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Thorax

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1946

ISSN1468-3296

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 16.8. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

2.479

H-Indexi

319

CiteScorei

16.8

SNIPi

2.076

Total Worksi

19,962

Total Citationsi

813,936

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Thorax publishes high impact research across all areas of respiratory medicine and critical care. Thorax is one of the world's leading respiratory medicine journals, publishing clinical and experimental research articles on respiratory medicine, paediatrics, immunology, pharmacology, pathology, and surgery. Thorax seeks to publish significant advances in scientific understanding, which are likely to impact on clinical practice. This includes articles concerning basic and translational mechanisms with application to clinical material (cell and molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, and immunology).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1946

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications19,962

Publisher OrgBMJ

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1468-3296

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

208

6.6k

2019

277

11k

2020

303

9.3k

2021

210

4.1k

2022

174

3.1k

2023

206

1.5k

2024

260

654

2025

173

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)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchAsthma and respiratory diseasesRespiratory Support and MechanismsInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesTracheal and airway disordersCystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesNeonatal Respiratory Health Research

Frequently asked questions about Thorax

Is Thorax a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Thorax: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Thorax?

Thorax 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 16.8.

Is Thorax indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Thorax is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.