ERJ Open Research

ERJ Open Research is a fully open access original research journal, published online by the European Respiratory Society. The journal aims to publish high-quality work in all fields of respiratory science and medicine, covering basic science, clinical translational science and clinical medicine.

The journal was created to help fulfil the ERS objective to disseminate scientific and educational material to its members and to the medical community, but also to provide researchers with an affordable open access specialty journal in which to publish their work.

January

ERJ Open Research receives its first impact factor and plans for the next step Woo-Jung Song, Esther Barreiro ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00608-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00608-2022
Dyspnoea in COVID-19 recovery beyond the intensive care unit: the potential impact of inspiratory muscle weakness Bernie Bissett ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00521-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00521-2022
When more is more: the role of additional upfront therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension Shannon Niedermeyer, Paul Hassoun ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00592-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00592-2022
Global burden of nontuberculous mycobacteria in the cystic fibrosis population: a systematic review and meta-analysis Miguel D. Prieto, Mosaab E. Alam, Alessandro N. Franciosi, Bradley S. Quon ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00336-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00336-2022
The use of lung ultrasound in COVID-19 Ivana Blazic, Chiara Cogliati, Nicola Flor, Guy Frija, Michael Kawooya, Michele Umbrello, Sam Ali, Marie-Laure Baranne, Young-Jae Cho, Richard Pitcher, Ivan Vollmer, Emilie van Deventer, Maria del Rosario Perez ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00196-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00196-2022
Multimorbidity in bronchiectasis: a systematic scoping review Imogen Marsland, Ruth Sobala, Anthony De Soyza, Miles Witham ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00296-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00296-2022
Adverse perception of cough in patients with severe asthma: a discrete choice experiment Joshua Holmes, Vikki O'Neill, Lorcan P. McGarvey, Liam G. Heaney ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00442-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00442-2022
Artificial intelligence based software facilitates spirometry quality control in asthma and COPD clinical trials Eva Topole, Sonia Biondaro, Isabella Montagna, Sandrine Corre, Massimo Corradi, Sanja Stanojevic, Brian Graham, Nilakash Das, Kevin Ray, Marko Topalovic ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00292-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00292-2022
All-cause admissions following a first ever exacerbation-related hospitalisation in COPD Kiki Waeijen-Smit, Peter A. Jacobsen, Sarah Houben-Wilke, Sami O. Simons, Frits M.E. Franssen, Martijn A. Spruit, Christian T. Pedersen, Kristian H. Kragholm, Ulla M. Weinreich ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00217-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00217-2022
Trimer IgG and neutralising antibody response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in individuals with sarcoidosis Christen L. Vagts, Yi-Shin Chang, Christian Ascoli, Jessica M. Lee, Kai Huang, Yue Huang, Ruth A. Cherian, Nandini Sarup, Samantha R. Warpecha, Russell Edafetanure-Ibeh, Md-Ruhul Amin, Tasmin Sultana, Mahmood Ghassemi, Nadera J. Sweiss, Richard Novak, David L. Perkins, Patricia W. Finn ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00025-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00025-2022
Circulating dipeptidyl peptidase 3 and bio-adrenomedullin levels are associated with impaired outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective international multicentre study Dirk van Lier, Benjamin Deniau, Karine Santos, Oliver Hartmann, Emmanuel Dudoignon, François Depret, Benoit Plaud, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Alexandre Mebazaa, Peter Pickkers ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00342-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00342-2022
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation in intensive care for COVID-19: randomised controlled trial Ana Cristina Carvalho, Jorge Moreira, Pedro Cubelo, Pedro Cantista, Catarina Aguiar Branco, Bruno Guimarães ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00350-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00350-2022
Inspiratory muscle strength and function in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 survivors 3 and 6 months after intensive care unit discharge Maria Natividad Núñez-Seisdedos, David Valcárcel-Linares, María Teresa Gómez-González, Irene Lázaro-Navas, Luís López-González, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Isabel Rodríguez-Costa ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00329-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00329-2022
Apnoea–hypopnoea index of 5 events·h^-1 as a metabolomic threshold in patients with sleep complaints Ott Kiens, Egon Taalberg, Viktoria Ivanova, Ketlin Veeväli, Triin Laurits, Ragne Tamm, Aigar Ottas, Kalle Kilk, Ursel Soomets, Alan Altraja ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00325-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00325-2022
Early selexipag initiation and long-term outcomes: insights from randomised controlled trials in pulmonary arterial hypertension J. Gerry Coghlan, Sean Gaine, Richard Channick, Kelly M. Chin, Camille du Roure, J. Simon R. Gibbs, Marius M. Hoeper, Irene M. Lang, Stephen C. Mathai, Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Lada Mitchell, Gérald Simonneau, Olivier Sitbon, Victor F. Tapson, Nazzareno Galiè ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00456-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00456-2022
COVID-19 in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a European multicentre study Spyros A. Papiris, Ilaria Campo, Francesca Mariani, Maria Kallieri, Lykourgos Kolilekas, Andriana I. Papaioannou, Efsun Gonca Chousein, Erdogan Cetinkaya, Francesco Bonella, Raphael Borie, Maria Kokosi, Thomas Pickworth, Maria Molina-Molina, Mercè Gasa, Elzbieta Radzikowska, Justyna Fijolek, Stéphane Jouneau, Emmanuel Gomez, Cormac McCarthy, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Wojciech J. Piotrowski, Rishi Pabary, Alice Hadchouel, Nathalie Coolen-Allou, Tiago Alfaro, Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, Elvira-Markela Antonogiannaki, Ioannis P. Tomos, Despoina Papakosta, Theodoros Kontakiotis, Panagiota Panagiotou, Konstantinos Douros, Andrea Schams, Sara Lettieri, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, Anna Karakatsani, Stelios Loukides, Ulrich Costabel, Bruno Crestani, Cliff Morgan, Ryushi Tazawa, Andrew Bush, Matthias Griese, Effrosyni D. Manali ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00199-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00199-2022
ERJ Open Research, list of peer reviewers 2022 ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 10301-2023; 10.1183/23120541.10901-2023
Triple therapy in COPD: understanding the data Samy Suissa ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00615-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00615-2022
Healthcare experiences of adults with COPD across community care settings: a meta-ethnography Sanduni Madawala, Christian Robert Osadnik, Narelle Warren, Karthika Kasiviswanathan, Chris Barton ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00581-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00581-2022
Bacterial DNA amplifies neutrophilic inflammation in IL-17-exposed airways Nastaran Mues, Richard J. Martin, Rafeul Alam, Niccolette Schaunaman, Kris Genelyn Dimasuay, Christena Kolakowski, Clyde J. Wright, Lijun Zheng, Hong Wei Chu ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00474-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00474-2022
Development and validation of a predictive model combining patient-reported outcome measures, spirometry and exhaled nitric oxide fraction for asthma diagnosis Gilles Louis, Florence Schleich, Michèle Guillaume, Delphine Kirkove, Halehsadat Nekoee Zahrei, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Monique Henket, Virginie Paulus, Françoise Guissard, Renaud Louis, Benoit Pétré ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00451-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00451-2022
Biomarker-based clustering of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren, Julie Weidner, Frits M.E. Franssen, Swetlana Gaffron, Niki L. Reynaert, Emiel F.M. Wouters, Martijn A. Spruit ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00301-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00301-2022
Unravelling young COPD and pre-COPD in the general population Borja G. Cosío, Ciro Casanova, Juan José Soler-Cataluña, Joan B. Soriano, Francisco García-Río, Pilar de Lucas, Inmaculada Alfageme, José Miguel Rodríguez González-Moro, Guadalupe Sánchez, Julio Ancochea, Marc Miravitlles ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00334-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00334-2022
Characteristics and risk factors for post-COVID-19 breathlessness after hospitalisation for COVID-19 Luke Daines, Bang Zheng, Omer Elneima, Ewen Harrison, Nazir I. Lone, John R. Hurst, Jeremy S. Brown, Elizabeth Sapey, James D. Chalmers, Jennifer K. Quint, Paul Pfeffer, Salman Siddiqui, Samantha Walker, Krisnah Poinasamy, Hamish McAuley, Marco Sereno, Aarti Shikotra, Amisha Singapuri, Annemarie B. Docherty, Michael Marks, Mark Toshner, Luke S. Howard, Alex Horsley, Gisli Jenkins, Joanna C. Porter, Ling-Pei Ho, Betty Raman, Louise V. Wain, Christopher E. Brightling, Rachael A. Evans, Liam G. Heaney, Anthony De Soyza, Aziz Sheikh ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00274-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00274-2022
Epidemiological characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis and bronchiectasis: comparative study using national mortality statistics from 1970 to 2015 in Japan Kozo Morimoto, Kazuro Iwai, Takashi Yoshiyama, Masashi Ito, Fumiko Uesugi, Takanori Asakura, Takeshi Osawa, Koji Furuuchi, Atsuyuki Kurashima, Keiji Fujiwara, Naoki Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Kudoh Shoji, Yuji Shiraishi, Satoshi Mitarai, Manabu Ato, Ken Ohta ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00424-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00424-2022
Pulmonary Hypertension and Measurement of Exercise Capacity Remotely: Evaluation of the 1-min Sit-to-Stand Test (PERSPIRE) – a cohort study Carol Keen, Ian Smith, Molly Hashmi-Greenwood, Karen Sage, David G. Kiely ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00295-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00295-2022
Computational platform for doctor–artificial intelligence cooperation in pulmonary arterial hypertension prognostication: a pilot study Vitaly O. Kheyfets, Andrew J. Sweatt, Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, Dunbar D. Ivy, Robin Condliffe, David G. Kiely, Allan Lawrie, Bradley A. Maron, Roham T. Zamanian, Kurt R. Stenmark ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00484-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00484-2022
Use of inhaled ipratropium bromide to improve exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction cannot be recommended Praveen Muralitharan, Petter Carlsen, Magnus Hilland, Irisz Delestre-Levai, Maria Vollsæter, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Mette Engan, Ola Drange Røksund, Thomas Halvorsen, Hege H. Clemm ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00308-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00308-2022
Validation of a small cough detector Manuel Kuhn, Elif Nalbant, Dario Kohlbrenner, Mitja Alge, Laura Kuett, Alexandra Arvaji, Noriane A. Sievi, Erich W. Russi, Christian F. Clarenbach ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00279-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00279-2022
High-throughput functional assay in cystic fibrosis patient-derived organoids allows drug repurposing Sacha Spelier, Eyleen de Poel, Georgia N. Ithakisiou, Sylvia W.F. Suen, Marne C. Hagemeijer, Danya Muilwijk, Annelotte M. Vonk, Jesse E. Brunsveld, Evelien Kruisselbrink, Cornelis K. van der Ent, Jeffrey M. Beekman ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00495-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00495-2022
Impact of computed tomographic patterns and extent on clinical management and outcomes of patients with organising pneumonia Tang-Hsiu Huang, Sheng-Huan Wei, Li-Ting Huang, Hong-Ping Er, Yu-Ting Yu, Chung-Ta Lee, Yau-Lin Tseng, Chao-Liang Wu ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00505-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00505-2022
At-home noninvasive ventilation initiation with telemonitoring in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: a retrospective study Thomas Réginault, Benoit Bouteleux, Philippe Wibart, Stéphane Mathis, Gwendal Le Masson, Odile Pillet, Léo Grassion ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00438-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00438-2022
Exertional oscillatory ventilation in subjects without heart failure reporting chronic dyspnoea J. Alberto Neder, Alcides Rocha, Flavio F. Arbex, Maria Clara N. Alencar, Priscila A. Sperandio, Daniel M. Hirai, Danilo C. Berton ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00324-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00324-2022
Pulmonary hypertension: the hallmark of acute COVID-19 microvascular angiopathy? Sri Harsha Dintakurti, Sanjana Kamath, Ciara Mahon, Suveer Singh, Bhavin Rawal, Simon P.G. Padley, Anand Devaraj, Laura C. Price, Sujal R. Desai, Tom Semple, Carole A. Ridge ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00389-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00389-2022
It is time to end our love affair with short-acting ß₂-agonists in asthma? Yes Luis J. Nannini ERJ Open Res, 9 (1) 00555-2022; 10.1183/23120541.00555-2022