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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Preliminary investigation on the correlation between karyopherin alpha 4 and acute cerebral infarction	32
Candida parapsilosis infection after double-lung transplantation in a patient with pulmonary fibrosis caused by COVID-19	22
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	22
Prominent emperipolesis in breast lesion: A diagnostic challenge	21
Current situation and future prospect of biobank	18
Role of immunocytochemistry in cervical cancer screening	17
Identification of transcription factors associated with the disease-free survival of triple-negative breast cancer through weighted gene co-expression network analysis	16
Increased caveolin 1 by human antigen R exacerbates Porphyromonas gingivali-induced atherosclerosis by modulating oxidative stress and inflammatory responses	15
Comparative accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology between larger and smaller size thyroid nodules	11
Fibrinogen-like protein 1 induces the formation of an immunosuppressive microenvironment by upregulating fibronectin 1 to promote immune evasion in bladder cancer	11
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in abnormal pap smears	11
Transglutaminase 2 inhibition ameliorates cardiac fibrosis in myocardial infarction by inducing M2 macrophage polarization in vitro and in vivo	11
Geniposide alleviates post-myocardial infarction-induced pyroptosis by modulating the thioredoxin-interacting protein/NLRP3 signaling pathway	10
Cytologic diagnosis and differential diagnosis of histiocytic signet ring cells in effusion specimens	10
Lymphoid cell rich fine-needle aspirations of the salivary gland: What is the risk of malignancy?	10
FTO-mediated regulation of Kupffer cell polarization and interleukin-6 secretion promotes biliary epithelial cell proliferation in intrahepatic bile duct stones	9
Analysis of clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors in 54 metaplastic breast carcinoma patients from northwest China	9
AZ-628 sensitizes donafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting tyrosine kinase pathway and ferroptosis	9
Detection of transmembrane protein 100 in breast cancer: Correlation with malignant progression and chemosensitivity	8
A novel candidate tumor biomarker progestin and adipoQ receptor 3 regulates cell metastasis through transforming growth factor-β pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma	8
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	8
Receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 2 promotes rheumatoid arthritis progression and partially regulates nuclear factor kappa B pathway	8
Integrin β1 in osteoblast differentiation and migration during acute bone loss after fracture: Regulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 signaling pathway	8
Immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 upregulates myc proto-oncogene to accelerate invasion and metastasis of endometrial cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects	8
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	8

Establishing reference values for normal tongue squamous cells: An investigation of atypical changes	7
The mechanism of prostaglandin E2 upregulation of programmed death ligand 1 expression promoting immune escape in non-small cell lung cancer	7
Mitochondrial autophagy inhibits nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3-mediated pyroptosis and alleviates endothelial cell injury in pregnancy-induced hypertension	7
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	7
Vaspin inhibits ferroptosis: A new hope for treating myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	7
The promoting role of protein arginine methyltransferase 1 in cervical cancer: Mechanisms of angiogenesis and immune evasion	7
Pancreatic tuberculosis – A common disease at a rare site diagnosed on cytology	7
SA4503 plays a protective role in post-resuscitation injury by reducing apoptosis caused by mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress through the activation of sigma-1 receptor	6
Development of a clinical prediction model for pathological upgrading in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions following cervical conization	6
Computer-assisted scatter plot analysis of cell and nuclear areas distinguishes urothelial carcinoma in urine cytology specimens	6
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	6
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	6
Targeting the Ajuba/Notch axis increases the sensitivity of colon cancer cells to 5-fluorouracil	6
Alginate oligosaccharides alleviates gestational diabetes mellitus through reducing oxidative stress and improving gut microbiota	6
Comparison of liquid based cytology and conventional smears on lymph node aspirates: A cytomorphological study	6
Sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 is an important prognostic factor for colon adenocarcinoma and closely related to immune infiltration	6
Tumor-associated macrophage-derived chemokine ligand 5 regulates the Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α/vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway to promote breast cancer invasion and migration	5
Correction to “A brief overview of imprint cytology in thoracic cytopathology”	5
The role of p16/Ki-67 dual staining in cervical cancer screening and cervical precancerous lesions follow-up	5
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	5
Transbronchial brushing cytology and paired biopsy in endobronchial tuberculosis: A report of 72 cases focusing on the morphological features	5
A brief overview of imprint cytology in thoracic cytopathology	5
Comparison of FNA-based conventional cytology specimens and digital image analysis in assessment of pancreatic lesions	4
A metabolomics study on carcinogenesis of ground-glass nodules	4
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	4
Association of immunosuppressive CD45⁺CD33⁺CD14⁻ CD10⁻HLA-DR^−/low neutrophils with poor prognosis in patients with lymphoma and their expansion a	4
Enhancing the cytological features and diagnostic significance of cerebrospinal fluid in bacterial meningitis	4
Melanocortin 1 receptor alleviates collagen-induced arthritis by upregulating T helper 1/T helper 17 cells and downregulating regulatory T cells	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
N-acetyltransferase 10 regulates UNC-51-like kinase 1 to reduce tubular cell injury and kidney stone formation	4
Different metabolic paradigms and distribution of regulatory T cells between primary and lymph node metastasis prostate cancer	4
Cytospin performance when using Paris system for reporting urinary cytology	4
Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase-like may alleviate the inflammatory response process of epilepsy by inhibiting JAK/STAT signaling pathway through upregulating collagen type IV alpha 2	4
The impact of anthropometric parameters and sonographic characteristics on the choice of biopsy method for thyroid nodules: Fine-needle aspiration versus non-aspiration biopsy	4
Ginsenoside Rb1 attenuates erythropoietin-exacerbated vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease through BMP2-dependent Smad1/5/9 inhibition	4
Challenge in the cytological interpretation of a not-so-typical breast carcinoma	4
Quo vadis? Evolving trends in fine-needle aspiration cytology practice: A personal perspective	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
Knockdown of ribosomal protein L22-like 1 arrests the cell cycle and promotes apoptosis in colorectal cancer	3
Mechanistic insights into PDZK1-interacting protein 1 on the malignant progression of colorectal carcinoma	3
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	3
Molecular analysis with pancreaseq® in evaluation and management of pancreatic cysts: A cohort of 28 patients	3
Role of cell division cycle associated 2 in ovarian cancer: Effects on tumor progression and cisplatin resistance	3
Cytomorphology of pituitary carcinoma metastatic to liver diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration: A rare case report and review of literature	3
Precision in practice: The diagnostic yield of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration/fine needle biopsy cytology in pancreatic mass lesions	3
Proposal for including risk of malignancy and clinical management in the Japanese system for reporting thyroid cytopathology - A multi-institutional study	3
A mechanism study of tripartite motif 10 modulating septic cardiomyopathy	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
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance cervical cytology in Bahrain: Reporting rates, high-risk HPV testing, and cytologic and histopathologic follow-up findings	3

The effect of Wilms tumor 1-associated protein on ferroptosis and immune escape in non-small-cell lung cancer by mediating N6-methyladenosine modification of Twist1	3
Ankyrin repeat domain 1 is dysregulated in keloids and suppresses keloid fibroblast growth, migration, and extracellular matrix deposition	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
A rare and challenging case of uterine mass successfully reported in a cervical smear	3