BMJ Open Respiratory Research

is an open access journal from BMJ and BTS, publishing papers across all areas of respiratory medicine, critical care and sleep medicine.

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BMJ Open Respiratory Research is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing high quality papers across all areas of respiratory medicine, critical care and sleep medicine. The journal focuses on robustness of methodology and scientific rigour with less emphasis on novelty or perceived impact. It is indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed Central, Scopus and Web of Science (Science Citation Index-Expanded and Journal Citation Reports).

BMJ Open Respiratory Research is the open access companion to Thorax and is co-owned by the British Thoracic Society and BMJ. The journal adheres to the highest possible industry standards concerning publication ethics.

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Latest Articles

Asthma:

Association between tobacco product use and asthma among US adults from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study waves 2-4

7 February 2023

Critical care:

Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection during Delta and Omicron variant predominance periods: a single-hospital retrospective cohort study

20 February 2023

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:

Decreased capsaicin cough reflex sensitivity predicts hospitalisation due to COPD

25 January 2023

Interstitial lung disease:

Incidence and prevalence of interstitial lung diseases worldwide: a systematic literature review

12 June 2023

Cystic fibrosis:

Feasibility of dynamic chest radiography to calculate lung volumes in adult people with cystic fibrosis: a pilot study

5 May 2023

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Cannabis use and risks of respiratory and all-cause morbidity and mortality: a population-based, data-linkage, cohort study
27 June 2022

SARS-CoV-2 organising pneumonia: ‘Has there been a widespread failure to identify and treat this prevalent condition in COVID-19?’
22 September 2020

Sudden death in individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea: a systematic review and meta-analysis
9 June 2021

Improving the early identification of COVID-19 pneumonia: a narrative review
5 November 2021

Correlation between biomarkers of exposure, effect and potential harm in the urine of electronic cigarette users
19 February 2020

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BMJ Open Respiratory Research accepts submissions of original research, protocols and reviews.

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