OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thoracic Disease is 28. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Cardiovascular risk of smoking and benefits of smoking cessation	135
Robotic bronchoscopy for pulmonary lesions: a review of existing technologies and clinical data	70
Hydrogen/oxygen mixed gas inhalation improves disease severity and dyspnea in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 in a recent multicenter, open-label clinical trial	69
Impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on sleep	66
Virtual or reality: divergence between preprocedural computed tomography scans and lung anatomy during guided bronchoscopy	57
Mechanisms of resistance to osimertinib	57
Society for Advanced Bronchoscopy Consensus Statement and Guidelines for bronchoscopy and airway management amid the COVID-19 pandemic	54
Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multicenter, retrospective, observational study	52
Bronchoalveolar lavage as a diagnostic procedure: a review of known cellular and molecular findings in various lung diseases	48
The impact of immune-inflammation-nutritional parameters on the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with atezolizumab	47
KRAS mutations testing in non-small cell lung cancer: the role of Liquid biopsy in the basal setting	46
Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy in locally resectable advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	46
Understanding barriers to lung cancer screening in primary care	43
Global burden of medication non-adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma: a narrative review of the clinical and economic case for smart inhalers	39
Screening for obstructive sleep apnea with novel hybrid acoustic smartphone app technology	39
The present and future of cough counting tools	36
3D printing in adult cardiovascular surgery and interventions: a systematic review	35
Evaluation of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block for postoperative management of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial	33
Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab with chemotherapy for the treatment of stage IIB–IIIB resectable lung squamous cell carcinoma	33
Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation: a review of the literature	33
Endovascular treatment for aortic arch pathologies: chimney, on-the-table fenestration, and in-situ fenestration techniques	33
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation without systemic anticoagulation: a case-series in challenging conditions	32
High incidence of hyperventilation syndrome after COVID-19	32
Improving patient engagement, adherence, and satisfaction in lung cancer surgery with implementation of a mobile device platform for patient reported outcomes	31
Paraneoplastic syndromes in small cell lung cancer	31

Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery: a prediction model	31
Cone beam CT imaging for bronchoscopy: a technical review	30
Risk factors and predictors associated with the severity of COVID-19 in China: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression	29
Comparison of the next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology with culture methods in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal infections	28
Ex vivo lung perfusion	28