European Respiratory Journal

The European Respiratory Journal is the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), published by the society's ERS Journals Ltd and founded in 1988, covering respiratory medicine across basic, clinical and translational science, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 23.8《欧洲呼吸杂志》是欧洲呼吸学会（European Respiratory Society，ERS）的旗舰同行评审期刊，由该学会的（ERS Journals Ltd）出版、1988 年创办，涵盖基础、临床与转化呼吸医学，2025 年影响因子为 23.8。

Scope

• It publishes original research, editorial commentaries, reviews, short research letters and correspondence to the editor该刊刊载原创研究、编辑评论、综述、短篇研究快报与读者来信。
• It spans basic, clinical and translational respiratory science together with practice-based articles该刊覆盖基础、临床与转化呼吸科学，并刊载面向实践的文章。
• It publishes ERS official documents and guidelines produced by ERS task forces该刊刊载由（ERS）专项工作组制定的官方文件与指南。
• It provides a forum for the Society's clinical and scientific communities across the respiratory spectrum该刊为学会在呼吸领域各方向的临床与科学共同体提供交流平台。
• Articles are published continuously and collected into 12 monthly issues in two volumes per year文章连续出版，并汇编为每年两卷、共 12 期的月刊。
• Open access is available for all article types except Editorials除社论外，所有文章类型均可选择开放获取。

History

• It first appeared in January 1988, formed by merging the European Journal of Respiratory Diseases with the Bulletin Européen de Physiopathologie Respiratoire该刊于 1988 年 1 月首次出版，由（European Journal of Respiratory Diseases）与（Bulletin Européen de Physiopathologie Respiratoire）合并而成。^[1]
• It was created two years before the European Respiratory Society itself was founded in 1990该刊的创办比（European Respiratory Society，ERS）本身的成立（1990 年）早了两年。
• Its founding joint chief editors were Erik Berglund and Jean-Claude Yernault, who led the journal during 1988-1990其首任联合主编为 Erik Berglund 与 Jean-Claude Yernault，二人于 1988 至 1990 年主持该刊。
• Later chief editors included Paul Vermeire, Ulrich Costabel, Marc Decramer, and Peter Sterk with Klaus Rabe此后的主编包括 Paul Vermeire、Ulrich Costabel、Marc Decramer，以及 Peter Sterk 与 Klaus Rabe。
• It grew from about 250 manuscript submissions in its first year to over 2700 by 2017该刊首年收到约 250 篇稿件，至 2017 年已增至 2700 余篇。
• It has remained the flagship publication of the European Respiratory Society throughout its history该刊始终是（European Respiratory Society）的旗舰出版物。

Editors

• The current Chief Editor is James D. Chalmers, with Don D. Sin as Deputy Chief Editor现任主编为 James D. Chalmers，副主编为 Don D. Sin。
• Chalmers began a five-year mandate as Chief Editor in September 2022Chalmers 于 2022 年 9 月起担任为期五年的主编。
• He had previously co-edited the journal with Martin Kolb他此前曾与 Martin Kolb 共同主编该刊。
• The journal is overseen by an international editorial board drawn from across Europe and beyond该刊由来自欧洲及世界各地的国际化编委会主持。
• Alongside the ERJ, the ERS also publishes the European Respiratory Review, ERJ Open Research and Breathe除（ERJ）外，（ERS）还出版（European Respiratory Review）、（ERJ Open Research）与（Breathe）。
• Its editorial office is based at the European Respiratory Society headquarters in Sheffield, United Kingdom其编辑部设于（United Kingdom）谢菲尔德的（European Respiratory Society）总部。