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[&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:mr-1 [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:text-base [&>div:nth-of-type(2)]:text-2xl pb-5" data-testid="26"><div>Impact Factor rank (JCR):</div><div>5/101</div></div><div class="text-bmj-silver-800 flex flex-col justify-between pt-5 pr-0 md:pt-0 md:pr-4 [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:mr-1 [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:text-base [&>div:nth-of-type(2)]:text-2xl pb-5" data-testid="108"><div>Citescore:</div><div>16.1</div></div><div class="text-bmj-silver-800 flex flex-col justify-between pt-5 pr-0 md:pt-0 md:pr-4 [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:mr-1 [&>div:nth-of-type(1)]:text-base [&>div:nth-of-type(2)]:text-2xl pb-5" data-testid="109"><div>Total Altmetric mentions:</div><div>2,833</div></div></div><div class="mb-4 flex flex-col md:flex-row" data-testid="key-metrics-footer"><div class="mr-0 mb-6 md:mr-20 md:mb-0"><a data-testid="111" href="/pages/about/#journal_statistics">More journal metrics</a></div><div class="mr-0 mb-6 md:mr-20 md:mb-0"><a data-testid="112" 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and lung microbiomes to cigarette smoke</a> <a href="/content/77/10/1015">Bacterial biofilms predominate in both acute and chronic human lung infections</a> <a href="/content/78/4/354">High-flow nasal oxygen versus conventional oxygen therapy in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and mild hypoxaemia: a randomised controlled trial</a></div><div data-testid="sections-column-1" class="inline md:inline [&_h2]:mt-0"><a href="/content/78/2/120">Relationship between asthma and severe COVID-19: a national cohort study</a> <a href="/content/78/8/835">Effect of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor on airway and systemic inflammation in cystic fibrosis</a> <a href="/content/77/1/13">Latent class analysis-derived subphenotypes are generalisable to observational cohorts of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective study</a> <a href="/content/77/11/1113">COVID-19 hospital activity and in-hospital mortality during the first and second waves of the pandemic in England: an observational study</a> <a 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