Highest-impact journals for Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

1. 1
   The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

   8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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2. 2
   European Respiratory Review

   8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory Society

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3. 3
   European Respiratory Journal

   7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory Society

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4. 4
   Intensive Care Medicine

   5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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5. 5
   Gastric Cancer

   4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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6. 6
   Respiratory Research

   4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central

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7. 7
   World Journal of Pediatrics

   4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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8. 8
   Nature Reviews Urology

   4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio

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9. 9
   Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

   4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature

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10. 10
    Chinese Journal of Cancer Research

    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · AME Publishing Company

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11. 11
    European Urology Oncology

    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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12. 12
    Journal of the Korean Gastric Cancer Association

    4.1 cites/paper · Q1

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13. 13
    Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

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14. 14
    Lung

    3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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15. 15
    Chinese Medical Journal

    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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16. 16
    Seminars in Radiation Oncology

    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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17. 17
    European Urology Focus

    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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18. 18
    Thorax

    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ

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19. 19
    American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical Society

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20. 20
    International Journal of COPD

    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press

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21. 21
    International braz j urol

    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia

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22. 22
    Journal of Applied Physiology

    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physiological Society

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23. 23
    Radiation Oncology

    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central

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24. 24
    Breathe

    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory Society

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25. 25
    World Journal of Urology

    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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26. 26
    Current Urology Reports

    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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27. 27
    Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature

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28. 28
    BMJ Open Respiratory Research

    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ

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29. 29
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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30. 30
    American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · American Thoracic Society

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31. 31
    International Journal of Clinical Oncology

    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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32. 32
    European Journal of Pediatrics

    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media

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33. 33
    Investigative and Clinical Urology

    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · The Korean Urological Association

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34. 34
    Neonatology

    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Karger Publishers

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35. 35
    World Journal of Surgical Oncology

    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central

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36. 36
    European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press

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37. 37
    Annals of the American Thoracic Society

    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Thoracic Society

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38. 38
    Journal of Endourology

    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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39. 39
    Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV

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40. 40
    Respirology

    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley

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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.