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Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 1938

ISSN1817-1737eISSN1998-3557

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

173

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 88d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.698

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.753

Total Worksi

992

Total Citationsi

16,055

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.39

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system. Topics: pulmonology, cardiology, thoracic surgery, transplantation, sleep and breathing, airway diseases

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1938

FrequencyQuarterly, 2007-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications992

Publisher OrgMedknow

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~29 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

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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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

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1817-1737 / 1998-3557

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

780

2019

626

2020

508

2021

393

2022

244

2023

123

2024

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.

SurgeryQ1

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentAsthma and respiratory diseasesRespiratory Support and MechanismsPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesTracheal and airway disordersInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisPulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchObstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Is Annals of Thoracic Medicine a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Annals of Thoracic Medicine?

Annals of Thoracic Medicine 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 1.39.

Is Annals of Thoracic Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Thoracic Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.