OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Respiratory Medicine is 27. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	65
Polygenic risk score and clinical factors predict incident idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension	61
Impact of wearing a surgical facemask during exercise on dyspnea in patients with chronic pulmonary infections: A randomized crossover study	59
Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A UK-wide cohort study	57
Oscillometry-derived ratios for assessing small airway dysfunction: Emerging indices on the horizon	57
End-tidal carbon dioxide, a point-of-care biomarker to assess severity in acute asthma: A systematic review	49
Neuromodulation of dyspnea – A literature review	47
The effect of pleural drainage on pulse oximetry in a post-operative thoracic surgery population	46
Characterisation of patients with Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency using unsupervised machine learning tools	44
Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care	44
Anatomical and histopathological approaches to asthma phenotyping	41
Prevalence, incidence, and clinical features of cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis	40
The impact of early experiences of needle procedures on the lives of people living with cystic fibrosis: A qualitative and quantitative exploration	38
Association between 6-min walk test and initiation of home oxygen therapy within 3 years in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease managed by primary care physicians	37
Relationships between bronchodilator responsiveness, a COPD polygenic risk score, and COPD progression	33
Nasal effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children with allergic rhinitis	33
Prevalence and significance of pulmonary hypertension among hospitalized patients with left heart disease	32
Prevention of immunoglobulin on ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children:a retrospective study	31
A historical cohort study on predictors for successful weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation and up to 3-year survival follow-up in a rehabilitation center	30
Longitudinal changes in lung function following post-9/11 military deployment in symptomatic veterans	29
Ultra-short term Heart Rate Variability in moderate and severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea	29
Lung cancer reoccurrence and mortality is accelerated with episodic hypoxemia	29
Risk factors for hospitalization in subspecialty patients with severe persistent asthma	29
Smoking and the risk of sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Cell free ACE2 RNA: A potential biomarker of COVID-19 severity	28

The clinical features of asthma exacerbations in early-onset and eosinophilic late-onset asthma may differ significantly	28
Association of computed tomography-derived pectoralis muscle area and density with disease severity and respiratory symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A case-control stud	28
Oscillometry defined small airways dysfunction in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma and preserved spirometry	27
Differences in clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure caused by different pathogens	27
Safety and tolerability of the low global warming potential propellant HFA-152a in patients with asthma receiving beclometasone dipropionate/formoterol fumarate/glycopyrronium: The TRECOS study	27
Effect of chronic kidney disease on survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	27
Industry payments and prescribing patterns of antifibrotic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the United States	27