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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Oesophageal sebaceous heterotopia with ducts mimicking epidermoid metaplasia: a rare diagnostic pitfall	52
“Find Your Y”: histological differences in early stage (pT) and post-treatment (ypT) oesophageal adenocarcinoma with implications for salvage endoscopic resection	44
CD31 expression in human cancers: a pan-cancer immunohistochemical study	38
Prevalence and breakdown of KRAS driver mutations in a large UK non-small cell lung cancer cohort	38
Ingested foreign bodies mimicking inflammatory bowel disease	36
Molecular profiling of visible polypoid and invisible conventional intestinal-type low-grade dysplasia in patients with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease	29
Multivariate evaluation of prognostic markers in synovial sarcoma	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	20
Answering Ireland’s call: pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
Comparing the diagnostic efficacy of optical coherence tomography and frozen section for margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery: a meta-analysis	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	16
Can polycythaemia vera disease be predicted from haematologic parameters? A machine learning-based study	16
I need an exact margin measurement for this basal cell carcinoma!	15
Lipid droplets’ functional protein caveolin-2 is associated with lipid metabolism-related molecule FABP5 and EMT marker E-cadherin in oral epithelial dysplasia	15
Morphological subtypes of colorectal low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia: diagnostic reproducibility, frequency and clinical impact	14
Neuroblastoma-derived v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral related oncogene or MYCN gene	14
SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity amongst healthcare workers in South Africa during the Omicron wave: natural infection versus vaccination	13
Cost analysis of archives in the pathology laboratories: from safety to management	13
The Impact of potential ‘confounders’ on the diagnostic sensitivity of circulating free DNA in management of FIT+ patients: a pilot study	13
Emerging and under-recognised patterns of colorectal carcinoma morphologies: a comprehensive review	13
Cutaneous lymphangitis carcinomatosa in salivary duct carcinoma	12
Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast resembling pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia	12
Some issues to consider with the use of serum indices	12

Real-time histological evaluation of gastrointestinal tissue using non-linear microscopy	11
Use of CD32, CD44 and CD71 to differentiate follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma subtypes by flow cytometry	11
Prevalence of non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter (NHPH) species in H. pylori-associated gastritis	11
Clinical utility of breast pathology data: implications for practising pathologists	11
PD-L1 protein expression in breast cancer	10
Clinicopathological significance and prognostic analysis of p21 and EGFR in colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis on 12 319 cases in China	10
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a 5-year retrospective review of cases in a tertiary centre in Dublin, Ireland	10
Bronchial mucoacinar carcinoma: a newly proposed subtype of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the bronchus	10
BCR::ABL1 screening is not indicated in patients with splenomegaly without neutrophilia and/or basophilia	10
Fifth edition WHO classification: mature B-cell neoplasms	10
Additions to the paper ‘The Journey of Laboratory Medicine’ from a broader perspective	10
Modes of assay interference and the effectiveness of serum pretreatment approaches in detection of anti-HLA antibodies	9
Comparative analyses of tumour immune microenvironment between collecting duct carcinoma and fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma	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
Impact of cellular morphology and three-tiered nuclear grade on progression of conventional renal cell carcinoma	9
Reducing workload in malignant melanoma sentinel node examination: a national study of pathology reports from 507 melanoma patients	9
Preparing for the next pandemic: lessons learnt from the implementation of point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 testing in an emergency department	9
Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1) immunostaining as a surrogate for β-catenin (CTNNB1) mutations	9
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	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
Histopathology reporting of temporal artery biopsy specimens for giant cell arteritis: results of a modified Delphi study	8
Clinical utility of histopathology data: urological cancers	8
Diagnostic utility of ERG immunostaining in dermatofibroma	8
Lymphoma triage from H&E using AI for improved clinical management	8
Anita Maria Borges, M.D., FRCPath - Obituary (19 November 1947 – 18 September 2025)	8
Thyroid autoantibodies	8
Assessment of AI-based computational H&E staining versus chemical H&E staining for primary diagnosis in lymphomas: a brief interim report	7
Significant ketoacidosis at autopsy: a single-centre systematic review	7
Biliary adenofibroma: is it truly a benign neoplasm or benign-looking cholangiocarcinoma?	7
Impact of consensus molecular subtypes on survival with and without adjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer	7
Comparative analysis of antigen-presenting cells in gingival tissues in healthy and periodontitis patients	7
Gene of the month: GATA3	7
Chinese guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer (2024 edition): summary of key recommendations	7
Implementation of the updated NICE haematological cancers (NG47) improving outcomes guidelines across Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS) in England: a UK NEQA	7
KIT genetic alterations in breast cancer	7
Comparison of laboratory methods for the detection of neoplastic plasma cells in plasma cell dyscrasias	7
Macroscopic examination of gynaecological specimens: a critial and often underemphasised aspect of pathological reporting	7
Use of quality checks and processes across digital histopathology: an initial survey from the Bigpicture consortium	7
Adding interpretative comments to results of thyroid function tests from patients on thyroxine replacement does not improve management	7
HER2-low in gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a real-world pathological perspective	7
Peripheral blood smear and bone marrow findings in spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome associated with haematolymphoid malignancies	6
Haemolysis index conundrum in a COVID-19 patient	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
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	6
Streamlining pathology orders in a time-crunched medical world: much ado about requisitions	6
Critical role of diagnostic SARS-CoV-2 T cell assays for immunodeficient patients	6
Successful demand management in diagnostic immunology testing	6
Decline of case reports in pathology and their renewal in the digital age: an analysis of publication trends over four decades	6
Macrophage polarisation in caesarean scar diverticulum	6
Dasatinib-induced Crohn’s-like colitis	6

Digital odyssey: lessons learnt from a reverse transition from a digital to a manual pathology workflow	6
Overexpression of integrin alpha 2 (ITGA2) correlates with poor survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma	6
Comprehensive characterisation of acinar cystic transformation of the pancreas: a systematic review	6
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	6
Gene of the month: H3F3A and H3F3B	6
Medium-term storage of frozen residual antenatal sera in gel separator tube is suitable for subsequent serological investigation of intrauterine infection	6
Independent reporting in oral and maxillofacial pathology	6
Microvesicular hyperplastic polyp and sessile serrated lesion of the large intestine: a biological continuum or separate entities?	6
Interlaboratory Gleason grading variation affects treatment: a Dutch historic cohort study in 30 509 patients with prostate cancer	6
Discerning clinicopathological features of congenital neutropenia syndromes: an approach to diagnostically challenging differential diagnoses	6
Primary melanoma of the urinary tract: a clinicopathological study of cases and literature review	6
Using decision support platforms to enhance cancer diagnostics: the importance of vigilance and wise decision-making	6
Clinicopathological features of kidney injury in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPi) combined with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy	5
Barrett’s oesophagus with indefinite for dysplasia shows high rates of prevalent and incident neoplasia in a UK multicentre cohort	5
Histological features of liver disease development in the Atp7b^−/− mouse: a model of Wilson’s disease	5
Calcified chondroid mesenchymal neoplasm: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis	5
LGR5 as a diagnostic marker for dysplasia in serrated polyps	5
Prognostic implications, genomic and immune characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth pattern	5
PI3K/PTEN/mTOR pathway dynamic tracking and prognostic value in HR+/HER2− BC patients with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a cohort study	5
Use of the ISUP e-learning module improves interrater reliability in prostate cancer grading	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
Emerging fusion-associated mesenchymal tumours: a tabular guide and appraisal of five ‘novel’ entities	5
From alchemy to personalised medicine: the journey of laboratory medicine	5
Correction: Pathology of IgG4-related sclerosing mastitis	5
Results of histopathological revisions of major salivary gland neoplasms in routine clinical practice	5
‘Sneaky’ uninflamed oesophageal candidiasis: morphological clues and comparison with candidiasis associated with inflammation	5
Sample suitability and stability in different blood collection tubes for methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone and glycols analysis	5
‘Atypical’, ‘aggressive’ or ‘malignant’ chondroblastoma? Uncertainty about uncertain malignant potential	5
IASLC grading system predicts distant metastases for resected lung adenocarcinoma	5
Best practice for LDL-cholesterol: when and how to calculate	5
Impact of NOTCH1 expression in primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma	5
Time trends in Gleason score distribution among Gleason score 8 and 9–10 cancers	5
SOX10	5
EBV-positive Burkitt lymphoma arising in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma: a case report	5
Re-evaluating the relevance of extensive intraductal component (EIC) in modern breast cancer management	5
Quantitative p53 immunostaining aids in the detection of prevalent dysplasia	5
Seasonal variation of serum potassium and related prescription pattern: an ecological time series	5
Polymorphisms of ACE and thrombophilic genes: risk for recurrent pregnancy loss	5
Factors predicting BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants in patients with ovarian cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis	4
Industry payments to pathologists in the USA between 2013 and 2021	4
Automatic CD30 scoring method for whole slide images of primary cutaneous CD30⁺ lymphoproliferative diseases	4
Preference of grade and lymphovascular invasion over invasive size measurement in stage I lung adenocarcinoma	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
Ranking of journals by journal impact factors is not exact and may provoke misleading conclusions	4
Screening for and diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy	4
Clinicopathological and genetic analyses of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma	4
Determining common variants in patients with haemophilia A in South Vietnam and screening female carriers in their family members	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
Macroscopy of specimens from the genitourinary system	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
Compound computer vision workflow for efficient and automated immunohistochemical analysis of whole slide images	4
Expression, assessment and significance of Ki67 expression in breast cancer: an update	4
Molecular mechanism of extracutaneous tumours in patients with basal cell nevus syndrome	4
Histone antibodies in primary Sjögren’s disease	4
Endometriosis with colonic mucosal colonisation: a diagnostic confounder	4
Hypertriglyceridaemia: a commentary	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
Increasing test specificity without impairing sensitivity: lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 serology	4
High-resolution melting assay for rapid, simultaneous detection of JAK2, MPL and CALR variants	4
Indian childhood cirrhosis: a retrospective study –redefining the older myths!	4
Reverse polarity in pseudopyloric metaplasia in Crohn’s disease	4
Novel pooling strategy with sample concentration for screening of SARS-CoV-2	4
Application of algorithmic cytomorphological assessment and immunocytochemistry with the international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology on pericardial fluid cytology	4
ELOC -mutant renal cell carcinoma: practical diagnostic features and differential considerations	4
Dematiaceous fungal infections: clinical and pathologic conundrums	4
Her2 low (but not negative): the newest biomarker on the block for gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma	4
BAP1-deficient meningioma presenting with trabecular architecture and cytokeratin expression: a report of two cases and review of the literature	4
Prognostic implications of the immunohistochemical expression of perilipin 1 and adipophilin in high-grade liposarcoma	4
Relationship between adenovirus infection and intussusception via pathological evidence confirms	4
Automation of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) leading to cost savings and consistent high-quality results	4
Performance and pitfalls of the tools for measuring glomerular filtration rate to guide chronic kidney disease diagnosis and assessment	4
Russell body typhilitis: An unusual mimicker of malignancy!	4
Fifth edition WHO classification: myeloid neoplasms	4