OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Laboratory Medicine is 2. 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
Type 1 von Willebrand Disease in a Pediatric Patient Caused by a Novel Heterozygous Deletion of Exons 1 to 6 of the von Willebrand Factor Gene: A Case Report	51
A simple method to overcome paraproteinemic interferences in chemistry and immunoassays	22
Retrospective comparison of false-positive result frequencies of 3 syphilis serology screening tests in pregnant and nonpregnant patients at an academic medical center in Appalachia	19
Comparison of Commercial Low Molecular Weight Heparin and Homemade Anti-Xa Calibrators to a Commercial Specific Anti-Xa Calibrator for Plasma Rivaroxaban Quantification by Anti-Xa Oral Anticoagulant P	17
Methods to Correct Drug-Induced Coagulopathy in Bleeding Emergencies: A Comparative Review	15
Quantitative Value of Bacteria Associated with Leukocytes in Differential Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children, in Comparison to Sputum Culture and Procalcitonin	10
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Aided Diagnosis of Glutathione Synthetase Deficiency	10
Absolute CD4 count and percentage values among Libyan patients with HIV by single-platform flow cytometry	10
Clinical Application of Prostatic Exosomal Protein and Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels in the Detection of Prostate-Related Diseases	10
Long-Term Dynamic of Anti-TrimericS and Anti-RBD Antibodies in Naive and COVID-19 Recovered mRNA-1273 Vaccine Recipients	10
High C-Reactive Protein-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Is Predictive of Unfavorable Prognosis in HBV-Associated Decompensated Cirrhosis	9
Patient-derived reference intervals for alkaline phosphatase to support appropriate utility for isoenzymes determinations and hypophosphatasia	9
Diagnostic stewardship of procalcitonin testing by implementation of computer-based decision support	9
Pentraxin 3 stability in serum and urine samples at –20 °C during a 4-week period	9
Differential Effects on HbA1c Detection by HPLC and Capillary Electrophoresis in Five Types of Hb Variants in China	9
IgA is the predominant isotype of anti-β2 glycoprotein I in patients with COVID-19	8
Correction: The Importance of Medical Laboratory Scientists and the Number of Doctoral Scientists that Began Their Career by Working on the Front Lines of Laboratory Medicine	8
The Continued Need for the Routine Assessment of Folate Status	8
The Dismal History of Cancer Treatment and Ongoing Racial Disparities	8
IgM Warm Autoantibodies Causing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient	8
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase Concentrations in Plasma Compared to Serum	7
Clinical Educators’ Teaching Approaches and Attributes in Laboratory Medicine	7
Double-stranded DNA antibody test using BioPlex220 system: unacceptable option for SLE diagnosis and follow-up	7
Vitamin D Status in Palindromic Rheumatism: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis	7
The Direct Spectrophotometric Method Is Reliable for Initial Assessment of Total Bilirubin in Neonatal Venous Plasma	7

Combined Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2: Rapid Antigen Detection as an Adjunct to Nucleic Acid Detection	7
Imbalance of Circulating Monocyte Subsets in Subjects with Newly Emerged and Recurrent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia	7
Approaches to nonlinear curve fitting in laboratory medicine	6
Neutrophilic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Severity in SARS-CoV-2 Infection	6
Reduced Immune Response and Neutralizing Antibody Activity to the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Patients with a History of Solid Organ Transplant	6
Insulin receptor substrate 2 gene Gly1057Asp polymorphism is a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	6
Association of Interleukin-6 Polymorphisms with Schizophrenia and Depression: A Case-Control Study	6
External quality assurance experience with Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Program at an academic hospital in South Africa	6
A Novel INS Mutation in the C-Peptide Region Causing Hyperproinsulinemic Maturity Onset Diabetes of Youth Type 10	6
Macroprolactinoma-Induced Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis and Its Reversal with Dopamine Agonist Therapy	6
Long-term alliance for pathology equipment and technology acquisition: a paradigm shift for improved quality and efficiency	6
The FDA’s proposed rule on laboratory-developed tests: what happens next?	6
A Novel Homozygous Pathogenic Variant in CYP11B1 in a Female Iranian Patient with 11B Hydroxylase Deficiency	6
About the Journal	6
Chemerin Levels in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	5
Prospective Validation of a Machine Learning Model for Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Estimation	5
Bronchoalveolar lavage cytology in children with chronic unexplained cough and severely neurologically impaired children	5
SNAP25 as a prognostic marker in transcriptome analysis of meningioma	5
Optimization of laboratory diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia using HemosIL-AcuStar-HIT-IgG assay	5
Transient Pseudothrombocytopenia Detected 8 Months After COVID-19 Vaccination	5
Urine Organic Acid Analysis: Key Diagnostic Test for Fumaric Aciduria in a Sri Lankan Child	5
CALR frameshift mutation detection in myeloproliferative neoplasms by microfluidic chip analysis	5
Associations between glycemic status and the ratio of γ-glutamyl transferase to HDL-C in middle-aged women	5
Application of capillary electrophoresis–high-resolution mass spectrometry to diagnose 2 rare hemoglobin variants in the San Francisco Bay area	5
Analysis of platelet transfusion efficacy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment in pediatric patients post-cardiac surgery-a retrospective cohort study	5
Genetic analysis of TMPRSS6 catalytic domain variants in Mexican patients with iron treatment refractoriness	5
Amylase-producing lung adenocarcinoma with an anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion mutation: a case report	5
Value of Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies in Neuroimmune Diseases: Analysis of Interference During Treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulins	5
Analyzing the impact of the FISH! Philosophy on postpandemic workplace culture in an academic medical laboratory setting	5
Plasmablastic transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a review of literature and report on 2 cases	5
Platelet MicroRNA-484 as a Novel Diagnostic Biomarker for Acute Coronary Syndrome	5
Medical laboratory scientist motivation to pursue graduate education	5
Corrigendum to: A Simple and Applicable Method for Human Platelet Lysate Preparation Using Citrate Blood	4
Association between Serum α-Klotho Levels and Behçet Disease	4
Combination of Circulating Cell-Free DNA and Positron Emission Tomography to Distinguish Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer from Tuberculosis	4
Association of thyroid disorders and breast cancer: a retrospective case-control study	4
Analysis of the Relationship between Bladder Cancer Gene Mutation and Clinical Prognosis by High-Throughput Sequencing	4
Correlation of the abundance of MDSCs, Tregs, PD-1, and PD-L1 with the efficacy of chemotherapy and prognosis in gastric cancer	4
Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury Caused by HLA-II Antibodies: A Case Report	4
Association of Catalase Gene Polymorphisms with Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome in a Chinese Pediatric Population	4
3D Printing as an Effective Quality Assurance Implementation in Massive-Scale SARS-CoV-2 Testing at a SwabSeq Next-Generation Sequencing Laboratory	4
Lean methodology in health care practice: an example of application for clinical laboratory urinalysis processing	4
The potential of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor as a biomarker for urine-based noninvasive diagnosis of prostate cancer	4
Patent blue interferes with the measurement of lipemia index in a patient with sentinel lymph node	4
Hepcidin values can help predict the responsiveness of roxadustat for treating anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease	4
Thrombin-antithrombin complex might be a promising parameter for monitoring anticoagulation in the early postoperative period after LVAD implantation	4
A historical perspective on diversity in Clinical Laboratory Sciences Programs	4
Quality Assessment and Clinical Utility of Plasma Obtained Via Apheresis vs That Obtained from Whole Blood	4
A Case of Massive Fetal-Maternal Hemorrhage: Lessons Learned in Diagnosis and Treatment	4
Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by anti-M antibodies: a case report and literature review	4

The microbiological diagnostic performance of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in patients with infectious diseases	4
Falsely Elevated Estradiol Results in a 62-Year-Old Male Patient	4
About the Journal	3
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the identification of infections caused by Gram-negative pathogens and the prediction of antimicrobial resistance	3
TP53 mutations in myeloid neoplasms: implications for accurate laboratory detection, diagnosis, and treatment	3
Correction to: Diagnostic value of pleural effusion Krebs von den Lungen-6 in malignant pleural effusion of patients with non–small cell lung cancer	3
A Century of Progress	3
Performance of High Throughput SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing Compared to Nucleic Acid Testing	3
The Interpretation of Mirror Pattern Bands During Oligoclonal Immunoglobulin Isoelectric Focusing Electrophoresis: A Retrospective Study	3
A Scoping Review of Medical Laboratory Science and Simulation: Promoting a Path Forward with Best Practices	3
Validating the HPA-1 to -5 and -15 Detection by Homemade PCR-SSP, Real-Time PCR, and PCR-RFLP Methods	3
A Primer on Chimerism Analysis: A Straightforward, Thorough Review	3
Comparison of active and dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR/DevR regulon polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns	3
Prediction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels using machine learning methods	3
About the Journal	3
Kanamycin Supplement for the Disaggregation of Platelet Clumps in EDTA-Dependent Pseudothrombocytopenia Specimens	3
Semaphorin 3A levels in vascular and nonvascular phenotypes in systemic sclerosis	3
Trimethylamine-N-Oxide and Precursors as Novel Potential Biomarkers for Anxiety Disorder	3
Resolving Pseudohyponatremia: Validation of Plasma Sodium on Radiometer ABL800 Blood Gas Analyzers for Immediate Reflex Testing	3
Evusheld, a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein–directed attachment inhibitor, appears in serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation: a case study	3
Comparison of IgG Against COVID-19 Between Postmenopausal and Nonmenopausal Women Vaccinated With Sinopharm Vaccine	3
Lipidomic analysis of serum exosomes identifies a novel diagnostic marker for type 2 diabetes mellitus	3
Frequencies of Anti-Troponin I vs Anti-Troponin T Autoantibodies and Degrees of Interference on Troponin Assays	3
Diagnostic value of pleural effusion Krebs von den Lungen-6 in malignant pleural effusion of patients with non–small cell lung cancer	3
A 6-year-old boy with an atypical liver neoplasm harboring a novel RPS6KA3 variant	3
Identification of Differential Metabolites Between  Type 2 Diabetes and Postchronic Pancreatitis Diabetes (Type 3c) Based on an Untargeted Metabolomics Approach	3
Evaluation of methods to eliminate analytical interference in multiple myeloma patients with spurious hyperphosphatemia	3
Total Analytical Error and Measurement Uncertainty for Analytical Performance Evaluation and Determination of Gray Zones of Glucose Critical Value Limits	2
Hsa-miR-2113-5p is not a key indicator for coronary artery disease: a case-controlled observational study	2
Quantitative Detection of House Dust Mites–Specific IgE by Light-Initiated Chemiluminescence Assay	2
Correction to: Interference of hemoglobin variants with HbA1c measurements by six commonly used HbA1c methods	2
Serologic detection of regenerating protein I alpha by time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay and its clinical value in gastric cancer	2
Bone marrow reinvestigation leading to the diagnosis of VEXAS syndrome	2
Autoantibodies in laryngeal cancer: detection and role as a biomarker	2
Molecular and phenotypical findings of a novel de novo SYNGAP1 gene variant in an 11-year-old Iranian boy with intellectual disability	2
College of American Pathologists Quality Cross Check —Chemistry and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring as a tool for biannual instrument correlations	2
Therapeutic plasma exchange for hyperviscosity syndrome in IgA multiple myeloma	2
Multisite Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections Detected by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in a Child with Aplastic Anemia: A Case Report	2
Anti-E alloimmunization from a platelet apheresis transfusion in a 22-month-old male with acute myeloid leukemia	2
A study of soluble CD30 in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia	2
Retrospective Assessment of a National Reflex Cryptococcal Antigen Screening Program in South Africa Through Interlaboratory Comparison of Lateral Flow Assay Results	2
Predictors of mortality and transfusion requirements in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients	2
Verifying the nonreporting hemolysis index for potassium, phosphate, magnesium, AST, LDH, iron, CA 19-9, and vitamin D, using Beckman Coulter AU5800 and DxI800 automated analyzers	2
Whole-Exome Sequencing Revealed a Pathogenic Nonsense Variant in theSLC19A2Gene in an Iranian Family with Thiamine-Responsive Megaloblastic Anemia	2
Current status of testing intervals for antiphospholipid syndrome testing: a 13-year retrospective national data analysis in South Korea	2
Serologic and molecular identification of the variation on ABO*B.01 gene in ABO glycosyltransferases associated with Bw phenotype: a case report	2
Correction	2
Reactogenicity and Peak Anti-RBD-S1 IgG Concentrations in Individuals with No Prior COVID-19 Infection Vaccinated with Different SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines	2
Anti–parietal cell antibodies in patients with Graves disease	2
The identification of diurnal variations on circulating immune cells by finger prick blood sampling in small sample sizes: a pilot study	2
COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World	2
Assessment of the Stability of Midregional Proadrenomedullin in Different Biological Matrices	2
Analytical evaluation of the automated interleukin-6 assay on the Roche cobas e602 analyzer	2
Familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer: a case series in Iranian patients with a meta-review of case series	2
Resazurin microplate test method for rapid determination of colistin resistance in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii isolates	2
Increased Levels of ANGPTL3 and CTRP9 in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Their Relation to Insulin Resistance and Lipid Metabolism and Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction	2
Pathogenic Homozygous Mutations in the DBT Gene (c.1174A>C) Result in Maple Syrup Urine Disease in a rs12021720 Carrier	2
Automated detection of free monoclonal light chains by enhanced-sensitivity modified immunofixation electrophoresis with antisera against free light chains	2
Early detection of myocardial infarction with reference to baseline levels during health: impact on biological variation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin	2
Urinary Exosomes: A Promising Biomarker for Disease Diagnosis	2
Influence of separator gel in blood sampling tubes for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances analysis	2
Improvement in Platelet Product Wastage and Reduction of Costs through Implementation of the Pan Genera Detection Test	2
The Importance of Medical Laboratory Scientists and the Number of Doctoral Scientists that Began Their Career by Working on the Front Lines of Laboratory Medicine	2
Vortexing specimens to disaggregate platelet clumps in EDTA specimens	2
Acquired Factor VIII Inhibitors: A Case Study	2
Uncommon causes of hemoglobin E flags identified during measurement of hemoglobin A1c by ion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography	2
Storage Duration and Red Blood Cell–Derived Microparticles in Packed Red Blood Cells Obtained from Donors with Thalassemia	2
A Novel Mutation of the Membrane Metallo-Endopeptidase Gene Related to Late-Onset Hereditary Polyneuropathy: Case Report and Review of the Literature	2
Increases in CLIA-Waived Testing Sites Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Correction to: A meta-analysis of the accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosing intestinal tuberculosis	2
Urinary MMP-7: A Predictive, Noninvasive Early Marker for Chronic Kidney Disease Development in Patients with Hypertension	2
Alteration of circulating miRNAs during myocardial infarction and association with lipid levels	2