OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Respiratory Review is 43. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Reply to: “Nicotine or tobacco abstinence?”	292
European Respiratory Review, list of peer reviewers 2022	190
Ventilation/perfusion mismatch is not the sole reason for hypoxaemia in early stage COVID-19 patients	151
European Respiratory Review, list of peer reviewers 2023	144
Lost in translation: a neglected mTOR target for lymphangioleiomyomatosis	130
Smouldering fire or conflagration? An illustrated update on the concept of inflammation in pulmonary arterial hypertension	127
Health disparities and associated social determinants of health in interstitial lung disease: a narrative review	121
Live teleultrasound for evaluation of the chest: a systematic review	117
The role of telemonitoring in patients on home mechanical ventilation	115
Cough monitoring systems in adults with chronic respiratory diseases: a systematic review	102
Association of preserved ratio impaired spirometry with mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis	96
ERS/EAACI statement on adherence to international adult asthma guidelines	87
Exacerbations of bronchiectasis	85
The re-emerging role of linoleic acid in paediatric asthma	82
Treatable traits in asthma during pregnancy: a call for a shift towards a precision-based management approach	82
Global respiratory health priorities at the beginning of the 21st century	80
Recovery of lung function during the first year after COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	75
Epidemiology of severe asthma in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	75
Right-sided heart failure in acute respiratory distress syndrome	73
Advance care planning in patients with respiratory failure	73
Quality of life in patients with chronic respiratory failure on home mechanical ventilation	70
Lung stem cells and respiratory epithelial chimerism in transplantation	67
Multiple breath washout and oscillometry after allogenic HSCT: a scoping review	67
Toll-like receptor-agonist-based therapies for respiratory viral diseases: thinking outside the cell	67
Inhaled corticosteroids for the treatment of COVID-19	65

Air pollution as an early determinant of COPD	63
Diaphragm excursion and diaphragm thickening fraction: commonality and conflict	62
Integrating asthma care guidelines into primary care electronic medical records: a review focused on Canadian knowledge translation tools	62
Sarcopenia in interstitial lung disease	60
Characteristics of scores used for quantitative lung ultrasound in neonates: a systematic review	60
WASOG statement on the diagnosis and management of sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension	58
The ageing of people living with cystic fibrosis: what to expect now?	57
Sex and gender in interstitial lung diseases	55
Phenotype overlap in the natural history of asthma	54
Mucolytics for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a meta-analysis	53
Recreating chronic respiratory infectionsin vitrousing physiologically relevant models	52
Prognostic biomarkers for the development of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a systematic review	51
Balancing the value and risk of exercise-based therapy post-COVID-19: a narrative review	48
Nonpharmacological interventions in COPD	46
A pulmonologist's guide to perform and analyse cross-species single lung cell transcriptomics	45
Harmonising cellular conversations: decoding the vital roles of extracellular vesicles in respiratory system intercellular communications	45
Pathophysiology and genomics of bronchiectasis	45
Sensitivity and complications of thoracentesis and thoracoscopy: a meta-analysis	44
Diagnostic yield and safety of diagnostic techniques for pulmonary lesions: systematic review, meta-analysis and network meta-analysis	43
Methods to assess COPD medications adherence in healthcare databases: a systematic review	43
Sex and gender in respiratory physiology	43
REM sleep obstructive sleep apnoea	43
Smoking cessation and vaccination	43