Journal profile · RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
ISSN 2976-8675 · SAGE
Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,650; median 167 days to acceptance (18 articles, last 24 months); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is published by SAGE 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 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, together about 29.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ultrasound in Clinical ApplicationsMedicine12.2%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine9.8%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine7.3%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine7.3%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine4.9%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 89.47%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 22 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 35 |
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
167 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 116 days – 200 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 201 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (19 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 2976-8675
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
What CAS zone is Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 18 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 167 days (interquartile range 116–200 days). 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 Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Therapeutic Advances in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .