Journal profile
Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
ISSN 0867-7077 · eISSN 2299-8292 · Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica · Poland
Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska: impact factor 4.5 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports).
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska is published by Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Asthma and respiratory diseases, Nutrition and Health Studies and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, together about 25.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AimsAdvances in Respiratory Medicine, which started publishing in 1909, is a peer-reviewed, open access, bi-monthly journal of the Polish Respiratory Society. It publishes research articles, review articles, systematic reviews, guidelines, editorials, short communications, etc. Advances in Respiratory Medicine publishes both clinical and basic research, and it is also open to the publication of phased trial work.We aim to collect high-quality and cutting-edge articles of interest in respiratory medicine and provide an efficient, reliable, and guaranteed platform for scholars and readers. Full experimental and/or methodological details must be provided for research articles. Therefore, there is no restriction on the maximum length of papers or the number of electronic multimedia and supplementary files.ScopeAdvances in Respiratory Medicine is a journal of respiratory medicine, covering allergology, immunology, oncology, and infectious diseases of the respiratory system. It welcomes manuscripts related to respiratory system structure, physiology, pathology, diagnostics, and treatment. It includes, but is not limited to, manuscripts on the following subjects: Respiratory structure and physiopathology (including basic science, molecular aspects of pathology, mechanisms of lung injury and repair, immunology of the respiratory system, etc.); Clinical problems, rehabilitation, chronic care, and respiratory medicine (in general practice and primary care); Chronic airway diseases (asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, chronic cough, etc.); Infectious diseases of the respiratory system (including tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis mycobacterial diseases, COVID-19, AIDS, and diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites); Interstitial lung diseases (all aspects); Genetic diseases with respiratory manifestations (cystic fibrosis, A1AT deficiency, etc.); Pulmonary vascular diseases (vasculitis, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, etc.); Rare (orphan) diseases with respiratory system involvement; Respiratory intensive care (acute critical care, noninvasive ventilatory support, oxygen therapy, etc.); Thoracic oncology (lung cancer, pleural and mediastinal malignancies, etc.); Thoracic surgery and lung transplantation; Sleep-disordered breathing; Epidemiology and environment (occupational respiratory diseases, environmental exposure, tobacco, smoking control, etc.); Respiratory diagnostics (imaging, ultrasound, lung function testing, exercise testing, microbiology, e
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Asthma and respiratory diseasesMedicine8.5%
- Nutrition and Health StudiesMedicine8.5%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine8.1%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.6%
- Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine6.6%
- Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsMedicine5.4%
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisMedicine5.4%
- Building energy efficiency and sustainabilityEngineering4.3%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · Respiratory System
- CiteScore Q2 · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ESCIWeb of ScienceScopusMEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbasePublisher 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 (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 25.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3.9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Case Reports
Article types accepted18
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in ARM will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Published by MDPI on behalf of the Polish Respiratory Society. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
ARM accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independently of…
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
- Via Medica sp. z.o.o. VM Group Via Medica
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0867-7077
- Electronic ISSN
- 2299-8292
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 94 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska
What is the impact factor of Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 7.
How long does peer review take at Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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 JCR quartile is Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, Respiratory System Q1. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
What are the manuscript requirements of Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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.
Which databases index Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ESCI, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska open access, and what is the APC?
Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska 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, 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: .