Journal profile · RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Breathe
ISSN 1810-6838 · eISSN 2073-4735 · European Respiratory Society · United Kingdom
Breathe: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.5 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; median 95 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 102 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Breathe is published by European Respiratory Society and is in Zone 4 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, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Asthma and respiratory diseases, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine14.1%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine10.1%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine7.3%
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine5.4%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine5.4%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine5.3%
- Respiratory and Cough-Related ResearchMedicine4.7%
- Delphi Technique in ResearchSocial Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 338OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,533 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 34 |
| 2025 | 102 | 102 | 331 |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | 497 |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | 1,003 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | 893 |
| 2021 | 123 | 123 | 878 |
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
95 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 132 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 83 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 179 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (189 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 ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- No colour charges
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright and open access
Submission of a manuscript to Breathe implies that if and when it is accepted for publication, the authors automatically agree to transfer copyright to the ERS. For more information about this, please see Author copyright and reuse rights. Articles published in Breathe are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License 4.0 which permits redistribution for non-…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Copyright and open access
Submission of a manuscript to Breathe implies that if and when it is accepted for publication, the authors automatically agree to transfer copyright to the ERS. For more information about this, please see Author copyright and reuse rights. Articles published in Breathe are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License 4.0 which permits redistribution for non-…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review and rebuttals
Breathe articles are subject to single-anonymised peer review. To find out more about ERS peer review processes and what to do if you disagree with a Chief Editor’s decision, visit our Peer review and rebuttals page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Author self-archiving
Authors of Breathe articles are entitled to deposit the final published version of their manuscripts in an institutional (or other non-commercial) repository for public archiving immediately upon publication, subject to the terms of the Creative Commons licence. For articles with Coalition S or UKRI funding (https://www.coalition-s.org/organisations/), the author retains the right to archive the p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- European Respiratory Society
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1810-6838
- Electronic ISSN
- 2073-4735
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Breathe
What CAS zone is Breathe in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Breathe is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Respiratory System. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Breathe?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Breathe?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 95 days (interquartile range 67–132 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 Breathe?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Breathe is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Breathe open access, and what is the APC?
Breathe is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .