OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pulmonary 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Periodontal disease increases the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Mendelian randomization study	97
The pattern of alternative splicing in lung adenocarcinoma shows novel events correlated with tumorigenesis and immune microenvironment	68
Cross-cultural translation and psychometric properties of the Persian version Manchester respiratory activities of daily living questionnaire (MRADLQ-P)	58
Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis exacerbated by steroid therapy due to misdiagnosis as anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) antibody positive- interstitial pneumonia: a case report	54
Longitudinal lung function trajectories in response to azithromycin therapy for chronic lung disease in children with HIV infection: a secondary analysis of the BREATHE trial	52
Parenteral prostacyclin utilization in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension in the intermediate-risk strata: a retrospective chart review and cross-sectional survey	51
Is bronchial thermoplasty safe in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis or severe asthma with fungal sensitization?	44
Comparison of breathing pattern and diaphragmatic motion in patients with unilateral cervical radiculopathy and asymptomatic group	41
Role of skip N2 lymph node metastasis for patients with the stage III-N2 lung adenocarcinoma: a propensity score matching analysis	40
Association between metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and pulmonary function: a population-based and two-sample mendelian randomization study	38
Association between P-pulmonale and respiratory morbidity in COPD: a secondary analysis of the BLOCK-COPD trial	37
Effect of Tiotropium on eye findings in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	36
Immediate cardiopulmonary responses to consecutive pulmonary embolism: a randomized, controlled, experimental study	35
Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease possibly caused by atezolizumab in a patient with lung adenocarcinoma: a case report	34
Development and validation of a nomogram for assessing survival in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients	33
Pulmonary rehabilitation with balance training for fall reduction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial	33
Downregulation of the PD-1/PD-Ls pathway in peripheral cells correlates with asbestosis severity	33
Correlation between immune-related adverse events and therapeutic effects of nivolumab in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma	33
Effects of three spontaneous ventilation modes on respiratory drive and muscle effort in COVID-19 pneumonia patients	32
Efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	32
Respiratory virus infections of the lower respiratory tract elevate bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophil fraction: a clinical retrospective study and case review	32
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	31
Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to lung cystic lesions in a case of convalescent COVID-19: a case report and literature review	31
Concordance between transbronchial lung cryobiopsy and surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease in the same patients	30
Publisher Correction: Factors associated with overdiagnosis of benign pulmonary nodules as malignancy: a retrospective cohort study	30

Baseline anemia predicts a poor prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor mutations: a retrospective study	30
Importance of physician history taking in complementing patient-reported interstitial lung disease questionnaire	30
Clinical significance of high monocyte counts for the continuous treatment with nintedanib	29
The effect of nintedanib on lung functions and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: real-life analysis of the Czech EMPIRE registry	29