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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	85
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	72
3	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	58
4	European Respiratory Journal	57
5	Chest	49
6	European Respiratory Review	44
7	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	38
9	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	37
10	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
11	Thorax	33
12	Lung Cancer	32
13	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	30
-	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
15	Respirology	28
16	Respiratory Medicine	27
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	27
18	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
-	ERJ Open Research	26
20	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	25
-	Journal of Thoracic Disease	25
22	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
-	Heart & Lung	24
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	24
25	Thoracic Cancer	23
-	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	23
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	23
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
29	Lung	22
30	Pulmonology	21
31	Clinics in Chest Medicine	19
-	Sleep and Breathing	19
-	Respiratory Care	19
34	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	18
-	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	18
36	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	17
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	17
-	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
40	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	16
-	Respiration	16
42	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15
-	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
-	Journal of Asthma	15
45	Clinical Respiratory Journal	14
46	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	12
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	12
48	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
-	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
50	Canadian Respiratory Journal	10

-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
52	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	9
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	9
54	Experimental Lung Research	8
-	Respiratory Medicine and Research	8
56	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	6
-	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	6
59	Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia	1