Launching in 2026, IJTLD Chronic Respiratory Disease (IJTLD CRD) is a new open access journal (fully compliant with Plan S).
The Journal will feature the latest research on chronic lung conditions in LMICs to improve access to knowledge and influence care, policy and practise for better health.
Each issue of IJTLD CRD will include a mix of articles, including: PTLD – Asthma – COPD – Impact of air pollution – Lung damage in smokers – Interstitial lung disease – Bronchiectasis – Long COVID – Sleep apnea – Occupational lung disease – Interventional pulmonology.
This critically neglected area accounts for an estimated 4 million annual deaths and affects 28–90 million people with PTLD.
We encourage authors working on chronic respiratory disease to submit their latest research on all aspects of the management and care of patients. We will consider Editorials, Meeting Reports, Original Research (including methodology papers and qualitative research), Reviews, Viewpoints, Study Protocols, Case Series, Case Reports and Letters.
We are particularly keen to promote research on early diagnosis and treatments – including the latest therapeutic advances that have relevance across a wide range of respiratory conditions. Our aim is to highlight the importance of these conditions to influence policymakers and improve clinical care in LMICs.
For all queries please e-mail the Editorial team at journal@theunion.org
While preparing their article, authors should refer to the Instructions for Authors to check that they have complied with our requirements – see links below.
Once complete, authors should submit their manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijtld
Sponsorship
Supplements and article series are a highly-effective way of highlighting a specific topic to researchers, clinicians and decision makers in respiratory health.
Being an Open Access journal, IJTLD CRD has no barriers to access and can reach readers in health centres, medical, university and pharmaceutical institutes, along with civil society, patients and carers.
All content will be freely available and acknowledge the sponsors support and readers will receive emails to highlight sponsored content.
Fast-Track Articles
In order to share scientific research of immediate concern as rapidly as possible, The Union is fast-tracking the publication of certain accepted articles from the IJTLD, IJTLD OPEN and PHA and publishing them in full on our website, prior to their publication in the Journals. Read fast-track articles:
Adapting TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai, India
A letter to the Editors of the IJTLD on adaptations to TB services that could help ensure continuity of services for RR/MDR-TB during COVID-19.
Impact of COVID-19 on TB care: experiences of a treatment centre in Nigeria
Letter to the editors giving an early view into the impact of COVID-19 on TB diagnosis in Nigeria, a high burden setting for TB.
How COVID-19 can instruct TB research: ensuring the safety of researchers exposed to infectious disease
A letter to the editors of the IJTLD which highlights the need to mitigate the risk of researchers being exposed to TB and other airborne pathogens.
COVID-19 and TB control in immigrant communities
Letter to the editors highlighting the disparity of impact of COVID-19 and TB on immigrant communities and the need to have affordable healthcare.
How TB and COVID-19 compare: an opportunity to integrate both control programmes
Letter to the editors which highlights similarities and differences between TB and COVID-19 – and proposes that control programmes unite to address both conditions.
COVID-19: ensuring continuity of TB services in the private sector
Pakistan has the fifth largest global burden of TB, and in response to COVID-19 a lockdown was imposed on 26 February. TB services were severely disrupted. This threatened to undermine recent gains in private-sector engagement and TB elimination efforts.