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Respiratory Care — Impact Factor
The 2025 Impact Factor of Respiratory Care is 2.3 (Q3 in Respiratory System; subscription or hybrid).
- Impact Factor
- 2.3 JCR 2025
- JCR category
- Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory System
- Quartile
- Q3 in Respiratory System
- Publisher
- AARC
- Open access
- subscription or hybrid
- IF source
- bioxbio.com
Position within the field
Ranked 35 of the 39 journals in Critical Care Medicine on this site (bottom 50%).
Critical Care Medicine journals with a similar Impact Factor
- Heart & Lung IF 2.5
- Medicina Intensiva IF 2.5
- Critical Care Clinics IF 2.4
- Injury IF 2.4
- Journal of Intensive Care Medicine IF 2.3
- Critical Care Nurse IF 2.3
Author guidelines at a glance
- Case reports
- Not accepted. Case reports not accepted; redirected to the sister OA journal Respiratory Care Reports (APC US$1,440)
- Article types
- Original Research / Narrative Review / Systematic Review / Short Report / Correspondence
- Word limit (original)
- 5,000 words
- Abstract
- 300 words (structured)
- Figures/tables
- Up to 8 figures/tables
- References
- 50
- OA / APC
- hybrid / – (No submission or publication fee. Sage Choice fee is separate)
- Reporting guidelines
- EQUATOR（CONSORT/PRISMA）
- Submission system
- ScholarOne
About this value
The Journal Impact Factor of Respiratory Care (JCR 2025, released June 2026) is 2.3. Values are compiled by cross-checking figures published by publishers and societies against public aggregators; this is not a reproduction of Clarivate Journal Citation Reports™. Confirm the current value on the publisher's page or in JCR before deciding where to submit. The quartile (Q1–Q4) is the journal's relative position within its JCR category; Q1 means the top 25%.
Last updated September 2026. Report errors via the contact form. Other journals in the same category: Critical Care Medicine.