OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology is 25. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Novel Hemodynamic, Vascular Lesion, and Cytokine/Chemokine Differences Regarding Sex in a Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Model	182
New Insights Relating Gasdermin B to the Onset of Childhood Asthma	81
Disruption of GCN2 Pathway Aggravates Vascular and Parenchymal Remodeling during Pulmonary Fibrosis	66
IL-1β Induces a Proinflammatory Fibroblast Microenvironment that Impairs Lung Progenitors’ Function	55
Gene-ius at Work: Decoding Cell States through Expression	55
Toward Human Lung Regeneration: Gaining Insights from the Axolotl Salamander Ambystoma mexicanum	55
Starving a Cell Promotes Airway Smooth Muscle Relaxation: Inhibition of Glycolysis Attenuates Excitation–Contraction Coupling	49
Spotlighting “Neutrophil Elastase Triggers the Release of Macrophage Extracellular Traps”: A New Catch in Cystic Fibrosis?	48
LPS Increases Artery but Not Airway Contraction in Precision-Cut Lung Slices from a Mouse Model of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	46
Molecular Maestro in the Lung: The Sphingolipid Rheostat	45
Targeting S1PR2 in Sepsis, One Fragmented Mitochondrion at a Time	42
Neuroblastoma Suppressor of Tumorigenicity 1 Mediates Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Congenital Heart Disease	41
Extracellular Vesicle ASC: A Novel Mediator for Lung–Brain Axis in Preterm Brain Injury	41
Impact of Canadian Wildfire Smoke Exposure on Nasal Inflammation Markers in New York City Residents	40
Loss of Tbx4 Affects Postnatal Lung Development and Predisposes to Pulmonary Hypertension	40
Plasma Proteome Profiles Associated with Early Development of Lung Injury in Extremely Preterm Infants	38
Temporal Release of IL-1 Family Members from Virally Infected Airway Epithelial Cells Suggests IL-36γ Is the Early Responder	37
Cardiac and Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction in Vitamin D–Deficient Bmpr2-Mutant Rats	34
Sputum Metabolomic Signature and Dynamic Change of Cough Variant Asthma	34
CXCL14 Protects against Polymicrobial Sepsis by Enhancing Antibacterial Functions of Macrophages	32
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipid A Structural Variants Induce Altered Immune Responses	31
MLKL Protects Pulmonary Endothelial Cells in Acute Lung Injury	30
MOTS-c Promotes Glycolysis via AMPK–HIF-1α–PFKFB3 Pathway to Ameliorate Cardiopulmonary Bypass–induced Lung Injury	28
Intestinal Microbiota-derived Propionic Acid Protects against Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle–induced Lung Injury	27
October Highlights/Papers by Junior Investigators/NIH News	26

Long Story Short: Understanding Isoform-Specific Expression of FAM13A	25
MicroRNA Control Lipid-laden Alveolar Macrophages in Smokers: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?	25
July Highlights/Papers by Junior Investigators/NIH News	25
Yield and Diversity of Human Distal Lung Epithelial Cells Isolated by Different Sorting Strategies	25