OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Microscopy is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

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A practical guide to bioimaging research data management in core facilities	16
Self‐pressurised rapid freezing at arbitrary cryoprotectant concentrations	16
Study on line‐scan profile for a trapezoid line under varying sample temperatures through Monte–Carlo simulation	16
High‐speed 4‐dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy using compressive sensing techniques	15
Seeing clearly – Plant anatomy through Katherine Esau's microscopy lens	15
Innovating in a bioimaging core through instrument development	15
Pairwise interaction Markov model for 3D epidermal nerve fibre endings	15
A method for crystallographic mapping of an alpha‐beta titanium alloy with nanometre resolution using scanning precession electron diffraction and open‐source software libraries	14
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Application of STEM tomography to investigate smooth ER morphology under stress conditions	13
High‐pressure freezing of mechanically stretched cells	13
Simple automation of SEM‐EDS spectral maps analysis with Python and the edxia framework	13
ApoNecV: A macro for cell death type differentiation	12
A method for extraction of exosomes from breast tumour cells and characterisation by transmission electron microscopy	12
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Stability of electron ptychography at low electron dose	11
Quantification of cell shape, intracellular flows and transport based on DIC object detection and tracking	11
Towards affordable biomedical imaging: Recent advances in low‐cost, high‐resolution optoacoustic microscopy	11
High‐accuracy, direct aberration determination using self‐attention‐armed deep convolutional neural networks	11

Poly‐L‐lysine/hyaluronan nanocarriers as a novel nanosystem for gene delivery	11
Seven‐layer analysis model of an optical waveguide excitation fluorescence microscopy	11
Virtual dissection of Aedes aegypti mosquito using phase‐contrast synchrotron microtomography	10
Multi‐foci parallelised RESOLFT nanoscopy in an extended field‐of‐view	10
Integrated opto‐mechanical cantilever sensor with a rib waveguide	10
In‐depth polarisation resolved SHG microscopy in biological tissues using iterative wavefront optimisation	10
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Challenges and advances in optical 3D mesoscale imaging	9
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Automated Euler number of the alveolar capillary network based on deep learning segmentation with verification by stereological methods	9
Repair effect of Centella asiatica (L.) extract on damaged HaCaT cells studied by atomic force microscopy	9
Use of Melinex film for flat embedding tissue sections in LR White	9
Subsurface phase imaging of tapping‐mode atomic force microscopy at phase resonance	9
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Surpassing light inhomogeneities in structured‐illumination microscopy with FlexSIM	9
Characterisation of bond between cement paste and steel fibres with different surface roughness using SEM	8
Microscopy at a glance: New poster article series exploring the intersection of art, science and imaging	8
Investigation of the interface of fungal mycelium composite building materials by means of low‐vacuum scanning electron microscopy	8
CellPhePy: A python implementation of the CellPhe toolkit for automated cell phenotyping from microscopy time‐lapse videos	8
Using the traditional microscope for mineral grain orientation determination: A prototype image analysis pipeline for optic‐axis mapping (POAM)	8
Adsorption of PCE in alkali‐activated materials analysed by fluorescence microscopy	8
Development of a deep learning method for phase retrieval image enhancement in phase contrast microcomputed tomography	8
Multicamera simultaneous total internal reflection and interference reflection microscopy	8
Single‐shot differential phase contrast microscopy using ring‐shaped polarisation multiplexing illumination	8
Ptychography: A brief introduction	7
Material characteristics of historic scagliola interiors in Vienna: A view through the microscope	7
Microtexture analysis of copper‐doped iron oxide thin films prepared by air pneumatic spray	7
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Traction force generation in Plasmodium sporozoites is modulated by a surface adhesin	7
Automatic detection of Kikuchi bands based on Radon transform and PPHT	7
Fluorescence microscopic investigation of PCE superplasticiser adsorption in calcined clay blended cement	7
Subcellular localisation and identification of single atoms using quantitative scanning transmission electron microscopy	7
Flexible implementation of modulated localisation microscopy based on DMD	7
Morphological and structural analysis of iron‐rich porcelains excavated from the Jian kiln site of Song dynasty	7
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Correction to “Image quality evaluation for FIB‐SEM images”	6
Unveiling the limits of precision in iterative MINFLUX	6
A perspective of fluorescence microscopy for cellular structural biology with EGFR as witness	6
Quantitative analysis of human umbilical vein endothelial cell morphology and tubulogenesis	6
ToTEM: A software for fast TEM image simulation	6
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Corrigendum	6
Introduction to the Festschrift for Paul Walther	6
Automatic identification and quantification of surface nanoscale pore morphology in coals of different ranks based on AFM, SEM and LP‐N₂GA	6
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Correction to ‘Non‐fitting FLIM‐FRET facilitates analysis of protein interactions in live Zebrafish embryos’	6
Simple Python‐based methods for analysis and drift‐correction of STM images	6
Correlation steered scanning with spiral scanning path for AFM to correct image distortion with real‐time compensation	6
A Python tool to determine the thickness of the hydrate layer around clinker grains using SEM‐BSE images	6
A case study of distress mechanism(s) in a concrete structure foundation in the saturated zone and above the saturated zone	5

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Primed conversion: The emerging player of precise and nontoxic photoconversion	5
Comparison of holotomographic microscopy and coherence‐controlled holographic microscopy	5
An automated slide scanning system for membrane filter imaging in diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis	5
Open‐source hardware‐ and software‐based cryomicroscopy system for investigation of phase transitions in cryobiological research	5
Response to Adler and Parmryd	5
An integrated optical waveguide micro‐cantilever system for chip‐based AFM	5
Non‐fitting FLIM‐FRET facilitates analysis of protein interactions in live zebrafish embryos	5
Microscopic investigation of the optical and morphological properties of iPP/TiO₂ nanocomposite fibres using computed tomography technique	5
TUNA‐EBSD‐CL correlative multi‐microscopy study, on the example of Cu(In,Ga)S₂ solar cell absorber	5
Characterisation and correction of polarisation effects in fluorescently labelled fibres	5
Cryo‐SEM and large volume FIB‐SEM of Arabidopsis cotyledons: Degradation of lipid bodies, biogenesis of glyoxysomes and reorganisation of organelles during germination	4
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The Journal of Microscopy would like to thank all those referees who reviewed papers for the Journal during 2021. Your assistance and contribution to the Journal is greatly apprec	4
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Contrast by electron microscopy in thick biological specimens	4
The effect of the combined addition of copper, lithium and sulphur on the formation of Portland cement clinker	4
Made to measure: An introduction to quantifying microscopy data in the life sciences	4
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Detecting charge transfer at defects in 2D materials with electron ptychography	4
Comparative study on the Ru ware, Ru‐type ware of Qingliangsi kiln and celadon of Zhanggongxiang kiln	4
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Implications of gnomonic distortion on electron backscatter diffraction and transmission Kikuchi diffraction	4
Comparison of the effects of AgNPs on the morphological and mechanical characteristics of cancerous cells	3
PerfectlyAverage: A classical open‐source software method to determine the optimal averaging parameters in laser scanning fluorescence microscopy	3
Diagnostic electron microscopy in human infectious diseases – Methods and applications	3
Quantification of surface grinding during the sample preparation of cementitious materials by optical profilometry	3
Comparison of the SMLM technique and the MSSR algorithm in confocal microscopy for super‐resolved imaging of cellulose fibres	3
Microscopical palynology: Birch woodland expansion and species hybridisation coincide with periods of climate warming during the Holocene epoch in Iceland	3
Preface to EMABM (Euroseminar on Microscopy Applied to Building Materials) 2022	3
From cells to pixels: A decision tree for designing bioimage analysis pipelines	3
Estimating microstructural feature distributions from image data using a Bayesian framework	3
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Staying on track – Keeping things running in a high‐end scientific imaging core facility	3
Quantifying phase magnitudes of open‐source focused‐probe 4D‐STEM ptychography reconstructions	3
Image quality evaluation for FIB‐SEM images	3
Two‐stage particle separation channel based on standing surface acoustic wave	3
Setting up an institutional OMERO environment for bioimage data: Perspectives from both facility staff and users	3
Automated particle recognition for engine soot nanoparticles	3
The incorporation of Cu into the clinker phases	3
Handheld cross‐polarised microscope for imaging individual pigmented cells in human skin in vivo	3
Diversity under the microscope: Lessons for building belonging in interdisciplinary spaces from the Women in Imaging + Industry bootcamp	3
Influence of alumina ratio on reactions at the surface of alite crystals during cooling	3
The structure of the eggshell and eggshell membranes of Crocodylus niloticus	3
Fourier ptychography microscopy for digital pathology	3
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Introduction to Festschrift for Professor Tony Wilson	3
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3D microscopy in industrial measurements	2
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Live cell imaging of plant infection provides new insight into the biology of pathogenesis by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae	2
A novel experimental platform to monitor solid/water interfaces under freeze–thaw cycles	2
Improving light microscopy training routines with evidence‐based education	2
Clinker based on calcium looped meals from the Cleanker Project	2
Accelerating iterative ptychography with an integrated neural network	2
Ultrastructural characterisation of young and aged dental enamel by atomic force microscopy	2
Carbon‐film‐based Zernike phase plates with smooth thickness gradient for phase‐contrast transmission electron microscopy with reduced fringing artefacts	2
Several factors influencing energy‐loss near‐edge structure calculations using Wien2k	2
More than just ‘added value’: The perils of not establishing shared core facilities in resource‐constrained communities	2
ModularImageAnalysis (MIA): Assembly of modularised image and object analysis workflows in ImageJ	2
Ultrastructural expansion microscopy reveals unexpected levels of glycosome heterogeneity in African trypanosomes	2
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Sulphate resistance of low‐clinker engineered cementitious composites examined by MicroXRF imaging	2
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Investigations on lightweight concrete by in situ compression tests using high‐resolution computed tomography (μ‐CT)	2
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Fast Gaussian fitting peak extraction for confocal microscopy	2
Trainable segmentation for transmission electron microscope images of inorganic nanoparticles	2
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Slags from roasting of antimony ore in the Brioude‐Massiac (France) area used as aggregates: An early example of circular economy	2
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Investigation of trapped charges profile for an irradiated insulated material	2
Resolution enhancement of total internal reflection microscopy via polarised scattering	2
Improving Cavalieri volume estimation based on non‐equidistant planar sections: The trapezoidal estimator	2
Important aspects of investigating optical excitations in semiconductors using a scanning transmission electron microscope	2

A quantitative irradiation microscopy platform for in situ observation of living cells with subcellular resolution under radiation conditions	2
Differential phase contrast (DPC) mapping electric fields: Optimising experimental conditions	2
Ptychographic analysis of human bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cell morphology: The impact of cell senescence	2
A new approach to etching low‐carbon microalloyed steels to reveal prior austenite grain boundaries and the dual‐phase microstructure	2
Quantifying superimposed protein flow dynamics in live cells using spatial filtering and spatiotemporal image correlation spectroscopy	2
Application of various microscopy techniques to study early‐age and longer‐term behaviour of super sulphated cement microstructure	2
Optimisation of freeze substitution protocols for the examination of malaria parasite structure by volumetric electron microscopy	2
Data analysis in imaging (DAIM) – A new RMS science section	2
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Preparation and topographical studies of various biological specimens using alternate method to critical point drying: Scanning electron microscopy	2
A method for the fast and photon‐efficient analysis of time‐domain fluorescence lifetime image data over large dynamic ranges	2
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Suborganellar resolution imaging for the localisation of human glycosylation enzymes in tobacco Golgi bodies	2
Overcoming the challenges of preserving lipid‐richCannabis sativaL. glandular trichomes for transmission electron microscopy	2
Real‐time monitoring of carbonation of hardened cement pastes using Raman microscopy	2
Background Remover – An effective tool for processing noisy microscopy images	2
The fertility tracks of pollen tube in the ovary of Solanum nigrum by three‐dimensional reconstruction	2
Cements and concretes materials characterisation using machine‐learning‐based reconstruction and 3D quantitative mineralogy via X‐ray microscopy	1
Neural network fast‐classifies biological images through features selecting to power automated microscopy	1
The effects of measurement parameters on the cancerous cell nucleus characterisation by atomic force microscopy in vitro	1
Paste, aggregate, or air? That is the question	1
In situ quantification of ribosome number by electron tomography	1
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Electrolyte pH dependence of composition, roughness parameters, particle diameter and magnetic features of nanostructured Fe‐Co‐Ni/ITO deposits prepared by electrochemical deposition method	1
Dehydration as alternative sample preparation for soft X‐ray tomography	1
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Spatiotemporal visualisation of electrocatalyst/electrolyte interfaces with electrochemical atomic force microscopy: Applications and notes	1
Individual fibre separation in 3D fibrous materials imaged by X‐ray tomography	1
Thickness profiling of electron transparent aluminium alloy foil using convergent beam electron diffraction	1
Applications of clinker microscopy for approaching a special case study in cement production	1
Mass fractal dimension from 2D microscopy images via an aggregation model with variable compactness	1
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Microstructural examination of carbonated 3D‐printed concrete	1
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Evaluation of correlated studies using liquid cell and cryo‐transmission electron microscopy: Hydration of calcium sulphate and the phase transformation pathways of bassanite to gypsum	1
Atomic resolution imaging using a novel, compact and stiff scanning tunnelling microscope in cryogen‐free superconducting magnet	1
An alignment algorithm using coherent twin boundaries as internal reference in 3D‐EBSD	1
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Reconstruction of structured illumination microscopy for live imaging in low light with lightweight neural networks	1
Morphological analysis and grain size distribution of SnO₂ nanoparticles via digital image processing across diverse calcination temperatures	1
Towards super‐resolved terahertz microscopy for cellular imaging	1
Study of curtaining effect reduction methods in Inconel 718 using a plasma focused ion beam	1
De‐risking transformative microscopy technologies for broad adoption	1
Multicriteria assessment of optical coherence tomography using non‐raster trajectories	1
Mechanism of action and side effects of colchicine based on biomechanical properties of cells	1
Hard X‐ray spectromicroscopy of Ni‐rich cathodes under in situ liquid heating conditions	1
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Influence of large angle polepiece on spherical aberration coefficient	1
An overview of reliable and representative DVC measurements for musculoskeletal tissues	1
Analytical solution of the classical Rayleigh length definition, including truncation at arbitrary values	1
Effect of the delayed wash (deglycerolisation) on the red blood cell morphology: Comparison of AFM and optical profilometry	1
A quantitative study of the influence of cement matrix impregnation on yarn pullout strength using combined confocal microscopy and double resin impregnation	1
Current opinion on the prospect of mapping electronic orbitals in the transmission electron microscope: State of the art, challenges and perspectives	1
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Unravelling molecular dynamics in living cells: Fluorescent protein biosensors for cell biology	1
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Investigation of Rhodnius prolixus head anatomy using microtomography	1
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Exit wave reconstruction of a focal series of images with structural changes in high‐resolution transmission electron microscopy	1
Methods to expose subsurface objects of interest identified from 3D imaging: The intermediate sample preparation stage in the correlative microscopy workflow	1
Method for quantifying the reaction degree of slag in alkali‐activated cements using deep learning‐based electron microscopy image analysis	1
A Lens on the Future: Next Generation Microscopy by Next Generation Microscopists	1
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Quantification of cracks in concrete thin sections considering current methods of image analysis	1
Introduction to women in microscopy: Volume 1	1
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Bridging imaging users to imaging analysis – A community survey	1
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Visualisation and differentiation of binder components in hard carbon composite anodes by osmium tetroxide and uranyl acetate staining	1
Expansion microscopy: A revolution in diagnostic pathology	1
Calibration by differentiation – Self‐supervised calibration for X‐ray microscopy using a differentiable cone‐beam reconstruction operator	1
Geometric characteristics of stromal collagen fibres in breast cancer using differential interference contrast microscopy	1
Pictures at an exhibition: How to share your imaging data	1
Comparative morphological characterisation of SARS‐CoV‐2 and influenza B virus using atomic force microscopy	1
Commentary on critique and rebuttal of ‘On the pixel selection criterion for the calculation of the Pearson's correlation coefficient in fluorescence microscopy’	1
Scalable substrate development for aqueous sample preparation for atom probe tomography	1
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Practical strategies for robust and inexpensive imaging of aqueous‐cleared tissues	1
Visualisation of calcium oxalate crystal macropatterns in plant leaves using an improved fast preparation method	1
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Imaging and observation of microcirculation in bowel mucosa using sidestream dark field imaging	1
Reconstruction of calcium silicate hydrates using multiple 2D and 3D imaging techniques: Light microscopy, μ‐CT, SEM, FIB‐nT combined with EDX	1
3D shape reconstruction of normal and cancerous red blood cells using digital holographic tomography: Combination of angular spectrum method and multiplicative technique	1
Modelling 3D supramolecular structure from sparse single‐molecule localisation microscopy data	1
The rise of data‐driven microscopy powered by machine learning	1
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Simultaneous axial and radial swelling studies from 2D stereozoom images of tablet compacts composed of superdisintegrants	1
The effect of specimen preparation on the nanostructure of SLES aqueous solutions observed by cryo‐TEM	1
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