The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Aims & Scope

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine launched in March 2013 as the fourth Lancet specialty journal following in the footsteps of The Lancet Oncology, The Lancet Neurology, and The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The journal offers the same unique fast track experience offered by its sister journals for all authors of research papers that are selected for peer review, where articles can be published online within 8 weeks of submission.

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine is indexed in PubMed, and has been approved for indexing and abstracting in SciSearch®, Journal Citation Reports, and Current Contents® by Thomson Reuters

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	32.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	6.788

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	197

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	175

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	8335

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a single-centered, retrospective, observational study

  Citation: 7420

  Authors: Xiaobo, Yuan, Jiqian, Huaqing, Jia'an, Hong, Yongran, Lu, Zhui, Minghao, Ting, Yaxin, Shangwen, Xiaojing, Shiying, You

• Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome

  Citation: 6516

  Authors: Zhe, Lei, Yijin, Jiyuan, Lei, Chao, Shuhong, Peng, Hongxia, Li, Yanhong, Changqing, Tingting, Jinwen, Peng, Jinghui, Jingmin, Fu-Sheng

• Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis

  Citation: 3068

  Authors: Adam V, Najib T, Peter R, Raphael, Mary S M, Mary J, Carlos M, Sanjay R, Thomas, Jean-Louis, Paul E, Sanjeev, Sergio, Kate, Atul

• Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?

  Citation: 2115

  Authors: Lei, George, Michael

• Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study

  Citation: 1944

  Authors: R, S, P, H, D, N, V, M, A, G, P, M, J

• Global, regional, and national deaths, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years, and years lived with disability for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

  Citation: 1708

  Authors: Joan B, Amanuel Alemu, Kalkidan Hassen, Semaw Ferede, Anurag, Muktar Beshir, Amani Nidhal, Ibtihel, Miloud Taki Eddine, Khurshid, Noore, Juma M, Fatma, Nelson, Alemayehu, Yaw Ampem, Mustafa Geleto, Josep M, Hamid, Tesfay Mehari, Euripide Frinel G Arthur, Aleksandra, Sanjay, Neeraj, Isabela M, Adugnaw, Addisu Shunu, Zulfiqar A, Stan, Dube Jara, Michael, David O, Daniel, Devasahayam Jesudas, Lalit, Rakhi, Samath D, Huyen Phuc, Florian, Tsegaye T, Ayele, Aloke Gopal, Richard F, Ibrahim Abdelmageem Mohamed, Vipin, Simon I, Mohammad T, Nobuyuki, H Dean, Mihajlo (Michael) B, Spencer Lewis, Jost B, Amir, Yousef Saleh, Ibrahim A, Ejaz Ahmad, Young-Ho, Jagdish, Luke D, Soewarta, Parvaiz A, G Anil, Cheru Tesema, Xiaofeng, Hassan Magdy Abd, Azeem, Deborah Carvalho, Treh, Neal, Alem, George A, Ted R, Karzan Abdulmuhsin, Kedir Endris, Shafiu, Ali H, Mohsen, Cuong Tat, Grant, Quyen, Trang Huyen, Dina Nur Anggraini, Vuong Minh, Jennifer Ifeoma, Yewande E, Felix Akpojene, Eyal, Mahesh, Eun-Kee, George C, Katherine, Mostafa, Reginald, Anwar, Mohammad Hifz Ur, Rajesh Kumar, Salman, Nik, Saeid, Rodrigo, Benn, Miloje, Monika, Mika, Mari, Fentaw, George D, Roman, Bach Xuan, Kingsley Nnanna, Job F M, Vasiliy Victorovich, Stein Emil, Xia, Andrea, Sarah Wulf, Yuichiro, Hassen Hamid, Naohiro, Chuanhua, Zoubida, Maysaa, Alan D, Christopher J L, Theo

• Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  Citation: 1679

  Authors: Joan B, Parkes J, Katherine R, Vinay, Elissa M, Rufus Adesoji, Tara Ballav, Shailesh M, Anurag, Elham, Fares, Syed Mohamed, Khalid A, Nelson, Nahla Hamed, Catalina Liliana, Mina, Fereshteh, Josep M, Jalal, Seyyede Masoume, Seyyed Shamsadin, Nefsu, Alaa, Joseph Adel Mattar, Derrick A, Isabela M, Kathleen S Sachiko, Robert S, Krittika, Ali, Michael, Gene, Zahid A, Luis Alberto, Josip, Juan J, Felix, Carlos A, Jee-Young Jasmine, Devasahayam J, Aaron J, Lalit, Rakhi, Anh Kim, Ahmad, Barbora, Feleke Mekonnen, Gebre Teklemariam, Jan-Walter, Rupak, Samath Dhamminda, Daniel, Abdel, Tim Robert, Eyasu Ejeta, Aziz, Hajer, Aman Yesuf, Ibtihal, Andre, Farshad, Eduarda, Irina, Florian, Masoud, M.A., Abadi Kahsu, Ketema Bizuwork, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn, Kebede Embaye, Aloke Gopal, Paramjit Singh, Richard F, Houman, Yuming, Rajeev, Gessessew Bugssa, Amir, Hamid Yimam, Simon I, Chi Linh, Michael K, Nobuyuki, H Dean, Mihaela, Mowafa, Olayinka Stephen, Milena D, Seyed Sina Naghibi, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Mihajlo, Amr A, Ravi Prakash, Jost B, Zubair, Amir, Gebremicheal Gebreslassie, Getachew Mullu, Adane Teshome, Andre Pascal, Yousef Saleh, Morteza Abdullatif, Ejaz Ahmad, Junaid, Jagdish, Young-Eun, Yun Jin, Sezer, Adnan, Luke D, Hamidreza, Parvaiz A, Ai, G Anil, Qing, Savita, Paolo, Carlo, Tham Thi, James, Miriam, Shanshan, Alan D, Paulo A, Fabiana, Narayan B, Marek, Azeem, Reza, Abdullah A, Navid, Farzad, Lorenzo Giovanni, Birhanu Geta, Hagazi Gebre, Gebrekiros Gebremichael, Ritesh G, Tomislav, Ted R, GK, Erkin M, Babak, Karzan Abdulmuhsin, Shafiu, Farnam, Ali H, Mariam, Lorenzo, Masoud, Ghobad, Lidia, Seyyed Meysam, Kamarul Imran, Ghulam, Mehdi, Mohsen, Gurudatta, Sanjeev, Vinay, Jobert Richie, Javad, Duduzile Edith, Ruxandra Irina, Trang Huyen, Cuong Tat, Huong Lan Thi, Molly R, Richard, Felix Akpojene, Andrew T, Tinuke O, Eyal, Justin R, Mayowa O, Mahesh, Smita, Adrian, Songhomitra, Eun-Kee, Hai Quang, Maarten J, Hadi, Hossein, Amir, Alireza, Fakher, Mohammad Hifz Ur, Muhammad Aziz, Salman, David Laith, Lal, Robert C, Marissa Bettay, Leonardo, Luca, Elias Merdassa, Gholamreza, Kristina E, Yogesh Damodar, Siamak, Basema, Saeed, Komal, Abdallah M, Milena M, Bruno Piassi, Benn, Maheswar, Miloje, Monika, Sadaf G, Masood Ali, Aziz, Mika, Reza, Si, Soraya, Virendra, Jasvinder A, Michael, Ranjani, Moslem, Ireneous N, Yonatal Mesfin, Mohamad-Hani, Berhe Etsay, Jarnail Singh, Alemayehu Toma, Miguel, Khanh Bao, Bach Xuan, Lorainne, Irfan, Marco, Pascual R, Job F M, Tommi Juhani, Yousef, Francesco S, Gregory R, Ronny, Charles D A, Dawit Zewdu, Adam Belay, Naohiro, Seok-Jun, Zoubida, Mohammad, Heather J, Yunquan, Theo

• Subphenotypes in acute respiratory distress syndrome: latent class analysis of data from two randomised controlled trials

  Citation: 1201

  Authors: Carolyn S, Kevin, Polly E, B Taylor, Lorraine B, Michael A

• Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): challenges and recommendations

  Citation: 1146

  Authors: Jason, Li, Lowell, Moritoki, Chae-Man, Jigeeshu Vasishtha, Babu Raja, Yaseen M, Jensen, Charles D, Masaji, Younsuck, Bin

• Reslizumab for inadequately controlled asthma with elevated blood eosinophil counts: results from two multicentre, parallel, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials

  Citation: 1005

  Authors: Mario, James, Michael E, Eric D, Guy G, Philip, Kevin, Jorge F, Christopher, Stephanie

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