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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	113
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	90
Endobronchial biopsies in patients receiving clopidogrel and aspirin treatment	89
Cost effectiveness of a novel swallowing and respiratory sensation assessment and a modelled intervention to reduce acute exacerbations of COPD	71
Silicone ventilation catheter for high-frequency jet ventilation in interventional pulmonology; a new approach	63
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	61
Correction: Perfusion-only Q-SPECT as a rule-out tool for CTEPH in resource-limited settings: a feasibility study on reducing unnecessary referrals to tertiary centers	58
Identification of serum MiRNAs as candidate biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis	55
Changing dynamics of tuberculosis incidence in Northwest Iran (East Azerbaijan): 15-Year joinpoint time trend analysis	54
Hospital admission rates and related outcomes among adult Aboriginal australians with bronchiectasis – a ten-year retrospective cohort study	52
Clinical significance of high monocyte counts for the continuous treatment with nintedanib	51
Rare case of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis with ANCA positivity	51
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	45
Silicone stent versus fully covered metallic stent in tracheoesophageal fistula: a single-center retrospective study	44
Parenteral prostacyclin utilization in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the intermediate-risk strata: a retrospective chart review and cross-sectional survey	44
Climate skepticism, natural hazards, and community vulnerability in COPD mortality among US counties	43
Circulating choline levels are associated with prognoses in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a cohort study	41
Long-term multicenter comparison shows equivalent efficacy of monoclonal antibodies in severe asthma therapy	41
Clinical characteristics and drug utilisation patterns in patients with chronic cough: a retrospective cohort study using a Japanese claims database	40
Role of skip N2 lymph node metastasis for patients with the stage III-N2 lung adenocarcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis	40
The association between core number and complications in ultrasound-guided percutaneous lung core needle biopsy for subpleural primary lung cancer: a retrospective study	39
Association between the prognosis and comorbidity of active cancer in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	38
Effect of Tiotropium on eye findings in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	37
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	37
Association between lipid accumulation product and asthma in US adults: evidence from the NHANES 2005–2020	35

Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and pulmonary function: a population-based and two-sample mendelian randomization study	35
The short-term effects of different cold spell definitions on asthma outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China	35
The triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and high risk of OSA: insights from an NHANES analysis	34
Clinical features and markers to identify pulmonary lesions caused by infection or vasculitis in AAV patients	33
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	32
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	32
Respiratory virus infections of the lower respiratory tract elevate bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophil fraction: a clinical retrospective study and case review	32
Clinically defined aspiration pneumonia is an independent risk factor associated with long-term hospital stay: a prospective cohort study	32