European Respiratory Journal

Papers
(The median citation count of European Respiratory Journal is 2. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
The right ventricle tamed1600
Unravelling the “frequent exacerbator” phenotype in cystic fibrosis1038
Chymase-1: a “MAST”-er switch in COPD?342
If your patient with asthma wheezes when sitting or lying quietly, lung function testing may reveal small airway disease301
Missing airways, ventilation defects and conductive airway physiology in asthma217
Epigenome-wide association studies: the exposures of yesterday form the methylations of tomorrow205
A breath of the future: a novel human model for COPD and beyond196
The lung that rules the heart180
Randomised controlled trials utilisingFENOto manage asthma: is it time to acknowledge that “one size does not fit all”?145
Lymphoma in patients with asthma treated with dupilumab: much ado about nothing?138
From spatial transcriptomics to mouse model: the (re-)emergence of ductal myofibroblasts as a new cellular target in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis137
Novel pathomechanisms of ventilator-induced neonatal lung injury: new targets to overcome ongoing challenges132
Natural decline in pulmonary function following bilateral lung transplantation: a single-centre study129
Gene–environment interaction at 17q12–q21 locus and its role in asthma pathogenesis125
Plasma cells: a feasible therapeutic target in pulmonary fibrosis?124
Cystic fibrosis macrophage function and clinical outcomes after elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor120
Soteria: deliverance from harm?120
Prenatal exposure to greenness and early childhood pneumonia: a nationwide study in Japan117
Invisibility of breathlessness in clinical consultations: a cross-sectional, national online survey116
Combining rituximab with mycophenolate for the treatment of interstitial lung disease112
sST2 and IL-6 predict prognosis of medically treated chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension109
Associations between High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in the Korean National Lung Cancer Screening103
Shear-wave elastography-guided transthoracic biopsy for lung lesions: a randomised controlled trial103
Extensive acute and sustained changes to neutrophil proteomes post-SARS-CoV-2 infection102
Arousal threshold modifies the effect of CPAP on executive function among individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea102
Moving the needle on proteasome inhibitor-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension: a definite maybe98
A patient-tailored approach for corticosteroid treatment in COVID-19: still not there yet96
Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: three-dimensional computed tomography assessment of upper-lobe lung volume94
A normal BNP does not reliably exclude pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease94
Haemodynamic phenotypes of pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease: a moving target91
Circulating anti-nuclear autoantibodies in COVID-19 survivors predict long-COVID symptoms91
Pleural fluid proteomics from patients with pleural infection shows signatures of diverse neutrophilic responses: The Oxford Pleural Infection Endotyping Study (TORPIDS-2)91
Tricuspid regurgitation in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a right ventricular volumetric and functional analysis90
Salivary polyreactive antibodies andHaemophilus influenzaeare associated with respiratory infection severity in young children with recurrent respiratory infections87
Pirfenidone in post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis (FIBRO-COVID): a phase 2 randomised clinical trial86
Pulmonary hypertension associated with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia: from genetics to clinical management84
Collaboration between explainable artificial intelligence and pulmonologists improves the accuracy of pulmonary function test interpretation81
Repositioning of ezetimibe for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis81
Fibroblast heterogeneity in pulmonary fibrosis: a new target for therapeutics development?80
Revisiting asthma pharmacotherapy: where do we stand and where do we want to go?77
Antiviral CD8+T-cell immune responses are impaired by cigarette smoke and in COPD75
RIPK1 kinase-dependent inflammation and cell death contribute to the pathogenesis of COPD72
Treatment algorithm for pulmonary arterial hypertension71
Long-term radiological and pulmonary function abnormalities at 3 years after COVID-19 hospitalisation: a longitudinal cohort study71
No exposure left behind: time to pay attention to children's chemical environment in lung development70
The impact of oral anticoagulants on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis risk and prognosis: a population study68
Risk of rifampicin resistance emergence after incomplete first-line tuberculosis treatment67
Exciting times for trimodulin66
Challenges in harmonising terms and patterns among interstitial pneumonias: enter idiopathic bronchiolocentric interstitial pneumonia65
Small packages but big insights: extracellular vesicles as biomarkers in interstitial lung disease associated with systemic sclerosis64
The limits of normal of pulmonary arterial wedge pressure63
Are intravenous corticosteroid pulses superior to low dose corticosteroids in patients with severe COVID-19?63
Selexipag for inoperable CTEPH: why meeting a primary endpoint simply isn't enough62
Reply: Tuberculosis screening in migrants to the EU/EEA and UK62
Pleural mesothelioma: surgery questioned again?61
Response from the authors: As-needed ICS/formoterol or as-needed SABA in mild asthma?59
List ofEuropean Respiratory Journalpeer reviewers 202358
Inhaled seralutinib exhibits potent efficacy in models of pulmonary arterial hypertension57
Cystic fibrosis in Europe: improved lung function and longevity – reasons for cautious optimism, but challenges remain57
CPAP recall and cancer risk: should we be concerned?57
Leukocytic ADAM10 and ADAM17 modulate disease severity and systemic outcome in bacterial and viral pneumonia56
The risk of hypoventilation during bronchoscopy under oxygen and procedural sedation56
Trends in COVID-19-associated mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a COMPERA analysis56
Azithromycin enhances epithelial antiviral immunity in uncontrolled asthma: results from the AZIMUNE randomized controlled trial55
FEV1Q: what (even) is normal lung function?55
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with Noonan syndrome53
Sputum metagenomics in bronchiectasis reveals pan-European variation: an EMBARC-BRIDGE study53
Inhaled recombinant GM-CSF reduces the need for whole lung lavage and improves gas exchange in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis patients53
Clinical, physiological, imaging and molecular responses to cannabis smoking: the Canadian Users of Cannabis Smoke (CANUCK) study52
Single-inhaler tripleversusdual bronchodilator therapy for GOLD group E and other exacerbating patients with COPD: real-world comparative effectiveness and safety51
The association of eicosanoids and eicosanoid-related metabolites with pulmonary hypertension50
Lunsekimig's bispecific targeting of IL-13 and TSLP in asthma: dual targets for synergistic effects?50
Particulate matter-related ITIH4 deficiency is associated with an emphysema phenotype of COPD through JNK-dependent and JNK-independent signalling50
Immunogenicity and safety of coadministration of COVID-19 and influenza vaccination50
Rethinking Smoking Cessation Guidelines in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A survey amongst sleep experts of the ESADA network50
Benralizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma by previous biologic use and key clinical subgroups: real-world XALOC-1 programme50
The association between immunosuppressants and outcomes of COVID-1950
End-user global study to identify countries’ challenges and solutions in the uptake and implementation of new tuberculosis treatment regimens49
The vascular fingerprint of the lungs: why pulmonary vessel count matters in COPD49
Real-world monitoring of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor trough concentrations in adults with cystic fibrosis48
Genomic classifier for usual interstitial pneumonia combined with bronchoalveolar lavage cellular profile: potential use in the clinical management of new onset ILD?47
“Age-related changes in plasma biomarkers and their association with mortality in COVID-19.” E.H.A. Michels, B. Appelman, J. de Brabander, et al . 46
WHO online guide on the use of digital technologies for tuberculosis programmes46
Small extracellular vesicles and induction of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in lymphangioleiomyomatosis45
Associations of hiatus hernia with CT-based interstitial lung changes: the MESA Lung Study45
MK-5475, an inhaled soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: the INSIGNIA-PAH study44
Respective roles of non-pharmaceutical interventions in bronchiolitis outbreaks: an interrupted time-series analysis based on a multinational surveillance system44
Early-life exposure to a mixture of phenols and respiratory health in preschool children44
Prolonged higher dose methylprednisoloneversusconventional dexamethasone in COVID-19 pneumonia: a randomised controlled trial (MEDEAS)44
Bronchoconstriction with inhaled ATP in healthy volunteers44
Comment on: Combination therapy with long-acting bronchodilators and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis43
An attack of asthma is not an attack of the heart: clarifying causal links between asthma and incident coronary heart disease43
Vocal cord paralysis as a rare complication of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a case series of five patients43
Treat-and-repair: a simple but powerful term for a complex multimodal approach in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease42
COVID-19 changed the world – without changing CTEPH41
ERJPodcast January 2024: The microbiome in early life and childhood asthma41
Filters used for pulmonary function testing41
Multitasking within the airway epithelium41
Let's talk about sex… in pulmonary fibrosis41
Contributions to simplifying the global interpretation of spirometry: high quality spirometry data from Asia41
“Lung function trajectories in South African children with pulmonary tuberculosis compared to those with non-TB lower respiratory tract infection: a prospective study.” D.M. Gray, L. Githinji, K. Brit41
ERJ Podcast January 2026: Cannabis and the lung40
ERJ Podcast October 2023: ERS short guidelines for the use of as-needed ICS/formoterol in mild asthma40
Risk assessment of systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: cardiac indexversusstroke volume index40
Muscle sympathetic nerve activity and adaptive servo-ventilation: questions remain40
Skewed adaptive immune responses are involved in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency emphysema39
Transcriptomic clustering of critically ill COVID-19 patients39
Oral corticosteroids in asthma and beyond: moving forward39
Right ventricular–pulmonary arterial coupling and its relationship to exercise haemodynamics in a continuum of patients with pulmonary vascular disease due to chronic thromboembolism39
Treatment outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with chronic kidney/liver disease39
Impact of the expanded label for elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in people with cystic fibrosis with no F508del variant in the USA38
The proteomic landscape of blood monocytes in community-acquired pneumonia38
Heart rate response and cardiovascular risk during obstructive sleep apnoea: an easy biomarker derived from pulse oximetry38
Reply: The new ERS/ATS standards on lung function test interpretation: some extant limitations38
Theratyping in cystic fibrosis: filling the knowledge gaps37
Epigenetic age among US adults with chronic respiratory diseases: results from NHANES 1999–200237
Unbowed, unbent, unbroken: predicting pulmonary hypertension using echocardiography37
Efficacy and safety of cladribine in adult pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a phase II study37
Reply to: HIV-TB risk factor assessment in Europe: methodological considerations and clinical implications37
Inflammatory stimuli and the rescue of disease-causing CFTR nonsense variants36
Distribution of Blood Eosinophil Count in the Chinese General Population36
European Respiratory Society guidelines on transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases36
Reading the monocyte code in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis36
What can lockdowns tell us about the underlying causes of asthma exacerbations? A retrospective cohort study35
Sotatercept for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: PULSAR open-label extension35
ERJPodcast January 2025: Treatment response to mepolizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma35
Air pollution and COPD: GOLD 2023 committee report35
Presenting clinical data for the hazard classification of chemical respiratory sensitisers35
Cardiopulmonary response to exercise in adults born very preterm35
Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis in adults: a novel type of pulmonary vascular disease with a strong genetic background34
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: does size matter?34
Decoding the eosinophil connection: implications for precision treatment of emphysematous in COPD34
The COVID-19 pandemic and pulmonary arterial hypertension in Italy: adaptation, outcomes and valuable lessons learned34
Reply to: Pirfenidone and lung cancer in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: mind the index date, detection bias and competing risks34
Reply to: Towards causal validation and clinical translation of the PAK2–fibroblast axis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis34
Commentary on: Update of the international multidisciplinary classification of the interstitial pneumonias: an ERS/ATS statement34
Airflow-based prediction of lateral wall collapse: advancing personalised hypoglossal nerve stimulation in obstructive sleep apnoea34
Tracing the origins of fibrotic fibroblasts: does the name matter? Look at the genes!34
Moving the dial on identifying endotypes of asthma from early life34
Now we know: chronic exposure to air pollutants is a risk factor for the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis33
Combining digital adherence technology and therapeutic drug monitoring for personalised tuberculosis care33
Incidence of interstitial lung abnormalities: the MESA Lung Study33
Reducing the pressure in pulmonary arterial hypertension: sotatercept, haemodynamics and the right ventricle33
Lung structure and longitudinal change in cardiac structure and function: the MESA COPD Study33
Inhaled treprostinil for interstitial lung disease-associated pulmonary hypertension: a silver lining on a very dark cloud33
Aspergillussensitisation: an underappreciated treatable trait in airway disease33
Dyspnoea in acutely ill mechanically ventilated adult patients: an ERS/ESICM statement32
Developing, validating, updating and judging the impact of prognostic models for respiratory diseases32
Nasal airway microRNA profiling of infants with severe bronchiolitis and risk of childhood asthma: a multicentre prospective study32
Respiratory support and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in infants born at 22–26 weeks gestation in Sweden, 2004–2007 and 2014–201631
Reply: Why fan therapy does not yet demonstrate enhanced training benefits in people with chronic respiratory disease31
Impact of elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor therapy on lung clearance index and magnetic resonance imaging in children with cystic fibrosis and one or twoF508delalleles31
Clinical response and on-treatment clinical remission with tezepelumab in a broad population of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma: results over 2 years from the NAVIGATOR and DESTINATION studi30
Relieving dyspnoea through the brain30
A range of 30–62% of functioning multiciliated airway cells is sufficient to maintain ciliary airway clearance30
Dexamethasone for preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: is timing everything?30
Pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease30
Pathogenic variants inCFAP46,CFAP54,CFAP74andCFAP221cause primary ciliary dyskinesia with a defective C1d projection of the central apparatus30
The longitudinal microbial and metabolic landscape of infant cystic fibrosis: the gut–lung axis30
I love you with all my lungs: a viewpoint on communicating effectively and positively about lung health30
Interalveolar pore morphology in (pre-)COPD stages and associations with small airways30
Quantifying COPD as a risk factor for cardiac disease in a primary prevention cohort30
All roads lead to COPD… or not?29
Ensuring availability of respiratory medicines in times of European drug shortages29
List ofEuropean Respiratory Journalpeer reviewers 202229
Reply: Cognitive behavioural therapy sessions approach ineffective for anxiety and depression in COPD: is the door closed for good?29
ERJPodcast December 2023: Year in review29
NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease, dupilumab and aspirin tolerance29
Predicting asthma exacerbations: is there utility in noninvasive assessment of distal airway inflammation using multiple flowFENO?29
The evidence base for ICS/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy in severe asthma29
ERJPodcast July 2023: The HISTORIC study29
Reply: SABRE for airway quantification in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: clarifications, limitations, and next steps28
Multi-beat pressure–volume loop-derived right ventricular–pulmonary arterial coupling predicts transplant-free survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension28
Beyond phenotypic differences: integrating clinical pharmacy into precision management of paediatric-onset bronchiectasis28
“Mendelian randomisation and experimental medicine approaches to interleukin-6 as a drug target in pulmonary arterial hypertension.” Mark Toshner, Colin Church, Lars Harbaum, et28
Reply: Addressing unmeasured confounding and detection bias in dupilumab–lymphoma association28
Development and validation of a predictive 6-min walk score in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis27
D e novo SRRM2 variants in neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy and persistent tachypnoea of infancy27
How bad is your cough? The McMaster Cough Severity Questionnaire as a new tool to measure chronic cough27
Nebulised liposomal amphotericin-B: a promising strategy for preventing ABPA relapse27
Circulating proteomic landscape of lung function27
Tofacitinib in anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease: a new standard of care emerges27
Whole lung directed anti-muscarinic therapy improves small airway dysfunction in COPD patients27
Up-regulated matrix metalloproteinase activity in soil-transmitted helminth–tuberculosis co-infection is associated with increased lung pathology27
“From pre-COPD to COPD: a Simple, Low cost and easy to IMplement (SLIM) risk calculator.” M.J. Divo, C. Liu, F. Polverino,et al.Eur Respir J2023; 62: 2300806.27
Eligibility criteria from pharmaceutical randomised controlled trials of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a registry-based study27
Clinical trial design, end-points, and emerging therapies in pulmonary arterial hypertension27
Genetic associations between serotonin receptor 1F (HTR1F) regulatory variation and sleep apnoea in non-obese individuals: insights from GWAS and eQTL analyses27
A European multicentre, randomised controlled trial of pirfenidone in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after bilateral lung transplantation27
Low smoking exposure and development and prognosis of COPD over four decades: a population-based cohort study27
Neutrophil elastase-dependent cleavage of LTA4H alters its aminopeptidase activity in cystic fibrosis26
Management of pulmonary hypertension in special conditions26
ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia26
Opioids for dyspnoea in interstitial lung disease: does the sequence and timing of therapy matter?26
Uptake and 4-week quit rates from an opt-out co-located smoking cessation service delivered alongside community-based low-dose computed tomography screening within the Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial25
Progressive pulmonary fibrosis: an expert group consensus statement25
High prevalence of TSC2 mutations in lung tissue samples from patients with sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis25
Extracorporeal photopheresis for the prevention of rejection after lung transplantation: a prospective randomised controlled trial25
Phenotyping the responses to systemic corticosteroids in the management of asthma attacks (PRISMA)25
ERJ Viewpoint: vascular targeted therapies for fibrotic lung disease – Start of a new era?25
Integrating hot topics and implementation of treatable traits in asthma25
An electrocardiogram-based AI algorithm for early detection of pulmonary hypertension25
Gut microbiota-derived succinate aggravates acute lung injury after intestinal ischaemia/reperfusion in mice24
Pirfenidone and risk of lung cancer development in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a nationwide population-based study24
Uncovering early COPD? The T-slope as a novel CT biomarker for evaluating airway narrowing24
ERS technical standards for using type III devices (limited channel studies) in the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing in adults and children24
Comment on: Inflammatory plasma protein levels are elevated years before sarcoidosis diagnosis: a nested case–control study in Sweden24
Decoding the complexity: mechanistic insights into comorbidities in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis24
Reply to: Risk factors for disease progression in fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis24
Cancer risk associated with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: only large registries will give us the answer24
The interface in home non-invasive ventilation: is the nasal mask better?23
Reply to: Insights on the ERS/ESTS statement on the management of pleural infection in adults23
Mycobacterium aviumcomplex genomics and transmission in a London hospital23
Heart or lungs? Why not both!23
The ERS PROFILE.net Clinical Research Collaboration is dedicated to the set-up of an academic network to enhance imaging-based management of progressive pulmonary fibrosis23
Drug-induced lung disease: unwanted collateral damage23
TB or not TB: does AI have an answer for children?23
“Spatial transcriptomics for respiratory research and medicine.” S. Curras-Alonso, J. Soulier, T. Walter, et al . Eur Respir J22
AMR-Lung: a European Clinical Research Collaboration on antimicrobial resistance in chronic lung disease22
Tailored psychological intervention for anxiety or depression in COPD (TANDEM): a randomised controlled trial22
Is two better than one? Targeted treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea using combination therapy to attack endotypes22
Endothelial cells in pulmonary fibrosis: more than a bystander22
Building translational bridges in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis research: from epithelial dysfunction to dysregulated macrophage polarisation and fibrogenesis22
“Post tuberculosis”: the urgent need for inclusion of lung health outcomes in tuberculosis treatment trials22
“Interstitial lung abnormalities are associated with decreased mean telomere length.” R.K. Putman, G.T. Axelsson, S.Y. Ash, et al . <22
CPAP resumption after a first termination and impact on all-cause mortality in France22
Life between breaths: quality of life in children's interstitial and diffuse lung disease22
Reversible carfilzomib-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension: don't take your eyes off the ball!22
Sequential multimodal therapy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with mixed anatomical lesions: a proof of concept21
Clinical applications of the 2025 ERS/ATS update of the international multidisciplinary classification of the interstitial pneumonias21
MRI pulmonary artery flow detects lung vascular pathology in preterms with lung disease21
Saline at lower tonicity in cystic fibrosis (SALTI-CF) trial comparing 0.9%versus3%versus6% nebulised saline21
Increasing physical activity in severe asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis21
Joint statement from GOLD/GLI regarding the use of spirometry to define airflow obstruction and diagnose COPD21
The rat takes the cheese: a novel model of CFTR-dependent chronic bacterial airway infection21
The paradox of the safer cigarette: understanding the pulmonary effects of electronic cigarettes20
Artificial intelligence in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: advances, challenges and future directions20
Deep phenotyping of unaffected carriers of pathogenicBMPR2variants screened for pulmonary arterial hypertension20
Characteristics and outcomes of patients developing pulmonary hypertension associated with proteasome inhibitors20
ERJ Podcast April 2026: Use of spirometry to define airflow obstruction and diagnose COPD20
Comparison of oronasal and nasal masks in home mechanical ventilation: an observational cohort and bench study19
Renal function dynamics in pulmonary hypertension trials: less than anticipated19
Lung cancer in pulmonary fibrosis: no room for nihilism!19
Treatable traits: a comprehensive precision medicine approach in interstitial lung disease, but why were acute exacerbations not considered?19
Reply to: The puzzles surrounding the impact of face masks on 6-minute walking distance in pulmonary hypertension19
Bronchiectasis in low- and middle-income countries: the importance of the wider view19
From small to big, using microRNA profiling to investigate infant origins of childhood asthma19
ERS/ESTS/ESTRO/ESR/ESTI/EFOMP statement on management of incidental findings from low dose CT screening for lung cancer19
ERJPodcast November 2023: Children and the ERS19
Sorting the wheat from the chaff: the innovative case of precision transpulmonary metabolomics19
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