Respiratory Care is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Association of Respiratory Care.

The editor-in-chief is Dean R. Hess (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School).

The journal publishes original research, reviews (narrative and systematic), short reports, correspondence, and editorial articles.

It was established in 1956 as Inhalation Therapy and obtained its current title in 1970.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.258.