Blood Transfusion (journal)


Blood Transfusion is an English-language, bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal. It is published by the Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology. As of 2024, the editor-in-chief is Serelina Coluzzi.

Scope

As an online open-access 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

The journal is indexed and abstracted in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's impact factor for 2023 is 2.4.

History

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

Past Editors-in-Chief

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