Journal metric profile

Lancet Respiratory 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 32.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 35.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 1/108 Recorded category rank

Lancet Respiratory Medicine JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Lancet Respiratory Medicine is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 32.800, 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 1 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 22,960 total citations, 58 total articles, 67 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 35.400, which is 2.600 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 32.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 8.780.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Lancet Respiratory Medicine is identified in this record by print ISSN 2213-2600. 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 nameLancet Respiratory Medicine
Abbreviated journalLANCET RESP MED
PublisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank69
ISSN2213-2600
eISSNNot available
Total cites22,960
Total articles58
Citable items67
Cited half-life4.5 years
Citing half-life5.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor32.800
5-Year Impact Factor35.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites32.600
Journal Citation Indicator8.780
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank1/108
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Lancet Respiratory Medicine?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Lancet Respiratory Medicine is 32.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Lancet Respiratory Medicine?

Lancet Respiratory 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 Lancet Respiratory Medicine?

Lancet Respiratory Medicine is listed as being published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD.

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.

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