American Journal of Transplantation

Aims & Scope

The scope is the international discipline of transplantation.

This includes organ and tissue donation and preservation; tissue injury, repair, inflammation, and aging; immune recognition, regulation, effector mechanisms, and opportunities for induction of tolerance; histocompatibility; drugs and pharmacology relevant to transplantation; graft survival and prevention of graft dysfunction and failure; clinical trials and population analyses; transplant complications; xenotransplantation; and ethical and societal issues.

The sciences includes relevant aspects of cell biology, medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and infectious diseases.

The journal includes thoracic transplantation (heart, lung), abdominal transplantation (kidney, liver, pancreas, islets), transplantation of tissues and related topics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8.2
2024	8.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1000

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6046

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.439

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Characteristics Associated with Liver Graft Failure: The Concept of a Donor Risk Index

  Citation: 1650

  Authors: S., N.P., J.L., D.M., J.D., M.A., S.M., R.M.

• Banff 07 Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology: Updates and Future Directions

  Citation: 1579

  Authors: K., R.B., L.C., M., B., M., P.F., W., G., A.B., F., D.S.R., C., G., A.B., I.W., D., S.S., E., E., R.B., M., B.J., V., J.C., P., H., K., I., D., R.N., M.

• Understanding the Causes of Kidney Transplant Failure: The Dominant Role of Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Nonadherence

  Citation: 1350

  Authors: J., D.G., M., J., G., B., L.G., K., A., P.F.

• Systematic Review: Kidney Transplantation Compared With Dialysis in Clinically Relevant Outcomes

  Citation: 1202

  Authors: M., N., G., A., S., D., S., J.

• Banff 2013 Meeting Report: Inclusion of C4d-Negative Antibody-Mediated Rejection and Antibody-Associated Arterial Lesions

  Citation: 1196

  Authors: M., B., L.C., K., D., R.B., M.C.R., D.S.R., E., S.M., L.C., L.D., A.J., C.B., C.F., A.B., I.W., E., H., A., V., P., E.R., D., R.N., C.D., W.D., M.

• Lack of Improvement in Renal Allograft Survival Despite a Marked Decrease in Acute Rejection Rates Over the Most Recent Era

  Citation: 1071

  Authors: Herwig-Ulf, Jesse D., Titte R., Bruce

• Diabetes Mellitus after Kidney Transplantation in the United States

  Citation: 1034

  Authors: Bertram L., Jon J., David, Ajthur J.

• Special Issue: KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients

  Citation: 930

  Authors: Kai-Uwe, Bertram L., Martin G.

• Banff ’05 Meeting Report: Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Allograft Injury and Elimination of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy (’CAN’)

  Citation: 891

  Authors: K, RB, LC, B, PF, PE, PM, M., AB, AJ, CB, IW, PC, M, E, H, RB, PB, M, MJ, BJ, V, JC, JL, P, I, L, DR, D, M, JJ

• Antibody-Mediated Rejection Criteria - an Addition to the Banff ’97 Classification of Renal Allograft Rejection

  Citation: 885

  Authors: Lorraine C., Robert B., Kim, Michael J., Philip F., Patricia M., Michael J., Jean‐Pierre, Anthony J., Michael C., Agnes, Peter, Ian W., Denis, Pekka, Lawrence, Michael, Ronald, Alex J., Robert, Kunio, Volker, Parmjeet, Heinz, Daniel, Surya, Stale, Kiril

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