OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of APMIS 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Electronic reporting of diagnostic laboratory test results from all healthcare sectors is a cornerstone of national preparedness and control of COVID‐19 in Denmark	54
The human microbiome in disease and pathology	43
Studies on viral pneumonia related to novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2, SARS‐CoV, and MERS‐CoV: a literature review	33
Could SARS‐CoV‐2 infection affect male fertility and sexuality?	32
The Swedish public health response to COVID‐19	25
Pandemics: past, present, future	25
Current and novel diagnostics for orthopedic implant biofilm infections: a review	18
Prognostic role of TSPAN1, KIAA1324 and ESRP1 in prostate cancer	16
SARS‐CoV‐2 spike mRNA vaccine sequences circulate in blood up to 28 days after COVID‐19 vaccination	16
Pathogen‐associated molecular patterns and extracellular Hsp70 interplay in NLRP3 inflammasome activation in monocytic and bronchial epithelial cellular models of COPD exacerbations	15
Human skin microbiota in health and disease	15
Prevention of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii infections with a conserved immunogenic fimbrial protein	15
Evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and therapeutics in military‐relevant animal infection models	15
Interleukin‐9‐secreting CD4⁺ T cells regulate CD8⁺ T cells cytotoxicity in patients with acute coronary syndromes	14
USP7, negatively regulated by miR‐409‐5p, aggravates hypoxia‐induced cardiomyocyte injury	14
Overview of rearing and testing conditions and a guide for optimizing Galleria mellonella breeding and use in the laboratory for scientific purposes	13
Role of IL‐22 in homeostasis and diseases of the skin	13
The gut microbiota can orchestrate the signaling pathways in colorectal cancer	13
Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance determinants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Ukraine, 2013–2018	13
The discovery of bacterial biofilm in patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer	12
Neuroinvasive potential of SARS‐CoV2 with neuroradiological and neuropathological findings: is the brain a target or a victim?	12
The impact of mental models on the treatment and research of chronic infections due to biofilms	11
The effect of calcitriol and all‐trans retinoic acid on T‐bet, IFN‐γ, GATA3 and IL‐4 genes expression in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis	11
Can vancomycin lock therapy extend the retention time of infected long‐term catheters?	11
Thyroid cancer metastasis is associated with an overabundance of defective follicular helper T cells	11

Immunotyping in tubo‐ovarian high‐grade serous carcinoma by PD‐L1 and CD8+ T‐lymphocytes predicts disease‐free survival	11
PD‐L1 immunohistochemistry: Clones, cutoffs, and controversies	11
Salivary gland tumours in Iceland 1986–2015: a nationwide epidemiological analysis over a 30‐year time period	11
SARS‐CoV‐2 superspreading in cities vs the countryside	10
VGLL4 with low YAP expression is associated with favorable prognosis in colorectal cancer	10
Frequency and coexistence of KRAS, NRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA mutations and occurrence of MMR deficiency in Danish colorectal cancer patients	10
Aquaporin‐1 in breast cancer	10
The COVID‐19 pandemic: key considerations for the epidemic and its control	10
Toll‐like receptor 5 and 8 in hepatocellular carcinoma	9
Novel human in vitro vegetation simulation model for infective endocarditis	9
Our current clinical understanding of Candida biofilms: where are we two decades on?	9
Accuracy of anterior nasal swab rapid antigen tests compared with RT‐PCR for massive SARS‐CoV‐2 screening in low prevalence population	9
Meta‐analysis of caries microbiome studies can improve upon disease prediction outcomes	9
Prevalence of paediatric hyperinflammatory conditions in paediatric and adolescent hospitalized COVID‐19 patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis	9
Zoonotic and reverse zoonotic transmission of viruses between humans and pigs	8
Evaluation of analytical accuracy of HER2 status in patients with breast cancer	8
The Hammer vs Mitigation—A comparative retrospective register study of the Swedish and Danish national responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020	8
The Inequality of Females in Bladder Cancer	8
Regulation of the expression of human endogenous retroviruses: elements in fetal development and a possible role in the development of cancer and neurological diseases	8
Biopsy quality is essential for preoperative prognostication in oral tongue cancer	8
Analyses of ABO blood groups with susceptibility and symptomatic variations of COVID‐19 infection, a questionnaire‐based survey	8
Pertussis seroprevalence among adults of reproductive age (20–39 years) in fourteen European countries	8
Aquaporin‐5 in breast cancer	8
Automated assessment of Ki‐67 proliferation index in neuroendocrine tumors by deep learning	8
Dual role of B7‐H6 as a novel prognostic marker in hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Tertiary lymphoid structures and gastric cancer prognosis	7
Canola oilseed‐ and Escherichia coli‐ derived hepatitis C virus (HCV) core proteins adjuvanted with oil bodies, induced robust Th1‐oriented immune responses in immunized mice	7
Transcriptomic fingerprint of bacterial infection in lower extremity ulcers	7
Serum metabolomic profiling reveals important difference between infants with and without subsequent recurrent wheezing in later childhood after RSV bronchiolitis	7
IgG4‐positive plasma cells in Hashimoto thyroiditis: IgG4‐related disease or inflammation‐related IgG4‐positivity?	7
Reduced frequency of T helper 17 and T helper 1 cells and their association with critical coronavirus disease 2019	7
Diagnostics with clinical microbiome‐based identification of microorganisms in patients with brain abscesses—a prospective cohort study	7
Aquaporins in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	7
Sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma: in‐depth review of a genetically heterogeneous tumor	7
High prevalence of pharyngeal bacterial pathogens among healthy adolescents and young adults	6
Tourniquet‐induced ischemia and reperfusion in subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, and calcaneal cancellous bone	6
Do mast cells contribute to the continued survival of vertebrates?	6
Altered gut microbiota in hepatocellular carcinoma: Insights into the pathogenic mechanism and preclinical to clinical findings	6
Extensive microbiological respiratory tract specimen characterization in critically ill COVID‐19 patients	6
Implant‐associated osteomyelitis: Development, characterisation, and application of a porcine model	6
Human rhinovirus 16 induces antiviral and inflammatory response in the human vascular endothelium	6
BUB1 predicts poor prognosis and immune status in liver hepatocellular carcinoma	6
Serum ACE as a prognostic biomarker in COVID‐19: a case series	6
Prognostic implications of the tumor immune microenvironment and immune checkpoint pathway in primary central nervous system diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma in the North Indian population	6
Potential impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the national and regional incidence, epidemiology and diagnostic testing of chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Sweden, 2020	6
Nuclear overexpression levels of MAGE‐A3 predict poor prognosis in patients with prostate cancer	6
Azole resistance in Candida auris: mechanisms and combinatorial therapy	6
Identification of microorganisms directly from blood culture bottles with polymicrobial growth: comparison of FilmArray and direct MALDI‐TOF MS	6
Host‐microbe metatranscriptome reveals differences between acute and chronic infections in diabetes‐related foot ulcers	6
The panel of syntaxin 1 and insulinoma‐associated protein 1 outperforms classic neuroendocrine markers in pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms	6

A Chlamydia trachomatis 23S rRNA G1523A variant escaping detection in the Aptima Combo 2 assay (Hologic) was widespread across Denmark in July–September 2019	6
Acinetobacter baumannii: insights towards a comprehensive approach for the prevention of outbreaks in health‐care facilities	6
A metatranscriptomic approach to explore longitudinal tissue specimens from non‐healing diabetes related foot ulcers	5
Silencing KLF16 inhibits oral squamous cell carcinoma cell proliferation by arresting the cell cycle and inducing apoptosis	5
Reliability of Ki67 visual scoring app compared to eyeball estimate and digital image analysis and its prognostic significance in hormone receptor‐positive breast cancer	5
Autopsies in pandemics – a perspective on barriers and benefits. Is it time for a revival?	5
A possible interplay between HR‐HPV and stemness in tumor development: an in vivo investigation of CD133 as a putative marker of cancer stem cell in HPV18‐infected KB cell line	5
Distinct contribution of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to human neutrophil function and antibiotic efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus	5
Dynamics of a Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis simulation model	5
Emergence of circulating influenza A H3N2 viruses with genetic drift in the matrix gene: be alert of false‐negative test results	5
Detection methods targeting the positive‐ and negative‐sense RNA transcripts from plus‐stranded RNA viruses	5
Stanford parameters stratify the risk of recurrence in gynecologic smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential	5
Animal models of chronic and recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection: significance of macrolide treatment	5
Female reproductive tract microbiome and early miscarriages	5
Highly sensitive duplex MSI test and BAT40 germline polymorphism	5
Prognostic significance of atypical mitotic figures in smooth muscle tumors of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) of the uterus and uterine adnexa	5
Weight‐based cefuroxime dosing provides comparable orthopedic target tissue concentrations between weight groups – a microdialysis porcine study	5
Historical and contemporary views on cholera transmission: are we repeating past discussions? Can lessons learned from cholera be applied to COVID‐19?	4
Effectiveness of fluconazole as antifungal prophylaxis in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or immunotherapy: systematic review and meta‐analysis	4
Opportunistic non‐communicable diseases in times of COVID‐19	4
Vitamin A deficiency in K14E7HPV expressing transgenic mice facilitates the formation of malignant cervical lesions	4
PCSK2 expression in neuroendocrine tumors points to a midgut, pulmonary, or pheochromocytoma–paraganglioma origin	4
Performance of PCR‐based syndromic testing compared to bacterial culture in patients with suspected pneumonia applying microscopy for quality assessment	4
Cranberry‐lingonberry juice affects the gut and urinary microbiome in children ‐ a randomized controlled trial	4
Clinicopathological and molecular characteristics of the alpha‐fetoprotein–producing gastric cancer: emphasis on two major subtypes	4
Limitations of using 16S rRNA microbiome sequencing to predict oral squamous cell carcinoma	4
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors arising from schwannomas: case series and literature review	4
Evaluation of a polymyxin drop test for polymyxin resistance detection among non‐fermentative gram‐negative rods and enterobacterales resistant to carbapenems	4
Expression of laminin‐5 gamma 2 chain predicts invasion of extramammary Paget’s disease cell	4
Biomarkers for iron metabolism among patients hospitalized with community‐acquired pneumonia caused by infection with SARS‐CoV‐2, bacteria, and influenza	4
The role of Pap smear in the diagnostics of endocervical adenocarcinoma	4
High YAP and TEAD4 immunolabelings are associated with poor prognosis in patients with gallbladder cancer	4
Vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus faecium: should we screen on admission?	4
The use of core genome multilocus sequence typing to determine the duration of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreaks	4
A simple, safe and sensitive method for SARS‐CoV‐2 inactivation and RNA extraction for RT‐qPCR	4
Performance analysis of high‐throughput HPV testing on three automated workflows	4
Molecular characterization of human adenoviruses associated with respiratory infection in Turkey	4