Journal metric profile

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 19.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 20.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 4/108 Recorded category rank

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AMER THORACIC SOC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 19.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 4 out of 108 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 67,431 total citations, 176 total articles, 182 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 20.000, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 17.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 4.350.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE is identified in this record by print ISSN 1073-449X and electronic ISSN 1535-4970. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameAMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Abbreviated journalAM J RESP CRIT CARE
PublisherAMER THORACIC SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank169
ISSN1073-449X
eISSN1535-4970
Total cites67,431
Total articles176
Citable items182
Cited half-life9.8 years
Citing half-life5.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor19.400
5-Year Impact Factor20.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites17.800
Journal Citation Indicator4.350
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank4/108
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE is 19.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE is listed as being published by AMER THORACIC SOC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.