OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine is 72. 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
Pulmonary FABP4 Is an Inverse Biomarker of Pneumonia in Critically Ill Children and Adults	2365
Why Home Noninvasive Ventilation Should Begin in the Hospital, Not at Home	624
Walking a Fine Line: Dialysis Catheter Placement Into an Anomalous Pulmonary Vein	608
Beyond Breathlessness: A Hidden Rupture Unveiled in a Case of Suspected Pneumonia	430
Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Anatomic Risk Factors to Predict Outcomes in Patients With Esophageal Atresia (EA)	351
Association Between Exposome, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Damage and Asthma in Colombian Children Aged 2 to 4 Years	322
The Safety of Long-Acting Beta-Agonists in Pregnancy	318
Reduction in the Use of Rescue Medication for Asthma Symptom Relief With Rilzabrutinib: Results from a Phase 2 Study	251
Long-term Reduction in Inhaled and Systemic Corticosteroid Exposure During Anti-interleukin 5 Therapy for Severe Asthma – A Nationwide Study from the Danish Severe Asthma Registry	183
Percutaneous Ultrasound-guided Biopsy as a Leading Method for Diagnosis and Molecular Profiling of Advanced Lung Cancer	178
Biologics in Asthma: A Cook County Experience	149
Post-tuberculosis Destroyed Lung Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Management Challenges	145
Assessing Moral Injury Among Healthcare Workers: Impact of Pediatric Tracheostomy Decisions	144
Time Toxicity of Pediatric Home Ventilation	144
Focal Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis in a Newborn With Symptomatic Congenital Lobar Emphysema	137
Association Between Initiation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Health Care Utilization, Disease Control, and Survival Among Asthma Patients	134
The Effect of Medical School Simulation Training on Emotion in the Pulmonary Curriculum	133
An Unique Case of Organizing Pneumonia: is It a Pathogen or Passenger?	131
Fellow Knowledge and Confidence Levels After the Development and Implementation of an Innovative Pulmonary Hypertension Curriculum: Evaluation of Two Cohorts	129
A National Survey to Understand How Patients With Sarcoidosis Participating in Peer-Led Support Groups Engage With Their Disease and Experience Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy, and Therapeutic Relation	129
Are Best Practices for Asthma Care Being Followed Among Adults in Northeastern Brazil?	127
Catastrophic Right Ventricular Failure in Bronchiectasis Exacerbation: A Terrible Occurrence	126
Effects of Air Pollution on Sleep in Postpartum Women in Rural Ghana	125
TRIP13 as a Therapeutic Target Controlled by Antitumor miR-139-3p in Lung Adenocarcinoma	122
Predictive Modeling of Lung Function Using Error Controlled Variable Selection	119

A Rare Case of Pericardial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Presenting With Dyspnea	114
Differences in Expression of Metabolism-related Genes Between Lung Macrophage Subsets	113
"Bull"-seye: Targeting a Bronchopleural Fistula and Bullae With an Endobronchial Valve	111
Chronic Cough in an Immunocompromised Adult With Seizure Disorder	109
Evaluation of Program Adherence and Health Outcomes When Patients Self-Select to Either In-Person or Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation	107
Pulmonary Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Virus and Cytomegalovirus in Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure	103
Bronchial Erosion Leading to Lobectomy: Discovery of an Intrathoracic Gossypiboma From 1989	103
Diagnostic Challenges in a Cavitary Pulmonary Sarcomatoid Carcinoma With Vascular Invasion	101
Exposure to Volatile Organic Compound Peaks Among Children With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia	101
Single Center Experience on Anti-Fibrotic (AF) Versus Immunosuppression (IS) in Connective Tissue-related Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD)	101
Assessing the Role of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Lung Transplantation: Risks and Benefits	100
A Mycobacterial Masquerade: A Case of Tuberculosis in a Patient With Suspected Lung Cancer Progression	97
Milky Waters: A Case of Dasatinib-induced Chylothorax	96
Effect of P2Y12 Inhibitors, SGLT2 Inhibitors and P-Selectin Inhibitors on One-year Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Pre-specified Secondary Analysis of	96
A Case Report of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Caused by Warfarin Use	94
Role of Postoperative Hemodynamics and Clinical Parameters in Predicting Mortality and Complications Post-heart Transplant	93
Successful Minimally Invasive Treatment of Tracheal Perforation With Tension Pneumomediastinum and Pneumothoraces in an Intubated Patient	93
Long-COVID Phenotypes Are Not Associated With Persistent Inflammation, Endothelial Dysfunction, or Complement Activation Over 3-years in COVID-19 ALI/ARDS Survivors	91
PGE2 Dynamics and Rhinovirus Infection Attenuation of 15-PGDH Activity Within the Airway Epithelium	87
Thoracic Ultrasound Performance in Predicting Pleural Effusion Volume Using Rib Space Counts	85
Baseline Lung Allograft Dysfunction is Associated with Pre-transplant Total Lung Capacity Regardless of Donor/Recipient Size Match	85
The Lived Experiences of Patients With Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Following Surgery: A Rapid Ethnographic Approach	84
A Multicenter Retrospective Study on Antifungal Prophylaxis With Echinocandins and Isavuconazole in Post-lung Transplantation	82
Correlative Ultrastructural and Transcriptional Profiling of the Mesenchyme in Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis Highlights the Emergence of an Adventitial Fibroblast-Like Cell Type	82
Association Between Predicted Cardiac Age and Right Ventricular Dysfunction Based on Electrocardiogram Artificial Intelligence in Acute Pulmonary Embolism	82
The Role of Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4 in Pulmonary Fibrosis: Insights Into Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Implications	81
Characteristics of T2-low and T2-high Childhood Asthma in a Population-based Study	81
A Rare Case of Pulmonary Spindle Cell Carcinoma in a Non-Smoker	80
Glomerular Filtration Rate Trajectory in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Matched Control Study	79
Drug-related Cutaneous Lesions From Early Generation Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Inhibitors	79
A Rare Case of NUT Carcinoma	79
The Great Masquarader: Coccidioidal Meningitis With Brain Abscess in a Patient With Sarcoidosis	78
HALTing Progress: Unmasking Hypoattenuated Leaflet Thickening Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)	76
Clinical Validation of the Tremoflo C2 Versus Tremoflo C100 in Asthmatic Patients 2-7 Years of Age	76
Oxidized Phospholipids Inhibit Glucocorticoid Receptor Nuclear Translocation and Expression of Anti-inflammatory Genes in Airway Epithelial Cells	76
Uncommon Complications of Pacemaker Implantation: A Rare Case of Left Ventricular Perforation	76
Sepsis From Klebsiella Pneumonia Liver Abscess: A Rare but Emerging Infection – Wait, This is a Board Question!	75
Beyond the Typical: Severe Sepsis and Multi-organ Dysfunction From Tick-borne Diseases	75
Infectious Pair in Sin City: COVID-19 and Malaria Co-infection in a Las Vegas Case	74
Maximizing Participant Retention in a Post-intensive Care Unit (ICU) Follow-up Study of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Survivors: A Mobile Phone and Web-based Strategy	73
Differential Transcriptome Features of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Between With and Without Extrapulmonary Lesions	73
Deciphering the Lung Microbiome During Pulmonary Exacerbations and Clinical Stability in Bronchiectasis	73
Vascular Cell Type-specific Origins of Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress Drive the Development of Distinct COPD Phenotypes	72
Invasive Nocardiosis in a Severe Asthma Patient Leading to a Diagnosis of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis	72
E-cigarette Modulation of Leukocyte Activation in Lung and Airways and T Cell Numbers in Lung-draining Lymph Nodes in the Setting of Influenza Infection	72
Perks of Inhibiting PKR-Like Endoplasmic Reticulum Kinase (PERK)- Regulation of Cytokine Storm During IAV Infection	72
Severe Cytomegalovirus Pneumonitis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient: A Case Report	72