Journal profile · RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
BMJ Open Respiratory Research
ISSN 2052-4439 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
BMJ Open Respiratory Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.96; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 153 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 223 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Open Respiratory Research is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, together about 37.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Time from acceptance to publication:30*Citescore:5.2Impact Factor:42025 content views:328,6482025 Altmetric mentions:887More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Editorial Board Ownership Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Contact information For authors To advertise Rights and permissions Affiliations Related Journals
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Editor-in-chief Gisli JenkinsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine20.3%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine9.6%
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine7.6%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine7.2%
- Delphi Technique in ResearchSocial Sciences6.1%
- Respiratory and Cough-Related ResearchMedicine4.5%
- Cystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesMedicine4%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 600OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 215LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 328,648Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,455 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 203 | 203 | 61 |
| 2025 | 223 | 223 | 516 |
| 2024 | 177 | 177 | 1,209 |
| 2023 | 154 | 154 | 2,141 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | 1,860 |
| 2021 | 162 | 162 | 3,287 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
153 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 251 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 198 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (466 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 38 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,163 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2052-4439
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Open Respiratory Research
What CAS zone is BMJ Open Respiratory Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Open Respiratory Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Respiratory System. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMJ Open Respiratory Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.96; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Open Respiratory Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 153 days (interquartile range 117–251 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index BMJ Open Respiratory Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Open Respiratory Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMJ Open Respiratory Research open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Open Respiratory Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .