OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ERJ Open Research is 28. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Increased loop gain and upper airway collapsibility among smoking patients with obstructive sleep apnoea	201
Spirometry at different Latin American altitudes: a Global Lung Function Initiative project	90
Prevalence and types of treatable traits in bronchiectasis: a multicentre, cross-sectional study	72
“Patients at risk of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease who need testing evaluated using a modified Delphi process by European experts.” Michael R. Loebinger, Stefano Aliberti, Charles Haw	56
Prednisolone for COPD exacerbations: time for a rethink	55
ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Basic and Translational Science Assembly	54
Dysglycaemia among tuberculosis patients without known diabetes in a low-endemic setting	52
Dual CFTR modulator therapy efficacy in the real world: lessons for the future	48
Comparison of two scores for short-term outcomes in patients with COPD exacerbation in the emergency department: the Ottawa COPD Risk Scale and the DECAF score	46
Long-term incident severe outcomes in a prospective cohort of non-obese obstructive sleep apnoea patients free of comorbidities at inclusion	44
Supplementary oxygen efficacy for chronic pulmonary disorders and exertion desaturation	42
Williams–Campbell syndrome case series and discordant twins	41
Period and cohort effects: consequences on spirometric lung function in Norway during the 20th century	35
Circulating biomarkers in subjects with progressive pulmonary fibrosis: data from the INBUILD trial	34
Extracellular iron and the lung microbiome in smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Antitrypsin deficiency: still more to learn about the lung after 60 years	33
Artificial intelligence augmentation raises questions about the future of bronchoscopy	30
An observational study ofPseudomonas aeruginosain adult long-term ventilation	30
Role of bronchoscopy for respiratory involvement in granulomatosis with polyangiitis and microscopic polyangiitis	30
Myostatin/Smad2/Smad3 pathway define a differential clinical phenotype in COPD-associated sarcopenia	30
Reflecting real-world patients with mesothelioma in research: an interim report of baseline characteristics from the ASSESS-meso cohort	29
The impact of personal and outdoor temperature exposure during cold and warm seasons on lung function and respiratory symptoms in COPD	29
The noninvasive ventilation outcomes score in patients requiring NIV for COPD exacerbation without prior evidence of airflow obstruction	29
Influence of sex, season and environmental air quality on experimental human pneumococcal carriage acquisition: a retrospective cohort analysis	29
Utility of rehabilitation prior to bronchoscopic lung volume reduction:post hocanalysis of the VENT trial	28

Increased delay to lung transplantation for women candidates: gender-based disparity matters in the lung transplant trajectory	28
Inhaled corticosteroids and COVID-19 outcomes in asthma: the Israeli experience	28
High-frequency percussive ventilation in acute respiratory failure	28