OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pulmonary Medicine is 29. 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
Periodontal disease increases the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Mendelian randomization study	99
The pattern of alternative splicing in lung adenocarcinoma shows novel events correlated with tumorigenesis and immune microenvironment	71
Cross-cultural translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version Manchester respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (MRADLQ-P)	65
Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis exacerbated by steroid therapy due to misdiagnosis as anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibody positive- interstitial pneumonia: a case report	57
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	55
Parenteral prostacyclin utilization in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the intermediate-risk strata: a retrospective chart review and cross-sectional survey	54
Comparison of breathing pattern and diaphragmatic motion in patients with unilateral cervical radiculopathy and asymptomatic group	47
Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and pulmonary function: a population-based and two-sample mendelian randomization study	44
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	43
Effect of Tiotropium on eye findings in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	42
Immediate cardiopulmonary responses to consecutive pulmonary embolism: a randomized, controlled, experimental study	41
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	39
Pulmonary rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial	36
Correlation between immune-related adverse events and therapeutic effects of nivolumab in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma	36
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	35
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	34
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	34
Respiratory virus infections of the lower respiratory tract elevate bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophil fraction: a clinical retrospective study and case review	34
Baseline anemia predicts a poor prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: a retrospective study	33
Importance of physician history taking in complementing patient-reported interstitial lung disease questionnaire	32
Concordance between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease in the same patients	32
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	32
Circulating choline levels are associated with prognoses in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a cohort study	31
Association between serum albumin and pulmonary function in adolescents: analyses of NHANES 2007–2012	31
Clinical significance of high monocyte counts for the continuous treatment with nintedanib	31

Multidisciplinary management of difficult-to-treat drug resistant tuberculosis: a review of cases presented to the national consilium in Uganda	31
Identification of serum MiRNAs as candidate biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis	30
Adenocarcinoma originating in the anterior mediastinum diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial cryobiopsy: a case report	29
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	29