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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	95
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	73
3	European Respiratory Journal	63
4	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	62
5	Chest	57
6	Thorax	42
7	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	38
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
9	European Respiratory Review	37
10	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	36
11	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	35
12	Lung Cancer	34
-	Respiratory Medicine	34
14	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	32
15	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	31
16	Pediatric Pulmonology	29
17	Respirology	28
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	28
-	ERJ Open Research	28
20	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	26
-	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	26
-	Journal of Thoracic Disease	26
23	Pulmonology	25
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	25
-	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	25
27	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	24
-	Thoracic Cancer	24
29	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	23
-	Heart & Lung	23
31	Lung	22
32	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	20
33	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
34	Clinics in Chest Medicine	17
-	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	17
-	Respiratory Care	17
-	Clinical Respiratory Journal	17
-	Respiration	17
-	Sleep and Breathing	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
41	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	16
-	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	16
43	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	15
44	Journal of Asthma	14
-	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
-	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	14
47	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	13
48	Canadian Respiratory Journal	12
49	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
50	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10

-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	10
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	10
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	10
54	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	8
-	Experimental Lung Research	8
56	Respiratory Medicine and Research	7
57	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	6
-	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6