Transfusion

Aims & Scope

TRANSFUSION is the foremost publication in the world for new information regarding transfusion medicine.

Written by and for members of AABB and other health-care workers, TRANSFUSION reports on the latest technical advances, discusses opposing viewpoints regarding controversial issues, and presents key conference proceedings.

In addition to blood banking and transfusion medicine topics, TRANSFUSION presents submissions concerning patient blood management, tissue transplantation and hematopoietic, cellular, and gene therapies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.706

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	153

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8025

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2346

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Immunology and Microbiology and 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.

• Diagnostic and pathogenetic considerations in transfusion‐related acute lung injury

  Citation: 661

  Authors: M. A., S. B.

• Activity‐based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals

  Citation: 599

  Authors: Aryeh, Axel, Sherri, Oliver M., Hans, Donat R.

• Reports of 355 transfusion‐associated deaths: 1976 through 1985

  Citation: 596

  Authors: K.

• Toward an understanding of transfusion‐related acute lung injury: statement of a consensus panel

  Citation: 566

  Authors: Steven, Tim, Penny, Robertson, Janice, Susan, Maureen, Douglas, Thomas, Pierre, Peter

• Paucity of studies to support that abnormal coagulation test results predict bleeding in the setting of invasive procedures: an evidence‐based review

  Citation: 543

  Authors: Jodi B., Walter H.

• Current prevalence and incidence of infectious disease markers and estimated window‐period risk in the American Red Cross blood donor population

  Citation: 513

  Authors: R.Y., E.P., S.L.

• Clinical consequences of red cell storage in the critically ill

  Citation: 489

  Authors: Alan, Dean, Ian Chin, Paul C.

• Orthopedic Surgery Transfusion Hemoglobin European Overview (OSTHEO) study: blood management in elective knee and hip arthroplasty in Europe*

  Citation: 487

  Authors: Nadia, Hans E.M., G., L.M., G., David M., Saskia, Ivo L.

• Mortality and morbidity in patients with very low postoperative Hb levels who decline blood transfusion

  Citation: 423

  Authors: Jeffrey L., Helaine, Jesse A., Steven A.

• Human platelet lysate can replace fetal bovine serum for clinical‐scale expansion of functional mesenchymal stromal cells

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Katharina, Christina, Eva, Andreas, Karl, Elke, Camilla, Gerhard, Werner, Dirk

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