OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ERJ Open Research is 26. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The long-term effects of insulin use in incident cystic fibrosis-related diabetes: a target trial emulated using longitudinal national registry data	182
BreathEase: rationale, design and recruitment of a randomised trial and embedded mixed-methods study of a multiprofessional breathlessness service in early palliative care	84
Comparison of different sets of immunological tests to identify treatable immunodeficiencies in adult bronchiectasis patients	66
Dysglycaemia among tuberculosis patients without known diabetes in a low-endemic setting	53
A survey of UK respiratory specialists’ opinion on the management of chronic cough	52
Dual CFTR modulator therapy efficacy in the real world: lessons for the future	51
Comparison of two scores for short-term outcomes in patients with COPD exacerbation in the emergency department: the Ottawa COPD Risk Scale and the DECAF score	43
Long-term incident severe outcomes in a prospective cohort of non-obese obstructive sleep apnoea patients free of comorbidities at inclusion	43
Supplementary oxygen efficacy for chronic pulmonary disorders and exertion desaturation	42
Williams–Campbell syndrome case series and discordant twins	40
Period and cohort effects: consequences on spirometric lung function in Norway during the 20th century	40
Extracellular iron and the lung microbiome in smoking and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diagnostic delay in bronchiectasis: an Italian perspective	38
Targeted DNase treatment of obstructive lung disease: a pilot randomised controlled trial	34
“Patients at risk of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease who need testing evaluated using a modified Delphi process by European experts.” Michael R. Loebinger, Stefano Aliberti, Charles Haw	33
The noninvasive ventilation outcomes score in patients requiring NIV for COPD exacerbation without prior evidence of airflow obstruction	30
The impact of personal and outdoor temperature exposure during cold and warm seasons on lung function and respiratory symptoms in COPD	29
Global survey of physician testing practices for nontuberculous mycobacteria	29
The Role of Clamping Before Removal of a Chest Tube in Post-Surgical and Pneumothorax Patients Using Digital Drainage Systems: A Non-inferiority Randomized Trial	28
ROHHAD syndrome in an adult: presence of ZSCAN1 antibodies	28
Myostatin/Smad2/Smad3 pathway define a differential clinical phenotype in COPD-associated sarcopenia	28
Managing breathlessness for people with advanced respiratory disease	27
The NEUROCOUGH Chronic Cough Registry: A protocol for a pan-European observational study	27
Predicting clinical exacerbations using respiratory oscillometry during home telemonitoring of patients taking medium/high dose asthma treatment	27
Increased delay to lung transplantation for women candidates: gender-based disparity matters in the lung transplant trajectory	27

Dendritic cells in the lung cavities of XDR-TB patients exhibit altered frequency and phenotype	27
Achieving adherence to positive airway pressure in commercial drivers using an employer-mandated remote management programme	26
Prevalence and consequences of patient-ventilator interactions in a cohort of home ventilated restrictive and neuromuscular patients. A multicenter study	26
Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in patients with haemoptysis: the POPEIHE study	26