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).

  1. 1
    European Respiratory Review
    9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Respiratory Research
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Chinese Journal of Cancer Research
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · AME Publishing Company
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Chinese Medical Journal
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Diagnostic Pathology
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    International Journal of COPD
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Breathe
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory Society
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    International braz j urol
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Radiation Oncology
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    BMJ Open Respiratory Research
    2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJ
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Investigative and Clinical Urology
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · The Korean Urological Association
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    World Journal of Surgical Oncology
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Acta Oncologica
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    ERJ Open Research
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · European Respiratory Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
    1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Advances in Radiation Oncology
    1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    JTCVS Open
    1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    European Urology Open Science
    0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases
    2.8 cites/paper · Q2 · The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    BMC Pulmonary Medicine
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Advances in respiratory medicine
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Journal of Korean Medical Science
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    2.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Yonsei Medical Journal
    2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Yonsei University College of Medicine
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Radiology and Oncology
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · De Gruyter Open
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    BMC Urology
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Thoracic Cancer
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Translational Lung Cancer Research
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing Company
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Scandinavian Journal of Urology
    2.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Discover Oncology
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Journal of Thoracic Disease
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing Company
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Experimental Lung Research
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Informa
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Medicine
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Wolters Kluwer
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Pulmonary Circulation
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · SAGE Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    The Clinical Respiratory Journal
    1.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Clinics
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Translational Andrology and Urology
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · AME Publishing Company
    Open 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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European Respiratory Review, Respiratory Research, Chinese Journal of Cancer Research, Chinese Medical Journal, Diagnostic Pathology are among the top results, ranked by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper from a 17,786-venue index, predatory venues excluded. The full list is on this page; for a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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