Chest is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering chest diseases and related issues, including pulmonology, cardiology, thoracic surgery, transplantation, breathing, airway diseases, and emergency medicine. The journal was established in 1935. It is the official journal of the American College of Chest Physicians which publishes the journal. The editor-in-chief is Peter Mazzone (Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Academic OneFile • Academic Search • BIOSIS Previews • CAB Abstracts • Chemical Abstracts • CINAHL • Current Contents/Clinical Medicine • Current Contents/Life Sciences • Elsevier BIOBASE • Embase • Global Health • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed • Science Citation Index • Scopus • Tropical Diseases Bulletin According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 10.262.