News - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

Posted: 2026-01-09

VATS Annual Report (2025)

Greetings from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Savvas Lampridis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Posted: 2025-11-12

Join us at the 9th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery

The 9th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery (WCPCCS) is going to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China from December 7 to 12, 2025: www.wcpccs2025.org.

Posted: 2025-10-08

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

Posted: 2025-06-18

New Impact Factor for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: 0.4

We are pleased to share that Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has attained its latest impact factor for the 2024 citation year: 0.4.

Posted: 2025-06-17

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 2024 CiteScore Released: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has achieved its 2024 CiteScore: 0.4. VATS ranks as follows across various categories: 475 out of 568 in Surgery, 875 out of 947 in Computer Science Applications, and 143 out of 159 in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. This milestone underscores our ongoing commitment to publishing impactful research in the field.

Posted: 2025-05-30

Join us at the Asia Thoracic Cancer Care Summit (ATCCS), Hong Kong in 2025

Posted: 2025-03-07

Join us at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)

Posted: 2025-02-11

Join us at the 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is going to be held at the Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA from May 2 to 5, 2025: https://events.aats.org/am25.

Posted: 2025-01-03

VATS Annual Report (2024)

Greetings from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Savvas Lampridis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Posted: 2024-06-21

New Impact Factor for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: 0.3

We are pleased to announce that Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has attained its latest impact factor for the 2023 citation year: 0.3.

Posted: 2024-06-14

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 2023 CiteScore Released: 0.4

We are pleased to announce that the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 0.4, ranking 435 out of 495 journals in the Surgery category.

Posted: 2024-05-13

Join us at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery

The 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in May 26-28, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain: https://ests2024.com/ests2024.

Posted: 2024-01-08

VATS Annual Report (2023)

Greetings from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Savvas Lampridis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Posted: 2023-07-05

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 2022 CiteScore Released: 0.3

We are pleased to announce that the Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has received its 2022 CiteScore: 0.3, ranking 435 out of 495 journals in the Surgery category.

Posted: 2023-06-28

The First Impact Factor for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: 0.2

We are pleased to announce that Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) has attained its first impact factor for the 2022 citation year: 0.2.

Posted: 2023-06-08

Testimonials for VATS from Eminent Experts Worldwide in 2023

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for VATS.

Posted: 2023-04-19

Join us at the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery

The 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in June 4-6, 2023 in Milan, Italy: https://emma.events/ests2023/.

Posted: 2023-03-15

Full implementation of transparent peer review at Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to fully implement the transparent peer review (TPR) process for all new submission from March 15, 2023.

Posted: 2023-03-07

Join us at the 103rd Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

Posted: 2023-01-10

VATS Annual Report (2022)

Greetings from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Mark W. Onaitis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Posted: 2022-10-13

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Posted: 2022-08-24

Welcome to the Chinese edition of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery

We are glad to share with you that select VATS content is now available in Chinese

Posted: 2022-07-28

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery is going to receive its first impact factor in June 2023

According to the latest news of Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics on July 26, 2022, in the 2023 release of the Journal Citation Report™, all Web of Science Core Collection™ journals will receive a Journal Impact Factor (JIF)™.

Posted: 2022-01-13

VATS Annual Report (2021)

Greeting from Dr. Lunxu Liu, Dr. Mark W. Onaitis and Editorial Office of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)!

Posted: 2021-11-05

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) is among the list of COPE membership.

Posted: 2021-01-20

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