Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (bimonthly) (CN 10-1695/R; ISSN 2096-8493), founded in April 1995, is a centralised high-level medical academic journal under the supervision of the China Association for Science and Technology and sponsored by the China Association for the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis (CAPT) for domestic and international public circulation.
The aim of the journal is to reflect the new theories, technologies and experiences in the fields of clinical diagnosis and treatment, prevention and control, basic research and health education related to tuberculosis and lung diseases at home and abroad, and to pay active attention to the new progress and changes in the field of global tuberculosis prevention and treatment, using to promote the domestic and international academic exchanges and to improve the basic research, prevention and control, and clinical diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and lung diseases. The target readers are scientific and technical workers in tuberculosis and lung diseases related fields in China, especially middle and senior professionals and technicians. Columns include Editor-in-Chief's Wish, Review, Experts' Forum, Essay, Review, Lecture, Short Essay, Review and Prospect, Hot Spotlight, Case Report, Experience Introduction, Literature Express and so on.
Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease has been included in China Academic Journal Abstracts, Wanfang Data Network, China Knowledge Network, etc., and is available on the Internet in full text in Wanfang Data-Digital Journal Group and China Knowledge Network, and is included in China Core Journals (Selection) Database.