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Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 1938

ISSN1817-1737eISSN1998-3557

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

/ 100

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

0.663

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.753

Total Works

992

Total Citations

16,055

2yr Mean Citedness

1.39

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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

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1938

Annual Volume~ 36 articles / year

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

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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

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Is the ISSN verified?

1817-1737 / 1998-3557

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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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2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ2

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

SurgeryQ2

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