OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pulmonary Medicine is 32. 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
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	126
The pattern of alternative splicing in lung adenocarcinoma shows novel events correlated with tumorigenesis and immune microenvironment	82
Cross-cultural translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version Manchester respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (MRADLQ-P)	80
Immediate cardiopulmonary responses to consecutive pulmonary embolism: a randomized, controlled, experimental study	65
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	65
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	64
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	63
Pulmonary rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial	57
Endobronchial biopsies in patients receiving clopidogrel and aspirin treatment	53
Adenocarcinoma originating in the anterior mediastinum diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial cryobiopsy: a case report	47
Clinical significance and potential pathogenesis of VCAN in adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis: a retrospective study	45
Concordance between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease in the same patients	45
Optimal first-line treatment for EGFR-mutated NSCLC: a comparative analysis of osimertinib and second-generation EGFR-TKIs	45
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	44
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	43
The triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and high risk of OSA: insights from an NHANES analysis	43
Importance of physician history taking in complementing patient-reported interstitial lung disease questionnaire	41
Early prediction of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critical care patients: a machine learning model	41
Unraveling the mediation role of frailty and depression in the relationship between social support and self-management among Chinese elderly COPD patients: a cross-sectional study	40
Machine learning prediction model with shap interpretation for chronic bronchitis risk assessment based on heavy metal exposure: a nationally representative study	39
MSCs regulate oxidative stress through the Nrf2 pathway to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	38
Prevalence and predictors of polypharmacy and comorbidities among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional retrospective study in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia	38
Eight patients with inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with rigid bronchoscopy	37
Association between serum albumin and pulmonary function in adolescents: analyses of NHANES 2007–2012	37
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors at Yirgalem General Hospital, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study	36

Association of metabolic syndrome and prognosis in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia	35
Clinically defined aspiration pneumonia is an independent risk factor associated with long-term hospital stay: a prospective cohort study	34
Technical evaluation of Turbuhaler® use in children with bronchial asthma: combination of a checklist and inhalation parameters	33
What is the optimal first-line regimen for advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	33
Biomarkers trajectories in critically ill patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: insights from latent class growth analysis	33
Role of skip N2 lymph node metastasis for patients with the stage III-N2 lung adenocarcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis	33
High-throughput next-generation sequencing for identifying pathogens during early-stage post-lung transplantation	33