OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pulmonary Medicine is 32. 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
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	126
The pattern of alternative splicing in lung adenocarcinoma shows novel events correlated with tumorigenesis and immune microenvironment	82
Cross-cultural translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version Manchester respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (MRADLQ-P)	80
Immediate cardiopulmonary responses to consecutive pulmonary embolism: a randomized, controlled, experimental study	65
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	65
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	64
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	63
Pulmonary rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial	57
Endobronchial biopsies in patients receiving clopidogrel and aspirin treatment	53
Adenocarcinoma originating in the anterior mediastinum diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial cryobiopsy: a case report	47
Concordance between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease in the same patients	45
Optimal first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated NSCLC: a comparative analysis of osimertinib and second-generation EGFR-TKIs	45
Clinical significance and potential pathogenesis of VCAN in adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a retrospective study	45
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	44
The triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and high risk of OSA: insights from an NHANES analysis	43
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	43
Early prediction of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critical care patients: a machine learning model	41
Importance of physician history taking in complementing patient-reported interstitial lung disease questionnaire	41
Unraveling the mediation role of frailty and depression in the relationship between social support and self-management among Chinese elderly COPD patients: a cross-sectional study	40
Machine learning prediction model with shap interpretation for chronic bronchitis risk assessment based on heavy metal exposure: a nationally representative study	39
Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy and comorbidities among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional retrospective study in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia	38
MSCs regulate oxidative stress through the Nrf2 pathway to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	38
Association between serum albumin and pulmonary function in adolescents: analyses of NHANES 2007–2012	37
Eight patients with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with rigid bronchoscopy	37
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors at Yirgalem General Hospital, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study	36

Association of metabolic syndrome and prognosis in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia	35
Clinically defined aspiration pneumonia is an independent risk factor associated with long-term hospital stay: a prospective cohort study	34
Biomarkers trajectories in critically ill patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: insights from latent class growth analysis	33
Role of skip N2 lymph node metastasis for patients with the stage III-N2 lung adenocarcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis	33
High-throughput next-generation sequencing for identifying pathogens during early-stage post-lung transplantation	33
Technical evaluation of Turbuhaler® use in children with bronchial asthma: combination of a checklist and inhalation parameters	33
What is the optimal first-line regimen for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	33