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European Respiratory Journal

European Respiratory Society · Switzerland

ISSN0903-1936eISSN1399-3003

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

5.076

H-Indexi

354

SNIPi

3.465

Total Worksi

26,919

Total Citationsi

1,109,854

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Respiratory System; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive

Total Publications26,919

Publisher OrgEuropean Respiratory Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

European Respiratory Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0903-1936 / 1399-3003

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

573

32k

2019

786

52k

2020

552

24k

2021

394

13k

2022

316

7.4k

2023

384

6.4k

2024

384

2.3k

2025

249

130

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Respiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchAsthma and respiratory diseasesRespiratory Support and MechanismsInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsInhalation and Respiratory Drug DeliveryTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyObstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Frequently asked questions about European Respiratory Journal

Is European Respiratory Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Respiratory Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of European Respiratory Journal?

European Respiratory Journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 7.13.

Is European Respiratory Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

European Respiratory Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of European Respiratory Journal?