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES

2.1 Original Article

Word limit: there is no fixed word limit for research articles, but authors must use the most concise language possible, as well as succinct, structured sentences. The word count for the main text (excluding the abstract, references, tables, boxes, or figures) should be provided when the manuscript is submitted.

Abstract: Structured (usually into four paragraphs with the following subheadings: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, unless specified otherwise in the reporting checklists), 200-350 words max. No abbreviations.

Key words: 3~5.

References: No limit.

Figures/Tables: No limit, but 10 figures are deemed sufficient.

Description: Original articles should take the following format: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and/or Conclusions. Original articles must have originality and clinical impact.

Original articles should include a section describing the contribution made by each author to the manuscript. See the “3.4 Author Contributions” sections for details.

If a submitted article includes any data that are not publicly available, the authors are required to fill in a data-sharing statement form, which should be submitted along with their manuscript. If the article is accepted for publication, the Data Availability Statement (form) will be published online alongside the article. See the “3.7.2 Data Sharing Statement” section for details.

When a manuscript documents any experiment(s) involving human subjects or animals, the authors must indicate an ethical statement both in the methods section and the footnote. See the “3.7.5 Ethical Statement” section for details.

Please note that systematic review with meta-analysis will be categorized as Original Article.

2.1.1 Reporting Checklist

Original Articles should be prepared according to the EQUATOR research reporting guidelines, as listed below, and each submission should include a checklist (a reformatted version has been created for the journal) as a supplementary material. The relevant page/line and section/paragraph number in the manuscript should be stated for each item in the checklist. A statement should be included at the end of the “Introduction” to indicate which reporting checklist was followed (e.g., “We present the following article/case in accordance with the CONSORT reporting checklist.” ). The manuscript should also include a Reporting Checklist statement in the footnote (see the “3.7 Footnote”). Failure to do so will result in the manuscript being returned to the authors for amendment.

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https://ccts.amegroups.com/pages/view/guidelines-for-authors