OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Laboratory Medicine is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Prediction of Mid-term Platelet Transfusion in Stable Trauma Patients Using Rotational Thromboelastometry	122
Validation of High-sensitivity Flow Cytometry for Reliable Immune Cell Analysis in Real-world Laboratory Settings	78
A New Strategy for Evaluating the Quality of Laboratory Results for Big Data Research: Using External Quality Assessment Survey Data (2010–2020)	51
Reducing Microbial Contamination in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Products and Quality Improvement Strategy: Retrospective Analysis of 1996-2021 Data	45
A Case of Bidirectional ABO- and RhD-Incompatible Liver Transplantation in a Mongolian Patient With Asian-Type DEL	42
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses and Seroconversion in COVID-19 Patients Using Twelve Commercial Immunoassays	42
Optimization of a Protocol for Isolating Cell-free DNA From Cerebrospinal Fluid	42
A Novel Fibrinogen Assay Using Recombinant Batroxobin and Carboxymethyl Chitosan: Carboxymethyl Chitosan Stimulates the Enzymatic Activity of Recombinant Batroxobin	42
Challenges of Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Infection Control and Antibiotic Management	42
Rapid Targeted Sequencing Using Dried Blood Spot Samples for Patients With Suspected Actionable Genetic Diseases	39
Cost-effective BRCA Testing in Advanced Ovarian Cancer	35
Rapid Targeted Genomic Testing: A Powerful Tool for Diagnostic Evaluation of Critically Ill Neonates and Infants With Suspected Genetic Diseases	33
RNA Sequencing for Elucidating an Intronic Variant of Uncertain Significance (SDHD c.314+3A>T) in Splicing Site Consensus Sequences	31
Complement Activation and Hemolysis in Non-human Primates Following Transfusion of Genetically Modified Pig Red Blood Cells	30
Development and Performance Validation of a Comprehensive Liquid Biopsy Genotyping Panel for Pan-cancer Analysis	29
Performance Evaluation of the i-SmartCare 10 Analyzer and Method Comparison of Six Point-of-Care Blood Gas Analyzers	29
Effect of Variability on Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Performance: A Quantitative Analysis	28
In-vitro Activities of Zoliflodacin and Solithromycin Against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates from Korea	27
Update of Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea	27
Clinical Practice Guideline for Blood-based Circulating Tumor DNA Assays	26
Clinical Differences in Patients Infected withFusobacteriumand Antimicrobial Susceptibility ofFusobacteriumIsolates Recovered at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Korea	24
Association Between Low Anti-spike Antibody Levels After the Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Hospitalization due to Symptomatic Breakthrough Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients	23
Optimization of the Total Testing Process Within the Big Data-to-Big Data Loop	22
Current Status of Serum Insulin and C-Peptide Measurement in Clinical Laboratories: Experience from 94 Laboratories in China	21
Sex-Specific U-Shaped Relationships Between High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and 10-year Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Nationwide Cohort Study of 5.7 Million South Koreans	20

Effect of Outlier Elimination on the 99th Percentile Upper Reference Limits of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Assays Based on a Strictly Selected Healthy Reference Population	20
Clinical Sensitivity of the (1–3)-β-D-glucan Test for Predicting Candidemia	18
Collaborative Study to Establish National Reference Standards for Anti-HIV-1 Antibody	18
Deciphering Epigenetic Backgrounds in a Korean Cohort with Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome	17
The Use of Bone-Turnover Markers in Asia-Pacific Populations	17
European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing-Recommended Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus	16
Establishment of Reference Values for Non-HLA Antibodies in Patients With End-stage Renal Disease	16
Periodic Comparability Verification and Within-Laboratory Harmonization of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Results at a Large Healthcare Center With Multiple Instruments	16
Virulence-associated Genome Sequences of Pasteurella canis and Unique Toxin Gene Prevalence of P. canis and Pasteurella multocida Isolated from Humans and Companion Animals	16
Investigation of the Neutralizing Antibody Response of Healthcare Workers at a Korean University Hospital Six Months After the Introduction of the COVID-19 Vaccine	15
Proposed Model for Evaluating Real-world Laboratory Results for Big Data Research	15
The Issue With Osmotic Shock Hemolysate Preparation Procedure	15
Effects of Various Concentrations of Pronase on Flow Cytometric Crossmatching Patients Treated With Rituximab and Donor HLA-Specific Antibodies	14
Analytical Interference of Exemestane With Androstenedione Immunoassays	14
Peak and Trough Concentration Ranges of Factor Xa Inhibitors for Preventing Thromboembolic Stroke in Korean Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation	14
Erratum: Serological Evidence of Coxiella burnetii and SARS-CoV-2 Co-Infection: A Case Report	14
Endogenous Thrombin Potential Level Helps Predict High Blood Loss in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery	14
Optimizing the Hospital Blood Bank Stock in Korea: A Comparative Analysis of the Uniform 5-Day Stock Index and a Novel Blood Stock Index	14
Investigation of Discrepant ABO Blood Grouping Results from an Autoanalyzer	14
Assessing the Relevance of Non-molecular Prognostic Systems for Myelodysplastic Syndrome in the Era of Next-Generation Sequencing	13
Predictive Performance of Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin, Liver Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein, and Cystatin C for Acute Kidney Injury and Mortality in Severely Ill Patients	13
Clinical Performance of the Standard Q COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test and Simulation of its Real-World Application in Korea	13
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Three Diagnostic Strategies for the Detection of EGFR Mutation in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	13
Evaluating the Commutability of Reference Materials for α-Fetoprotein: Accurate Value Assignment With Multiple Systems and Trueness Verification	12
Erratum: Comparing Genomic Characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes Associated with Invasiveness over a 20-year Period in Korea	12
Fretibacterium Species to Fusobacterium periodonticum Ratio as a Potential Biomarker of Periodontitis Based on Salivary Microbiome Profiling	12
Clinical Evaluation of the Rapid STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test for the Screening of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2	12
Optimization of Natural Killer Cell Expansion with K562-mbIL-18/-21 Feeder Cells and Assurance of Feeder Cell-free Products	12
Improvement of Anti-CD36 Antibody Detection via Monoclonal Antibody Immobilization of Platelet Antigens Assay by Using Selected Monoclonal Antibodies	12
Association Between the Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and 30-Day Mortality in Intensive Care Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Observational Study Based on the Medical Informati	12
High-resolution Chromosomal Microarray with Diagnostic Potential for Detecting Exon-level Copy Number Variations Using Targeted and Non-targeted Approaches	12
Intuitive Modification of the Friedewald Formula for Calculation of LDL-Cholesterol	11
Diagnostic Accuracy of Plasma Renin Concentration and Renin Activity in Predicting Mortality and Kidney Outcomes in Patients With Septic Shock and Hypoperfusion or Hypotension: A Multicenter, Prospect	11
The First Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(10;11)(p13;q21);PICALM-MLLT10 Rearrangement Presenting With Extensive Skin Involvement	11
Immunohistochemical Staining to Identify Concomitant Systemic Mastocytosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia with RUNX1::RUNX1T1	11
Clinical Application of Optical Genome Mapping for Molecular Diagnosis of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy	11
Laboratory Preparation for Digital Medicine in Healthcare 4.0: An Investigation Into the Awareness and Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence	11
Multiple Primary Cancers With Hematologic Malignancies and Germline Predisposition: A Case Series	10
Platelet and Monocyte Microvesicles as Potential Biomarkers of COVID-19 Severity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis	10
Carrier Frequency and Incidence of MUTYH-Associated Polyposis Based on Database Analysis in East Asians and Koreans	10
Unique TTR Variants D38A and M13dup Among Korean Patients with Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study	10
The First Case of Pulmonary Mucormycosis Caused by Lichtheimia ornata	10
Performance Evaluation of the Aptima Assays in Comparison with the cobas 6800 Assays for the Detection of HIV-1, HBV, and HCV in Clinical Samples	10
Platelet Satellitism: Just a Laboratory Curiosity? A Case Report of Platelet Satellitism with Multilineage Involvement	9
Comparison of Two Quinupristin–dalfopristin Susceptibility Testing Methods and Two Interpretive Criteria for Enterococcus faecium Bloodstream Isolates from Korean Hospitals	9
Choice of ABO Group for Blood Component Transfusion in ABO-Incompatible Solid Organ Transplantation: A Questionnaire Survey in Korea and Guideline Proposal	9
Performance Evaluation of the Roche Cobas 5800 HBV and HCV Tests: Comparison of the 200 and 500 μL Protocols	9
Laboratory Data Quality Evaluation in the Big Data Era	8
Performance Evaluation of the DxC 700 AU Chemistry Analyzer in Hemoglobin A1c Measurement	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

Aberrant Splicing in PKD2 in a Family of Korean Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease	8
Concurrent Pleural and Pericardial Involvement in a Patient With De Novo Pure Erythroid Leukemia	8
New Issues With Neutrophil Gelatinase-associated Lipocalin in Acute Kidney Injury	8
Clinical Usefulness of a Cell-based Assay for Detecting Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies in Central Nervous System Inflammatory Disorders	8
Rare Non-Cryptic NUP98 Rearrangements Associated With Myeloid Neoplasms and Their Poor Prognostic Impact	8
Rapid Emergence of the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Korea	8
Standardized Medical Terminology: Awareness and Application Among Members of the Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine	8
Clinical Utility of Methylation-Specific Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification for the Diagnosis of Prader–Willi Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome	7
Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea	7
Comment on “Ionized Magnesium Correlates With Total Blood Magnesium in Pediatric Patients Following Kidney Transplant”	7
An Unexpected Encounter During a Screening Colonoscopy in a Medical Tourist: A Diagnosis of Hymenolepis nana Infection	7
Neutralization Testing–based Immunogenicity Analysis of Recent Prevalent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Omicron Sublineages	7
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	7
Development of a Single-nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping Assay for the Rapid Detection of Vancomycin-intermediate Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Epidemic Lineage ST5	7
Skeletal Muscle Mass Measurement via Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis as an Aid to Screen for Chronic Kidney Disease in Routine Health Checkups	7
The First Korean Case of Griscelli Syndrome Type 2 With Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Partial Albinism	7
Validation of Pathogenicity of Gene Variants in Fanconi Anemia Using Patient-derived Dermal Fibroblasts	7
SnackNTM: An Open-Source Software for Sanger Sequencing-based Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Species	7
Comprehensive Laboratory Data Analysis to Predict the Clinical Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 1,952 Patients in Daegu, Korea	7
Usefulness of Component-Resolved Diagnosis of Pollen-Food Allergy Syndrome	7
Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing for the Rapid Detection of Fluconazole Resistance in Candida Isolates	7
A Machine Learning Approach to Reference Interval Estimation for Red Cell Parameters in a South and East Asian Population	7
MYD88 L265P Variant Detection with Droplet Digital PCR in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Clinical Implications as a Tumor Burden and Prognostic Marker	6
Evaluation of Cellular Responses to ChAdOx1-nCoV-19 and BNT162b2 Vaccinations	6
Comparison of Measurable Residual Disease in Pediatric B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia Using Multiparametric Flow Cytometry and Next-Generation Sequencing	6
Genetic Counseling and Long-Term Surveillance Using a Multidisciplinary Approach in von Hippel–Lindau Disease	6
Reliability of the DI-60 Digital Image Analyzer for Detecting Platelet Clumping and Obtaining Accurate Platelet Counts	6
Digital Morphology Analyzer Sysmex DI-60 vs. Manual Counting for White Blood Cell Differentials in Leukopenic Samples: A Comparative Assessment of Risk and Turnaround Time	6
Can Reference Materials Prepared Following CLSI C37-A Be Utilized Without Commutability Assessment? Perspectives Based on Lipid Measurements	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
Natural Killer Cell Expansion and Cytotoxicity Differ Depending on the Culture Medium Used	6
Predictors of Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Elderly COVID-19 Patients in Korea	6
Impact of Low-level Donor-specific Antibody Determined With a Positive Luminex and Negative Flow Cytometric Crossmatch on Kidney Transplantation Outcomes	6
Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Korea Between 2017 and 2019 After Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococ	6
Educational Outcomes and Perception Changes in Medical Students After Visiting a Blood Donation Center	6
Revolutionizing Laboratory Practices: Pioneering Trends in Total Laboratory Automation	6
Accuracy of the New Creatinine-based Equations for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate in Koreans	6
Laboratory Aspects of Donor Screening for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation at a Korean Fecal Microbiota Bank	6
RHDDNT* (RHD38*) Showing D-Positive Reactivity on Rhesus D Typing and Forming Anti-D Antibody	6