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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Lancet Respiratory Medicine	81
2	American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	68
3	European Respiratory Journal	58
4	Journal of Thoracic Oncology	57
5	Chest	54
6	European Respiratory Review	44
7	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	38
-	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	38
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
10	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	37
-	Thorax	37
12	Lung Cancer	33
13	BMC Pulmonary Medicine	31
14	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	30
-	Respirology	30
16	International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
17	ERJ Open Research	27
18	American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology	26
-	Respiratory Medicine	26
20	Archivos de Bronconeumologia	25
21	American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology	24
-	Journal of Asthma and Allergy	24
23	Pediatric Pulmonology	23
-	Pulmonology	23
-	Translational Lung Cancer Research	23
26	Journal of Thoracic Disease	22
-	BMJ Open Respiratory Research	22
-	Heart & Lung	22
-	Thoracic Cancer	22
30	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	20
-	Respiratory Care	20
-	Lung	20
33	Clinics in Chest Medicine	19
-	Sleep and Breathing	19
35	npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine	18
-	Respiration	18
-	Tuberculosis	18
38	Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine	17
-	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease	17
-	Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine	17
41	Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine	16
-	Clinical Respiratory Journal	16
43	Journal of Asthma	15
-	Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology	15
45	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	14
46	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	12
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	12
-	Annals of Thoracic Medicine	12
49	Canadian Respiratory Journal	11
-	Paediatric Respiratory Reviews	11

-	COPD-Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
-	Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery	11
53	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
54	Experimental Lung Research	8
55	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases-Journal of the Copd Foundation	7
-	Respiratory Medicine and Research	7
-	Revue des Maladies Respiratoires	7
58	Pediatric Allergy Immunology and Pulmonology	6