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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	99
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	76
3	European Respiratory Journal	67
4	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	64
5	Chest	60
6	Thorax	45
7	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	42
8	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	39
9	European Respiratory Review	38
10	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	37
11	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	35
-	Lung Cancer	35
13	Respiratory Medicine	34
14	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	33
15	ERJ Open Research	32
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	32
17	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	31
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	31
19	Translational Lung Cancer Research	30
20	Respirology	29
21	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	28
22	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	27
-	Journal of Thoracic Disease	27
24	Pulmonology	26
25	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	25
-	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	25
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	25
29	Thoracic Cancer	24
30	Heart & Lung	23
31	Lung	22
32	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	21
33	Respiration	20
34	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	19
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	19
36	Sleep and Breathing	18
-	Clinics in Chest Medicine	18
-	Respiratory Care	18
39	Clinical Respiratory Journal	17
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
-	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	17
-	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	17
44	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	16
45	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
-	Journal of Asthma	15
47	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	14
48	Canadian Respiratory Journal	13
49	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	12
50	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	10

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