American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology is published by American Physiological Society and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology publishes original research covering the broad scope of molecular, cellular, and integrative aspects of normal and abnormal function of cells and components of the respiratory system. Areas of interest include conducting airways, pulmonary circulation, lung endothelial and epithelial cells, the pleura, neuroendocrine and immunologic cells in the lung, neural cells involved in control of breathing, and cells of the diaphragm and thoracic muscles. The processes to be covered in the Journal include gas-exchange, metabolic control at the cellular level, intracellular signaling, gene expression, genomics, macromolecules and their turnover, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, cell motility, secretory mechanisms, membrane function, surfactant, matrix components, mucus and lining materials, lung defenses, macrophage function, transport of salt, water and protein, development and differentiation of the respiratory system, and response to the environment.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Respiratory System

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

3.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

6.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

1.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.02LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

152LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

210OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

7,212OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.68OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.9%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

36.63%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

129LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 2 monthsLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

80%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

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Publisher

American Physiological Society

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1989

ISSN

1040-0605

Electronic ISSN

1522-1504

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub