Journal profile · Medicine-Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Case Reports in Pulmonology

ISSN 2090-6846 · eISSN 2090-6854 · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · USA

Case Reports in Pulmonology: fully open access; APC about USD 870; median 213 days to acceptance (59 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 38% (journal website); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · rank 134/165
Review time213 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 59 articles, last 24 months · Crossref
APCUSD 870Fully open access
Acceptance38%From the journal's website
Articles per year222025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Case Reports in Pulmonology is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Case Reports in Pulmonology is an open access journal that publishes case reports and case series in all areas of pulmonology, prevention, diagnosis and management of pulmonary and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine12.4%
  2. Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine10.1%
  3. Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine9.2%
  4. Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine7%
  5. Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, EmphysemaMedicine6.4%
  6. Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5%
  7. Metastasis and carcinoma case studiesMedicine4.4%
  8. Pulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsMedicine3.9%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ4134/165—

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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

CiteScore 2026-06
1LetPub ·
CiteScore (publisher)
1Publisher website ·
SJR 2026-06
0.15LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.24LetPub ·
h-index
19OpenAlex ·
i10-index
77OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.37OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 423 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
2026424297
20252222165
20241212230
202377267
20222222308
20211717300

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 Crossref · to

213 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 126 days – 294 days

Acceptance to online
median 21 days (59 articles)
Submission to online
median 246 days
Sample
59 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
38%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
72 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 13 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).

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJUSD 870 / GBP 580 / EUR 750YesCC BY
OpenAlexUSD 790 / EUR 680 / GBP 580——
LetPubUSD 725Yes—

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)

What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
Abstract
≤ 300 words
Reference style
Chicago
Templates
Word
Suggested reviewers
Optional
Highlights
Optional
Graphical abstract
Optional
Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text
Article types accepted2
  1. case reportCase ReportLength not stated
  2. case seriesCase SeriesLength not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
Authorship Title and authorship information

The following information should be included: Manuscript title Full author names Full institutional mailing addresses Email addresses Affiliations. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in institutional affiliations. Responsibility for affiliations ultimately rests with the author, although the publisher may request changes be made to countries listed in affiliations t…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest

Authors limited to three manuscripts under review at any point in time. Model summary

Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest may represent a conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this. Submitting authors are responsible for co-authors declaring their interests. Conflicts of interest (COIs, also known as 'competing interests') occur when issues outside research could be reasonab…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Data availability Data availability

Data availability statement required with submission. Model summary

Authors must include a data availability statement with their submission. When submitting a manuscript, submitting authors will be asked to select from several pre-written statements or use the text editor to tell us about data availability with regard to their submission. Review our Data Sharing Policy to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Publication ethics

Human experiments must comply with Declaration of Helsinki (1964). Model summary

For any experiments on humans, all work must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1964)

Source ↗Publisher website ·
License & copyright Copyright and permissions

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not speci…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access

Open access journal with APCs. Model summary

The journal is open access. Article processing charges (APCs) allow the publisher to make articles immediately available online to anyone to read and reuse upon publication.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review

Single-anonymized peer review model for applicable article types. Model summary

The journal follows a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Information on the Peer Review model can be found here. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here. All submitted articles are subject to assessment and peer review to ensure editorial appropriateness and technical correctness. Research published in the journal must be: Scien…

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Plagiarism

Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection. Model summary

This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Preprints Preprints

Preprint servers submissions accepted and not considered to compromise novelty. Model summary

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers, and does not consider this to compromise the novelty of the results. Articles based on content previously made public only on a preprint server, institutional repository, or in a thesis will be considered. The preprint should be cited.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting guidelines

Authors are strongly encouraged to use appropriate reporting guidelines when preparing and submitting manuscripts, to maximize transparency and reproducibility. Our editors and reviewers are also encouraged to use them in the review process. Completed checklists should be provided in the supplementary files on submission. We particularly encourage the use of: CONSORT for randomized controlled tria…

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
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Country or region
USA
Language
English
ISSN
2090-6846
Electronic ISSN
2090-6854
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Case Reports in Pulmonology

How long does peer review take at Case Reports in Pulmonology?

Based on the dates recorded on 59 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 213 days (interquartile range 126–294 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 38%. 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.

What are the manuscript requirements of Case Reports in Pulmonology?

According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Chicago; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.

Which databases index Case Reports in Pulmonology?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Case Reports in Pulmonology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Case Reports in Pulmonology open access, and what is the APC?

Case Reports in Pulmonology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 870.

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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .