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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	91
2	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	61
3	European Respiratory Journal	60
4	Chest	54
5	European Respiratory Review	45
6	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	38
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	38
8	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	37
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	37
-	Thorax	37
11	Lung Cancer	33
12	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	32
13	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	31
14	Respiratory Medicine	30
15	Respirology	29
16	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
17	ERJ Open Research	27
-	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	27
-	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	27
20	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	25
21	Journal of Thoracic Disease	24
-	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
23	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	23
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
-	Pulmonology	23
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	23
27	Heart & Lung	22
-	Thoracic Cancer	22
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	22
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	22
31	Lung	21
32	Clinics in Chest Medicine	20
33	Sleep and Breathing	19
-	Respiratory Care	19
35	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
36	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	17
-	Respiration	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
-	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	17
40	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	16
-	Clinical Respiratory Journal	16
-	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	16
-	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	16
44	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
45	Journal of Asthma	14
46	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	12
-	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	12
48	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
-	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11

-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	11
-	Canadian Respiratory Journal	11
53	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	9
54	Experimental Lung Research	8
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	8
-	Respiratory Medicine and Research	8
57	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6
-	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	6