OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Respiratory Medicine is 30. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Nasal effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children with allergic rhinitis	84
Cell free ACE2 RNA: A potential biomarker of COVID-19 severity	64
Editorial Board	56
End-tidal carbon dioxide, a point-of-care biomarker to assess severity in acute asthma: A systematic review	55
Anatomical and histopathological approaches to asthma phenotyping	50
The clinical features of asthma exacerbations in early-onset and eosinophilic late-onset asthma may differ significantly	50
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	46
Variability in chest radiology interpretation between thoracic and non-thoracic radiologists: Implications for pulmonary fibrosis care	44
Effect of antifibrotic therapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis undergoing lung transplant in the peri and post-operative period	43
Longitudinal changes in lung function following post-9/11 military deployment in symptomatic veterans	43
Effect of chronic kidney disease on survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	43
Prevalence, incidence, and clinical features of cardiac involvement in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis	42
Impact of wearing a surgical facemask during exercise on dyspnea in patients with chronic pulmonary infections: A randomized crossover study	42
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients	41
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	41
The effect of pleural drainage on pulse oximetry in a post-operative thoracic surgery population	41
Inhalers or nebulisation of salbutamol in childhood asthma exacerbations in emergency departments	40
Prevalence and significance of pulmonary hypertension among hospitalized patients with left heart disease	39
Risk factors for hospitalization in subspecialty patients with severe persistent asthma	39
High-intensity interval training improves the outcomes of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	38
Neuromodulation of dyspnea – A literature review	38
The impact of demographic disparities in the presentation of sarcoidosis: A multicenter prospective study	37
High-flow nasal cannula may prolong the length of hospital stay in patients with hypercapnic acute COPD exacerbation	36
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: Clinical, radiological and histopathological features	35
New updates on hepatopulmonary syndrome: A comprehensive review	35

Smoking and the risk of sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	35
COPD is a risk factor for COVID-19, but does not confer increased severity of the disease	34
Home-based intravenous treatment with reslizumab for severe asthma in the Netherlands – An evaluation	34
Long-term air pollution exposure and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: A UK-wide cohort study	34
Chest imaging classification in Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia is associated with its clinical features and outcomes	34