Keeping up with the latest investigative findings in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine while juggling numerous professional and personal obligations can be difficult to prioritize as a busy health care professional. The ATS Journals portfolio conveniently curates timely research, updates, and insights to provide respiratory health specialists with the information they need to stay up to date on significant news across these fields.

Attendees of the ATS 2025 International Conference will have the opportunity to hear from the ATS Journals’ staff several times in San Francisco, including “NEJM, AJRCCM, JAMA, Discussions on the Edge: Reports of Recently Published Pulmonary Research,” from 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. PT, Monday, May 19, and “NEJM, AJRCCM, JAMA, Discussions on the Edge: Reports of Recently Published Critical Care Research,” 2:15 to 4:15 p.m. on Monday, May 19. Both sessions will be held in Room 25, Hall E (North Building, Exhibition Level), Moscone Center.

For the two collaborative sessions between the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), editors from each journal have selected recently published papers they found especially relevant to the specialty of critical care. The authors of these papers will present their findings and engage with the audience to answer questions and delve into the details.

The dialogue between editors and authors will provide key insights from primary sources that can be directly applied to practice in critical care and illuminate the editorial process behind selecting and publishing these important papers.

The ATS also publishes the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (AJRCMB), publishing papers that report significant and original observations in the area of pulmonary biology; the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, which aims to educate pulmonary, sleep, and critical care providers about clinical care, and publishes commentary on public health, environmental health, global health, and health policy relevant to ATS members; and ATS Scholar, disseminating high-quality scholarship related to education and training to optimize patient care for those with respiratory diseases, sleep disorders, and critical illnesses.

The four ATS journals will host a collaborative Networking Super Center learning event from 11 a.m. to noon, also on Monday, May 19, featuring the four editors discussing the work of each publication, followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience. It will be held in the Moscone Center, Learning Studio( South Building, Exhibition Level).

The AJRCMB will also present “Red Journal in Action” sessions, a two-part series that will include early-career author presentations of exemplary recent and in-press articles on basic mechanisms of lung disease in the journal and highlight the review process for these articles. Associate editors will highlight the novelty and relevance of the work alongside critical comments from external reviewers that were addressed to meet reviewer requirements and achieve publication.

The first session, “Red Journal In Action I: Lung Research Highlights from AJRCMB,” from noon to 1 p.m., Sunday, May 18, in the Moscone Center, Room 304 (South Building, Level 3), examined papers on spatiotemporal clusters of ERK activity coordinating cytokine-induced inflammatory responses in human airway epithelial cells and the cell population-resolved multi-omics atlas of the developing lung.

From noon to 1 p.m., Monday, May 19, also in the Moscone Center, Room 304 (South Building, Level 3), “Red Journal in Action 2: Airways Meet Neuroscience Perspectives” will wrap the Red Journal in Action series. Presenters will discuss articles in the AJRCMB collection “Wired for Action: Airways Meet Neuroscience” to highlight emerging data about airway nerve dysregulation and neuroimmune interactions in asthma and chronic coughs. Topics will include brainstem Dbh+ neurons controlling chronic allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity and airway sensory nerve plasticity in asthma and chronic cough.

Concurrently, from noon to 1 p.m., Monday, May 19, in the Moscone Center, Room 303 (South Building, Level 3), the editors of ATS Scholar will host, “ATS Scholar: Peer Review 101 for the Clinician Educator.” The editors will walk through the basics of the peer review process for clinician educators who may want to contribute to ATS journals but lack experience or want helpful tips on how to be an effective reviewer. The session will be interactive, with editors taking attendees through a sample manuscript and their subsequent decision, highlighting the important elements that an expert peer reviewer would consider and comment on when completing the review process.