Journal profile · Medicine-Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Open Respiratory Archives
ISSN 2659-6636 · Elsevier · Spain
Open Respiratory Archives: fully open access; APC about USD 2,060; median 65 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); 144 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Respiratory Archives is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Open Respiratory Archives is one of the official publications from the Spanish Respiratory Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR) and a companion title to the highly-regarded Archivos de Bronconeumologia .Open Respiratory Archives is a new online only, open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes original studies whose content is based upon results dealing with several aspects of respiratory diseases such as epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinics, surgery and basic investigation. Other types of articles such as reviews, editorials, clinical images, scientific letters, and letters to the Editor are also published in the Journal. In addition, the Journal may also publish society documents such as guidelines, position documents, statements, and consensus reports as long as redundancy with previous publications in other society journals does not exist or the degree of similarity is low. Authors of this type of society documents must prove scientific accreditation in the target areas.All the manuscripts received in the Journal are sent to peer-review and are handled by the Editor or an Associate Editor from the team. The official languages of the Journal are English and Spanish. Therefore, manuscripts can be submitted in either language.The areas covered in the Journal are of general interest to the average clinician dealing with respiratory patients, especially pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons. Other types of professionals may also find the contents published in the Journal of interest for their clinical practice: internists, radiologists, immunologists, physiotherapists, rehabilitators, primary care doctors, nurses, and other professionals.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Editor-in-chief Felipe Villar ÁlvarezPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Spain 36, United States 4, Portugal 4, United Arab Emirates 2, Mainland China 1 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine19%
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine15%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine6.4%
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine6.3%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.9%
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine3.6%
- Cystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesMedicine3.6%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine3.6%
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)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | Q3 | 117/165 | 29th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 713 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 160 | 160 | 331 |
| 2025 | 144 | 144 | 356 |
| 2024 | 119 | 119 | 246 |
| 2023 | 78 | 78 | 131 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | 119 |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | 73 |
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
65 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 49 days – 90 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (68 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 85 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (246 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | USD 2,060 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,060 / EUR 1,930 / GBP 1,650 / JPY 255,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,875 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,060 | — | — |
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,500 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- editorialOriginal articles These will be original studies that offer novel information, of very broad interest to national and international scientific communities, whos…main text ≤ 1,200 words
- editorialsEditorials These will be articles written by authors who are experts on a given subject.Length not stated
- letterOriginal articles These will be original studies that offer novel information, of very broad interest to national and international scientific communities, whos…Length not stated
- opinionOriginal articles These will be original studies that offer novel information, of very broad interest to national and international scientific communities, whos…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal articles These will be original studies that offer novel information, of very broad interest to national and international scientific communities, whos…main text ≤ 4,500 words
- original articlesOriginal articles These will be original studies that offer novel information, of very broad interest to national and international scientific communities, whos…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews These will be articles in which a topic of interest will be reviewed on the basis of an up-do-date and objective view extracted from the most relevant a…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications They will contain information on clinical observations from patients, experiences or results that cannot be published as an original articl…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal articles These will be original studies that offer novel information, of very broad interest to national and international scientific communities, whos…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places:…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Author rightsAs an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized review process Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints can be shared anywhere at any time Model summary
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2659-6636
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Respiratory Archives
How long does peer review take at Open Respiratory Archives?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 65 days (interquartile range 49–90 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Open Respiratory Archives?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,500 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Open Respiratory Archives based?
Of the 48 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (36), United States (4) and Portugal (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Open Respiratory Archives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Open Respiratory Archives is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Open Respiratory Archives open access, and what is the APC?
Open Respiratory Archives is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,060.
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: .