OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thoracic Disease is 23. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Weaning critically ill patients from mechanical ventilation: a protocol from a multicenter retrospective cohort study	61
Prediction of target genes in community-acquired pneumonia based on the bioinformatics method	52
Analysis of real-world data to investigate evolving treatment sequencing patterns in advanced non-small cell lung cancers and their impact on survival	48
Development and validation of a nomogram superior to CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc models for predicting left atrial appendage dense spontaneous echo contrast/left atrial appendage thrombus	46
Outcomes of oncological intended thoracic surgery after lung transplantation	38
Impact of lymph node dissection on the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with postoperative recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer	37
Increased TIM-3 expression in tumor-associated macrophages predicts a poorer prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study	36
Clinical use of macitentan in the treatment of connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension	36
Association between regulatory T cells and ischemic heart disease: a Mendelian randomization study	34
Robotic lobectomy: how to teach thoracic residents	30
Presence and sequence of bronchiectasis onset impact on the clinical characteristics in asthmatic patients	30
General thoracic surgery in Finland, a perspective from the Helsinki University Hospital	29
Relapsing polychondritis: tracheobronchial involvement and differential diagnoses	28
Efficacy of the PD-1 inhibitor penpulimab in combination with chemotherapy for advanced lung squamous cell carcinoma: insights from a phase III multicenter study	27
The U-shaped relationship between admission peripheral oxygen saturation and all-cause hospital mortality in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective analysis using	27
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and its correlation with tuberculosis infection: a cross-sectional survey based on the NHANES database	27
Morphomic predictors for post-esophagectomy pulmonary complications and overall survival	26
Metastatic sites, prognosis, and a new nomogram for predicting overall survival among small cell lung cancer patients with liver metastasis: a retrospective study based on SEER	26
Clinical practice guidelines and statements from key professional respiratory societies: the status quo	25
Causal relationship between type II diabetes mellitus, metformin, insulin, gliclazide, and esophageal cancer—insights from two-sample Mendelian randomization study and meta-analysis	25
The impact of smoking on respiratory rehabilitation efficacy and correlation analysis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a retrospective study	25
The diagnostic value of vascular architecture in solid solitary pulmonary nodules quantified by dynamic contrast enhanced MRI	25
T4-non-small cell lung cancer invading the thoracic aorta: the role of the hybrid operating room	24
KLRB1 expression is associated with lung adenocarcinoma prognosis and immune infiltration and regulates lung adenocarcinoma cell proliferation and metastasis through the MAPK/ERK pathway	23
In response to: anesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery: is it still a place for opioids?	23

Risk factors for impaired neurological outcome after thoracic aortic surgery	23
Surgical management of stage IE/IIE primary pulmonary lymphomas: a propensity score matching study	23
Diagnostic methods to localize pulmonary nodules and management of pleural infection after lobectomy	23