Journal profile · RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
ISSN 1806-3713 · eISSN 1806-3756 · Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia · BRAZIL · Bimonthly · Founded 2004
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.01; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 62 days to acceptance (31 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 131 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 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, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, together about 29.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
O Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia destina-se a publicar artigos científicos que contribuam para o aumento do conhecimento no campo das doenças pulmonares e áreas relacionadas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine13.8%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine8%
- Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMedicine7.7%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine7.6%
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine5.6%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine5.4%
- Delphi Technique in ResearchSocial Sciences4.9%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.8%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 3.01LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,258OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | 131 | 119 |
| 2024 | 115 | 115 | 214 |
| 2023 | 118 | 118 | 534 |
| 2022 | 143 | 143 | 995 |
| 2021 | 163 | 163 | 1,573 |
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
62 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 25 days – 114 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 142 days (31 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 231 days
- Sample
- 31 articles with submission and acceptance dates (171 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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1806-3713
- Electronic ISSN
- 1806-3756
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
What CAS zone is Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 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 Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.01; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia?
Based on the dates recorded on 31 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 62 days (interquartile range 25–114 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia open access, and what is the APC?
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .