Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · 205 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
The top Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1European Respiratory Review9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 3Chinese Journal of Cancer Research5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Chinese Medical Journal4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6International Journal of COPD3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8International braz j urol2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Sociedade Brasileira de UrologiaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Intensive Care Medicine Experimental2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 12Investigative and Clinical Urology2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · The Korean Urological AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13World Journal of Surgical Oncology2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15ERJ Open Research2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Advances in Radiation Oncology1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19European Urology Open Science0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory DiseasesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21BMC Pulmonary Medicine2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24Journal of Korean Medical Science2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Academy of Medical SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · InformaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Yonsei Medical Journal2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Yonsei University College of MedicineOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Radiology and Oncology2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · De Gruyter OpenOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Translational Lung Cancer Research2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Scandinavian Journal of Urology2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · InformaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33Journal of Thoracic Disease2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Pulmonary Circulation1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37The Clinical Respiratory Journal1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Translational Andrology and Urology1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing CompanyOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“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.
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