Journal profile · Respiratory System
Respiratory Care
ISSN 0020-1324 · eISSN 1943-3654 · Daedalus Enterprises Inc. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1971
Respiratory Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.15; subscription journal; review about 1 month (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 232 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Respiratory Care is published by Daedalus Enterprises Inc. 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 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 35.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The official science journal of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) deals with the subject area of the same name, and thus publishes articles pertaining to disorders affecting the cardiorespiratory system, including their pathogenesis, pathophysiology, manifestations, diagnostic assessment, monitoring, prevention, and management. … | View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Respiratory System
Editor-in-chief Rich BransonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine18.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.2%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine8.1%
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug DeliveryMedicine5.8%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine5.1%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine5%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine4.8%
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 | Critical Care 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 | Critical Care 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 | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.15LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,888OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 196LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 17,574 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 184 | 14 | 65 |
| 2025 | 232 | 62 | 349 |
| 2024 | 404 | 184 | 836 |
| 2023 | 448 | 232 | 1,684 |
| 2022 | 408 | 85 | 1,597 |
| 2021 | 371 | 179 | 2,680 |
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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Daedalus Enterprises Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1971
- ISSN
- 0020-1324
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-3654
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Respiratory Care
What CAS zone is Respiratory Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Respiratory Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine / 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 Respiratory Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.15; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 132.
How long does peer review take at Respiratory Care?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month; 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 Respiratory Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Respiratory Care is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Respiratory Care open access, and what is the APC?
Respiratory Care is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .