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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Chest (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Chest published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Critical Care Medicinerank 47 of 63 journals
- Respiratory Systemrank 85 of 107 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Chest
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Chest is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$4,160.
02Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Chest
Chest follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Elsevier: automatic 100% waiver for Research4Life Group A and 50% for Group B in fully open access journals, but only when every author is in an eligible country.
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Retractions and research integrity at Chest
Retractions per year
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Chest has 17 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Sep 2024. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
Who funds research published in Chest
Funders named most often
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03Indexing
Indexing of Chest
- ISSN
- 0012-3692
- eISSN
- 1931-3543
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory System
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
04What it publishes
What Chest publishes: real papers
05Published papers
Papers published in Chest
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Segmentation-Guided Radiology Report Generation for Pneumothorax Detection in Chest X-Rays20260 citations
06Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Chest
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07Similar journals
Journals similar to Chest
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
- Frontiers in Artificial IntelligenceESCIScopusJCR 20246 similar papers
- PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 202432 similar papers
- PLOS Digital HealthESCIScopus4 similar papers
- Engineering, Technology and Applied Science ResearchScopusJCR 20241 similar paper
- Frontiers in RadiologyESCIScopus2 similar papers
- Frontiers in MedicineSCIEScopusJCR 20245 similar papers
08Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
09Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Chest?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Chest is 0.76: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 0.76 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Chest?
The h-index of Chest is 408 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 408 of its papers have each been cited at least 408 times. Its i10-index is 24,638.
What is the APC of Chest?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$4,160 for Chest (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Chest?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Chest is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Chest indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Chest appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Chest an SCIE journal?
Yes. Chest is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Chest in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Chest is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Chest does ScholarsColab track?
We track 1 paper published in Chest in 2026, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Chest offer an APC waiver?
Chest follows the policy of Elsevier: automatic 100% waiver for Research4Life Group A and 50% for Group B in fully open access journals, but only when every author is in an eligible country. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Chest retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 17 retracted papers in Chest, 9 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are misconduct - official investigation(s) and/or finding(s), misconduct by author, concerns/issues about data. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
Who funds research published in Chest?
42% of 200 recent research articles in Chest name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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