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Lung India

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0970-2113eISSN0974-598X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total74

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

196

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 60d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.339

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.46

Total Worksi

2,755

Total Citationsi

22,731

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Respiratory System; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,755

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~24 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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11/12 · 92%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0970-2113 / 0974-598X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

202

1.6k

2019

159

1.3k

2020

164

866

2021

156

604

2022

132

351

2023

112

223

2024

140

2025

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 MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Respiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchTracheal and airway disordersPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisAsthma and respiratory diseases

Frequently asked questions about Lung India

Is Lung India a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lung India: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 74/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Lung India?

Lung India 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 0.93.

Is Lung India indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lung India is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Lung India?