OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pulmonary Medicine is 31. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The pattern of alternative splicing in lung adenocarcinoma shows novel events correlated with tumorigenesis and immune microenvironment	113
Cross-cultural translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version Manchester respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (MRADLQ-P)	79
Comparison of breathing pattern and diaphragmatic motion in patients with unilateral cervical radiculopathy and asymptomatic group	70
Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and pulmonary function: a population-based and two-sample mendelian randomization study	62
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	60
Immediate cardiopulmonary responses to consecutive pulmonary embolism: a randomized, controlled, experimental study	58
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	56
Pulmonary rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial	50
Correlation between immune-related adverse events and therapeutic effects of nivolumab in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma	49
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	49
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	46
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	41
Identification of serum MiRNAs as candidate biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis	40
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	40
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	40
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	40
Baseline anemia predicts a poor prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: a retrospective study	38
High-throughput next-generation sequencing for identifying pathogens during early-stage post-lung transplantation	37
Associations of different combinations of moderate-vigorous physical activity and muscle-strengthening activity with mortality among US lung cancer survivors	37
Adenocarcinoma originating in the anterior mediastinum diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial cryobiopsy: a case report	36
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	36
Optimal first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated NSCLC: a comparative analysis of osimertinib and second-generation EGFR-TKIs	35
Clinical significance and potential pathogenesis of VCAN in adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a retrospective study	35
Comparison of postoperative cough-related quality of life and recovery between sublobectomy and lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients: a longitudinal study	34
Lymphocyte predominance in blood, pleural fluid, and tumour stroma; a prognostic marker in pleural mesothelioma	34

Effect of counselling during pulmonary rehabilitation on self-determined motivation to be physically active for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pragmatic RCT	34
Clinical significance of high monocyte counts for the continuous treatment with nintedanib	33
The diagnostic value of combined pulmonary function test and exhaled nitric oxide monitoring in cough variant asthma with or without gastroesophageal reflux disease: a retrospective study	33
Analyzing lung cancer risks in patients with impaired pulmonary function through characterization of gut microbiome and metabolites	33
Clinically defined aspiration pneumonia is an independent risk factor associated with long-term hospital stay: a prospective cohort study	32
Cost effectiveness of a novel swallowing and respiratory sensation assessment and a modelled intervention to reduce acute exacerbations of COPD	32
The short-term effects of different cold spell definitions on asthma outpatient visits in Lanzhou, China	31
Association between the prognosis and comorbidity of active cancer in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	31