OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Best practice in statistics: The use of log transformation	73
Best practice in statistics: Use the Welch t-test when testing the difference between two groups	56
Elevated procalcitonin concentrations in severe Covid-19 may not reflect bacterial co-infection	39
Correlating arterial blood gas, acid–base and blood pressure abnormalities with outcomes in COVID-19 intensive care patients	32
Development of a high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing pathway using dried blood spot specimens	32
Monocyte distribution width as a biomarker of sepsis in the intensive care unit: A pilot study	29
Serum biomarkers for prediction of mortality in patients with COVID-19	23
Identifying mislabelled samples: Machine learning models exceed human performance	18
Clinical adoption of Nephrocheck® in the early detection of acute kidney injury	17
Faecal haemoglobin concentration thresholds for reassurance and urgent investigation for colorectal cancer based on a faecal immunochemical test in symptomatic patients in primary care	17
Evaluation of the usability of various rapid antibody tests in the diagnostic application for COVID-19	17
Method-dependent variation in TSH and FT4 reference intervals in pregnancy: A systematic review	16
Performance verification of anti-SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody detection by using four chemiluminescence immunoassay systems	16
The use of whole blood capillary samples to measure 15 analytes for a home-collect biochemistry service during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A proposed model from North West London Pathology	15
An LC-MS/MS assay for analysis of equilibrium angiotensin II in human serum	13
Reference values for C-reactive protein and procalcitonin at term pregnancy and in the early postnatal period	13
Plasma miR-193a-3p can be a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy	13
Negative interference from immunoglobulin M paraproteinaemia on the Roche enzymatic creatinine method	10
Clinical and laboratory aspects of 3,3′,5′-triiodothyronine (reverse T3)	10
Machine learning predictive models of LDL-C in the population of eastern India and its comparison with directly measured and calculated LDL-C	10
Calculated globulin as a screening tool for hypogammaglobulinaemia or paraproteins in hospitalized patients	9
Drug dosing using estimated glomerular filtration rate: Misclassification due to metamizole interference in a creatinine assay	8
Co-analysis of pancreatic cyst fluid carcinoembryonic antigen and glucose with novel cut-off levels better distinguishes between mucinous and non-mucinous neoplastic pancreatic cystic lesions	8
Tumour markers in prostate cancer: The post-prostate-specific antigen era	8
Assessing bone formation in patients with chronic kidney disease using procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP): The choice of assay makes a difference	8

Replicate and repeat faecal immunochemical tests in symptomatic patients: A systematic review	7
Clinical laboratory medicine measurements correlation analysis under uncertainty	7
Can artificial intelligence replace biochemists? A study comparing interpretation of thyroid function test results by ChatGPT and Google Bard to practising biochemists	7
The use of routine blood tests to assist the diagnosis of COVID-19 in symptomatic hospitalized patients	7
Biological sources of variations of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b in a healthy Japanese population	7
Reflex and reflective testing: progress, but much still to be done	7
Performance characteristics of five SARS-CoV-2 serological assays: Clinical utility in health-care workers	6
SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19): A short update on molecular biochemistry, pathology, diagnosis and therapeutic strategies	6
SARS-CoV-2 immunochromatographic IgM/IgG rapid test in pregnancy: A false friend?	6
Comparison of ultra-performance liquid chromatography and ARK immunoassay for therapeutic drug monitoring of voriconazole	6
Development, validation, and application of an UPLC-MS/MS method for vancomycin, norvancomycin, methotrexate, paclitaxel, and imatinib analysis in human plasma	6
Pneumatic tube validation: Reducing the need for donor samples by integrating a vial-embedded data logger	6
Comparison of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein vs. C-reactive protein for diagnostic accuracy and prediction of mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction	6
The association between acid–base status and clinical outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit with an emphasis on high anion gap metabolic acidosis	6
Expected values for gastrointestinal and pancreatic hormone concentrations in healthy volunteers in the fasting and postprandial state	6
Case report: Interference from isatuximab on serum protein electrophoresis prevented demonstration of complete remission in a myeloma patient	5
A rapid LC-MS/MS assay for the measurement of serum methotrexate in patients who have received high doses for chemotherapy	5
Management of transgender patients in Laboratory Information Management Systems – Moving on from binary and ternary logic	5
The effect of haemolysis on the direct and indirect ion selective electrode measurement of sodium	5
Performance of commercially-available cholesterol self-tests	5
Conflicting effects of haemolysis on plasma sodium and chloride are due to different haemolysis study protocols: A case for standardisation	4
Effects of bilirubin configurational photoisomers on the measurement of direct bilirubin by the vanadate oxidation method	4
Analytical characterization and clinical performance evaluation of a new point-of-care testing system for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay	4
Do faecal test-based colorectal cancer screening pilots provide data that are reflected in subsequent programmes? Evidence from interval cancer proportions	4
Application of the sigma metrics to evaluate the analytical performance of cystatin C and design a quality control strategy	4
Alternative diagnoses and demographics associated with a raised quantitative faecal immunochemical test in symptomatic patients	4
Trimester-specific reference intervals for cystatin C and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin during pregnancy	4
Reference intervals of urinary kidney injury biomarkers for middle-aged men and women determined by quantitative protein mass spectrometry	4
Assessment of the analytical performance of point-of-care faecal immunochemical tests for haemoglobin	4
Survey of patient perception of pre-analytical requirements for blood testing in the UK and RoI	4
Multiple biomarkers measurement to estimate the duration of atrial fibrillation	4
Does the use of fish oil-based lipid emulsion in the clinical setting of total parenteral nutrition and lipid rescue therapy interfere with common laboratory analytes on Roche Cobas 6000?	4
Factors influencing the derivation and clinical application of blood calcium adjustment equations	4
Lithium heparin interference in the Abbott enzymatic creatinine assay: the significance of under-filled tubes	3
National recommendations to standardise acute kidney injury detection and alerting	3
“Macro transcobalamin causing raised vitamin B12: Case-based laboratory investigation"	3
Repeat measurements on patient samples identifies unpredictable and poorly reproducible cardiac troponin results with a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assay	3
MicroRNA in the diagnosis of lung cancer: An overview of ten systematic reviews	3
Correlation of serum myonectin concentrations with the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome	3
Personalising laboratory medicine in the ‘real world’: Assessing clinical utility, by clinical indication, of serum total B₁₂ and Active-B₁₂® (holotranscobalamin) in the diagnosi	3
Determination of a Beckman Coulter AU turbidometric method-specific caeruloplasmin reference interval	3
Diagnostic performance of serum calprotectin in discriminating active from inactive ulcerative colitis in an outpatient setting	3
Serum cortisol assay performance following the 1 mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test	3
Predicting ionized hypocalcemia: External validation of an ionized calcium prediction model in patients with COVID-19 and renal failure	3
Time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay for urine retinol-binding protein is more sensitive than polyclonal and monoclonal assays	3
UK National audit of the measurement of ammonia	3
Reference intervals for clinical biochemistry and haematology tests during normal pregnancy	3
Establishment of reference intervals for plasma metanephrines in seated position measured by LC-MS/MS and assessment of diagnostic performance in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma	3
Key methodological challenges in detecting circulating miRNAs in different biofluids	3
Implementing cardiovascular precision diagnostics: laboratory specialists as catalysts?	3

Routine use of natriuretic peptides: Lessons from a big data analysis	3
Variation of eGFR reporting and CKD equations used in the United Kingdom	3
Can patients with mild post-operative hyponatraemia following elective arthroplasty be discharged safely? A large-scale service evaluation suggests they can	3
Novel cholesterol efflux assay using immobilized liposome-bound gel beads: Confirmation and improvement for application in clinical laboratory	3
Standardising the biochemical confirmation of adult male hypogonadism; a joint position statement by the Society for Endocrinology and Association of Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine*	3
Falsely elevated thyroid hormone levels associated with fibrin interference in patients receiving oral anticoagulant therapy	3
A standard addition method to quantify serum lithium by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry	3