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Best Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine journals

165 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 41 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 48.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 33.4 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 European Respiratory Journal 27.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 25.7 97th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Sleep Medicine Reviews 21.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 European Respiratory Review 17.5 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Thorax 14.4 96th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Respirology 11.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Chest 11.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 10.6 94th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Journal of Cystic Fibrosis 10.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
12 Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 10 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
13 American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 9 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Respiratory Research 8.8 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 8.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
16 Annals of Thoracic Surgery 8.3 90th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Annals of the American Thoracic Society 8.1 90th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 8 89th Q1 ESCI – No
19 Paediatric Respiratory Reviews 7.8 88th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses 7.6 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research 7.4 87th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Lung Cancer 7.4 86th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Pulmonology 7.4 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine 7.3 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 World Allergy Organization Journal 7.2 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 7.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 7 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
28 Respiration 6.7 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
29 Clinical and Translational Allergy 6.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
30 Lung 6.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Clinics in Chest Medicine 6.5 81st Q1 SCIE – No
32 American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 6.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
33 JTO Clinical and Research Reports 6.3 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
34 Clinical Lung Cancer 6.2 79th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Journal of Breath Research 6.2 79th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 6 78th Q1 SCIE – No
37 ERJ Open Research 6 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 5.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 5.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Journal of Asthma and Allergy 5.8 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Breathe 5.8 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 International Journal of COPD 5.6 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
43 Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 5.3 74th Q2 SCIE – No
44 European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 5.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
45 BMJ Open Respiratory Research 5.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
46 Thoracic Cancer 5.2 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
47 Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 5.1 71st Q2 SCIE – No
48 Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease 5.1 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
49 International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 5.1 70th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Allergy and Asthma Proceedings 5 70th Q2 SCIE – No
51 Pulmonary Therapy 4.9 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology 4.9 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
53 BMC Pulmonary Medicine 4.9 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
54 Heart and Lung 4.8 67th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology 4.8 66th Q2 ESCI – No
56 Canadian Respiratory Journal 4.7 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
57 Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 4.6 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
58 Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 4.5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Advances in Respiratory Medicine 4.5 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
60 Chronic Respiratory Disease 4.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
61 Respiratory Medicine 4.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
62 Clinical Respiratory Journal 4.2 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 4.2 62nd Q2 – – Yes
64 Pulmonary Circulation 4.2 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
65 Annals of Thoracic Medicine 4.1 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
66 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases 4.1 60th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Pediatric Pulmonology 4.1 59th Q2 SCIE – No
68 Journal of Asthma 4 59th Q2 SCIE – No
69 COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 4 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
70 Allergologia et Immunopathologia 3.9 57th Q2 – – No
71 Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery 3.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Current Sleep Medicine Reports 3.8 56th Q2 ESCI – No
73 Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 3.8 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
74 Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases 3.7 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
75 Archivos de Bronconeumologia 3.7 54th Q2 SCIE – No
76 Heart Lung and Circulation 3.7 54th Q2 SCIE – No
77 Respiratory Care 3.7 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
78 Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 3.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
79 Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 3.5 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
80 Thoracic Surgery Clinics 3.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
81 Journal of Thoracic Imaging 3.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
82 Journal of Cardiac Surgery 3.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
83 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon 3.2 50th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Respiratory Medicine and Research 3.2 49th Q3 SCIE – No
85 Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 3.1 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
86 Respiratory Investigation 3.1 48th Q3 ESCI – No
87 Experimental Lung Research 3.1 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
88 General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2.9 46th Q3 SCIE – No
89 Mediastinum 2.9 46th Q3 ESCI – No
90 Journal of Thoracic Disease 2.9 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
91 Lifestyle Medicine 2.9 45th Q3 – – Yes
92 JTCVS Open 2.8 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
93 Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine 2.8 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
94 Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 2.6 43rd Q3 ESCI – No
95 ATS Scholar 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
96 Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
97 Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2.4 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
98 Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2.4 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
99 Pulmonary Medicine 2.4 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
100 European Clinical Respiratory Journal 2.2 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
101 Lung Cancer Management 2.2 39th Q3 ESCI – No
102 Journal of Chest Surgery 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
103 African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine 2 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
104 ERS Monograph 2 37th Q3 – – No
105 Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2 36th Q3 ESCI – No
106 Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases 2 36th Q3 SCIE – No
107 Lung India 1.9 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
108 Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery 1.9 34th Q3 ESCI – No
109 Pediatric, Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology 1.9 34th Q3 SCIE – No
110 Open Respiratory Medicine Journal 1.9 33rd Q3 – – No
111 Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine 1.8 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
112 Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 1.8 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
113 JTCVS Techniques 1.7 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
114 Pneumologie 1.7 31st Q3 ESCI – No
115 Thoracic Research and Practice 1.7 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
116 Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer 1.6 30th Q3 – – Yes
117 Open Respiratory Archives 1.6 29th Q3 – – Yes
118 Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 1.6 28th Q3 ESCI – No
119 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Supplement 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
120 Tuberkuloz ve Toraks 1.5 27th Q3 ESCI – No
121 Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1.5 26th Q3 – – No
122 Pulmonologiya 1.4 26th Q3 – – No
123 Asthma Allergy Immunology 1.3 25th Q3 ESCI – No
124 Journal of Respiratory Biology and Translational Medicine 1.2 25th Q3 – – No
125 Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 1.2 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
126 Chinese Journal of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
127 Sleep Medicine Research 1.1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
128 Egyptian Journal of Bronchology 1.1 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
129 Tanaffos 1.1 22nd Q4 – – No
130 Revue des Maladies Respiratoires 1.1 21st Q4 SCIE – No
131 Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1.1 20th Q4 ESCI – No
132 Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases 1.1 20th Q4 – – Yes
133 Case Reports in Pulmonology 1 19th Q4 – – Yes
134 Shanghai Chest 1 19th Q4 – – No
135 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 0.9 18th Q4 SCIE – No
136 Pneumon 0.9 17th Q4 ESCI – No
137 Respirology Case Reports 0.9 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
138 Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 0.9 16th Q4 SCIE – No
139 JHLT Open 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
140 Grudnaya i Serdechno-Sosudistaya Khirurgiya 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
141 Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 0.7 14th Q4 ESCI – No
142 Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 0.6 14th Q4 ESCI – No
143 Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis 0.5 13th Q4 – – No
144 Coronaviruses 0.5 13th Q4 – – No
145 Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
146 Chinese Journal of Nautical Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine 0.4 11th Q4 – – No
147 Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases, HIV Infection 0.4 11th Q4 – – No
148 Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 0.3 10th Q4 ESCI – No
149 Neumologia y Cirugia de Torax (Mexico) 0.3 10th Q4 – – No
150 Alergia Astma Immunologia 0.3 9th Q4 ESCI – No
151 Indian Journal of Respiratory Care 0.3 9th Q4 ESCI – Yes
152 Permskij Medicinskij Zurnal 0.3 8th Q4 – – No
153 Zeitschrift fur Pneumologie 0.3 7th Q4 ESCI – No
154 Pediatric Respiratory Journal 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
155 Revista de Patologia Respiratoria 0.2 6th Q4 – – Yes
156 Minerva Respiratory Medicine 0.2 5th Q4 ESCI – No
157 Zeitschrift fur Herz-, Thorax- und Gefasschirurgie 0.2 5th Q4 ESCI – No
158 IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
159 Pneumologia 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
160 Studia Pneumologica et Phthiseologica 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
161 Atemwegs- und Lungenkrankheiten 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
162 Revue des Maladies Respiratoires Actualites 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
163 Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
164 JTCVS Structural and Endovascular 0.1 0th Q4 – – Yes
165 Clinical Infectology and Parasitology 0 0th Q4 – – No

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