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ATS Scholar

American Thoracic Society · United States · Est. 1977

ISSN2690-7097eISSN2690-7097

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.487

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.934

Total Worksi

465

Total Citationsi

2,243

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care Medicine; Respiratory System; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Education; Neurology (clinical); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications465

Publisher OrgAmerican Thoracic Society

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

2690-7097 / 2690-7097

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico

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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

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

917

2020

556

2021

380

2022

354

2023

127

2024

2025

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

EducationQ2

Neurology (clinical)Q3

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineRespiratory System

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovations in Medical EducationSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareDiversity and Career in MedicineUltrasound in Clinical ApplicationsFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsRespiratory Support and MechanismsMedical Education and AdmissionsCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationHospital Admissions and OutcomesClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

Frequently asked questions about ATS Scholar

Is ATS Scholar a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ATS Scholar: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 ATS Scholar?

ATS Scholar 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 0.79.

Is ATS Scholar indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ATS Scholar is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of ATS Scholar?