OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pulmonology is 6. 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
Smoking exposure trajectories and pulmonary function in early adulthood in a Brazilian cohort	62
“ Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres ”: Is it time to divide Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis in three different forms?	62
Reproducibility, validity, and reliability of the incremental step test for subjects with moderate to severe asthma	57
Intra- and interobserver agreement of inspiratory capacity during cardio pulmonary exercise test	56
Effect of elexacaftor–tezacaftor–ivacaftor modulator on lung structure in cystic fibrosis	51
Mixed squamous cell and glandular papilloma of the bronchus	39
Single breath nitrogen test as predictor of lung function decline and COPD over an 8-year follow-up	39
Intensity of exercise in people with COPD enrolled in community-based physical activities	38
Exposed posters	33
Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD): May axial myopathy influence respiratory dysfunction?	33
The Vacinómetro® initiative: an eleven-year monitorization of influenza vaccination coverage rates among risk groups in Portugal	32
Effects of asymmetric nasal high-flow cannula on carbon dioxide in hypercapnic patients: A randomised crossover physiological pilot study	30
Issue 2 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution”. Part 2): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: Perspectives from Italy and some other GARD countries	30
High-dose inhaled NO for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass: A proof-of-concept prospective randomised study	30
Flow-controlled ventilation may reduce mechanical power and increase ventilatory efficiency in severe coronavirus disease-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome	29
Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study	27
Ultrasound-guided needle aspiration biopsy of isolated anterior mediastinal masses	27
Blood pressure and sleep during a 12-month stay at Concordia Station (3233 m), Antarctica	26
Chylothorax as an unusual presentation of Bosutinib therapy toxicity	26
Diaphragm thickening fraction and inspiratory effort in patients with SARS-COV II pneumonia receiving different non-invasive respiratory supports	26
Regarding the prognostic factors in patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer treated with crizotinib	25
Differences in exercise capacity and health-related quality of life according to the body mass index in patients with COPD	25
Prevascular mediastinal angyomiolipoma. A case report	24
The public health impact of e-cigarette use: Revisiting Geoffrey Rose's prevention strategies	24
A study of the psychometric properties of the Brazilian–Portuguese version of Bronchiectasis Health Questionnaire	24

What do we know about macrolides immunomodulatory therapeutic potential in respiratory disease in 2023	23
Prescribing and adjusting exercise training in chronic respiratory diseases – Expert-based practical recommendations	23
Increased plasma interleukin-1β is associated with accelerated lung function decline in non-smokers	22
The London chest activity of daily living revisited	22
Prone position for acute respiratory distress syndrome and the hazards of meta-analysis	20
A contribution towards a world without tobacco – The TabacoPed study	20
Endotypes in bronchiectasis: moving towards precision medicine. A narrative review	19
The diagnostic performance and optimal strategy of cone beam CT-assisted bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
COPD treatment – a conceptual review based on critical endpoints	19
Reliability and validity of the Chester step test in patients with interstitial lung disease	19
Should there be a tailored guided management plan for children with post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans and bronchiectasis?	18
IMAGES: Nocardia pneumonia – A surprising and rare pulmonary infection mimicking lung cancer	18
Oral Communications	16
Correspondence: “Maintaining pulmonary rehabilitation benefits: Key factors in COPD patient recovery”	16
In pursuit of personalized medicine in fibrotic interstitial lung diseases. Divide and conquer	15
Helmet continuous positive airway pressure for patients’ transport using a single oxygen cylinder: A bench study	15
Efficacy and safety of high-flow nasal cannula therapy in elderly patients with acute respiratory failure	15
Red cell distribution in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	15
High altitudes and partial pressure of arterial oxygen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Baseline dependent minimally important differences for clinical outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in people with COPD	14
An extremely rare case of Langerhans cell hyperplasia in the thymus	14
Dynamic hyperinflation, chronotropic intolerance and abnormal heart rate recovery in non-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients-reflections in the mirror	14
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) and early atherosclerosis: The role of microbiota and EVs	14
Is there any physiological reason to train expiratory muscles in people with mild COPD?	13
Images: Secondary pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in brucellosis	13
Organizing pneumonia associated with optic neuromyelitis: Coincidental occurrence or causal association?	13
Factors associated with non-completion of latent tuberculosis infection treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A non-matched case control study	13
Commented posters	13
Effectiveness of a remote simulation training in mechanical ventilation among trainees	13
Can we rely on single use bronchoscopes in central airway obstruction management? A preliminary, open label randomised controlled trial	12
Clustering patients with COVID-19 according to respiratory support requirements, and its impact on short- and long-term outcome (RECOVID study)	12
Performance of helmet CPAP using different configurations: Turbine-driven ventilators vs Venturi devices	12
Effect of exercise training on modulating the TH17/TREG imbalance in individuals with severe COPD: A randomized controlled trial	12
Influence of inhalation device, active substance, and drug formulation on the compliance of patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases. A physicians’ perspective	12
Plasmapheresis reduces cytokine and immune cell levels in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)	12
Vocal cord palsy in interstitial lung disease: Involvement of architectural distortion by pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis	12
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of the Turkish version of the Duke Activity Status Index in patients with pulmonary hypertension	12
Virtual reality for COPD rehabilitation: a technological perspective	12
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in Greece: Focus on rare variants	11
Endotoxin exposure associated with respiratory health among European schoolchildren: The SINPHONIE study	11
Application and internal validation of lung ultrasound score in COVID-19 setting: The ECOVITA observational study	11
Diagnostic accuracy of TB-LAMP assay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis–a case-control study in northern India	11
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease	11
Corrigenda 2 to Oral Communications	11
Abstracts from the Congresso de Pnemologia do Norte 2025: E-posters	11
Development and evaluation of spirometry reference equations at high altitude	11
How COVID-19 changed our bronchoscopy procedures: A comparison with the Portuguese Pulmonology Society Recommendations	11
Low tumour interleukin-1β expression predicts a limited effect of adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for patients with completely resected lung adenocarcinoma: An identification and validation study	11
Association between respiratory distress time and invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients: A multicentre regional cohort study	10
Comparison of thoracic surgery training in the Iberian Peninsula: A call for European uniformity	10

Association of the methionine sulfoxide reductase A rs10903323 gene polymorphism with functional activity and oxidative modification of alpha-1-antitrypsin in COPD patients	10
Can the post-COVID-19 functional status scale discriminate between patients with different levels of fatigue, quality of life and functional performance?	10
The COPD assessment test and the modified Medical Research Council scale are not equivalent when related to the maximal exercise capacity in COPD patients	10
Impact of the 2022 ATS/ERS update criteria on the bronchodilator responsiveness test result	10
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations’ management in Portuguese hospitals – EvaluateCOPDpt, a multicentre, observational, prospective study	10
Primary pleural lymphoma – A rare diagnosis	10
Application and internal validation of lung ultrasound score in COVID-19 setting: The ECOVITA observational study. Authors’ reply	10
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Portugal: Trends from the last decade	10
Tele-consultation: A new promised land?	10
Stratifying risk outcomes among adult COVID-19 inpatients with high flow oxygen: The R4 score	10
Intermittent versus equivalent constant-load cycle training in COVID-19 patients	10
Daily digital biomarkers in the follow-up and clustering of patients with asthma	10
Effectiveness and safety of a new helmet CPAP configuration allowing tidal volume monitoring in patients with COVID-19	9
Redundancy in sarcoidosis granulomas	9
Unraveling the resurgence of pertussis: Insights into epidemiology and global health strategies	9
Posteres	9
Relapsed malignant pleural mesothelioma: An impressive response to Nivolumab monotherapy	9
COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Author's reply	9
Dynamic hyperinflation in patients with severe asthma compared to healthy adults	9
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy of a rare epicardial tumour	8
Sex-dependent GOAL screening performance in adults at risk for obstructive sleep apnea	8
Correspondence: Synergistic effect of public health and social work in the pre-detection of tuberculous pleurisy	8
Epidemic after pandemic: Dengue surpasses COVID-19 in number of deaths	8
Encephalitis in non-small-cell lung cancer	8
Non-invasive ventilation in post-extubation respiratory failure due to Reinke's edema	8
Impact of CFTR large deletions and insertions on the clinical and laboratory severity of cystic fibrosis: a serial case report	8
Handgrip strength and respiratory disease mortality: Longitudinal analyses from SHARE	8
The “serial switcher” in severe asthma	7
A series of narrative reviews on air pollution and respiratory health for Pulmonology: Why it is important and who should read it	7
Why not a 95-95-95 strategy for influenza by 2030?	7
Pregnancy in patients with Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency and the role of intravenous AAT therapy. Authors’ reply	7
Implementing nitrogen multiple breath washout as a clinical tool – A feasibility study	7
Association between lung function and dyspnoea and its variation in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study	7
The benefit of macrolide therapy in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia is only present in patients with bacteremia	7
Unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in the ICU: Views from both sides of the barrier	7
Letter to the editor: Commentary on ‘development and evaluation of spirometry reference equations at high altitude’	7
Pulmonary vein stenosis mimicking interstitial lung disease	7
Letter to the editor: High-dose inhaled NO for preventing nosocomial pneumonia after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass	7
Impact of treating obesity hypoventilation syndrome on body mass index	7
Diagnostic and therapeutic approach of central sleep apnea in heart failure – the role of adaptive servo-ventilation. A statement of the Portuguese society of pulmonology and the Portuguese sleep asso	7
Defective exercise-related expiratory muscle recruitment in patients with PHOX2B mutations: A clue to neural determinants of the congenital central hypoventilation syndrome	7
Validity and reliability of the one-minute sit-to-stand test for the measurement of cardio-respiratory responses in children with cystic fibrosis	7
Back to the roots of medicine: It's severe asthma patient-reported symptoms that matter!	7
Efficacy and safety of high-flow nasal cannula therapy in elderly patients with acute respiratory failure. Authors´reply	7
Results of surgery versus stereotactic body radiotherapy for lung cancer	6
Issue 2 - “Update on adverse respiratory effects of indoor air pollution” Part 1): Indoor air pollution and respiratory diseases: A general update and a Portuguese perspective	6
Will smoking on beaches become a thing of the past? Bibione: The first smoke-free beach in Italy	6
Reference values for six-minute walk distance and six-minute walk work in Caucasian adults	6
Comparing the cost-effectiveness of two screening strategies for latent tuberculosis infection in Portugal	6
Transcutaneous capnometry-guided exercise in respiratory settings	6
Utility of solar-powered oxygen delivery in a resource-constrained setting	6
Comparison of cryobiopsy and forceps biopsy for the diagnosis of mediastinal lesions: A randomised clinical trial	6
Bronchoscopic sampling techniques in the era of technological bronchoscopy	6
A potentially life-threatening complication of lung metastasis thermal-ablation	6
In memoriam of Jordi Mancebo	6
Cycling biologic therapy for severe asthma	6
EBUS-guided cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of thoracic disorders	6
Asthma hospitalizations: A call for a national strategy to fight health inequities	6
Coffee shops, a hub for TB clusters?	6