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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	89
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	67
3	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	59
4	European Respiratory Journal	58
5	Chest	54
6	European Respiratory Review	46
7	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
8	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	37
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	37
-	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	37
-	Thorax	37
12	Lung Cancer	33
13	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	32
14	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	29
15	Respirology	28
-	ERJ Open Research	28
-	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
-	Respiratory Medicine	28
19	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	25
-	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	25
21	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
-	Journal of Thoracic Disease	24
-	Pediatric Pulmonology	24
-	Pulmonology	24
25	Translational Lung Cancer Research	23
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	23
-	Thoracic Cancer	23
28	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	22
-	Heart & Lung	22
30	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	21
-	Lung	21
32	Clinics in Chest Medicine	20
33	Respiratory Care	19
-	Sleep and Breathing	19
35	Respiration	18
-	Tuberculosis	18
37	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	17
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	17
-	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	17
40	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	16
-	Clinical Respiratory Journal	16
42	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	15
-	Journal of Asthma	15
-	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
45	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	14
46	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	12
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	12
48	Canadian Respiratory Journal	11
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	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
56	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	6
-	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	6