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Chronic Respiratory Disease

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1958

ISSN1479-9723eISSN1479-9731

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total68

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.974

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.996

Total Works

982

Total Citations

21,156

2yr Mean Citedness

2.63

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on the diagnosis, management, and long-term care of chronic respiratory diseases, including COPD, asthma, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension. It covers research on interventions such as remote behavior change services, medication literacy, wearable technology, and pulmonary rehabilitation. The scope also includes the identification of risk factors, predictive modeling for exacerbations, and the impact of frailty and health inequalities on patients with these conditions.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications982

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2016

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~11 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPMCBritish Library

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1479-9723 / 1479-9731

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC, British Library

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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

Times cited

2019

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2023

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Respiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchRespiratory Support and MechanismsAsthma and respiratory diseasesInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisCystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesCardiovascular and exercise physiologyDelphi Technique in ResearchRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchChronic Disease Management StrategiesObstructive Sleep Apnea Research