American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

American Thoracic Society·United States·ISSN 1073-449X

Subscription or hybridMedicine

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is published by Browse by publisher as a subscription journal (ISSN 1073-449X). No open-access article processing charge is listed; publishing is typically via subscription. Its OpenAlex h-index is 509. Figures on this page are sourced from OpenAlex and DOAJ and should be confirmed on the journal’s own site before submission.

Cost to publish

Subscription

No open-access fee found. Publishing is typically free to the author.

Checked 22 Aug 2026 · How we source APCs

Time to publication

—

Not reported to DOAJ.

h-index

509

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

0.6

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

We could not find a published fee for American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. As a subscription or hybrid journal, publishing is normally free unless you choose the open-access option.

Peer review and licensing

Review model	Not reported
Licence	Not reported
Author keeps copyright	Not reported
Plagiarism screening	Not reported
Editorial board	Not linked in DOAJ
Languages	Not reported

Verification data is limited because this journal is not listed in DOAJ. Many long-established subscription journals are not in DOAJ and this does not indicate any quality concern.

Scope

The subjects American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchAsthma and respiratory diseasesRespiratory Support and MechanismsInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchPulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsRespiratory and Cough-Related ResearchInhalation and Respiratory Drug DeliveryNeuroscience of respiration and sleepObstructive Sleep Apnea Research

Publication record

Indexed articles	35,553
Total citations	1,905,893
i10-index	13,464
Most recent indexed article	2026
All ISSNs	1073-449X, 1535-4970

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.