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Respiratory Care

American Association for Respiratory Care · United States · Est. 1800

ISSN1943-3654

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.644

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

0.827

Total Worksi

14,635

Total Citationsi

124,450

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care Medicine; Respiratory System; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1800

FrequencyMonthly, <Dec. 1979->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications14,635

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for Respiratory Care

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for Respiratory Care

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-3654

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

485

4.6k

2019

399

4.6k

2020

371

2.6k

2021

408

1.6k

2022

448

1.6k

2023

404

780

2024

232

313

2025

167

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.

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Respiratory Support and MechanismsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchInhalation and Respiratory Drug DeliveryNosocomial Infections in ICUAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationAsthma and respiratory diseases

Frequently asked questions about Respiratory Care

Is Respiratory Care a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Respiratory Care?

Respiratory Care 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 1.08.

Is Respiratory Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Respiratory Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Respiratory Care?