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	ERJ Open Research	26
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
20	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	25
-	Journal of Thoracic Disease	25
22	Heart & Lung	24
-	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
24	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	23
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	23
-	Lung	23
-	Thoracic Cancer	23
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	23
30	Pulmonology	21
31	Sleep and Breathing	19
-	Clinics in Chest Medicine	19
33	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
-	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	18
-	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	18
-	Respiratory Care	18
-	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	18
38	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
40	Respiration	16
41	Clinical Respiratory Journal	15
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15
-	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
44	Journal of Asthma	14
45	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	13
46	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	12
47	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
-	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	11
50	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	10

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