OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pulmonary Medicine is 30. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The pattern of alternative splicing in lung adenocarcinoma shows novel events correlated with tumorigenesis and immune microenvironment	105
Cross-cultural translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version Manchester respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (MRADLQ-P)	76
Parenteral prostacyclin utilization in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the intermediate-risk strata: a retrospective chart review and cross-sectional survey	66
Comparison of breathing pattern and diaphragmatic motion in patients with unilateral cervical radiculopathy and asymptomatic group	60
Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and pulmonary function: a population-based and two-sample mendelian randomization study	57
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	54
Effect of Tiotropium on eye findings in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	51
Immediate cardiopulmonary responses to consecutive pulmonary embolism: a randomized, controlled, experimental study	49
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	48
Pulmonary rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial	46
Correlation between immune-related adverse events and therapeutic effects of nivolumab in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma	45
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	39
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	39
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	39
Importance of physician history taking in complementing patient-reported interstitial lung disease questionnaire	38
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	37
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	37
Identification of serum MiRNAs as candidate biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis	37
Baseline anemia predicts a poor prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: a retrospective study	35
Longitudinal lung function trajectories in response to azithromycin therapy for chronic lung disease in children with HIV infection: a secondary analysis of the BREATHE trial	35
High-throughput next-generation sequencing for identifying pathogens during early-stage post-lung transplantation	34
Associations of different combinations of moderate-vigorous physical activity and muscle-strengthening activity with mortality among US lung cancer survivors	34
Bronchial artery embolization for the management of frequent hemoptysis caused by bronchiectasis	33
Adenocarcinoma originating in the anterior mediastinum diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial cryobiopsy: a case report	33
Optimal first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated NSCLC: a comparative analysis of osimertinib and second-generation EGFR-TKIs	32

Circular RNA NEK6 contributes to the development of non-small-cell lung cancer by competitively binding with miR-382-5p to elevate BCAS2 expression at post-transcriptional level	32
Clinical characteristics and drug utilisation patterns in patients with chronic cough: a retrospective cohort study using a Japanese claims database	31
Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation to be physically active for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pragmatic RCT	31
Clinical significance and potential pathogenesis of VCAN in adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a retrospective study	31
Lymphocyte predominance in blood, pleural fluid, and tumour stroma; a prognostic marker in pleural mesothelioma	30
Eight patients with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with rigid bronchoscopy	30