OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Respiratory Medicine is 28. 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.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	65
Impact of wearing a surgical facemask during exercise on dyspnea in patients with chronic pulmonary infections: A randomized crossover study	64
Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A UK-wide cohort study	61
Oscillometry-derived ratios for assessing small airway dysfunction: Emerging indices on the horizon	59
End-tidal carbon dioxide, a point-of-care biomarker to assess severity in acute asthma: A systematic review	51
The effect of pleural drainage on pulse oximetry in a post-operative thoracic surgery population	49
Neuromodulation of dyspnea – A literature review	49
Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care	44
Characterisation of patients with Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency using unsupervised machine learning tools	44
Anatomical and histopathological approaches to asthma phenotyping	41
Prevalence, incidence, and clinical features of cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis	40
The impact of early experiences of needle procedures on the lives of people living with cystic fibrosis: A qualitative and quantitative exploration	37
Nasal effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children with allergic rhinitis	35
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	35
Prevention of immunoglobulin on ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children:a retrospective study	33
Relationships between bronchodilator responsiveness, a COPD polygenic risk score, and COPD progression	33
A historical cohort study on predictors for successful weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation and up to 3-year survival follow-up in a rehabilitation center	31
Lung cancer reoccurrence and mortality is accelerated with episodic hypoxemia	31
Ultra-short term Heart Rate Variability in moderate and severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea	30
Risk factors for hospitalization in subspecialty patients with severe persistent asthma	29
Longitudinal changes in lung function following post-9/11 military deployment in symptomatic veterans	29
The clinical features of asthma exacerbations in early-onset and eosinophilic late-onset asthma may differ significantly	29
Polygenic risk score and clinical factors predict incident idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension	29
Smoking and the risk of sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Prevalence and significance of pulmonary hypertension among hospitalized patients with left heart disease	29

Effect of chronic kidney disease on survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	28
High-intensity interval training improves the outcomes of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	28
New updates on hepatopulmonary syndrome: A comprehensive review	28