Call for papers

Respirology is calling for original research on effects of the global environment on lung health. The theme includes in- or outdoor exposure to air pollution and research on respiratory diseases caused by cigarette smoking or vaping.

If you have an original research paper in preparation on this theme, you are invited to submit it to Respirology for consideration with a mention in your cover letter that you are responding to this call for papers.

Suitable manuscripts received by Respirology will undergo the usual peer-review process, and all accepted research manuscripts on the theme are eligible for the Award.

Eligible papers are assessed by an expert panel – appointed by the journal’s Editors in Chief and includes the Chairperson of the APSR Research Committee – for novelty, impact, methodology, presentation, overall quality and suitability for the award. The Editors in Chief will determine the winning paper based on the scores and ranking from the panel members.

For more information contact the Editorial Office at respirology@resphealth.uwa.edu.au

The Award

• US$1,000 presented to the paper’s first author.
• Award certificate (prepared by the Respirology Editorial Office) presented during the Gala Dinner at the Congress to the first author.
  ・The certificate will be in the name of all the paper’s authors.
• Invitation to the Gala Dinner or similar social event.
  ・Invitation for the first author only or their representative.
  ・The Award does not include the cost of Congress registration, travel or accommodation.
• News announcement in the APSR Bulletin and social media.
• Long-term recognition on the APSR website (see below) and Respirology website.

2023 Clean Air Research Award

“Targeting the human βc receptor inhibits inflammatory myeloid cells and lung injury caused by acute cigarette smoke exposure”
Nok Him Fung, Hao Wang, Ross Vlahos, Nick Wilson, Angel F Lopez, Catherine M Owczarek, Steven Bozinovski. DOI: 10.1111/resp.14297

2024 Clean Air Research Award

“Long-term exposure to low concentrations of air pollution and decline in lung function in people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Evidence from Australia”
Qiang Zheng, Ingrid A Cox, Lucy Leigh, Barbara de Graaff, Fay H Johnston, Tamera J Corte, Luke D Knibbs, Petr Otahal, Vidya Navaratnam, Julie A Campbell, Ian Glaspole, Yuben Moodley, Peter Hopkins, John A Mackintosh, Hasnat Ahmad, E Haydn Walters, Andrew J Palmer: DOI: 10.1111/resp.14552

2025 Clean Air Research Award

(This will be awarded in 2025 for the most outstanding original research paper on Clean Air published in Respirology in 2024)

(See Call for papers, above)