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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	80
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	73
3	European Respiratory Journal	60
4	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	57
5	Chest	49
6	European Respiratory Review	46
7	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	40
8	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	38
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
10	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
11	Lung Cancer	33
-	Thorax	33
13	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	32
14	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
15	Respirology	29
-	Respiratory Medicine	29
17	Journal of Thoracic Disease	26
-	ERJ Open Research	26
19	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	25
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	25
21	Translational Lung Cancer Research	24
22	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	23
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
-	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	23
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	23
-	Lung	23
-	Thoracic Cancer	23
28	Pulmonology	21
29	Sleep and Breathing	20
30	Clinics in Chest Medicine	19
31	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	18
-	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	18
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
-	Respiratory Care	18
-	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	18
36	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	17
-	Respiration	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
39	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	16
40	Clinical Respiratory Journal	15
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15
42	Journal of Asthma	14
43	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	13
44	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
45	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	11
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	11
47	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	10
50	Canadian Respiratory Journal	9

51	Respiratory Medicine and Research	8
-	Experimental Lung Research	8
53	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	6
-	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	6
56	Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia	1