OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ERJ Open Research is 26. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The long-term effects of insulin use in incident cystic fibrosis-related diabetes: a target trial emulated using longitudinal national registry data	172
Spirometry at different Latin-American altitudes: A Global Lung Function Initiative project	82
BreathEase: rationale, design and recruitment of a randomised trial and embedded mixed-methods study of a multiprofessional breathlessness service in early palliative care	65
Comparison of different sets of immunological tests to identify treatable immunodeficiencies in adult bronchiectasis patients	53
Uncontrolled asthma from childhood to young adulthood associates with airflow obstruction	51
Dysglycaemia among tuberculosis patients without known diabetes in a low-endemic setting	50
A survey of UK respiratory specialists’ opinion on the management of chronic cough	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	42
Dual CFTR modulator therapy efficacy in the real world: lessons for the future	42
Long-term incident severe outcomes in a prospective cohort of non-obese obstructive sleep apnoea patients free of comorbidities at inclusion	40
Supplementary oxygen efficacy for chronic pulmonary disorders and exertion desaturation	40
Williams–Campbell syndrome case series and discordant twins	39
Period and cohort effects: consequences on spirometric lung function in Norway during the 20th century	38
Diagnostic delay in bronchiectasis: an Italian perspective	37
Extracellular iron and the lung microbiome in smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the right primary somatosensory cortex increases cough reflex sensitivity: a pilot randomised controlled crossover trial	31
A double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial investigating the effects of lesogaberan on the objective cough frequency and capsaicin-evoked coughs in patients with refractory chronic cough	29
Targeted DNase treatment of obstructive lung disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial	28
Moderate-to-severe ARDS: COVID-19 patients compared to influenza patients for ventilator parameters and mortality	28
Increased loop gain and upper airway collapsibility among smoking patients with obstructive sleep apnoea	27
Achieving adherence to positive airway pressure in commercial drivers using an employer-mandated remote management programme	27
“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	27
The noninvasive ventilation outcomes score in patients requiring NIV for COPD exacerbation without prior evidence of airflow obstruction	27
Dendritic cells in the lung cavities of XDR-TB patients exhibit altered frequency and phenotype	26
The NEUROCOUGH Chronic Cough Registry: A protocol for a pan-European observational study	26

Managing breathlessness for people with advanced respiratory disease