Thorax

Papers
(The TQCC of Thorax is 7. 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Vaping and CBD: can new technology overcome old problems?250
Case-based discussion: neonates on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for undiagnosed recalcitrant pulmonary hypertension—management challenges171
Rectal organoid morphometric analysis (ROMA)—re: optimising measurements automatically118
Fibrosing mediastinitis: ‘haemoptysis in the Heartland’92
E-cigarette use in young adults and adolescents: not so safe?92
Serum IgA isotypes are associated with percent emphysema, wall thickness and lung function decline87
Ablation for lung cancer: hot or cold intervention83
Correction: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 202379
Is the provision of a national opt-out tobacco dependence treatment service in acute hospitals in England equitable? A national cohort study71
Complex coexistence of COPD and cardiovascular disease65
TB PCR in BAL and EBUS-TBNA samples for the diagnosis of pulmonary and mediastinal lymph node TB: retrospective TRiBE study64
Neuropsychiatric diagnoses after montelukast initiation in paediatric patients with asthma62
Emulated trial investigating effects of multiple treatments: estimating combined effects of mucoactive nebulisers in cystic fibrosis using registry data61
What constitutes meaningful gain in skeletal muscle strength in COPD?60
Upstaging of screen-detected lung cancers during diagnostic assessment57
At-risk registers integrated into primary care to stop asthma crises in the UK: cluster randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation56
Lung development genes, adult lung function and cardiovascular comorbidities55
Mechanisms driving immunopathogenesis of viral exacerbations in chronic respiratory disease49
Ultrafine particles and health: the next frontier in understanding air pollution hazards46
British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease44
Comparative cost-effectiveness of screening for lung cancer using different risk scores and thresholds: the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial43
Toxic metals and lung health: silent poisons?42
Strengthening the evidence base to support stronger regulation of social media based advertising of e-cigarette products to youth42
Beyond detection: what happens after lung cancer screening matters more41
Muscle memory: genetic factors underlying functional impairment in COPD41
Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 202040
Lung function as independent predictor of cardiovascular disease risk: implications for practice and policy38
Ageing and ivacaftor: unravelling the long-term effects38
Stretching the diagnosis: tracheobronchomegaly in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency or coexisting Mounier-Kuhn syndrome?37
Delayed presentation of pulmonary Echinococcus in a patient with no major risk factors35
Prevalence of lung cysts in adolescents and adults with a germlineDICER1pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant: a report from the National Institutes of Health and International Pleuropulmonary B34
Global asthma and pest control: bugs and WASPs33
Short-term exposure to ultrafine particles and asthma hospital admissions in children in Copenhagen, Denmark33
‘Mind the gap’33
Smartphones: a useful option for the pulmonary rehab toolkit?33
Correction: RAGE-induced ILC2 expansion in acute lung injury due to haemorrhagic shock32
Impact of sex on severe asthma: a cross-sectional retrospective analysis of UK primary and specialist care32
Non-invasive ventilation: interpretation of ventilator supplied data32
CTHRC1: a serum biomarker for a pathological fibroblast in IPF31
Intensive care unit interventions to promote sleep and circadian biology in reducing incident delirium: a scoping review31
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with suboptimal asthma care in the UK: the SABINA healthCARe-Based envirONmental cost of treatment (CARBON) study31
Implications of the 2022 lung function update and GLI global reference equations among patients with interstitial lung disease30
Ultrafine particles and blood pressure in COPD: an underappreciated cardiovascular threat30
Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis30
Establishing the top 10 research priorities for lung volume reduction treatment for people with COPD30
Differentiation of malignant from benign pleural effusions based on artificial intelligence30
Disproportionate increase in COPD exacerbation risk for 3 months after discontinuing LAMA or ICS: insights from the FLAME trial29
Activation of epithelial and inflammatory pathways in adolescent elite athletes exposed to intense exercise and air pollution28
Lower airway microbiota in COPD and healthy controls28
Tool in lesion verification of shape-sensing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy with cone beam CT in sampling peripheral pulmonary nodules28
Case of hot tub lung showing a shadow distribution consistent with unequal ventilation27
COPD in Africa: risk factors, hospitalisation, readmission and associated outcomes—a systematic review and meta-analysis27
Air athletes breathe: weighing benefits against harm27
Radiological factors associated with the recurrence of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease: a multicentre retrospective cohort study27
Smart steps forward: the role of wearables in long-term rehabilitation after lung transplantation27
Quantitative BAL: a suitable method for the assessment of epithelial lining fluid in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency?26
Medical management of inpatients with tobacco dependency26
Testosterone and lung function: bigger lungs, slower decline or some combination of both?26
Sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults with intellectual disability: mind the gap!26
Single-cell mapping reveals CXCL11 as a driver of mucus production and inflammation in influenza A virus exacerbation in COPD26
Correction: British thoracic Society Winter Meeting 202225
Impact of ambient air pollution on lung function in preterm-born school-aged children25
Functional impairment in COPD can be predicted using genomic-derived data25
Opt-out tobacco dependency treatment for inpatients: confronting entrenched inequalities but under threat25
Topological data analysis identifies molecular phenotypes of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis24
Adolescent exercise capacity predicts higher exercise tolerance later in life when compounded by anaemia in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations24
National mesothelioma networks: platforms for better care and research opportunities24
Web-based physical activity promotion in young people with CF: a randomised controlled trial24
Invasive pulmonary infection caused byTrichoderma longibrachiatum24
Effect of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Exercise Performance in Hypoxic IPF (EDEN-OX3): a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised crossover study23
Early experience of a new national lung allocation scheme in the UK based on clinical urgency23
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in sarcoidosis23
Recent trends in asthma diagnosis, preschool wheeze diagnosis and asthma exacerbations in English children and adolescents: a SABINA Jr study23
British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement on pulmonary rehabilitation23
Sex-based differences in effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis23
Basement membrane repair response biomarker PRO-C4 predicts progression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: analysis of the PFBIO and PROFILE cohorts23
Heat-related hospitalisations for asthma – challenges for research22
Silicone depositions: an unusual finding in the explanted and newly transplanted lungs22
Decline in prevalence of tuberculosis following an intensive case finding campaign and the COVID-19 pandemic in an urban Ugandan community21
MAC attack: MSCs and macrophages join forces against chronic lung infection21
Comprehensive analysis of environmental exposure to hazardous trace elements and lung function: a national cross-sectional study21
Understanding the effectiveness of different exercise training programme designs on V̇O2peakin COPD: a component network meta-analysis21
Why asthma progresses to COPD: environmental and genetic drivers21
Journal club21
Early prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by urinary metabolomics: a case–control study21
Fixing lung health in the UK: accelerating respiratory research and innovation21
Peripheral airway balloon dilation: a standalone technique for lung nodule biopsy or just another tool in the armamentarium?21
Untangling the web between menopause and respiratory disease21
Association of fluoroquinolones with the risk of spontaneous pneumothorax: nationwide case–time–control study20
Mediators of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD): systematic review and meta-analyses20
Small nodules, big implications: rethinking diagnostic value in robotic-assisted bronchoscopy20
Tracheobronchial amyloidosis: visualising airway lesions with CT post processing20
Effects of azithromycin in severe eosinophilic asthma with concomitant monoclonal antibody treatment20
Comparing tests in the absence of a reference standard20
Blood eosinophils take centre stage in predicting the response to sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT): a familiar twist19
Questioned role of adjunctive corticosteroids in non-HIV Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: to give or not to give19
Effect of simvastatin on postoperative complications in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation during surgery: the Prevention HARP-2 randomised controlled trial19
No association between troponin and COPD without cardiovascular influence: findings from a population-based cohort (SCAPIS)19
When biomarkers disagree: interpreting F eNO and eosinophils across airway disease19
Factors associated with guideline-concordant maintenance inhaled medication for COPD: a population-based, longitudinal cohort study19
Thymoma with mysterious ossification in a young female19
Atomoxetine plus oxybutynin for obstructive sleep apnoea: a randomised-controlled trial with detailed pathophysiology19
Observational UK cohort study to describe intermittent oral corticosteroid prescribing patterns and their association with adverse outcomes in asthma18
Vitamin A and D impact on lung function: differential or common effects across the lifespan?18
Reduced lung function and health-related quality of life after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in Gambian children: a cross-sectional comparative study18
Association between maternal asthma and impaired infant lung function is diminished by inhaled corticosteroid use in pregnancy18
Combined effect of ozone and household air pollution on COPD in people aged less than 50 years old18
Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on lung cancer survival in England: an analysis of the rapid cancer registration dataset17
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of SPACE for COPD delivered as a pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance programme: a randomised controlled trial17
Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation during outpatient-managed acute COPD exacerbation: the latest new PR model?17
Searching, again, for answers in all the wrong places17
Variability in forced expiratory volume in 1 s in children with symptomatically well-controlled asthma17
MUC5B, telomere length and longitudinal quantitative interstitial lung changes: the MESA Lung Study17
Rare case of bilateral lung nodules17
Inequalities in care and the burden of wheeze and asthma in young children from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds17
Correction: Impact of COVID-19 national lockdown on asthma exacerbations: interrupted time-series analysis of English primary care data17
Maternal prenatal carotenoids and child lung function: exploration of modifying factors16
Correlates of 5-year decline in 6-min walk distance in the COPDGene cohort16
Effect of mesenchymal stem cells on the host response in severe community-acquired pneumonia16
Effect of time of day and seasonal variation on bronchodilator responsiveness: the SPIRO-TIMETRY study16
Variability: the law of life?16
Variability in sensitivity to inflammation in muscle and lung of patients with COPD may underlie susceptibility to lung function decline16
Maternal eating disorders and respiratory outcomes in childhood: findings from the EU Child Cohort Network16
Is acetazolamide a ‘REMedy’ for rapid eye movement-predominant obstructive sleep apnoea?16
Health economic model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation services integrated within lung cancer screening in the United Kingdom16
What’s new in pleural disease?15
Pulmonary monocyte kinetics in healthy volunteers and subjects with inflammatory arthritis15
COPD basal cells are primed towards secretory to multiciliated cell imbalance driving increased resilience to environmental stressors15
Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation on endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy15
Cause-specific mortality in COPD subpopulations: a cohort study of 339 647 people in England15
Real-world effectiveness and safety of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine and RSV vaccines for older adults: a living systematic review and meta-analysis15
Epithelial damage and ageing: the perfect storm15
Time to move out of the shadows: ILA in patients with lung cancer14
Correction: What’s hot that the other lot got14
Understanding the bidirectional relationship between chronic respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease using genetic evidence14
Computational fluid dynamics model predictions of inhaled corticosteroid deposition in patients with severe asthma14
Time to next procedure in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing aspiration: derivation and initial validation of the RED score14
Feast of data and methods: how advancing epidemiology brings COPD, diet and plasma proteomics to the table14
Improving lung cancer screening: the role and challenges of risk prediction models14
Novel electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy system for the diagnosis of peripheral pulmonary nodules: a prospective, multicentre study14
Haemoptysis in an adolescent post vertebral body tethering surgery for scoliosis14
Caught between breath and movement: should we recommend outdoor activity for patients with COPD in polluted environments?13
Is it time to re-evaluate the levels of evidence in medical research: commentary on inhaled corticosteroids in COPD13
Circulating miRNAs and childhood asthma ICS response: a stratified analysis in the intervention arm of an RCT with vitamin D effect modification13
New statement and new hope for patients with refractory chronic cough13
Selective androgen receptor modulation for muscle weakness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomised control trial13
Persistent alveolar inflammatory response in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is associated with mortality13
Sex differences in COPD in relation to smoking exposure: a population-based cohort study12
Spirometry phenotypes at 8 years in children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight12
Multiple intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis as visualised on medical thoracoscopy12
Identifying a hyperinflammatory subphenotype of ARDS associated with worse outcomes: may ferritin help?12
British Thoracic Society Guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing12
Collagen neoepitopes in sarcoidosis: what do they tell us?12
Donor lung allocation scheme: how can we measure success?12
To progress or not to progress: new insights into the evolution of pleuropulmonary blastomas come from studying lung cysts in adolescents and adults withDICER1-related tumour predisposition12
Atopic and non-atopic effects of fish oil supplementation during pregnancy12
Challenging the gold standard: the limitations of molecular assays for detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosisheteroresistance12
Classifying ARDS by dynamic or static oxygenation impairment or are other approaches needed for greater value12
Journal club12
Air pollution, genetic susceptibility and risk of progression from asthma to COPD11
Symptom-related screening programme for early detection of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after acute pulmonary embolism: the SYSPPE study11
A long time ago, in an airway far, far away: early changes in the proximal airways in IPF and their response to drug treatment11
Angiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery as an unexpected evolution of an apparent pulmonary thromboembolism11
Disparities in lung function trajectories among tobacco-exposed individuals11
High-flow nasal oxygen: benefits are hard to show in COVID-19 patients with mild hypoxaemia11
Cytisinicline for smoking cessation in individuals with self-reported COPD: a post hoc analysis of the ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 trials11
Role of inflammasomes in acute respiratory distress syndrome11
Safety, feasibility and efficacy of exercise as an airway clearance technique in cystic fibrosis: a randomised pilot feasibility trial11
Improving uptake of lung cancer screening: an observational study on the impact of timed appointments and reminders11
Assessing causal relationships between diabetes mellitus and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a Mendelian randomisation study11
Prevalence and assessment of exercise-induced desaturation in lymphangioleiomyomatosis11
Asthma exacerbations are associated with a decline in lung function: a longitudinal population-based study10
Periodic breathing at altitude is an adaptive response: lessons for similar conditions at sea level10
Advanced MicroRNA delivery for lung inflammatory therapy: surfactant protein A controls cellular internalisation and degradation of extracellular vesicles10
Clinical presentation and prognosis of acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients with concomitant upper-extremity versus lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis10
Journal club10
Granules of truth: unpacking the eosinophilic endotype in bronchiectasis10
From cough variant asthma to lobectomy: a rare cause of chronic cough revealed10
Type-2 inflammation: a key treatable trait associated with lung function decline in chronic airways disease10
Laryngeal widening and adequate ventilation by expiratory pressure load training improve aerobic capacity in COPD: a randomised controlled trial10
Lung cancer in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: do antifibrotics have a preventive effect?10
Effects of enhanced recovery after surgery plus pulmonary rehabilitation on complications after video-assisted lung cancer surgery: a multicentre randomised controlled trial10
Improvements of the shape and strength of the diaphragm after endoscopic lung volume reduction9
Sex differences in expiratory airflow among survivors born before 28 weeks’ gestation or under 1000 g birthweight, and normal birthweight controls9
Association of blood eosinophils and exhaled nitric oxide with exacerbations in patients with asthma, COPD and asthma+COPD: the NOVELTY study9
Optimised oxygenation improves functional capacity during daily activities in patients with COPD on long-term oxygen therapy: a randomised crossover trial9
How ExACTly does exercise compare as an alternative to traditional airway clearance techniques in people with cystic fibrosis?9
Usual interstitial pneumonia on CT: same pattern, different prognosis9
Correction: Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of asthma9
Journal club9
Optimising breathlessness triggered services for older people with advanced diseases: a multicentre economic study (OPTBreathe)9
Impact of air pollution on lung function in cystic fibrosis over a decade in London: a UK CF Registry study9
Immediate smoking cessation support during lung cancer screening: long-term outcomes from two randomised controlled trials9
Journal club9
Remote vision-based digital patient monitoring of pulse and respiratory rates in acute medical wards9
Consolidation with pseudocavitation9
Mobile instant messaging supported brief physical exercise intervention for smoking cessation: a community-based, cluster randomised controlled trial9
Automatic analysis of bronchus-artery dimensions to diagnose and monitor airways disease in cystic fibrosis9
Can targeted combination pharmacotherapy find its mark in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea?9
Artificial stone silicosis arrives in the UK: a tragic case of history repeating9
Journal club8
Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure therapy in COPD (O-COPD): a randomised controlled trial8
Combining tuberculin skin test with follow-on interferon gamma release assay markedly improves screening of household contacts8
Impact of COPD on cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in people with established cardiovascular disease8
Environmental pollutants exposure-derived extracellular vesicles: crucial players in respiratory disorders8
LAMA and ICS discontinuation in COPD: run-in to an exacerbation?8
Impacts of sex and gender on severe asthma8
Journal club8
Risk of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other interstitial lung diseases following organic dust exposure8
Future risk projection to engage �near-miss� individuals in lung cancer screening eligibility: an analysis of ILST data8
Definition of diaphragmatic sleep disordered breathing and clinical meaning in Duchenne muscular dystrophy8
Impact of a national mesothelioma network on outcomes including survival8
Spontaneous intrapulmonary haemorrhage in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome8
Smoking cessation within lung cancer screening: how much more evidence is needed?8
Tobacco industry ownership of pharmaceutical companies: an international survey of people with respiratory disease8
Journal club8
Comparative estimate of glucose-lowering therapies on risk of incident pneumonia and severe sepsis: an analysis of real-world cohort data8
Enhanced diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy using a multiplex droplet digital PCR assay targeting circulating mycobacterial DNA8
Mild elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance predicts mortality regardless of mean pulmonary artery pressure in mild interstitial lung disease8
Higher SARS-CoV-2 detection of oropharyngeal compared with nasopharyngeal or saliva specimen for molecular testing: a multicentre randomised comparative accuracy study8
Aligning management of chronic cough in asthma with BTS/NICE/SIGN guidance8
Post-pandemic tuberculosis incidence: potential success of active case finding?8
Cost-related non-adherence to medications among adults with asthma in the USA, 2011–20227
The 2026 Tobacco and Vapes Act: on to the tobacco endgame7
Rare occurrence of tracheal acinic cell carcinoma causing central airway obstruction in a young adult7
Tracheal stenosis after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration7
Oxygen-enhanced MRI and multiple breath washout with Short extension reveal cystic fibrosis lung disease progression despite triple modulator therapy7
In search of the elusive biomarker(s): a proteomics analysis in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease7
All that pops is not necessarily a pneumothorax!7
Thorax at 807
Pulmonary artery angiosarcoma7
Cardiac MRI in the assessment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and response to treatment7
Antenatal exposures to tobacco and biomass or fossil fuels and wheezing in early childhood in South Africa7
Body mass index and airway mucus plugs: findings from the COPDGene and ECLIPSE studies7
Bacterial multiplex polymerase chain reaction tests for the diagnosis and management of pneumonia: ready for prime time?7
Nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux and pulmonary abnormalities on chest CT in a general population: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage Study7
Understanding the aetiology of lung function impairment: the crucial role of age of onset7
Chronic berylliosis disease: uncommon pulmonary granulomas beyond sarcoidosis7
Extensive airway remodelling in severe COPD imparts resiliency to environmental stressors7
Empyema thoracis with splenothoracic fistula7
Patient stratification using plasma cytokines and their regulators in sepsis: relationship to outcomes, treatment effect and leucocyte transcriptomic subphenotypes7
Highlights from this issue7
2024 BTS/NICE/SIGN asthma guidelines have the potential to improve UK asthma outcomes, but we must act now7
Correction: Safety, feasibility and efficacy of exercise as an airway clearance technique in cystic fibrosis: a randomised pilot feasibility trial7
Antibiotic pharmacokinetics in infected pleural effusions7
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