Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy

Aims & Scope

The Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy (CJRT) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal owned by the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT). Manuscripts and materials are received by the CJRT with the understanding that : The copyright for all articles published in CJRT is held by the author under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) . On submission, authors are asked to affirm that they grant the publisher of the CJRT (Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists) an exclusive license on a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free basis. They have NOT been published or are not under consideration for publication in whole or in any significant part elsewhere, in print or electronic format. If excerpts, tables or figures from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission. Publication has been approved by ALL authors, and all persons designated as authors qualify for authorship . Each author has no financial interest in the material or, if so, there is an attached statement noting potential or real conflict of interest. Authors are encouraged to include a CRediT statement . The submission includes a statement that an institutional ethics review committee approved the study, with the date of approval; OR a statement verifying that Research Ethics Board approval for the project was formally waived by the institution; OR a statement confirming that ethical approval is not required for the article type, if applicable. See ( Does your study require ethics review? From Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Ethics Authority for more information. The CJRT complies with the policies of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts on clinical trial registration. You have NOT used generative AI or AI-assisted technology to generate content. If tools were used to improve language and readability, authors must include a statement to this effect directly before the references: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.

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.

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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.

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