OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Chest is 54. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Supine vs Upright Exercise	625
Pulmonary Artery Calcification in a 57-Year-Old Man	301
General Information	266
Clinical Consequences of COVID-19 Lockdown in Patients With COPD	249
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Volumes and Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening	206
Monitoring Biologic Therapy in Asthma Using Functional Imaging	193
Effect of Corticosteroids on Long-Term Humoral and Memory T-Cell Responses in Follow-Up Visit of Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19	185
Applying Noninvasive Ventilation in Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of COPD Using Evidence-Based Interprofessional Clinical Practice	159
Keep Gimmicks of Toy E-Cigarettes Away and Juveniles on Track Towards the Tobacco Endgame	154
Should We Start With Navigation or Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy?	146
Chronic Cough-Related Differences in Brain Morphometry in Adults	144
Intrafamilial Correlation and Variability in the Clinical Evolution of Pulmonary Fibrosis	143
General Information	125
General Information	120
Rebuttal From Drs Punjabi and Gottlieb	115
Smokefree New Zealand 2025	114
Table of Contents	93
Preprocedural COVID-19 Testing for High Risk Procedures	91
Interlobular Septal Thickening in a Young Man With Dyspnea	89
What Can Simulations Tell Us About Triage Protocols in a Real Pandemic?	81
Training POCUS	80
A Mediastinal Mass in a Middle-Aged Woman From a Rare Cause	77
Myocardial Infarction in a 29-Year-Old Woman Leads to Diagnosis and Treatment of a Rare Disease	76
Response	75
Response	74

Intrapleural Foreign Body in a Critically Ill Patient	74
Resilience in Health Care	73
A 49-Year-Old Woman With Persistent Bilateral Pleural Effusions	73
General Information	72
A 70-Year-Old Woman With Refractory Hypoxemia	72
Rebuttal From Dr Keir and Prof Chalmers	69
General Information	69
Response	69
LACTOBACILLUS ENDOCARDITIS, A SINISTER CONSEQUENCE OF AN INNOCUOUS BACTERIUM	68
A 36-Year-Old Patient With Crohn Disease and Bilateral Pleural Effusions	66
“Suction vs Gravity: A Distinction Without a Difference?”	65
“Relative Value Units” Belie Real Value	65
Use and Outcomes of Low-Dose CT Scan Lung Cancer Screening in the Medicare Population	64
Unraveling the Healthy Adherer Effect in the Clinical Management of Sleep Apnea With CPAP	62
A Case of Labile BP in a Patient With Oropharyngeal Carcinoma	58
Clinician- and Patient-Identified Solutions to Reduce the Fragmentation of Post-ICU Care in Australia	58
Comparison of Guidelines for Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy	58
Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Myositis-Associated Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease	58
General Information	57
Inhaled Corticosteroids in COPD and Bronchiectasis	57
Implications of Global Lung Function Initiative Spirometry Reference Equations in Northeast Asian Patients With COPD	57
The Proton Is Not Enough	56
A 34-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath 1 Week After Having Arm Numbness	56
A 51-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea and a Pulmonary Nodule	56
Playing Not to Lose	56
General Information	56
Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2	56
How I Do It: Communicating to Patients and Families about Post Intensive Care Syndrome	55
Attic of Sorrow	55
SCREENING QUESTIONS AS AN EFFECTIVE PREDICTOR OF SMOKING CESSATION SUCCESS IN A SMOKING CESSATION PILOT PROGRAM	54
REFRACTORY THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA DUE TO COVID-19	54
Cancer in Cystic Fibrosis	54