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	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	38
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	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	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	27
-	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	27
-	ERJ Open Research	27
20	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	25
21	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
-	Journal of Thoracic Disease	24
23	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
-	Pulmonology	23
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	23
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	23
27	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	22
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	22
-	Heart & Lung	22
-	Thoracic Cancer	22
31	Lung	21
32	Clinics in Chest Medicine	20
33	Respiratory Care	19
-	Sleep and Breathing	19
35	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	18
36	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	17
-	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	17
-	Respiration	17
-	Tuberculosis	17
40	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	16
-	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	16
-	Clinical Respiratory Journal	16
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	16
44	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
45	Journal of Asthma	14
46	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	12
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	12
48	Canadian Respiratory Journal	11
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	11

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