Journal profile
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is published by American Thoracic Society under ISSN 1073-449X. It holds an h-index of 510 across 35,671 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 0.63, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | American Thoracic Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 1073-449X |
| All ISSNs | 1073-449X, 1535-4970 |
| Indexed works | 35,671 |
| Total citations | 1,912,145 |
| h-index | 510 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 0.63 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research · Asthma and respiratory diseases · Respiratory Support and Mechanisms · Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis · Neonatal Respiratory Health Research |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Authors
- Jørgen Vestbo, Suzanne S. Hurd, Àlvar Agustí, Paul Jones, Claus Vogelmeier, Antonio Anzueto, and 7 more
- Year
- 2012
- Volume
- 187
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 347-365
IEEE
J. Vestbo, S. S. Hurd, À. Agustí, P. Jones, C. Vogelmeier, A. Anzueto et al. "Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease," American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 187, no. 4, pp. 347-365, 2012, doi: 10.1164/rccm.201204-0596pp.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Vestbo, J., Hurd, S. S., Agustí, À., Jones, P., Vogelmeier, C., & Anzueto, A., et al. (2012). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 187(4), 347-365. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201204-0596pp
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{vestbo2012,
author = {Jørgen Vestbo and Suzanne S. Hurd and Àlvar Agustí and Paul Jones and Claus Vogelmeier and Antonio Anzueto},
title = {Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease},
journal = {American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine},
volume = {187},
number = {4},
pages = {347--365},
year = {2012},
issn = {1073-449X},
doi = {10.1164/rccm.201204-0596pp}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine records 35,671 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine carries an h-index of 510, which is above 87% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,912,145 citations across 35,671 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 0.63.
American Thoracic Society is the only publisher of this title in the set covered here, so check its own author guidance for reference style.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
What is the ISSN of American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine?
The linking ISSN is 1073-449X. The journal also carries 1535-4970, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine?
American Thoracic Society publishes it. Check the journal's own author guidance rather than a general publisher template, because reference style is set per title.
Is American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key vestbo2012 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 347 to 365, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine?
Its h-index is 510, above 87% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,912,145 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 0.63. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 510 and a two-year mean citedness of 0.63 across 35,671 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.