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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	67
2	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	63
3	European Respiratory Journal	60
4	European Respiratory Review	43
5	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	40
6	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	38
-	Thorax	38
8	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	37
9	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	35
10	Respiratory Medicine	33
11	Respirology	30
-	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	30
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	30
14	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	28
15	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
16	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	24
18	Thoracic Cancer	23
19	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	22
-	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	22
21	Heart & Lung	21
22	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	20
-	Respiration	20
-	Respiratory Care	20
25	Sleep and Breathing	19
-	Clinics in Chest Medicine	19
-	Lung	19
28	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	18
29	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
-	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	17
32	Clinical Respiratory Journal	16
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	16
34	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
35	Journal of Asthma	14
-	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	14
37	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	13
39	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11
-	Canadian Respiratory Journal	11
-	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
42	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	10
44	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	7
-	Experimental Lung Research	7