OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Respiratory Medicine is 28. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Nasal effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children with allergic rhinitis	84
Smoking and the risk of sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Editorial Board	58
End-tidal carbon dioxide, a point-of-care biomarker to assess severity in acute asthma: A systematic review	56
The clinical features of asthma exacerbations in early-onset and eosinophilic late-onset asthma may differ significantly	53
Characterisation of patients with Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency using unsupervised machine learning tools	51
Prevalence, incidence, and clinical features of cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis	49
Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A UK-wide cohort study	47
High-flow nasal cannula may prolong the length of hospital stay in patients with hypercapnic acute COPD exacerbation	45
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: Clinical, radiological and histopathological features	45
Impact of wearing a surgical facemask during exercise on dyspnea in patients with chronic pulmonary infections: A randomized crossover study	44
Effect of antifibrotic therapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis undergoing lung transplant in the peri and post-operative period	44
Home-based intravenous treatment with reslizumab for severe asthma in the Netherlands – An evaluation	44
COPD is a risk factor for COVID-19, but does not confer increased severity of the disease	43
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	40
Risk factors for hospitalization in subspecialty patients with severe persistent asthma	40
Anatomical and histopathological approaches to asthma phenotyping	40
Lung cancer reoccurrence and mortality is accelerated with episodic hypoxemia	39
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	38
New updates on hepatopulmonary syndrome: A comprehensive review	36
High-intensity interval training improves the outcomes of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	36
Effect of chronic kidney disease on survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	34
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients	32
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	32
The effect of pleural drainage on pulse oximetry in a post-operative thoracic surgery population	31

Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care	30
Prevalence and significance of pulmonary hypertension among hospitalized patients with left heart disease	29
Oscillometry-derived ratios for assessing small airway dysfunction: Emerging indices on the horizon	29