OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Respiratory Medicine is 29. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	75
Impact of wearing a surgical facemask during exercise on dyspnea in patients with chronic pulmonary infections: A randomized crossover study	72
End-tidal carbon dioxide, a point-of-care biomarker to assess severity in acute asthma: A systematic review	58
The effect of pleural drainage on pulse oximetry in a post-operative thoracic surgery population	53
Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care	52
The impact of early experiences of needle procedures on the lives of people living with cystic fibrosis: A qualitative and quantitative exploration	48
Relationships between bronchodilator responsiveness, a COPD polygenic risk score, and COPD progression	46
Association between 6-min walk test and initiation of home oxygen therapy within 3 years in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease managed by primary care physicians	46
Lung cancer reoccurrence and mortality is accelerated with episodic hypoxemia	41
Prevention of immunoglobulin on ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children:a retrospective study	41
Cell free ACE2 RNA: A potential biomarker of COVID-19 severity	40
Industry payments and prescribing patterns of antifibrotic therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the United States	39
Oscillometry defined small airways dysfunction in patients with severe uncontrolled asthma and preserved spirometry	37
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients	35
Ultra-short term Heart Rate Variability in moderate and severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea	35
Risk factors for hospitalization in subspecialty patients with severe persistent asthma	34
Longitudinal changes in lung function following post-9/11 military deployment in symptomatic veterans	34
The clinical features of asthma exacerbations in early-onset and eosinophilic late-onset asthma may differ significantly	34
Smoking and the risk of sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Prevalence and significance of pulmonary hypertension among hospitalized patients with left heart disease	32
Polygenic risk score and clinical factors predict incident idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension	32
Inhalers or nebulisation of salbutamol in childhood asthma exacerbations in emergency departments	32
MIST versus INSURE: Superior outcomes in surfactant administration for preterm neonates with RDS	32
Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A UK-wide cohort study	31
Differences in clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure caused by different pathogens	30

High-flow nasal cannula may prolong the length of hospital stay in patients with hypercapnic acute COPD exacerbation	29
Safety and tolerability of the low global warming potential propellant HFA-152a in patients with asthma receiving beclometasone dipropionate/formoterol fumarate/glycopyrronium: The TRECOS study	29
Effect of chronic kidney disease on survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	29
Association between the PaO2/FiO2-to-PaCO2 ratio and mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective study with dual-cohort validation	29
Association of computed tomography-derived pectoralis muscle area and density with disease severity and respiratory symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A case-control stud	29