OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Laboratory Medicine is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Direct LDL Cholesterol Assay vs. Estimated Equations in Patients With Hypertriglyceridemia or Low LDL Cholesterol Levels	112
Comparison of Non-Invasive Clinical Algorithms for Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B to Reduce the Need for Liver Biopsy: Application of Enhanced Liver Fibrosis and Mac-2 Binding Pro	50
Whole-genome Sequencing Reveals a Novel Structural Variant of CCDC39 in a Term Neonate with Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia	36
A New Strategy for Evaluating the Quality of Laboratory Results for Big Data Research: Using External Quality Assessment Survey Data (2010–2020)	34
Aberrant Splicing in PKD2 in a Family of Korean Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease	33
Why Terminology Standards Matter for Data-driven Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare	32
New Issues With Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin in Acute Kidney Injury	31
Advancing Natural Killer Cell Therapy: Genetic Engineering Strategies for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy	30
Variant Allele Frequency of Pseudogene-Related Variants in Short-read Next-Generation Sequencing Data May Mislead Genetic Diagnosis: A Case of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome	30
Reclassification of Acute Myeloid Leukemia According to the 2022 World Health Organization Classification and the International Consensus Classification Using Open-Source Data	27
Performance Evaluation of the LabGenius C-CT/NG-BMX Assay for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Detection	25
Clinical Outcomes and Molecular Characteristics of Bacteroides fragilis Infections	24
Preventing Blood Transfusion Errors: How Personal Digital Assistants Can Improve Patient Safety	23
Early Laboratory Preparedness of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Response to Unknown Pneumonia Outbreak from Wuhan, China, in January 2020	23
Comprehensive Laboratory Data Analysis to Predict the Clinical Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 1,952 Patients in Daegu, Korea	23
Commutability Assessment of Processed Human Plasma Samples for Normetanephrine and Metanephrine Measurements Based on the Candidate Reference Measurement Procedure	22
Platelet Satellitism: Just a Laboratory Curiosity? A Case Report of Platelet Satellitism with Multilineage Involvement	21
NUP214 Rearrangements in Leukemia Patients: A Case Series From a Single Institution	20
An Objective Approach to Deriving the Clinical Performance of Autoverification Limits	19
Are Your Laboratory Data Reproducible? The Critical Role of Imprecision From Replicate Measurements to Clinical Decision-Making	17
New-Generation Quantitative Immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Detection: Need for Harmonization	17
Immunosuppressive Drug Measurement by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Interlaboratory Comparison in the Korean Clinical Laboratories	16
Evaluation of Group Genetic Counseling Sessions via a Metaverse-based Application	16
Genotypic Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated From Rectal and Clinical Samples in Korean University Hospitals Between 2016 and	15
Phospholipase C Beta 2 Protein Overexpression Is a Favorable Prognostic Indicator in Newly Diagnosed Normal Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia	15

Reducing Microbial Contamination in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Products and Quality Improvement Strategy: Retrospective Analysis of 1996-2021 Data	15
Allelic Enhancement of BEL.02 With the Single Nucleotide Variant, c.669G>T	15
Effectiveness of Unified Computerized Reporting of Point-of-Care Glucose Meter Test	15
Clinical Usefulness of a Cell-based Assay for Detecting Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies in Central Nervous System Inflammatory Disorders	14
Concurrent Pleural and Pericardial Involvement in a Patient With De Novo Pure Erythroid Leukemia	14
Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Cutoff Value Selection and Acute Kidney Injury Classification System Determine Phenotype Allocation and Associated Outcomes	14
Choice of ABO Group for Blood Component Transfusion in ABO-Incompatible Solid Organ Transplantation: A Questionnaire Survey in Korea and Guideline Proposal	13
Impact of Bicarbonate Interference on Routine Ion-Selective Electrode Chloride Measurements	13
Identification of SUZ12 Haploinsufficiency due to a 1.4-Mb Deletion at 17q11.2 in a Child With Overgrowth and Intellectual Disability Syndrome	13
Clonal Distribution and Its Association With the Carbapenem Resistance Mechanisms of Carbapenem-Non-Susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Korean Hospitals	12
Real-World Evidence of Point-of-Care Glucometers: Enhanced Passive Surveillance and Adverse Event Reporting Status in Korea and the United States	12
Economic Evaluation of Total Laboratory Automation in the Clinical Laboratory of a Tertiary Care Hospital	12
Expanding the Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplants Through Detection of Donor-Derived DNA in Urine: Proof-of-Concept Study	12
The First Korean Case of NUP98-NSD1 and a Novel SNRK-ETV6 Fusion in a Pediatric Therapy-related Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patient Detected by Targeted RNA Sequencing	12
Performance Evaluation of the DxC 700 AU Chemistry Analyzer in Hemoglobin A1c Measurement	12
Rapid Targeted Sequencing Using Dried Blood Spot Samples for Patients With Suspected Actionable Genetic Diseases	11
Sensitivity and Specificity of an All-in-One Cartridge-Based Dengue Real-Time RT-PCR for Point-of-Care Detection and Serotyping of Dengue Virus in Samples From Indonesian Patients	11
Prediction of Mid-term Platelet Transfusion in Stable Trauma Patients Using Rotational Thromboelastometry	10
Current Issues, Challenges, and Future Perspectives of Genetic Counseling in Korea	10
Algorithm using Neuron-Specific Enolase and Pro-Gastrin-Releasing Peptide to Increase the Diagnostic Accuracy for Small Cell Lung Cancer	10
Standardization Status of Total Cholesterol Concentration Measurement: Analysis of Korean External Quality Assessment Data	9
Rapid Emergence of the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Korea	9
Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Pregnancy: Insights From a Case of a 28-Year-Old Woman With Miscarriages and Hyperemesis Gravidarum	9
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses and Seroconversion in COVID-19 Patients Using Twelve Commercial Immunoassays	9
A Case of Burkitt-Like Lymphoma With 11q Aberration With HIV Infection in East Asia and Literature Review	9
Optimization of a Protocol for Isolating Cell-free DNA From Cerebrospinal Fluid	9
Validation of High-sensitivity Flow Cytometry for Reliable Immune Cell Analysis in Real-world Laboratory Settings	9
Challenges of Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Infection Control and Antibiotic Management	9
Reclassification of Myelodysplastic Neoplasms According to the 2022 World Health Organization Classification and the 2022 International Consensus Classification Using Open-Source Data: Focus on SF3	8
Prevalence of a Single-Nucleotide Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Korea and Its Impact on the Diagnostic Sensitivity of the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assay	8
Myelodysplastic Syndromes with Bone Marrow Fibrosis: An Update	8
Toward High-Quality Real-World Laboratory Data in the Era of Healthcare Big Data	8
Prevalence of a Single-Nucleotide Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Korea and Its Impact on the Diagnostic Sensitivity of the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assay	8
Laboratory Data Quality Evaluation in the Big Data Era	8
Rare Non-Cryptic NUP98 Rearrangements Associated With Myeloid Neoplasms and Their Poor Prognostic Impact	8
A Case of Bidirectional ABO- and RhD-Incompatible Liver Transplantation in a Mongolian Patient With Asian-Type DEL	8
Comparison of Nasal Swabs, Nasopharyngeal Swabs, and Saliva Samples for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other Respiratory Virus Infections	8
Comparison of Homologous Recombination Repair Gene Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis in Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Between Local and Central Laboratories in Korea	7
Comment on “Ionized Magnesium Correlates With Total Blood Magnesium in Pediatric Patients Following Kidney Transplant”	7
Clinical Performance of Two Automated Immunoassays, EliA CTD Screen and QUANTA Flash CTD Screen Plus, for Antinuclear Antibody Screening	7
Skeletal Muscle Mass Measurement via Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis as an Aid to Screen for Chronic Kidney Disease in Routine Health Checkups	7
Re-evaluation of a Fibrillin-1 Gene Variant of Uncertain Significance Using the ClinGen Guidelines	7
Detection of a High-Dose Hook Effect and Evaluation of Dilutions of Urine Myoglobin Specimens Using a Serum Myoglobin Assay	7
Rapid Targeted Genomic Testing: A Powerful Tool for Diagnostic Evaluation of Critically Ill Neonates and Infants With Suspected Genetic Diseases	6
Performance of BD MAX Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Assay without Enrichment for the Detection of GBS	6
Evaluating the TaqMan Jr^a-Genotyping Method for Rapidly Predicting the Presence of Anti-Jr^a Antibodies	6
Quantitative Evaluation of the Real-World Harmonization Status of Laboratory Test Items Using External Quality Assessment Data	6
Changing Genotypic Distribution, Antimicrobial Susceptibilities, and Risk Factors of Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6
Clinical Differences in Patients Infected withFusobacteriumand Antimicrobial Susceptibility ofFusobacteriumIsolates Recovered at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Korea	6
The First Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Underlying Fanconi Anemia due to FANCF Variants in Korea	6

Impact of Individualized Hemolysis Management Based on Biological Variation Cut-offs in a Clinical Laboratory	6
The First Korean Case of Griscelli Syndrome Type 2 With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Partial Albinism	6
An Unexpected Encounter During a Screening Colonoscopy in a Medical Tourist: A Diagnosis of Hymenolepis nana Infection	6
Development of a Single-nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping Assay for the Rapid Detection of Vancomycin-intermediate Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Lineage ST5	6
Cost-effective BRCA Testing in Advanced Ovarian Cancer	6
Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Molecular Profiling Using Cell-Free DNA: A Valuable Tool for the Diagnostic and Prognostic Evaluation of Patients With Gastric Cancer	6
Comparison of Target- and IgG-Enrichment Strategies to Measure Adalimumab Concentrations in Human Plasma Using an Immunocapture-Liquid Chromatography-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Platform	6
Germline Mutations and Phenotypic Associations in Korean Patients With Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: A Multicenter Study and Literature Review	6
Integration of an MC-80 Digital Image Analyzer With an Automated BC-6800Plus Hematology Analyzer Enables Accurate Platelet Counting in Samples With EDTA-Induced Pseudothrombocytopenia	6
Performance Evaluation of the i-SmartCare 10 Analyzer and Method Comparison of Six Point-of-Care Blood Gas Analyzers	6
Neutralization Testing–based Immunogenicity Analysis of Recent Prevalent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Sublineages	5
Practical Considerations for Clinical Laboratories in Top-down Approach for Assessing the Measurement Uncertainty of Clinical Chemistry Analytes	5
Identification of Two Novel ANKRD11 Mutations: Highlighting Incomplete Penetrance in KBG Syndrome	5
The First Case of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection Caused by Kocuria rhizophila in Korea	5
Clinical Application of Sequential Epigenetic Analysis for Diagnosis of Silver–Russell Syndrome	5
Evaluation of the Barricor Tube in 28 Routine Chemical Tests and Its Impact on Turnaround Time in an Outpatient Clinic	5
The LEAP Checklist for Laboratory Evaluation and Analytical Performance Characteristics Reporting of Clinical Measurement Procedures	5
Clinical Utility of Next-Generation Flow-Based Minimal Residual Disease Assessment in Patients with Multiple Myeloma	5
Reverse Transcription-PCR-based Sanger Sequencing-confirmed Exon-skipping Effect of a Novel GEN1 Intronic Variant (c.1408+4A>G)	5
First Identification of IMP-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase in Delftia tsuruhatensis Strain CRS1243 Isolated From a Clinical Specimen	5
RNA Sequencing for Elucidating an Intronic Variant of Uncertain Significance (SDHD c.314+3A>T) in Splicing Site Consensus Sequences	5
A Severe Infection Caused by a White Colony-Producing Strain of Clostridioides difficile RTC41/ST588	5
Granulocytic and Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells are Functionally and Prognostically Different in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	5
Recent Epidemiological Changes in Group B Streptococcus Among Pregnant Korean Women	5
Usefulness of Component-Resolved Diagnosis of Pollen-Food Allergy Syndrome	5
Rates of Coinfection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses in Korea	5
Current Status of Serum Insulin and C-Peptide Measurement in Clinical Laboratories: Experience from 94 Laboratories in China	5
Non-derivatizing Tandem Mass Spectrometry Assay for Expanded Newborn Screening and Cutoffs for Preterm Neonates	5
Clinical Utility of Methylation-Specific Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification for the Diagnosis of Prader–Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome	5
Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea	5