OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Diagnostics is 68. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Comparison of Two X-ray Analyses for Estimating the Prognosis of Eruption of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars	316
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: Steps Towards Consensus	230
The Frequency of Risk Factors for Cleft Lip and Palate in Mexico: A Systematic Review	193
Gender Difference in Orthostatic Vascular Stiffness Increase in Young Subjects	170
Preventing Recurrent Otitis Media in Children Aged 2–7 Years: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Serum Vitamin D as a Modifiable Factor	165
Early Alterations in De Novo Parkinson’s Disease Revealed by Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Preliminary Study	152
The Development of Systemic Inflammatory Diseases in Hidradenitis Suppurativa	138
Evaluation of Respiratory Conditions in Individuals Undergoing Rapid Maxillary Expansion: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Study	130
Diagnosis and Management of Scalp Metastases: A Review	122
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Myocardial Strain Assessment Correlates with Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Pectus Excavatum	120
Assessment of UTI Diagnostic Techniques Using the Fuzzy–PROMETHEE Model	115
Biomechanical Efficacy of Three Methods for the Fixation of Posterior Malleolar Fractures: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Study	112
Feasibility of Optical Genome Mapping from Placental and Umbilical Cord Sampled after Spontaneous or Therapeutic Pregnancy Termination	111
Short-Term Thermal Effect of Continuous Ultrasound from 3 MHz to 1 and 0.5 W/cm2 Applied to Gastrocnemius Muscle	108
Primary Chronic Sclerosing Osteomyelitis: A New Diagnostic Tool	108
Diagnosis of an Acute Anterior Wall Infarction in Dual-Energy CT	107
Understanding the Dynamics of Human Papillomavirus and Diagnostic Discrepancies in Cervical Pathology: A Single Center Experience	105
Multi-Contrast Differentiation by Dual-Energy Spectral CT Angiography in a Patient with Pulmonary Barium Granulomas	104
The Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Advancing the Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Heart and Vascular Diseases	101
Shoulder Magnetic Resonance Arthrography with the Internal and External Rotation Positions of the Humeral Head in the Evaluation of SLAP Lesions	100
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	99
Molecular Characterization by Whole-Genome Sequencing of Clinical and Environmental Serratia marcescens Strains Isolated during an Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)	99
Impact of Voxel Normalization on a Machine Learning-Based Method: A Study on Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Diagnosis Using Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)	99
Ultrasound and Clinical Alterations in the Foot of Children with Obesity and Diabetes	97
DCDC2-Related Ciliopathy: Report of Six Polish Patients, Novel DCDC2 Variant, and Literature Review of Reported Cases	96

CD47 Expression Predicts Unfavorable Prognosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma after Curative Resection	95
Enhancing Annotation Efficiency with Machine Learning: Automated Partitioning of a Lung Ultrasound Dataset by View	94
Scan Aided Dental Arch Width Prediction via Internationally Recognized Formulas and Indices in a Sample of Kurdish Population/Iraq	93
The Association between Specimen Neuromuscular Characteristics and Urinary Incontinence after Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy	91
Combining FORGE Score and Histopathological Diagnostic Criteria of Atypical Meningioma Enables Risk Stratification of Tumor Progression	90
NCR, an Inflammation and Nutrition Related Blood-Based Marker in Colon Cancer Patients: A New Promising Biomarker to Predict Outcome	89
Prediction of the Presence of Targetable Molecular Alteration(s) with Clinico-Metabolic 18 F-FDG PET Radiomics in Non-Asian Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients	89
Differentiation of Salivary Gland and Salivary Gland Tumor Tissue via Raman Imaging Combined with Multivariate Data Analysis	88
Analytical Validation of Esopredict, an Epigenetic Prognostic Assay for Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus	87
Complications Arising from Dental Trauma Incurred from Falls Involving Geriatric Patients: A Case Report	86
Microwave Near-Field Dynamical Tomography of Thorax at Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Activity	86
Small Biopsy Samples: Are They Representative for Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma?	83
Exploiting the Potential of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDTs): Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates and Color Development Strategies	81
Reply to Fujimoto, T. Comment on “Okaniwa, S. How Can We Manage Gallbladder Lesions by Transabdominal Ultrasound? Diagnostics 2021, 11, 784”	81
Validation of Diagnostic Accuracy and Disease Severity Correlation of Chest Computed Tomography Severity Scores in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia	80
A Rare Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT for Staging in a Patient with Common Bile Duct Cancer	79
Role of Semaphorin 3A in Kidney Development and Diseases	79
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	78
Successful Implementation of Image-Guided Pencil-Beam Scanning Proton Therapy in Medulloblastomas	78
Recovery from Severe COVID-19 Is an Independent Predictor of Electrocardiographic Abnormal P-Wave Axis	78
Effect of Systemic Prednisone Treatment on Changes of Inflammation Markers in Chronic Rhinosinusitis	77
Optimized Strategies for Managing Abdominal Hydatid Cysts and Their Complications	77
Age-Specific Seroprevalence of Hepatitis A Virus in Turkey Between 2000 and 2023: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	76
Neurosonographic Classification in Premature Infants Receiving Omega-3 Supplementation Using Convolutional Neural Networks	76
Albuminuria Is Affected by Urinary Tract Infection: A Comparison between Biochemical Quantitative Method and Automatic Urine Chemistry Analyzer UC-3500	76
Comparative Efficacy of Quadratus Lumborum Muscle Energy Technique with Gluteus Medius Strengthening Versus Gluteus Medius Strengthening Alone in Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled	75
Correction: Chatzimichail, T.; Hatjimihail, A.T. A Software Tool for Calculating the Uncertainty of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 406	75
Circulating IgG Fragments for Gastric Cancer and Esophageal Cancer	74
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	74
Resuscitation and Forensic Factors Influencing Outcome in Penetrating Cardiac Injury	74
Radiographic Imaging for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Skeletal Class III Malocclusion	73
Improved Visualization and Quantification of Net Water Uptake in Recent Small Subcortical Infarcts in the Thalamus Using Computed Tomography	73
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	72
SDS Electrophoresis on Gradient Polyacrylamide Gels as a Semiquantitative Tool for the Evaluation of Proteinuria	72
High Plasma Levels of Neopterin Are Associated with Increased Mortality among Children with Severe Malaria in Benin	72
A Survey on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Biobanking Studies: A Systematic Review	72
General Roadmap and Core Steps for the Development of AI Tools in Digital Pathology	72
Different Brain Phenotypes in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Healthy Children after Prenatal Insults	71
Content of Essential Trace Elements in the Hair of Residents of the Caspian Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan Who Recovered from COVID-19	70
Ultrasound Renal Score to Predict the Renal Disease Prognosis in Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease: An Investigative Study	69
Evaluation of a Maternal Plasma RNA Panel Predicting Spontaneous Preterm Birth and Its Expansion to the Prediction of Preeclampsia	69
An Enhanced Machine Learning Approach for Brain MRI Classification	69
Pulmonary Veins Morphometric Characteristics and Spatial Orientation Influence on Its Cryoballoon Isolation Results	68
Chest Pain of Atypical Cause in a Young Man	68
Study of the Natural Crystalline Lens Characteristics Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography	68