OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cytojournal is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Upregulation of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten inhibits lung cancer cell proliferation by suppressing the oncogene polo-like kinase 1 and inducing autophagy	139
Role of immunocytochemistry in cervical cancer screening	106
Preliminary investigation on the correlation between karyopherin alpha 4 and acute cerebral infarction	26
Candida parapsilosis infection after double-lung transplantation in a patient with pulmonary fibrosis caused by COVID-19	26
Identification of transcription factors associated with the disease-free survival of triple-negative breast cancer through weighted gene co-expression network analysis	23
Prominent emperipolesis in breast lesion: A diagnostic challenge	22
Cytologic diagnosis and differential diagnosis of histiocytic signet ring cells in effusion specimens	21
Comparative accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology between larger and smaller size thyroid nodules	17
Increased caveolin 1 by human antigen R exacerbates Porphyromonas gingivali-induced atherosclerosis by modulating oxidative stress and inflammatory responses	17
Geniposide alleviates post-myocardial infarction-induced pyroptosis by modulating the thioredoxin-interacting protein/NLRP3 signaling pathway	16
Detection of transmembrane protein 100 in breast cancer: Correlation with malignant progression and chemosensitivity	15
Analysis of clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors in 54 metaplastic breast carcinoma patients from northwest China	14
AZ-628 sensitizes donafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting tyrosine kinase pathway and ferroptosis	14
Transglutaminase 2 inhibition ameliorates cardiac fibrosis in myocardial infarction by inducing M2 macrophage polarization in vitro and in vivo	12
Immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 upregulates myc proto-oncogene to accelerate invasion and metastasis of endometrial cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects	11
Lymphoid cell rich fine-needle aspirations of the salivary gland: What is the risk of malignancy?	10
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in abnormal pap smears	10
FTO-mediated regulation of Kupffer cell polarization and interleukin-6 secretion promotes biliary epithelial cell proliferation in intrahepatic bile duct stones	10
The mechanism of prostaglandin E2 upregulation of programmed death ligand 1 expression promoting immune escape in non-small cell lung cancer	9
Diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology for extrathyroidal head-and-neck lesions performed by a cytopathologist with the assistance of radiologist: A single-center study	9
Nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group a member 1 eases angiotensin II-arose oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscle cell by boosting nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family casp	9
Vaspin inhibits ferroptosis: A new hope for treating myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	9
Receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 2 promotes rheumatoid arthritis progression and partially regulates nuclear factor kappa B pathway	9
Fibronectin type III domain containing protein 5/irisin alleviated sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by abating ferroptosis through the adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase/nuclear fac	8
A novel candidate tumor biomarker progestin and adipoQ receptor 3 regulates cell metastasis through transforming growth factor-β pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma	8

Pancreatic tuberculosis – A common disease at a rare site diagnosed on cytology	8
The promoting role of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 in cervical cancer: Mechanisms of angiogenesis and immune evasion	7
Mesothelioma	7
Mitochondrial autophagy inhibits nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3-mediated pyroptosis and alleviates endothelial cell injury in pregnancy-induced hypertension	7
Computer-assisted scatter plot analysis of cell and nuclear areas distinguishes urothelial carcinoma in urine cytology specimens	7
Serous fluid: Metastatic sarcomas, melanoma, and other non-epithelial neoplasms	7
Development of a clinical prediction model for pathological upgrading in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions following cervical conization	7
Alginate oligosaccharides alleviates gestational diabetes mellitus through reducing oxidative stress and improving gut microbiota	7
Comparison of liquid based cytology and conventional smears on lymph node aspirates: A cytomorphological study	7
Establishing reference values for normal tongue squamous cells: An investigation of atypical changes	7
Cervical cytology: Radiation and other therapy effects	7
Targeting the Ajuba/Notch axis increases the sensitivity of colon cancer cells to 5-fluorouracil	7
Nobiletin alleviates brain injury in uremic mice and inhibits indoxyl sulfate-induced neurotoxicity in HT22 cells through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signaling pathway	7
1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 attenuates tumor necrosis factor-α-induced endothelial cell injury by modulating the tumor necrosis factor-α/nuclear factor kappa-B pathway	7
Transbronchial brushing cytology and paired biopsy in endobronchial tuberculosis: A report of 72 cases focusing on the morphological features	6
The role of p16/Ki-67 dual staining in cervical cancer screening and cervical precancerous lesions follow-up	6
Cytospin performance when using Paris system for reporting urinary cytology	6
Comparison of FNA-based conventional cytology specimens and digital image analysis in assessment of pancreatic lesions	6
Regulator of chromosome condensation 1 and broad-complex, tramtrack and bric a brac domain-containing protein is involved in ovarian cancer growth and drug resistance	6
Sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 is an important prognostic factor for colon adenocarcinoma and closely related to immune infiltration	6
Enhancing the cytological features and diagnostic significance of cerebrospinal fluid in bacterial meningitis	6
Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase-like may alleviate the inflammatory response process of epilepsy by inhibiting JAK/STAT signaling pathway through upregulating collagen type IV alpha 2	6
Screening technologies for cervical cancer: Overview	6
Correction to “A brief overview of imprint cytology in thoracic cytopathology”	6
A brief overview of imprint cytology in thoracic cytopathology	6
A case of neck swelling with an unusual presentation	6
A metabolomics study on carcinogenesis of ground-glass nodules	6
Pancreatic cyst endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA): Benign or malignant. Clues to cytological diagnosis with major consequences	6
Different metabolic paradigms and distribution of regulatory T cells between primary and lymph node metastasis prostate cancer	5
The impact of anthropometric parameters and sonographic characteristics on the choice of biopsy method for thyroid nodules: Fine-needle aspiration versus non-aspiration biopsy	5
N-acetyltransferase 10 regulates UNC-51-like kinase 1 to reduce tubular cell injury and kidney stone formation	5
Immunocytochemistry of effusions: Processing and commonly used immunomarkers	5
A new perspective: Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 inhibits ubiquitin-specific protease 7-induced epithelial ovarian cancer progression by inducing ferroptosis and M1 macrophage polariz	5
Ginsenoside Rb1 attenuates erythropoietin-exacerbated vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease through BMP2-dependent Smad1/5/9 inhibition	5
Expression and clinical significance of programmed cell death protein 1/programmed death-ligand 1 in non-small cell lung cancer patients with rare mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor gene: A	4
Challenge in the cytological interpretation of a not-so-typical breast carcinoma	4
Association of immunosuppressive CD45⁺CD33⁺CD14⁻ CD10⁻HLA-DR^−/low neutrophils with poor prognosis in patients with lymphoma and their expansion a	4
A rare and challenging case of uterine mass successfully reported in a cervical smear	4
Ailanthone inhibits bladder cancer tumor and cell proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and activation of the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling path	4
George N. Papanicolaou- A tribute	4
A mechanism study of tripartite motif 10 modulating septic cardiomyopathy	3
Role of cell division cycle associated 2 in ovarian cancer: Effects on tumor progression and cisplatin resistance	3
Papanicolaou society of cytopathology system for reporting pancreaticobiliary cytology: Risk stratification and cytology scope - 2.5-year study	3
Clinical utility of HPV typing and quantification combined with PAX1/ZNF582 methylation detection in accurate cervical cancer screening	3
Histopathological findings of 687 thyroid nodules, suspicious for malignancy on ultrasound, with an indeterminate cytopathological diagnosis after the combination of the Bethesda System and BRAF	3
Proposal for including risk of malignancy and clinical management in the Japanese system for reporting thyroid cytopathology - A multi-institutional study	3
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance cervical cytology in Bahrain: Reporting rates, high-risk HPV testing, and cytologic and histopathologic follow-up findings	3
Knockdown of ribosomal protein L22-like 1 arrests the cell cycle and promotes apoptosis in colorectal cancer	3
Precision in practice: The diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration/fine needle biopsy cytology in pancreatic mass lesions	3
Molecular analysis with pancreaseq® in evaluation and management of pancreatic cysts: A cohort of 28 patients	3

The anti-cancer role of tumor protein p53-inducible nuclear protein 2/nuclear factor-kB/nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 pathway in spinal cord glioma	3
Ankyrin repeat domain 1 is dysregulated in keloids and suppresses keloid fibroblast growth, migration, and extracellular matrix deposition	3
Cytomorphology of pituitary carcinoma metastatic to liver diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration: A rare case report and review of literature	3
Mechanistic insights into PDZK1-interacting protein 1 on the malignant progression of colorectal carcinoma	3