OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Clinical Pathology is 4. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
CD31 expression in human cancers: a pan-cancer immunohistochemical study	50
“Find Your Y”: histological differences in early stage (pT) and post-treatment (ypT) oesophageal adenocarcinoma with implications for salvage endoscopic resection	42
Multivariate evaluation of prognostic markers in synovial sarcoma	38
Oesophageal sebaceous heterotopia with ducts mimicking epidermoid metaplasia: a rare diagnostic pitfall	37
Prevalence and breakdown of KRAS driver mutations in a large UK non-small cell lung cancer cohort	35
Ingested foreign bodies mimicking inflammatory bowel disease	28
Molecular profiling of visible polypoid and invisible conventional intestinal-type low-grade dysplasia in patients with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease	25
Artificial intelligence (AI) molecular analysis tool assists in rapid treatment decision in lung cancer: a case report	24
Defining invasion in breast cancer: the role of basement membrane	22
Sudden unexpected death in a middle-aged woman	19
Answering Ireland’s call: pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Comparing the diagnostic efficacy of optical coherence tomography and frozen section for margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery: a meta-analysis	16
Can polycythaemia vera disease be predicted from haematologic parameters? A machine learning-based study	16
Morphological subtypes of colorectal low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia: diagnostic reproducibility, frequency and clinical impact	16
Idylla EGFR assay on extracted DNA: advantages, limits and place in molecular screening according to the latest guidelines for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients	15
I need an exact margin measurement for this basal cell carcinoma!	14
Cost analysis of archives in the pathology laboratories: from safety to management	14
Neuroblastoma-derived v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral related oncogene or MYCN gene	14
Lipid droplets’ functional protein caveolin-2 is associated with lipid metabolism-related molecule FABP5 and EMT marker E-cadherin in oral epithelial dysplasia	14
Clinical utility of breast pathology data: implications for practising pathologists	13
Emerging and under-recognised patterns of colorectal carcinoma morphologies: a comprehensive review	13
The Impact of potential ‘confounders’ on the diagnostic sensitivity of circulating free DNA in management of FIT+ patients: a pilot study	13
Bronchial mucoacinar carcinoma: a newly proposed subtype of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the bronchus	13
Use of CD32, CD44 and CD71 to differentiate follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma subtypes by flow cytometry	12
Some issues to consider with the use of serum indices	12

Prevalence of non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter (NHPH) species in H. pylori-associated gastritis	12
Cutaneous lymphangitis carcinomatosa in salivary duct carcinoma	12
Real-time histological evaluation of gastrointestinal tissue using non-linear microscopy	12
Additions to the paper ‘The Journey of Laboratory Medicine’ from a broader perspective	11
SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity amongst healthcare workers in South Africa during the Omicron wave: natural infection versus vaccination	11
Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast resembling pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia	11
PD-L1 protein expression in breast cancer	10
Modes of assay interference and the effectiveness of serum pretreatment approaches in detection of anti-HLA antibodies	10
Diagnostic utility of ERG immunostaining in dermatofibroma	10
Clinicopathological significance and prognostic analysis of p21 and EGFR in colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis on 12 319 cases in China	10
Letter to the editor: additional evidence to support a cross-reactivity of SARS-CoV-2 with HIV chemiluminescent assay	10
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a 5-year retrospective review of cases in a tertiary centre in Dublin, Ireland	10
BCR::ABL1 screening is not indicated in patients with splenomegaly without neutrophilia and/or basophilia	9
Fifth edition WHO classification: mature B-cell neoplasms	9
Reducing workload in malignant melanoma sentinel node examination: a national study of pathology reports from 507 melanoma patients	9
Impact of cellular morphology and three-tiered nuclear grade on progression of conventional renal cell carcinoma	9
Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1) immunostaining as a surrogate for β-catenin (CTNNB1) mutations	9
Thyroid autoantibodies	9
Frequency and clinicopathologic features of renal low-grade oncocytic tumour and eosinophilic vacuolated tumour: reclassification of 605 eosinophilic tumours including patients managed with active sur	9
Preparing for the next pandemic: lessons learnt from the implementation of point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 testing in an emergency department	9
Assessment of large droplet fat in frozen sections of donor liver biopsies: utility and interobserver variability of the newly described Banff method compared to a simplified Average of Fields method	9
Comparative analyses of tumour immune microenvironment between collecting duct carcinoma and fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma	8
Clinical utility of histopathology data: urological cancers	8
Biliary adenofibroma: is it truly a benign neoplasm or benign-looking cholangiocarcinoma?	8
If you provide them, they will come: an observational study of online pathology report access by patients at a large, academic, tertiary care hospital in Canada	8
Implementation of the updated NICE haematological cancers (NG47) improving outcomes guidelines across Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS) in England: a UK NEQA	8
Macroscopic examination of gynaecological specimens: a critial and often underemphasised aspect of pathological reporting	8
Histopathology reporting of temporal artery biopsy specimens for giant cell arteritis: results of a modified Delphi study	8
Gene of the month: GATA3	8
Chinese guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer (2024 edition): summary of key recommendations	8
Decline of case reports in pathology and their renewal in the digital age: an analysis of publication trends over four decades	7
Performance evaluation of a CRISPR Cas9-based selective exponential amplification assay for the detection of KRAS mutations in plasma of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer	7
KIT genetic alterations in breast cancer	7
Significant ketoacidosis at autopsy: a single-centre systematic review	7
Discerning clinicopathological features of congenital neutropenia syndromes: an approach to diagnostically challenging differential diagnoses	7
Morphological changes in previously frozen formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue	7
Haemolysis index conundrum in a COVID-19 patient	7
Comparative analysis of antigen-presenting cells in gingival tissues in healthy and periodontitis patients	7
HER2-low in gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a real-world pathological perspective	7
Dasatinib-induced Crohn’s-like colitis	7
Assessment of AI-based computational H&E staining versus chemical H&E staining for primary diagnosis in lymphomas: a brief interim report	7
Interlaboratory Gleason grading variation affects treatment: a Dutch historic cohort study in 30 509 patients with prostate cancer	7
Use of quality checks and processes across digital histopathology: an initial survey from the Bigpicture consortium	7
Lymphoma triage from H&E using AI for improved clinical management	7
Comparison of laboratory methods for the detection of neoplastic plasma cells in plasma cell dyscrasias	7
Macrophage polarisation in caesarean scar diverticulum	6
Medium-term storage of frozen residual antenatal sera in gel separator tube is suitable for subsequent serological investigation of intrauterine infection	6
Overexpression of integrin alpha 2 (ITGA2) correlates with poor survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	6
Gene of the month: H3F3A and H3F3B	6
Comprehensive characterisation of acinar cystic transformation of the pancreas: a systematic review	6

Digital odyssey: lessons learnt from a reverse transition from a digital to a manual pathology workflow	6
Successful demand management in diagnostic immunology testing	6
Peripheral blood smear and bone marrow findings in spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome associated with haematolymphoid malignancies	6
Using decision support platforms to enhance cancer diagnostics: the importance of vigilance and wise decision-making	6
From alchemy to personalised medicine: the journey of laboratory medicine	6
Preoperative liquid biopsy for EGFR-mutated detection at diagnostic in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: real-world experience of a single centre	6
Microvesicular hyperplastic polyp and sessile serrated lesion of the large intestine: a biological continuum or separate entities?	6
Independent reporting in oral and maxillofacial pathology	6
Impact of consensus molecular subtypes on survival with and without adjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer	6
Calcified chondroid mesenchymal neoplasm: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis	6
Best practice for LDL-cholesterol: when and how to calculate	6
Emerging fusion-associated mesenchymal tumours: a tabular guide and appraisal of five ‘novel’ entities	5
IASLC grading system predicts distant metastases for resected lung adenocarcinoma	5
Correction: Pathology of IgG4-related sclerosing mastitis	5
Correlation of immediate prevalence of cervical precancers and cancers with HPV genotype and age in women with ASC-US/hrHPV+: a retrospective analysis of 2292 cases	5
Sample suitability and stability in different blood collection tubes for methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone and glycols analysis	5
Prognostic implications, genomic and immune characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth pattern	5
Clinicopathological features of kidney injury in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPi) combined with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy	5
Measurement of C1-Inhibitor function alone is sufficient for diagnosis of hereditary angioedema	5
Extraction and classification of structured data from unstructured hepatobiliary pathology reports using large language models: a feasibility study compared with rules-based natural language processin	5
Impact of NOTCH1 expression in primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma	5
Use of the ISUP e-learning module improves interrater reliability in prostate cancer grading	5
Quantitative p53 immunostaining aids in the detection of prevalent dysplasia	5
SOX10	5
Primary melanoma of the urinary tract: a clinicopathological study of cases and literature review	5
Critical role of diagnostic SARS-CoV-2 T cell assays for immunodeficient patients	5
Streamlining pathology orders in a time-crunched medical world: much ado about requisitions	5
Polymorphisms of ACE and thrombophilic genes: risk for recurrent pregnancy loss	5
Time trends in Gleason score distribution among Gleason score 8 and 9–10 cancers	5
‘Atypical’, ‘aggressive’ or ‘malignant’ chondroblastoma? Uncertainty about uncertain malignant potential	5
Seasonal variation of serum potassium and related prescription pattern: an ecological time series	5
Histological features of liver disease development in the Atp7b^−/− mouse: a model of Wilson’s disease	5
Barrett’s oesophagus with indefinite for dysplasia shows high rates of prevalent and incident neoplasia in a UK multicentre cohort	5
Molecular mechanism of extracutaneous tumours in patients with basal cell nevus syndrome	4
Application of algorithmic cytomorphological assessment and immunocytochemistry with the international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology on pericardial fluid cytology	4
Dematiaceous fungal infections: clinical and pathologic conundrums	4
Novel pooling strategy with sample concentration for screening of SARS-CoV-2	4
Biomarker testing strategies in non-small cell lung cancer in the real-world setting: analysis of methods in the Prospective Central Lung Cancer Biomarker Registry (LungPath) from the Spanish Society	4
Drug-induced hyperammonaemia	4
Ranking of journals by journal impact factors is not exact and may provoke misleading conclusions	4
Russell body typhilitis: An unusual mimicker of malignancy!	4
Histone antibodies in primary Sjögren’s disease	4
In triple-negative breast cancer, fibrotic focus, the mitotic activity index and tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes have independent prognostic value: an observational population-based cohort study with	4
Indian childhood cirrhosis: a retrospective study –redefining the older myths!	4
EBV-positive Burkitt lymphoma arising in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma: a case report	4
Industry payments to pathologists in the USA between 2013 and 2021	4
‘Sneaky’ uninflamed oesophageal candidiasis: morphological clues and comparison with candidiasis associated with inflammation	4
Results of histopathological revisions of major salivary gland neoplasms in routine clinical practice	4
Fifth edition WHO classification: myeloid neoplasms	4
High-resolution melting assay for rapid, simultaneous detection of JAK2, MPL and CALR variants	4
Prognostic implications of the immunohistochemical expression of perilipin 1 and adipophilin in high-grade liposarcoma	4
Macroscopy of specimens from the genitourinary system	4
c-Met immunohistochemistry as reflex test at diagnosis for non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world experience from a monocentric case series	4
Performance and pitfalls of the tools for measuring glomerular filtration rate to guide chronic kidney disease diagnosis and assessment	4
Clinicopathological and genetic analyses of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma	4
Reverse polarity in pseudopyloric metaplasia in Crohn’s disease	4
Endometriosis with colonic mucosal colonisation: a diagnostic confounder	4
Automatic CD30 scoring method for whole slide images of primary cutaneous CD30⁺ lymphoproliferative diseases	4
Re-evaluating the relevance of extensive intraductal component (EIC) in modern breast cancer management	4
LGR5 as a diagnostic marker for dysplasia in serrated polyps	4
PI3K/PTEN/mTOR pathway dynamic tracking and prognostic value in HR+/HER2− BC patients with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a cohort study	4
BAP1-deficient meningioma presenting with trabecular architecture and cytokeratin expression: a report of two cases and review of the literature	4
ALK-rearranged mesenchymal neoplasms: a clinicopathological and molecular study of eight additional cases of an emerging group of tyrosine kinase fusion mesenchymal tumours	4
Screening for and diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy	4
Relationship between adenovirus infection and intussusception via pathological evidence confirms	4
Expression, assessment and significance of Ki67 expression in breast cancer: an update	4
Compound computer vision workflow for efficient and automated immunohistochemical analysis of whole slide images	4
Increasing test specificity without impairing sensitivity: lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 serology	4
Determining common variants in patients with haemophilia A in South Vietnam and screening female carriers in their family members	4
Preference of grade and lymphovascular invasion over invasive size measurement in stage I lung adenocarcinoma	4
Factors predicting BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants in patients with ovarian cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis	4
Should a borderline negative HER2 result in a core biopsy of invasive carcinoma of the breast have HER2 assessment repeated in the excision specimen?	4