OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Clinical Pathology is 4. 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
Multivariate evaluation of prognostic markers in synovial sarcoma	48
Ingested foreign bodies mimicking inflammatory bowel disease	41
Prevalence and breakdown ofKRASdriver mutations in a large UK non-small cell lung cancer cohort	35
Molecular profiling of visible polypoid and invisible conventional intestinal-type low-grade dysplasia in patients with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease	34
Diagnostic significance of IgG and albumin indices versus oligoclonal band types in demyelinating disorders	33
CD31 expression in human cancers: a pan-cancer immunohistochemical study	33
“Find Your Y”: histological differences in early stage (pT) and post-treatment (ypT) oesophageal adenocarcinoma with implications for salvage endoscopic resection	26
Oesophageal sebaceous heterotopia with ducts mimicking epidermoid metaplasia: a rare diagnostic pitfall	25
Antibody response and self-reported adverse reactions following vaccination with Comirnaty: a pilot study from a Croatian university hospital	24
Morphological subtypes of colorectal low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia: diagnostic reproducibility, frequency and clinical impact	22
Artificial intelligence (AI) molecular analysis tool assists in rapid treatment decision in lung cancer: a case report	22
Emerging and under-recognised patterns of colorectal carcinoma morphologies: a comprehensive review	18
Defining invasion in breast cancer: the role of basement membrane	17
IdyllaEGFRassay on extracted DNA: advantages, limits and place in molecular screening according to the latest guidelines for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients	16
Neuroblastoma-derived v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral related oncogene orMYCNgene	16
Answering Ireland’s call: pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Can polycythaemia vera disease be predicted from haematologic parameters? A machine learning-based study	14
Sudden unexpected death in a middle-aged woman	14
Cost analysis of archives in the pathology laboratories: from safety to management	14
I need an exact margin measurement for this basal cell carcinoma!	14
Lipid droplets’ functional protein caveolin-2 is associated with lipid metabolism-related molecule FABP5 and EMT marker E-cadherin in oral epithelial dysplasia	14
Comparing the diagnostic efficacy of optical coherence tomography and frozen section for margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery: a meta-analysis	14
The Impact of potential ‘confounders’ on the diagnostic sensitivity of circulating free DNA in management of FIT+ patients: a pilot study	13
Additions to the paper ‘The Journey of Laboratory Medicine’ from a broader perspective	13
Clinical utility of breast pathology data: implications for practising pathologists	13

Laboratory interpretative comments and guidance: clinical and operative outcomes on moderate to severe hyponatraemia patient management	13
Cutaneous lymphangitis carcinomatosa in salivary duct carcinoma	13
Some issues to consider with the use of serum indices	12
Real-time histological evaluation of gastrointestinal tissue using non-linear microscopy	12
SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity amongst healthcare workers in South Africa during the Omicron wave: natural infection versus vaccination	12
Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast resembling pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia	12
Bronchial mucoacinar carcinoma: a newly proposed subtype of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the bronchus	12
Assessment of large droplet fat in frozen sections of donor liver biopsies: utility and interobserver variability of the newly described Banff method compared to a simplified Average of Fields method	11
Use of CD32, CD44 and CD71 to differentiate follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma subtypes by flow cytometry	11
Clinicopathological significance and prognostic analysis of p21 and EGFR in colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis on 12 319 cases in China	11
BCR::ABL1screening is not indicated in patients with splenomegaly without neutrophilia and/or basophilia	10
Reducing workload in malignant melanoma sentinel node examination: a national study of pathology reports from 507 melanoma patients	10
Preparing for the next pandemic: lessons learnt from the implementation of point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 testing in an emergency department	10
Impact of cellular morphology and three-tiered nuclear grade on progression of conventional renal cell carcinoma	9
Frequency and clinicopathologic features of renal low-grade oncocytic tumour and eosinophilic vacuolated tumour: reclassification of 605 eosinophilic tumours including patients managed with active sur	9
Diagnostic utility of ERG immunostaining in dermatofibroma	9
Comparative analyses of tumour immune microenvironment between collecting duct carcinoma and fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma	9
Modes of assay interference and the effectiveness of serum pretreatment approaches in detection of anti-HLA antibodies	9
Frequency of microsatellite instability (MSI) in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: comparison of the Bethesda panel and the Idylla MSI assay in a consecutively collected, multi-institutional cohort	9
PD-L1 protein expression in breast cancer	9
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a 5-year retrospective review of cases in a tertiary centre in Dublin, Ireland	9
Letter to the editor: additional evidence to support a cross-reactivity of SARS-CoV-2 with HIV chemiluminescent assay	9
Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1) immunostaining as a surrogate for β-catenin (CTNNB1) mutations	9
If you provide them, they will come: an observational study of online pathology report access by patients at a large, academic, tertiary care hospital in Canada	8
KITgenetic alterations in breast cancer	8
Biliary adenofibroma: is it truly a benign neoplasm or benign-looking cholangiocarcinoma?	8
Assessment of mitotic activity in breast cancer: revisited in the digital pathology era	8
Implementation of the updated NICE haematological cancers (NG47) improving outcomes guidelines across Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS) in England: a UK NEQA	8
Significant ketoacidosis at autopsy: a single-centre systematic review	8
Thyroid autoantibodies	8
Histopathology reporting of temporal artery biopsy specimens for giant cell arteritis: results of a modified Delphi study	8
Clinical utility of histopathology data: urological cancers	8
Gene of the month: GATA3	8
Fifth edition WHO classification: mature B-cell neoplasms	8
Use of quality checks and processes across digital histopathology: an initial survey from the Bigpicture consortium	7
Chinese guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer (2024 edition): summary of key recommendations	7
Interlaboratory Gleason grading variation affects treatment: a Dutch historic cohort study in 30 509 patients with prostate cancer	7
Morphological changes in previously frozen formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue	7
Lymphoma triage from H&E using AI for improved clinical management	7
Comparative analysis of antigen-presenting cells in gingival tissues in healthy and periodontitis patients	7
Independent reporting in oral and maxillofacial pathology	7
HER2-low in gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a real-world pathological perspective	7
Macroscopic examination of gynaecological specimens: a critial and often underemphasised aspect of pathological reporting	7
Comparison of laboratory methods for the detection of neoplastic plasma cells in plasma cell dyscrasias	7
Performance evaluation of a CRISPR Cas9-based selective exponential amplification assay for the detection of KRAS mutations in plasma of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer	6
Successful demand management in diagnostic immunology testing	6
Digital odyssey: lessons learnt from a reverse transition from a digital to a manual pathology workflow	6
Discerning clinicopathological features of congenital neutropenia syndromes: an approach to diagnostically challenging differential diagnoses	6
Decline of case reports in pathology and their renewal in the digital age: an analysis of publication trends over four decades	6
From alchemy to personalised medicine: the journey of laboratory medicine	6

Impact of consensus molecular subtypes on survival with and without adjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer	6
Medium-term storage of frozen residual antenatal sera in gel separator tube is suitable for subsequent serological investigation of intrauterine infection	6
Haemolysis index conundrum in a COVID-19 patient	6
Preoperative liquid biopsy for EGFR-mutated detection at diagnostic in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: real-world experience of a single centre	6
Measurement of C1-Inhibitor function alone is sufficient for diagnosis of hereditary angioedema	6
Critical role of diagnostic SARS-CoV-2 T cell assays for immunodeficient patients	6
Overexpression of integrin alpha 2 (ITGA2) correlates with poor survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	6
Peripheral blood smear and bone marrow findings in spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome associated with haematolymphoid malignancies	6
Microvesicular hyperplastic polyp and sessile serrated lesion of the large intestine: a biological continuum or separate entities?	6
Assessment of AI-based computational H&E staining versus chemical H&E staining for primary diagnosis in lymphomas: a brief interim report	6
Dasatinib-induced Crohn’s-like colitis	6
Correlation of immediate prevalence of cervical precancers and cancers with HPV genotype and age in women with ASC-US/hrHPV+: a retrospective analysis of 2292 cases	6
Macrophage polarisation in caesarean scar diverticulum	6
Clinicopathological features of kidney injury in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPi) combined with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy	5
Seasonal variation of serum potassium and related prescription pattern: an ecological time series	5
Best practice for LDL-cholesterol: when and how to calculate	5
Gene of the month: H3F3A and H3F3B	5
Using decision support platforms to enhance cancer diagnostics: the importance of vigilance and wise decision-making	5
Calcified chondroid mesenchymal neoplasm: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis	5
IASLC grading system predicts distant metastases for resected lung adenocarcinoma	5
Polymorphisms ofACEand thrombophilic genes: risk for recurrent pregnancy loss	5
Histological features of liver disease development in the Atp7b^−/−mouse: a model of Wilson’s disease	5
Use of the ISUP e-learning module improves interrater reliability in prostate cancer grading	5
Comprehensive characterisation of acinar cystic transformation of the pancreas: a systematic review	5
Emerging fusion-associated mesenchymal tumours: a tabular guide and appraisal of five ‘novel’ entities	5
Streamlining pathology orders in a time-crunched medical world: much ado about requisitions	5
Evaluation of the Oncomine Comprehensive Assay v3 panel for the detection of 1p/19q codeletion in oligodendroglial tumours	5
Time trends in Gleason score distribution among Gleason score 8 and 9–10 cancers	5
SOX10	5
Correction: Pathology of IgG4-related sclerosing mastitis	5
Primary melanoma of the urinary tract: a clinicopathological study of cases and literature review	5
Impact of NOTCH1 expression in primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma	5
Extraction and classification of structured data from unstructured hepatobiliary pathology reports using large language models: a feasibility study compared with rules-based natural language processin	5
Barrett’s oesophagus with indefinite for dysplasia shows high rates of prevalent and incident neoplasia in a UK multicentre cohort	5
‘Atypical’, ‘aggressive’ or ‘malignant’ chondroblastoma? Uncertainty about uncertain malignant potential	5
Prognostic implications of the immunohistochemical expression of perilipin 1 and adipophilin in high-grade liposarcoma	4
In triple-negative breast cancer, fibrotic focus, the mitotic activity index and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes have independent prognostic value: an observational population-based cohort study with	4
Endometriosis with colonic mucosal colonisation: a diagnostic confounder	4
Histone antibodies in primary Sjögren’s disease	4
Should a borderline negative HER2 result in a core biopsy of invasive carcinoma of the breast have HER2 assessment repeated in the excision specimen?	4
Indian childhood cirrhosis: a retrospective study –redefining the older myths!	4
Industry payments to pathologists in the USA between 2013 and 2021	4
Automatic CD30 scoring method for whole slide images of primary cutaneous CD30⁺lymphoproliferative diseases	4
Quantitative p53 immunostaining aids in the detection of prevalent dysplasia	4
Prognostic implications, genomic and immune characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth pattern	4
LGR5 as a diagnostic marker for dysplasia in serrated polyps	4
Preference of grade and lymphovascular invasion over invasive size measurement in stage I lung adenocarcinoma	4
Ranking of journals by journal impact factors is not exact and may provoke misleading conclusions	4
Factors predictingBRCA1/2pathogenic variants in patients with ovarian cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis	4
Hypertriglyceridaemia: a commentary	4
Fifth edition WHO classification: myeloid neoplasms	4
Expression, assessment and significance of Ki67 expression in breast cancer: an update	4
Compound computer vision workflow for efficient and automated immunohistochemical analysis of whole slide images	4
Sample suitability and stability in different blood collection tubes for methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone and glycols analysis	4
Russell body typhilitis: An unusual mimicker of malignancy!	4
Unexpected SARS-CoV-2 positivity in postmortem nasopharyngeal swabs	4
Dematiaceous fungal infections: clinical and pathologic conundrums	4
Determining common variants in patients with haemophilia A in South Vietnam and screening female carriers in their family members	4
Novel pooling strategy with sample concentration for screening of SARS-CoV-2	4
Increasing test specificity without impairing sensitivity: lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 serology	4
c-Met immunohistochemistry as reflex test at diagnosis for non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world experience from a monocentric case series	4
Clinicopathological and genetic analyses of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma	4
‘Sneaky’ uninflamed oesophageal candidiasis: morphological clues and comparison with candidiasis associated with inflammation	4
Performance and pitfalls of the tools for measuring glomerular filtration rate to guide chronic kidney disease diagnosis and assessment	4
High-resolution melting assay for rapid, simultaneous detection ofJAK2,MPLandCALRvariants	4
Molecular mechanism of extracutaneous tumours in patients with basal cell nevus syndrome	4
Re-evaluating the relevance of extensive intraductal component (EIC) in modern breast cancer management	4
PI3K/PTEN/mTOR pathway dynamic tracking and prognostic value in HR+/HER2− BC patients with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a cohort study	4
Application of algorithmic cytomorphological assessment and immunocytochemistry with the international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology on pericardial fluid cytology	4
Results of histopathological revisions of major salivary gland neoplasms in routine clinical practice	4
Reverse polarity in pseudopyloric metaplasia in Crohn’s disease	4