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Respiratory Investigation

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1972

ISSN2212-5345eISSN2212-5353

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.573

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.72

Total Worksi

1,463

Total Citationsi

16,139

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Respiratory System; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

Annual Volume~ 178 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,463

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2212-5345 / 2212-5353

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

1.6k

2019

105

1.7k

2020

134

1.6k

2021

100

756

2022

117

831

2023

200

803

2024

216

388

2025

142

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 MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Respiratory System

Scopus Categories

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentAsthma and respiratory diseasesLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsRespiratory Support and MechanismsRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchTracheal and airway disordersSystemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Respiratory Investigation

Is Respiratory Investigation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Respiratory Investigation: 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 Investigation?

Respiratory Investigation 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 1.82.

Is Respiratory Investigation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Respiratory Investigation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Respiratory Investigation?