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Breathe

European Respiratory Society · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1810-6838eISSN2073-4735

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total81

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Removed from DOAJ (2025-01-10). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ 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 (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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.127

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.01

Total Worksi

1,488

Total Citationsi

15,555

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Respiratory System; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 78 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,488

Publisher OrgEuropean Respiratory Society

OA Since2008

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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?

European Respiratory Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1810-6838 / 2073-4735

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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

100

1.5k

2019

2020

123

839

2021

847

2022

909

2023

411

2024

230

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)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchRespiratory Support and MechanismsAsthma and respiratory diseasesInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisTracheal and airway disordersPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchDelphi Technique in ResearchLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentNeonatal Respiratory Health Research

Frequently asked questions about Breathe

Is Breathe a predatory journal?

Breathe was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-01-10). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Breathe?

Breathe 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 2.64.

Is Breathe indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Breathe is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Breathe?