OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMJ Open Respiratory Research is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Recommendations following a modified UK-Delphi consensus study on best practice for referral and management of severe asthma	72
Nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux and respiratory symptoms are increased in sleep apnoea: comparison with the general population	66
Reference equations for DLNO and DLCO in Mexican Hispanics: influence of altitude and race	64
Qualitative study of patients experiences and perceptions of stepping down asthma medication in primary care across England	56
Malignant pleural mesothelioma patients’ experience by gender: findings from a cross-sectional UK-national questionnaire	50
COVID-19 is associated with distinct myopathic features in the diaphragm of critically ill patients	41
Coronary artery calcium score may be a novel predictor of COVID-19 prognosis: a retrospective study	40
Cross-sectional study evaluating the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on Long COVID outcomes in UK hospital survivors	34
Correction: Association between influenza vaccination and hospitalisation or all-cause mortality in people with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study	32
Prevalence of swallow, communication, voice and cognitive compromise following hospitalisation for COVID-19: the PHOSP-COVID analysis	31
Depression, anxiety and psychological distress in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a mixed-methods study	31
Daily SARS-CoV-2 testing after travel-related close contact notifications during elite sporting events hosted in the UK: a longitudinal study	30
Uptake and 4-week outcomes of an ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation referral strategy in a London-based lung cancer screening setting	30
Integrating patients with chronic respiratory disease and heart failure into a combined breathlessness rehabilitation programme: a service redesign and pilot evaluation	30
Systemic inflammation induced by exacerbation of COPD or pneumonia in patients with COPD induces cardiac troponin elevation	28
Healthcare experience of adults with COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review of international literature	28
Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have poor clinical outcomes with COVID-19 disease: a propensity matched multicentre research network analysis	26
Physiological demands of singing for lung health compared with treadmill walking	26
Performance monitoring of EBUS for the staging and diagnosis of lung cancer: auditing the Greater Manchester EBUS service against new national standards	26
Patient and public partnership at BMJ Open Respiratory Research	25
Long-term outcomes following severe COVID-19 infection: a propensity matched cohort study	24
New method to measure interbreath intervals in infants for the assessment of apnoea and respiration	24
Lung cancer in recipients after lung transplant: single-centre experience and literature review	23
Examining the possible causal relationship between lung function, COPD and Alzheimer’s disease: a Mendelian randomisation study	22
Correlation of respiratory oscillometry with CT image analysis in a prospective cohort of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	22

Application of liquid biopsy-based targeted capture sequencing analysis to improve the precision treatment of non-small cell lung cancer by tyrosine kinase inhibitors	21
Comparison of the efficacy of novel two covering methods for spontaneous pneumothorax: a multi-institutional study	21
Genomic testing for children with interstitial and diffuse lung disease (chILD): parent satisfaction, understanding and health-related quality of life	21
Objective measurement of lung volume recruitment therapy: laboratory and clinical validation	19
Improved COVID-19 outcomes in a large non-invasive respiratory support cohort despite emergence of the alpha variant	18
Evaluation of the Norwegian version of the Dyspnoea-12 questionnaire in patients with COPD	18
Physiological changes related to 10 weeks of singing for lung health in patients with COPD	17
Clinical features of COVID-19 patients with rebound phenomenon after corticosteroid therapy	17
Cannabis use and risks of respiratory and all-cause morbidity and mortality: a population-based, data-linkage, cohort study	17
Early experiences of the Your COVID Recovery^®digital programme for individuals with long COVID	17
Canonical correlation analysis of factors that influence quality of life among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on QLICD-COPD (V2.0)	17
Differences in risk indicators associated with electronic cigarette use and tobacco smoking among adolescents and young people in Nigeria	16
Smoking and socioeconomic factors linked to acute exacerbations of COPD: analysis from an Asthma + Lung UK survey	16
Exploring the impact of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor treatment on opinions regarding airway clearance techniques and nebulisers: TEMPO a qualitative study in children with cystic fibrosis, their f	16
Correlation of lung function with ultra-low-dose CT-detected lung parenchymal abnormalities: a cohort study of 1344 asbestos exposed individuals	16
Renin–angiotensin–system inhibitors and the risk of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide registry study	15
Asthma control with ICS-formoterol reliever versus maintenance ICS and SABA reliever therapy: a post hoc analysis of two randomised controlled trials	15
Signs and symptoms of acute pulmonary embolism and their predictive value for all-cause hospital death in respect of severity of the disease, age, sex and body mass index: retrospective analysis of th	14
CT airway remodelling and chronic cough	14
Surveillance towards preventing paediatric incidence of respiratory syncytial virus attributable respiratory tract infection in primary and secondary/tertiary healthcare settings in Merseyside, Cheshi	14
Registry-based study in people with cystic fibrosis and anR117Hvariant treated with ivacaftor	14
Lower geriatric nutritional risk index is associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort study from the National Health and Nutri	14
Time-course transcriptome analysis of a double challenge bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis rat model uncovers ECM homoeostasis-related translationally relevant genes	13
Methamphetamine-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension: data from the national biological sample and data repository for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH Biobank)	13
Lung transplantation for interstitial lung disease: evolution over three decades	13
Phenotypic characteristics of asthma and morbidity are associated with distinct longitudinal changes in L-arginine metabolism	13
Comparison of obstructive sleep apnoea prevalence and severity across WHO pulmonary hypertension groups	13
Differences in uni-dimensional breathlessness measures and thresholds for clinical response in a randomised controlled trial in people with chronic breathlessness: an exploratory study	12
National retrospective registry survey on the epidemiology of sarcoidosis in Finland 2002−2022	12
Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and childhood asthma: a European collaborative analysis	12
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non-COVID-19 community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study	12
Development and validation of a novel questionnaire to describe and assess sensations and triggers associated with refractory and unexplained chronic cough	12
Patient pathways for four major chronic respiratory diseases in England between 2008 and 2021	12
Association between birth weight and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study	11
Systematic review of physiological and psychological outcomes of surgery for pectus excavatum supporting commissioning of service in the UK	11
6-month regimen of isoniazid prevention therapy for tuberculosis among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in minority areas of China: a 3-year prospective cohort study	11
Bronchial rheoplasty for chronic bronchitis: 2-year results from a US feasibility study with RheOx	11
Sex-specific alterations in pulmonary metabolic, xenobiotic and lipid signalling pathways after e-cigarette aerosol exposure during adolescence in mice	11
Exploration of preferences among people with COPD to inform resource allocation: a discrete choice experiment study	11
Bagasse dust exposure and chronic respiratory symptoms among workers in the Metehara and Wonji sugar factories in Ethiopia: a longitudinal study design	10
REMOTE-ILD study: Description of the protocol for a multicentre, 12-month randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of remote monitoring of spirometry and pulse oximetr	10
Risk of exacerbation and mortality in asthma: a 10-year retrospective financial database analysis of the Hungarian Health Insurance Fund	10
Validity and reliability of outcome measures to assess dysfunctional breathing: a systematic review	10
Re-exacerbation within 30 days of discharge is associated with poor prognosis in the following year among patients hospitalised with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a clinical c	10
Prevalence, Medicaid use and mortality risk of low FEV₁in adults aged 20–35 years old in the USA: evidence from a population-based retrospective cohort study	10
Characteristics and outcomes of patients enrolled in the Connect 360 benralizumab patient support programme in the UK: a retrospective cohort study	10
Developing and validating prediction models for severe exacerbations and readmissions in patients hospitalised for COPD exacerbation (SERCO) in China: a prospective observational study	10
Association of non-obstructive dyspnoea with all-cause mortality and incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis	10
Impaired lung function and lung cancer risk in 461 183 healthy individuals: a cohort study	10
Lack of racial and ethnic disparities in mortality in minority patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a mid-Atlantic healthcare system	10

Determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among adults undergoing treatment for tuberculosis in Tigray Region, Ethiopia: a case–control study	9
Predicting parameters of airway dynamics generated from inspiratory and expiratory plethysmographic airway loops, differentiating subtypes of chronic obstructive diseases	9
Randomised trial of first-line bronchial artery embolisation for non-severe haemoptysis of mild abundance	9
Performance of popular pulse oximeters compared with simultaneous arterial oxygen saturation or clinical-grade pulse oximetry: a cross-sectional validation study in intensive care patients	9
Association between COVID-19 severity and tobacco smoking status: a retrospective cohort study using propensity score matching weights analysis	9
Herpes zoster burden in patients with asthma: real-world incidence, healthcare resource utilisation and cost	9
Relationship between body composition, exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	9
Use of oral moist tobacco (snus) in puberty and its association with asthma in the population-based RHINESSA study	9
Chronic respiratory disease observatory for Africa (CHEST-Africa): study protocol for the prevalence, determinants and economic impacts of asthma and COPD in Africa	9
Suboptimal peak inspiratory flow rate: a noticeable risk factor for inhaler concordance in patients with chronic airway diseases	9
Extracorporeal CO₂removal in acute exacerbation of COPD unresponsive to non-invasive ventilation	9
Sex differences in asthma control, lung function and exacerbations: the ATLANTIS study	9
Specialist pneumonia intervention nurse service improves pneumonia care and outcome	8
Association of anti-Ro52 autoantibody with interstitial lung disease in autoimmune diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Ultrasonographic assessment of diaphragmatic contraction and relaxation properties: correlations of diaphragmatic displacement with oesophageal and transdiaphragmatic pressure	8
Understanding clinical decision-making in mesothelioma care: a mixed methods study	8
Risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis recurrence, relapse and reinfection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Protection conferred by SARS-CoV-2 infection across a spectrum of reinfection symptoms and severities	8
Impacts of regular physical activity on hospitalisation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide population-based study	8
TELO-SCOPE study: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial of danazol for short telomere related pulmonary fibrosis	8
Effect of a home-based inspiratory muscle training programme on functional capacity in postdischarged patients with long COVID: the InsCOVID trial	8
Association of sleep apnoea risk and aortic enlargement in Marfan syndrome	8
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the UK: findings from the British Thoracic Society UK Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Registry	8
Comparing the impact of targeting limited driving pressure to low tidal volume ventilation on mortality in mechanically ventilated adults with COVID-19 ARDS: an exploratory target trial emulation	8
Definitions of pulmonary exacerbation in people with cystic fibrosis: a scoping review	8
Thyroid-stimulating hormone and mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension	8
Developing an intrasalivary gland botox service for patients receiving long-term non-invasive ventilation at home: a single-centre experience	7
¹²⁹Xe MRI ventilation defects in ever-hospitalised and never-hospitalised people with post-acute COVID-19 syndrome	7
Prognostic significance of serum cytokines during acute exacerbation of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias treated with thrombomodulin	7
Frailty assessment for COVID-19 follow-up: a prospective cohort study	7
Therapeutic effects of fatty acid binding protein 1 in mice with pulmonary fibrosis by regulating alveolar epithelial regeneration	7
Feasibility of investigating methylphenidate for the treatment of sarcoidosis-associated fatigue (the FaST-MP study): a double-blind, parallel-arm randomised feasibility trial	7
Exploration of therapists’ views of practice within critical care	7
Clinical characteristics, diagnosis, outcomes and lung microbiome analysis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the community-acquired pneumonia patients	7
Efficacy and safety of an inhaled pan-Janus kinase inhibitor, nezulcitinib, in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: results from a phase 2 clinical trial	7
Serological responses to SARS-CoV-2 following non-hospitalised infection: clinical and ethnodemographic features associated with the magnitude of the antibody response	7
Hospital-based multidisciplinary lung cancer care in Australia: a survey of the landscape in 2021	7
Reflexive thematic analysis exploring stakeholder experiences of virtual pulmonary rehabilitation (VIPAR)	7
Aetiology of acute respiratory infection in preschool children requiring hospitalisation in Europe—results from the PED-MERMAIDS multicentre case–control study	7
Efficacy of different respiratory supports to prevent hypoxia during flexible bronchoscopy in patients of COPD: a triple-arm, randomised controlled trial	7
Vitamin D status and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk: a prospective UK Biobank study	7
Prevalence and risk factors for COPD in subjects with preserved ratio impaired spirometry	7
Characterisation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease initiating single-device inhaled corticosteroids/long-acting β₂-agonist dual therapy in a primary care setting in Eng	7
Symptomatic, biochemical and radiographic recovery in patients with COVID-19	7
COVID-19 recovery: benefits of multidisciplinary respiratory rehabilitation	7
Secondary erythrocytosis following drugs used in rifampicin/multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study	7
Enhanced airway sensory nerve reactivity in non-eosinophilic asthma	7
Measurement of breathing in patients with post-COVID-19 using structured light plethysmography (SLP)	7
Stability in eosinophil categorisation during subsequent severe exacerbations of COPD	7
Real-world treatment trajectories of adults with newly diagnosed asthma or COPD	7
Home high-flow therapy during recovery from severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation: a mixed-methods feasibility randomised control trial	7
Evaluation of the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) Scale in a cohort of patients recovering from hypoxemic SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia	7
British Thoracic Society survey of the career intentions of respiratory medicine specialty trainees in the UK	7
Trending peripheral venous PCO₂in patients with respiratory failure using mathematically arterialised venous blood gas samples	6
Impact of early caffeine administration on respiratory outcomes in very preterm infants initially receiving invasive mechanical ventilation	6
Compensatory function change by segment-counting method in predicted postoperative pulmonary function at 1 year after surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Sequential exploratory mixed-method research of an eHealth intervention on blood pressure, sleep quality and physical activity in obstructive sleep apnoea: rationale and methodology of the Moore4Medic	6
Withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids from patients with COPD with mild or moderate airflow limitation in primary care: a feasibility randomised trial	6
Ventilator performances for non-invasive ventilation: a bench study	6
Efficacy of convalescent plasma for treatment of COVID-19 in Uganda	6
Pim1 inactivating induces RUNX3 upregulation that improves/alleviates airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion in vitro and in vivo	6
Digitally recorded and remotely classified lung auscultation compared with conventional stethoscope classifications among children aged 1–59 months enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Chil	6
Rationale and design of the SARCoidosis Outcomes in all respiratory Viral Infectious Diseases (SARCOVID) Study	6
Antibody responses and risk factors associated with impaired immunological outcomes following two doses of BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination in patients with chronic pulmonary diseases	6
Exogenous pulmonary surfactant in COVID-19 ARDS. The similarities to neonatal RDS suggest a new scenario for an ‘old’ strategy	6
Defining hypoxaemia from pulse oximeter measurements of oxygen saturation in well children at low altitude in Bangladesh: an observational study	6
Patient perspectives on knowledge gaps in hypersensitivity pneumonitis	6
Bile acids in the lower airways is associated with airway microbiota changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study	6
Temperature synchronisation of circadian rhythms in primary human airway epithelial cells from children	6
Research priorities for progressive pulmonary fibrosis in the UK	6
Undiagnosed and ‘overdiagnosed’ COPD using postbronchodilator spirometry in primary healthcare settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
COPD disease knowledge, self-awareness and reasons for hospital presentations among a predominately Indigenous Australian cohort: a study to explore preventable hospitalisation	5
Feasibility of dynamic chest radiography to calculate lung volumes in adult people with cystic fibrosis: a pilot study	5
Phenotyping the Responses to Systemic Corticosteroids in the Management of Asthma Attacks (PRISMA): protocol for an observational and translational pilot study	5
Elucidating the risk of cardiopulmonary consequences of an exacerbation of COPD: results of the EXACOS-CV study in Germany	5
Is it time to include oxygen needs as an endpoint in clinical trials in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease? If so, how?	5
Pulmonary sequelae in 2-year-old children after hospitalisation for respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection during infancy: an observational study	5
Association between air pollutant exposure, body water distribution and sleep disorder indices in individuals with low-arousal-threshold obstructive sleep apnoea	5
Serum KL-6 levels predict clinical outcomes and are associated withMUC1polymorphism in Japanese patients with COVID-19	5
Transitioning from hospital to home with non-invasive ventilation: who benefits? Results of a cohort study	5

Lung ultrasound volume sweep imaging for respiratory illness: a new horizon in expanding imaging access	5
What if… your research is suddenly affiliated with a tobacco manufacturing company?	5
Clinical utility of elective paediatric flexible bronchoscopy and impact on the quality of life: protocol for a single-centre, single-blind, randomised controlled trial	5
Association of high-sensitivity CRP and FEV1%pred: a study on non-pulmonary disease in a population in Beijing, China	5
Exploring the appropriateness of prescribing practice of inhaled pharmacotherapy among Aboriginal Australians in the Top End Northern Territory of Australia: a retrospective cohort study	5
Rapidly and slowly progressive neuromuscular disease: differences in pulmonary function, respiratory tract infections and response to lung volume recruitment therapy (LVR)	5
Characteristics, treatment patterns and burden of illness in US patients with asthma newly initiating multiple-inhaler triple therapy	5
Vitamin D status: a U-shaped relationship for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in UK healthcare workers	5
Sleep apnoea and hypoventilation in patients with five major types of muscular dystrophy	5
Circulating testosterone levels and health outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results from ECLIPSE and ERICA	5
Comparative effectiveness of sotrovimab versus no treatment in non-hospitalised high-risk COVID-19 patients in north west London: a retrospective cohort study	5
Burden of COPD in China and the global from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	5
Impact of COVID-19 on people with asthma: a mixed methods analysis from a UK wide survey	5
Differential clinicopathological features, treatments and outcomes in patients with Exon 19 deletion and Exon 21 L858R EGFR mutation-positive adenocarcinoma non-small-cell lung cancer	5
Whole-course management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary healthcare: an internet of things-enabled prospective cohort study in China	5
Long-term cohort study of patients presenting with hypercapnic respiratory failure	5
Influencing factors of sedentary behaviour in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review	5
Association of alpha globin gene copy number with exhaled nitric oxide in a cross-sectional study of healthy Black adults	5
Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill adults with SARS-CoV-2 infection during Delta and Omicron variant predominance periods: a single-hospital retrospective cohort stu	5
Estimating population-based incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and acute otitis media in children and adults in Ontario and British Columbia using health administrative data, 2005–2018: a Canad	5
Contribution of collagen XIII to lung function and development of pulmonary fibrosis	5
Beta-blockers reduce severe exacerbation in patients with mild chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study	5
Diagnostic delay in IPF impacts progression-free survival, quality of life and hospitalisation rates	5
Patient compliance and satisfaction with a new forehead device for positional obstructive sleep apnoea treatment: a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial	5
Reductions in inhaler greenhouse gas emissions by addressing care gaps in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an analysis	5
Hospital-level variation in practices and outcomes for patients with severe acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study	5
Mycophenolate and azathioprine efficacy in interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Needs assessment for introducing pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management in a rural Indian setting: a qualitative study	5
Chest radiograph-based artificial intelligence predictive model for mortality in community-acquired pneumonia	5
Fast decliner phenotype of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): applying machine learning for predicting lung function loss	5
Rate of severe exacerbations, healthcare resource utilisation and clinical outcomes in patients with COPD in low-income and middle-income countries: results from the EXACOS International Study	5
Lung volume measurement using chest CT in COVID-19 patients: a cohort study in Japan	5
A Step towards understanding coronary artery disease: a complication in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	5