ERJ Open Researchreceives its first impact factor and plans for the next step

Abstract

We are proud to announce that ERJ Open Research received its first impact factor (IF) of 4.2 in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports. ERJ Open Research is an open access, original research journal of the European Respiratory Society, and a sister journal of European Respiratory Journal , European Respiratory Review and Breathe . ERJ Open Research was launched in May 2015 [1]. It was initially led by Prof. Anita K. Simonds (Imperial College London, London, UK) in 2015–2018, followed by Prof. Alyn H. Morice (University of Hull, Hull, UK) in 2018–2021. Since early January 2022, Esther Barreiro is serving the journal as the Chief Editor and Woo-Jung Song continues his role as the Deputy Chief Editor (since June 2020), and we will continue to hold these positions up until the September 2024. Readers may have observed that ERJ Open Research has continued to build on its success, and is publishing more and more high-quality research articles. This achievement has come about through the joint efforts of its authors and peer reviewers, the international editorial board, the ERS Publications Office and the ERS Publications Committee. We thank everyone whose hard work and commitment have helped ERJ Open Research to continue to grow and succeed.

ERJ Open Research2024: achievements, vision and gratitude

“…ERJ Open Research aims to be the leading open access journal in respiratory medicine. Since its launch in May 2015 [ 1 ], the journal has achieved its first Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 4.2 in the 2021 Journal Citation Report [ 2 ]. Last year, it maintained a JIF of 4.6 ( figure 1a ), ranking 22nd out of 66 and falling within the JIF Q2 quartile in the Respiratory Systems category.…”