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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Multivariate evaluation of prognostic markers in synovial sarcoma	64
Ingested foreign bodies mimicking inflammatory bowel disease	56
“Find Your Y”: histological differences in early stage (pT) and post-treatment (ypT) oesophageal adenocarcinoma with implications for salvage endoscopic resection	52
Oesophageal sebaceous heterotopia with ducts mimicking epidermoid metaplasia: a rare diagnostic pitfall	44
Prevalence and breakdown of KRAS driver mutations in a large UK non-small cell lung cancer cohort	39
CD31 expression in human cancers: a pan-cancer immunohistochemical study	34
MTAP loss in gallbladder carcinoma: frequency, heterogeneity and expression in precursor lesions	29
Molecular profiling of visible polypoid and invisible conventional intestinal-type low-grade dysplasia in patients with idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease	27
Phyllodes tumours of the breast: a 20-year institutional series with emphasis on criteria for malignancy	26
Contextual interpretation of luminal phenotype in low-grade breast epithelial proliferations	24
TCRbeta1/TCRbeta2 (TRBC1/TRBC2) antibody pair for determining T-cell monotypia as a surrogate for clonality in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded material	24
Neuroblastoma-derived v-myc avian myelocytomatosis viral related oncogene or MYCN gene	23
Emerging and under-recognised patterns of colorectal carcinoma morphologies: a comprehensive review	21
Sudden unexpected death in a middle-aged woman	20
Can polycythaemia vera disease be predicted from haematologic parameters? A machine learning-based study	19
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	18
Morphological subtypes of colorectal low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia: diagnostic reproducibility, frequency and clinical impact	18
Cost analysis of archives in the pathology laboratories: from safety to management	17
Defining invasion in breast cancer: the role of basement membrane	15
Comparing the diagnostic efficacy of optical coherence tomography and frozen section for margin assessment in breast-conserving surgery: a meta-analysis	15
Lipid droplets’ functional protein caveolin-2 is associated with lipid metabolism-related molecule FABP5 and EMT marker E-cadherin in oral epithelial dysplasia	14
Answering Ireland’s call: pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
Artificial intelligence (AI) molecular analysis tool assists in rapid treatment decision in lung cancer: a case report	14
Some issues to consider with the use of serum indices	13
Real-time histological evaluation of gastrointestinal tissue using non-linear microscopy	13

Cutaneous lymphangitis carcinomatosa in salivary duct carcinoma	13
The Impact of potential ‘confounders’ on the diagnostic sensitivity of circulating free DNA in management of FIT+ patients: a pilot study	13
Additions to the paper ‘The Journey of Laboratory Medicine’ from a broader perspective	12
Spindle cell carcinoma of the breast resembling pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia	12
SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity amongst healthcare workers in South Africa during the Omicron wave: natural infection versus vaccination	12
Clinical utility of breast pathology data: implications for practising pathologists	12
Clinical utility and prognostic value of GATA3 in epithelioid malignant mesothelioma: a practical and cost-effective approach for resource-limited settings	11
Population-level evaluation of diagnostic categorisation and cost implications on transitioning from total vitamin B12 to active B12 assay	11
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a 5-year retrospective review of cases in a tertiary centre in Dublin, Ireland	11
Prevalence of non- Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter (NHPH) species in H. pylori -associated gastritis	11
Bronchial mucoacinar carcinoma: a newly proposed subtype of mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the bronchus	11
BCR::ABL1 screening is not indicated in patients with splenomegaly without neutrophilia and/or basophilia	11
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) harbouring KMT2A -PTD: should it be considered as a myelodysplasia-related abnormality?	11
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	11
Use of CD32, CD44 and CD71 to differentiate follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma subtypes by flow cytometry	11
Modes of assay interference and the effectiveness of serum pretreatment approaches in detection of anti-HLA antibodies	10
Evaluation of pan-TRK immunostaining in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours: does its positivity indicate NTRK rearrangements or neural differentia	10
Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1) immunostaining as a surrogate for β-catenin ( CTNNB1 ) mutations	10
Advancing the diagnosis of IgG4-related ophthalmic disease: a critical appraisal of current criteria	10
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	10
Histopathology reporting of temporal artery biopsy specimens for giant cell arteritis: results of a modified Delphi study	10
Fifth edition WHO classification: mature B-cell neoplasms	10
Impact of cellular morphology and three-tiered nuclear grade on progression of conventional renal cell carcinoma	10
Clinicopathological significance and prognostic analysis of p21 and EGFR in colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis on 12 319 cases in China	10
Preparing for the next pandemic: lessons learnt from the implementation of point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 testing in an emergency department	10
Comparative analyses of tumour immune microenvironment between collecting duct carcinoma and fumarate hydratase-deficient renal cell carcinoma	10
Reducing workload in malignant melanoma sentinel node examination: a national study of pathology reports from 507 melanoma patients	9
Thyroid autoantibodies	9
Anita Maria Borges, M.D., FRCPath - Obituary (19 November 1947 – 18 September 2025)	9
Adding interpretative comments to results of thyroid function tests from patients on thyroxine replacement does not improve management	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
Lymphoma triage from H&E using AI for improved clinical management	9
PD-L1 protein expression in breast cancer	9
Biliary adenofibroma: is it truly a benign neoplasm or benign-looking cholangiocarcinoma?	8
Clinical utility of histopathology data: urological cancers	8
Gene of the month: GATA3	8
HER2-low in gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma: a real-world pathological perspective	8
Macroscopic examination of gynaecological specimens: a critial and often underemphasised aspect of pathological reporting	8
KIT genetic alterations in breast cancer	8
Comparative analysis of antigen-presenting cells in gingival tissues in healthy and periodontitis patients	8
Use of quality checks and processes across digital histopathology: an initial survey from the Bigpicture consortium	8
Chinese guidelines for HER2 testing in breast cancer (2024 edition): summary of key recommendations	8
Insights into the prognostic significance of cell division cycle 25A (CDC25A) in breast cancer	8
Patient safety in AI-powered diagnostic pathology	8
Successful demand management in diagnostic immunology testing	7
Impact of consensus molecular subtypes on survival with and without adjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancer	7
Comparison of laboratory methods for the detection of neoplastic plasma cells in plasma cell dyscrasias	7
Decline of case reports in pathology and their renewal in the digital age: an analysis of publication trends over four decades	7
Microvesicular hyperplastic polyp and sessile serrated lesion of the large intestine: a biological continuum or separate entities?	7
Medium-term storage of frozen residual antenatal sera in gel separator tube is suitable for subsequent serological investigation of intrauterine infection	7

Haemolysis index conundrum in a COVID-19 patient	7
Preoperative liquid biopsy for EGFR-mutated detection at diagnostic in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: real-world experience of a single centre	7
Assessment of AI-based computational H&E staining versus chemical H&E staining for primary diagnosis in lymphomas: a brief interim report	7
Discerning clinicopathological features of congenital neutropenia syndromes: an approach to diagnostically challenging differential diagnoses	7
Peripheral blood smear and bone marrow findings in spontaneous tumour lysis syndrome associated with haematolymphoid malignancies	7
Interlaboratory Gleason grading variation affects treatment: a Dutch historic cohort study in 30 509 patients with prostate cancer	7
Independent reporting in oral and maxillofacial pathology	7
Dasatinib-induced Crohn’s-like colitis	7
Digital odyssey: lessons learnt from a reverse transition from a digital to a manual pathology workflow	7
Intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac involvement: clinicopathological and molecular insights including fumarate hydratase deficiency	6
Barrett’s oesophagus with indefinite for dysplasia shows high rates of prevalent and incident neoplasia in a UK multicentre cohort	6
Impact of NOTCH1 expression in primary breast adenoid cystic carcinoma	6
Using decision support platforms to enhance cancer diagnostics: the importance of vigilance and wise decision-making	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
Emerging fusion-associated mesenchymal tumours: a tabular guide and appraisal of five ‘novel’ entities	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
Streamlining pathology orders in a time-crunched medical world: much ado about requisitions	6
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	6
Towards generalisable and equitable artificial intelligence in pathology	6
Primary melanoma of the urinary tract: a clinicopathological study of cases and literature review	6
Accelerated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia shows distinctive lymphocyte morphology in peripheral blood smears	6
Comprehensive characterisation of acinar cystic transformation of the pancreas: a systematic review	6
Critical role of diagnostic SARS-CoV-2 T cell assays for immunodeficient patients	6
Histological features of liver disease development in the Atp7b^−/− mouse: a model of Wilson’s disease	5
Histological reporting of locally excised pT1 colorectal cancer in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme: national audit and cohort description	5
Calcified chondroid mesenchymal neoplasm: a clinicopathological and molecular analysis	5
Polymorphisms of ACE and thrombophilic genes: risk for recurrent pregnancy loss	5
Prognostic implications, genomic and immune characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth pattern	5
Sample suitability and stability in different blood collection tubes for methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, acetone and glycols analysis	5
Dematiaceous fungal infections: clinical and pathologic conundrums	5
LGR5 as a diagnostic marker for dysplasia in serrated polyps	5
SOX10	5
Use of the ISUP e-learning module improves interrater reliability in prostate cancer grading	5
Best practice for LDL-cholesterol: when and how to calculate	5
IASLC grading system predicts distant metastases for resected lung adenocarcinoma	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
Molecular mechanism of extracutaneous tumours in patients with basal cell nevus syndrome	5
Automatic CD30 scoring method for whole slide images of primary cutaneous CD30 ⁺ lymphoproliferative diseases	5
Industry payments to pathologists in the USA between 2013 and 2021	5
‘Atypical’, ‘aggressive’ or ‘malignant’ chondroblastoma? Uncertainty about uncertain malignant potential	5
Clinicopathological features of kidney injury in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPi) combined with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy	5
Time trends in Gleason score distribution among Gleason score 8 and 9–10 cancers	5
From alchemy to personalised medicine: the journey of laboratory medicine	5
Solid-tubulocystic variant of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	5
Quantitative p53 immunostaining aids in the detection of prevalent dysplasia	5
Re-evaluating the relevance of extensive intraductal component (EIC) in modern breast cancer management	5
Endometriosis with colonic mucosal colonisation: a diagnostic confounder	4
Performance and pitfalls of the tools for measuring glomerular filtration rate to guide chronic kidney disease diagnosis and assessment	4
High-resolution melting assay for rapid, simultaneous detection of JAK2, MPL and CALR variants	4
Histone antibodies in primary Sjögren’s disease	4
ELOC -mutant renal cell carcinoma: practical diagnostic features and differential considerations	4
Expression, assessment and significance of Ki67 expression in breast cancer: an update	4
Automation of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) leading to cost savings and consistent high-quality results	4
Clinicopathological and genetic analyses of pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma	4
Her2 low (but not negative): the newest biomarker on the block for gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinoma	4
Stability of plasma and erythrocyte porphyrins: implications for diagnosis and monitoring of erythropoietic protoporphyria	4
Fifth edition WHO classification: myeloid neoplasms	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
Russell body typhilitis: An unusual mimicker of malignancy!	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
Seasonal variation of serum potassium and related prescription pattern: an ecological time series	4
EBV-positive Burkitt lymphoma arising in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma: a case report	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
Reverse polarity in pseudopyloric metaplasia in Crohn’s disease	4
Screening for and diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy	4
Prognostic implications of the immunohistochemical expression of perilipin 1 and adipophilin in high-grade liposarcoma	4
Gastrointestinal stromal tumour with ETV6 rearrangement: a report of two cases and including a novel ETV6	4
UK participation in the UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme for mismatch repair immunohistochemistry: insights from the last decade	4
Factors predicting BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants in patients with ovarian cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis	4
Increasing test specificity without impairing sensitivity: lessons learned from SARS-CoV-2 serology	4
Application of algorithmic cytomorphological assessment and immunocytochemistry with the international system for reporting serous fluid cytopathology on pericardial fluid cytology	4
‘Sneaky’ uninflamed oesophageal candidiasis: morphological clues and comparison with candidiasis associated with inflammation	4
Indian childhood cirrhosis: a retrospective study –redefining the older myths!	4
Hypertriglyceridaemia: a commentary	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
Macroscopy of specimens from the genitourinary system	4