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BMC Pulmonary Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of pulmonary and associated disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
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Subject
Respiratory System
Impact Factor
2.8
Quartile
Q2
Open Access Type
Open
ISSN
1471-2466
eISSN
1471-2466
Invitation Only
No
Cost Range
The current APC is £2390.00 GBP / $3190.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR, with VAT or local taxes where applicable.
Submission Instructions
BMC Pulmonary Medicine accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.
Research Article
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and articles reporting results of a health care intervention on human participants must also include a Trial registration section.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include a title page with a title including study design where appropriate, full author names and institutional addresses, corresponding author indication, a Methods section, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, the required Declarations subsections with 'Not applicable' where a subsection is irrelevant, and documentation of any large language model use in the Methods section or another suitable section.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published, in-press, or publicly available e-print/preprint articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and web links or URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list in full with title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript while larger tables may be placed at the end, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order cited. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, figure and table legends must not exceed 300 words, tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files, and any cropped gels or blots in the main text must be clearly identified in the figure legend with corresponding uncropped full-length images provided together in a single supplementary figure.
Review
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript, and under 'Declarations' the sections Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, with 'Not applicable' stated where a subsection is not relevant.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published, in-press, or publicly available preprint articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and URLs must be numbered and included in the reference list in full with site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic file, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, and tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document. Figures must be numbered in the order cited and multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered in sequence, include titles above and legends below, and be created using the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
Systematic Review
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and a systematic review registration number should be included as the last line if applicable.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include Background, Main text, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include 3 to 10 keywords, all Declarations subsections with 'Not applicable' where irrelevant, and any use of a Large Language Model must be documented in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published, in-press, or publicly available preprint articles, trial records, and abstracts may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and URLs must be assigned a reference number and included in full in the reference list with site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript while figures are uploaded separately, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, and larger tables may be placed at the end with their intended location indicated in the text. Figures must be numbered in order of first citation and multi-panel figures submitted as single composite files, while tables must be numbered in sequence, include titles above and legends below, and be created using the word processor's Table object rather than embedded as figures.
Case Report
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published, address any journal policy issues, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and for case reports describe how the case is rare or unusual and its educational and/or scientific merits.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include Background, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, the Declarations subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information, use 'Not applicable' for any irrelevant Declarations subsection, and document any use of a Large Language Model in a suitable part of the manuscript.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published, in-press, or publicly available preprint articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and URLs must be assigned reference numbers and included in full in the reference list.
Figures & Tables
Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than the graphic file, tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, and larger tables may be placed at the end of the text file. Figures must be numbered in the order first cited, multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, and tables numbered and cited in sequence using Arabic numerals.
Matters Arising
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
No abstract should be included, and the first paragraph is used as the abstract for submission purposes. The abstract is effectively unstructured because the first paragraph of the main text serves as the abstract for submission purposes.
Manuscript
The main text should be as concise as possible and ideally not exceed 1,200 words. The contribution should begin with a brief non-specialist summary paragraph, followed by the body of the article which may be divided into subsections with short informative headings. The manuscript must include a Declarations section with the specified subheadings, provide three to ten keywords, and include a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used.
References
Contributions may have up to 15 references. References should follow Vancouver style. Only published articles, clinical trial registration records, and abstracts that are published, in press, or publicly available as e-prints/preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and web links and URLs must be numbered and included in full in the reference list with title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables
The article should ideally require only one or two small figures or tables. Figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript while figures are uploaded separately, and tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript whereas larger tables may be placed at the end of the document. Figures must be numbered in order of first mention and multi-panel figures submitted as a single composite file, while tables must be numbered and cited in sequence and must not be embedded as figures.
Scoping Reviews
Cover Letter
A cover letter is required. The cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, explain any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract
An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words.
Manuscript
Manuscript must include the sections Background, Main text, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, define abbreviations at first use with a list of abbreviations if used, document any Large Language Model use in the Methods or another suitable section, and include under 'Declarations' the subsections Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, Acknowledgements, and optional Authors' information with 'Not applicable' where a subsection is irrelevant.
References
References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; web links must be numbered references in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and publicly available datasets should be cited with a persistent identifier such as a DOI expressed as a full URL.
Figures & Tables
Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, tables longer than one page may be placed at the end of the document, and figure titles and legends must be provided in the main manuscript rather than in the graphic files. Figures must be numbered in text order and uploaded in that order, multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, and tables must be numbered and cited in sequence and created using the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures.
Recent Publications
Variability of the prognostic nutritional index within 3 months after curative resection for non-small cell lung cancer and 2-year recurrence-free survival
Guojun Yue, Lingyun Yue, Yi Wang, Wendong Qu, Ming Gong, Hui Wang, Longfeng Gu, Wenbi Huang, Yaqian Zhao, Xi Chen, Gang Shen, Hu Ma
10.1186/s12890-026-04376-y
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Cross-population validation of the TyG-ABSI index as a novel predictor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an integrated analysis using logistic regression and explainable machine learning
Junli Zhang, Haining Li
10.1186/s12890-026-04387-9
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Case report: anesthetic management for a partial nephrectomy in a patient with tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica
Yushan Luo, Zhen Wu, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Hui Li, Xiaohua Zou
10.1186/s12890-026-04388-8
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Interventions to reduce the impact of post-tuberculosis lung disease: a scoping review of the literature
Anthony L. Byrne, Gunar Günther, Cathrine Tadyanemhandu, Carlos P. Borges de Almeida, Intan MW. Dewi, Carole D. Mitnick, Serena P. Koenig, Kamila Romanowski, Robert S. Wallis
10.1186/s12890-026-04355-3
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Comparative effectiveness of triple versus dual inhaled therapy (ICS/LABA or LABA/LAMA) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Weimian Hu, Qinglin Li
10.1186/s12890-026-04375-z
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to publish?
Submission to first decision (median): 14 days
Reformat to BMC Pulmonary Medicine using Livewrite PremiumIs a cover letter required?
A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in BMC Pulmonary Medicine, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm that all authors approved the submission, confirm that the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred or non-preferred peer reviewers in the cover letter.
Reformat to BMC Pulmonary Medicine using Livewrite PremiumWhat are the publication costs?
An article processing charge applies for each accepted article. The current APC is £2390.00 GBP / $3190.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR, with VAT or local taxes where applicable.
Reformat to BMC Pulmonary Medicine using Livewrite PremiumResearch Topics
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
Tracheal and airway disorders
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
Occupational and environmental lung diseases
Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
Respiratory viral infections research
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
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Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
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