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Respiratory Medicine

W.B. Saunders Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0954-6111eISSN1532-3064

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.979

H-Indexi

173

SNIPi

1.021

Total Worksi

10,165

Total Citationsi

305,868

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Respiratory Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the understanding, diagnosis, and management of respiratory diseases. It publishes original research, reviews, and clinically relevant studies on all aspects of respiratory diseases and therapeutic interventions, including adult and paediatric medicine, epidemiology, and immunology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFifteen Issues A Year, 2019-

StatusActive

Total Publications10,165

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0954-6111 / 1532-3064

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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

309

7.1k

2019

331

9.3k

2020

348

6.5k

2021

219

2022

267

2.8k

2023

317

1.6k

2024

592

1.2k

2025

430

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.

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchAsthma and respiratory diseasesRespiratory Support and MechanismsRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Frequently asked questions about Respiratory Medicine

Is Respiratory Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Respiratory Medicine: 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 Respiratory Medicine?

Respiratory Medicine 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 1.76.

Is Respiratory Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Respiratory Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.