OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is 5. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Long-Term Antibiotics in Bronchiectasis	63
Monographic Issue on Pulmonary Hypertension: Medical and Interventional Treatment for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension	58
Improving Medication Adherence in Asthma	44
Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Lung Cancer	42
State of the Art and Emerging Technologies in Vaccine Design for Respiratory Pathogens	42
Impact of Digital Technologies on Clinical Care for Adults with Cystic Fibrosis	40
Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 Patients	35
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia	32
Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions	32
Severe Infections Due to Respiratory Viruses	30
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Impact of Marijuana Use on Lung Health	27
Advances in the Understanding and Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Lung Transplant for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Bronchiectasis	17
Prevention of Aspiration: Oral Care, Antibiotics, Others	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Work: The Continuing Narrative	14
Antibiotic Strategies for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia	14
Indwelling Pleural Catheter: Management of Complications	14
Fulminant Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Review of Treatment Options for a Life-Threatening Infection	14
Imaging in the Intensive Care Unit	14
Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Clinical Presentation and Management	13
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COVID-19-Related Pleural Diseases	13
The Oral–Lung Microbiome Axis in Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Disease	12

Deployment-Related Respiratory Disease: Where Are We?	12
Clinical Manifestation and Treatment of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis	12
Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine of Diving	11
Definition and Epidemiology of Sepsis	11
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Tissue Perfusion and Diffusion and Cellular Respiration: Transport and Utilization of Oxygen	11
Any Role of High-Dose Vitamin C for Septic Shock in 2021?	11
Management of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Chronic Lung Disease	11
Nocturnal Hypoxemia in Respiratory Medicine: Pathophysiology, Measurement and Association with Outcomes	10
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Syndrome	10
Understanding the Updates in the Asthma Guidelines	10
Diagnostic Approach to Interstitial Lung Diseases Associated with Connective Tissue Diseases	10
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia/Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia	10
Update on Sepsis Epidemiology in the Era of COVID-19	10
Blood Gas Transport: Implications for O2 and CO2 Exchange in Lungs and Tissues	10
How to Survive Sepsis: Patient Testimonial	9
Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease	9
Work-Related Sleep Disorders: Causes and Impacts	9
Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction: A Review	9
Diagnosis and Management of Invasive Candida Infections in Critically Ill Patients	8
Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Postpandemic, Not Post-COVID-19	8
Beyond the Lungs—Emerging Challenges in Adult Cystic Fibrosis Care	8
Malignant Central Airway Obstruction: What's New?	8
Common Variable Immunodeficiency and Other Immunodeficiency Syndromes in Bronchiectasis	8
Evidence for the Application of Sepsis Bundles in 2021	8
Aspergillus and the Lung	7
Management of Acutely Decompensated Pulmonary Hypertension	7
Comorbid Insomnia and Sleep Apnea: From Research to Clinical Practice	7
Clinical Features of COVID-19 and Differentiation from Other Causes of CAP	7
Interstitial Lung Disease Associated with Systemic Sclerosis	7
Intra-abdominal Infections	7
Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases Other than Systemic Sclerosis	6
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Hospital and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias	6
Precision Medicine to Guide Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment Beyond the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure	6
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia: Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications for Therapy	6
Aspiration Pneumonia: Preface	6
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia	6
Pathological Diagnosis of Pulmonary Aspergillosis	6
Bronchiectasis Exacerbations: Definitions, Causes, and Acute Management	6
The Deteriorating Patient: Therapies Including Lung Transplantation	6
Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients	6
Viral Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia/Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia	6
Use of Antiviral Agents and other Therapies for COVID-19	6
Defining Clinical and Microbiological Nonresponse in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia	6
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Arterial Blood Gases and Acid–Base Regulation	6
“Long Haulers”	6
Early Diagnosis of Sepsis: The Role of Biomarkers and Rapid Microbiological Tests	6
Cardiovascular Complications in Coronavirus Disease 2019—Pathogenesis and Management	6
Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Heart Disease	6

Sleep and Circadian-Related Outcomes after Critical Illness	6
Life-Threatening Infections: Pulmonary and Systemic Infections	6
Control of Breathing	5
Intrapleural Anticancer Therapy for Malignant Pleural Diseases: Facts or Fiction?	5
Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis as a Considerable Complication in Post-Tuberculosis Lung Disease	5
Vaccination against Respiratory Infections in the Immunosenescent Older Adult Population: Challenges and Opportunities	5
The Spectrum of Pulmonary Aspergillosis	5
Imaging in Asthma Management	5
Advances in Disease-Modifying Therapeutics for Chronic Neuromuscular Disorders	5
Global Trends in Occupational Lung Disease	5
Safety, Efficacy, and Effectiveness of Maternal Vaccination against Respiratory Infections in Young Infants	5
Phenotyping, Precision Medicine, and Asthma	5
COVID-19 in Immunocompromised Patients: A Systematic Review	5
HIV and COVID-19 Disease	5
Interventional Pulmonology and the Esophagus: Tracheostomy and Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement	5
Gas Exchange in the Lung	5
Approach to Pulmonary Nodules in Connective Tissue Disease	5
Mediastinal Staging with Endobronchial Ultrasound in Early-Stage Non—Small Cell Lung Cancer: Is It Necessary?	5
The Role of Viral Infections in the Development and Progression of COPD	5