Lung

Springer · United States · Est. 1903

ISSN1432-1750

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.034

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.103

Total Worksi

9,882

Total Citationsi

91,415

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Respiratory System; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1903

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,882

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1432-1750

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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

119

2.3k

2019

101

3.5k

2020

2.3k

2021

1.4k

2022

887

2023

644

2024

461

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 MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Respiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMycobacterium research and diagnosisPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchInfectious Diseases and TuberculosisInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosisAsthma and respiratory diseasesRespiratory Support and MechanismsRespiratory and Cough-Related Research

Frequently asked questions about Lung

Is Lung a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Lung: 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 Lung?

Lung 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 3.67.

Is Lung indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Lung is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Lung?