OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Diagnostics is 67. 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
Comparison of Two X-ray Analyses for Estimating the Prognosis of Eruption of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars	348
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Steps Towards Consensus	240
The Frequency of Risk Factors for Cleft Lip and Palate in Mexico: A Systematic Review	198
Gender Difference in Orthostatic Vascular Stiffness Increase in Young Subjects	184
Preventing Recurrent Otitis Media in Children Aged 2–7 Years: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Serum Vitamin D as a Modifiable Factor	169
Early Alterations in De Novo Parkinson’s Disease Revealed by Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Preliminary Study	163
The Development of Systemic Inflammatory Diseases in Hidradenitis Suppurativa	151
Evaluation of Respiratory Conditions in Individuals Undergoing Rapid Maxillary Expansion: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study	136
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Myocardial Strain Assessment Correlates with Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Pectus Excavatum	125
Biomechanical Efficacy of Three Methods for the Fixation of Posterior Malleolar Fractures: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Study	123
Feasibility of Optical Genome Mapping from Placental and Umbilical Cord Sampled after Spontaneous or Therapeutic Pregnancy Termination	122
Primary Chronic Sclerosing Osteomyelitis: A New Diagnostic Tool	119
Short-Term Thermal Effect of Continuous Ultrasound from 3 MHz to 1 and 0.5 W/cm2 Applied to Gastrocnemius Muscle	116
Diagnosis of an Acute Anterior Wall Infarction in Dual-Energy CT	114
Multi-Contrast Differentiation by Dual-Energy Spectral CT Angiography in a Patient with Pulmonary Barium Granulomas	112
Understanding the Dynamics of Human Papillomavirus and Diagnostic Discrepancies in Cervical Pathology: A Single Center Experience	112
The Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Advancing the Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Heart and Vascular Diseases	109
Shoulder Magnetic Resonance Arthrography with the Internal and External Rotation Positions of the Humeral Head in the Evaluation of SLAP Lesions	108
Molecular Characterization by Whole-Genome Sequencing of Clinical and Environmental Serratia marcescens Strains Isolated during an Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	106
Impact of Voxel Normalization on a Machine Learning-Based Method: A Study on Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Diagnosis Using Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)	104
Ultrasound and Clinical Alterations in the Foot of Children with Obesity and Diabetes	102
A Rapid, Simple, Trace, Cost-Effective, and High-Throughput Stable Isotope-Dilution Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Serum Methylmalonic Acid Quantification and Its Clinical A	102
DCDC2-Related Ciliopathy: Report of Six Polish Patients, Novel DCDC2 Variant, and Literature Review of Reported Cases	101
CD47 Expression Predicts Unfavorable Prognosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma after Curative Resection	100
Enhancing Annotation Efficiency with Machine Learning: Automated Partitioning of a Lung Ultrasound Dataset by View	98

Scan Aided Dental Arch Width Prediction via Internationally Recognized Formulas and Indices in a Sample of Kurdish Population/Iraq	98
The Association between Specimen Neuromuscular Characteristics and Urinary Incontinence after Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy	96
Combining FORGE Score and Histopathological Diagnostic Criteria of Atypical Meningioma Enables Risk Stratification of Tumor Progression	95
Prediction of the Presence of Targetable Molecular Alteration(s) with Clinico-Metabolic 18 F-FDG PET Radiomics in Non-Asian Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients	94
NCR, an Inflammation and Nutrition Related Blood-Based Marker in Colon Cancer Patients: A New Promising Biomarker to Predict Outcome	91
Differentiation of Salivary Gland and Salivary Gland Tumor Tissue via Raman Imaging Combined with Multivariate Data Analysis	90
Analytical Validation of Esopredict, an Epigenetic Prognostic Assay for Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus	90
Small Biopsy Samples: Are They Representative for Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma?	88
Microwave Near-Field Dynamical Tomography of Thorax at Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Activity	88
Reply to Fujimoto, T. Comment on “Okaniwa, S. How Can We Manage Gallbladder Lesions by Transabdominal Ultrasound? Diagnostics 2021, 11, 784”	88
Complications Arising from Dental Trauma Incurred from Falls Involving Geriatric Patients: A Case Report	88
Exploiting the Potential of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDTs): Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates and Color Development Strategies	87
Validation of Diagnostic Accuracy and Disease Severity Correlation of Chest Computed Tomography Severity Scores in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia	85
Role of Semaphorin 3A in Kidney Development and Diseases	84
17β-Estradiol Effects in Skeletal Muscle: A 31P MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) Study of Young Females during Early Follicular (EF) and Peri-Ovulation (PO) Phases	83
A Rare Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT for Staging in a Patient with Common Bile Duct Cancer	83
Successful Implementation of Image-Guided Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy in Medulloblastomas	81
Recovery from Severe COVID-19 Is an Independent Predictor of Electrocardiographic Abnormal P-Wave Axis	81
Optimized Strategies for Managing Abdominal Hydatid Cysts and Their Complications	80
Neurosonographic Classification in Premature Infants Receiving Omega-3 Supplementation Using Convolutional Neural Networks	79
Effect of Systemic Prednisone Treatment on Changes of Inflammation Markers in Chronic Rhinosinusitis	79
Age-Specific Seroprevalence of Hepatitis A Virus in Turkey Between 2000 and 2023: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	78
Comparative Efficacy of Quadratus Lumborum Muscle Energy Technique with Gluteus Medius Strengthening Versus Gluteus Medius Strengthening Alone in Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled	78
Correction: Chatzimichail, T.; Hatjimihail, A.T. A Software Tool for Calculating the Uncertainty of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 406	78
Resuscitation and Forensic Factors Influencing Outcome in Penetrating Cardiac Injury	77
BRAF Detection in FNAC Combined with Semi-Quantitative 99mTc-MIBI Technique and AI Model, an Economic and Efficient Predicting Tool for Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules	77
Radiographic Imaging for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion	76
Circulating IgG Fragments for Gastric Cancer and Esophageal Cancer	76
Improved Visualization and Quantification of Net Water Uptake in Recent Small Subcortical Infarcts in the Thalamus Using Computed Tomography	75
SDS Electrophoresis on Gradient Polyacrylamide Gels as a Semiquantitative Tool for the Evaluation of Proteinuria	75
A Survey on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Biobanking Studies: A Systematic Review	75
Different Brain Phenotypes in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Healthy Children after Prenatal Insults	74
A Simple, Cost-Effective, and Extraction-Free Molecular Diagnostic Test for Sickle Cell Disease Using a Noninvasive Buccal Swab Specimen for a Limited-Resource Setting	74
High Plasma Levels of Neopterin Are Associated with Increased Mortality among Children with Severe Malaria in Benin	74
Evaluation of a Maternal Plasma RNA Panel Predicting Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Its Expansion to the Prediction of Preeclampsia	73
Ultrasound Renal Score to Predict the Renal Disease Prognosis in Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease: An Investigative Study	73
An Enhanced Machine Learning Approach for Brain MRI Classification	73
Study of the Natural Crystalline Lens Characteristics Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography	72
Pressure Pain Hypersensitivity and Ultrasound Changes in the Radial Nerve in Patients with Unilateral Lateral Epicondylalgia: A Case–Control Study	72
Chest Pain of Atypical Cause in a Young Man	72
A Maternally Inherited Rare Case with Chromoanagenesis-Related Complex Chromosomal Rearrangements and De Novo Microdeletions	69
Effectiveness of Abdominal Ultrasonography for Improving the Prognosis of Pancreatic Cancer during Medical Checkup: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis	67