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Annals of the American Thoracic Society

American Thoracic Society · United States · Est. 1883

ISSN2325-6621

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

252

days submission → published

measured · last 12 articles · accept 134d

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.591

H-Indexi

134

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.447

Total Worksi

4,579

Total Citationsi

115,154

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Annals of the American Thoracic Society publishes original clinical, epidemiological, and health services research related to respiratory, sleep, critical care medicine, and population health. It also covers topics relating to health care delivery, dissemination of knowledge, public health, clinical ethics, professionalism, and health care policy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1883

FrequencyTwelve Issues A Year, 2015-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,579

Publisher OrgAmerican Thoracic Society

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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?

American Thoracic Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2325-6621

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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

305

7.9k

2019

363

10k

2020

367

7.6k

2021

300

3.5k

2022

278

2.7k

2023

298

1.4k

2024

275

488

2025

216

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 MechanismsInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisAsthma and respiratory diseasesCystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesObstructive Sleep Apnea ResearchIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchTracheal and airway disorders

Frequently asked questions about Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Is Annals of the American Thoracic Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of the American Thoracic Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Annals of the American Thoracic Society?

Annals of the American Thoracic Society 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 2.14.

Is Annals of the American Thoracic Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of the American Thoracic Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.