Respiratory System: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	80
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	71
3	European Respiratory Journal	57
-	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	57
5	Chest	49
6	European Respiratory Review	44
7	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	39
8	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
9	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	37
10	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
11	Thorax	33
12	Lung Cancer	32
13	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	31
14	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
15	Respirology	29
16	Respiratory Medicine	28
17	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	27
18	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
-	ERJ Open Research	26
20	Journal of Thoracic Disease	25
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	25
22	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
-	Heart & Lung	24
24	Translational Lung Cancer Research	23
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
-	Thoracic Cancer	23
-	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	23
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	23
-	Lung	23
30	Pulmonology	21
31	Clinics in Chest Medicine	19
-	Sleep and Breathing	19
33	Respiratory Care	18
-	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	18
-	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	18
-	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	18
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
38	Tuberculosis	17
-	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	17
40	Respiration	16
41	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
-	Clinical Respiratory Journal	15
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15
44	Journal of Asthma	14
45	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	13
46	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	12
47	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	11
-	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
-	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
50	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10

-	Canadian Respiratory Journal	10
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	10
53	Experimental Lung Research	9
54	Respiratory Medicine and Research	8
55	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	6
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	6
-	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6
58	Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia	1