OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Microscopy 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Advanced cryo‐tomography workflow developments – correlative microscopy, milling automation and cryo‐lift‐out	49
Fluorescence visualization of cellulose and pectin in the primary plant cell wall	45
Cryo‐FIB‐lift‐out: practically impossible to practical reality	45
QUAREP‐LiMi: A community‐driven initiative to establish guidelines for quality assessment and reproducibility for instruments and images in light microscopy	31
An introduction to cryo‐FIB‐SEM cross‐sectioning of frozen, hydrated Life Science samples	30
Comparing Xe⁺pFIB and Ga⁺FIB for TEM sample preparation of Al alloys: Minimising FIB‐induced artefacts	30
Gold nanoparticles interacting with synthetic lipid rafts: an AFM investigation	25
Three‐dimensional reconstruction of porous polymer films from FIB‐SEM nanotomography data using random forests	25
The plant endoplasmic reticulum: an organized chaos of tubules and sheets with multiple functions	24
Plasmons in MoS₂ studied via experimental and theoretical correlation of energy loss spectra	22
Plant Golgi ultrastructure	21
Reconstruction of highly porous structures from FIB‐SEM using a deep neural network trained on synthetic images	20
Correlia: an ImageJ plug‐in to co‐register and visualise multimodal correlative micrographs	19
Effect of aging and rejuvenation on adhesion properties of modified asphalt binder based on AFM	18
Semi‐automatic stitching of filamentous structures in image stacks from serial‐section electron tomography	18
Mitochondrial morphology and function: two for the price of one!	17
Hot deformation behaviour of bimodal sized Al₂O₃/Al nanocomposites fabricated by spark plasma sintering	16
Bitumen surface microstructure evolution in subzero environments	15
Deep learning‐based automatic inpainting for material microscopic images	15
Cryo‐FIB preparation of whole cells and tissue for cryo‐TEM: use of high‐pressure frozen specimens in tubes and planchets	15
pycotem: An open source toolbox for online crystal defect characterization from TEM imaging and diffraction	13
Challenges and advances in optical 3D mesoscale imaging	12
Complex roles of Rabs and SNAREs in the secretory pathway and plant development: a never‐ending story	12
Visualising endocytosis in plants: past, present, and future	12
Robust deep learning optical autofocus system applied to automated multiwell plate single molecule localization microscopy	12

Analysis of misidentifications in TEM characterisation of organic‐inorganic hybrid perovskite material	11
Wavefront‐sensorless adaptive optics with a laser‐free spinning disk confocal microscope	11
Using hybrid atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy (AFM‐IR) to identify chemical components of the hair medulla on the nanoscale	11
Kikuchi pattern simulations of backscattered and transmitted electrons	10
Subcellular structure and behaviour in fungal hyphae	10
How innovations in methodology offer new prospects for volume electron microscopy	10
A review of high‐resolution microscopic ghost imaging with a low‐dose pseudothermal light	10
AutoIHC‐Analyzer: computer‐assisted microscopy for automated membrane extraction/scoring in HER2 molecular markers	10
Foldscope as a primary diagnostic tool for oral and urinary tract infections and its effectiveness in oral health education	9
Laboratory phase‐contrast nanotomography of unstained Bombus terrestris compound eyes	9
Sensitivity of remote focusing microscopes to magnification mismatch	9
Light microscopy of the endoplasmic reticulum–membrane contact sites in plants	9
Functional organisation of the endomembrane network in the digestive gland of the Venus flytrap: revisiting an old story with a new microscopy toolbox	9
Assessment of the impacts of sample preparation on the use of EDS for analysing recycled asphalt blending	9
Living on the edge: the role of Atgolgin‐84A at the plant ER–Golgi interface	9
Carbonated wollastonite – An effective supplementary cementitious material?	8
Classification of childhood medulloblastoma into WHO‐defined multiple subtypes based on textural analysis	8
Analysis of the nanoscale phase characteristics of bitumen and bitumen in mastics and mixtures via AFM	8
Multimodal image reconstruction from tomographic diffraction microscopy data	8
A practical criterion for focusing of unstained cell samples using a digital holographic microscope	8
Quantitative mapping of high modulus materials at the nanoscale: comparative study between atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation	8
Release of insulin granules by simultaneous, high‐speed correlative SICM‐FCM	8
Quantitative phase‐mode electrostatic force microscopy on silicon oxide nanostructures	7
High‐accuracy, direct aberration determination using self‐attention‐armed deep convolutional neural networks	7
Open‐source deep learning‐based air‐void detection algorithm for concrete microscopic images	7
Full‐field strain of regenerated bone tissue in a femoral fracture model	7
Microstructural examination of carbonated 3D‐printed concrete	7
Fluorescence fluctuation‐based super‐resolution microscopy: Basic concepts for an easy start	7
4H‐SiC surface morphology after Al ion implantation and annealing with C‐cap	7
Nano‐atomic scale hydrophobic/philic confinement of peptides on mineral surfaces by cross‐correlated SPM and quantum mechanical DFT analysis	7
A workflow for 3D‐CLEM investigating liver tissue	7
Calibration by differentiation – Self‐supervised calibration for X‐ray microscopy using a differentiable cone‐beam reconstruction operator	7
Fast, high‐precision autofocus on a motorised microscope: Automating blood sample imaging on the OpenFlexure Microscope	7
Quantification of the bone lacunocanalicular network from 3D X‐ray phase nanotomography images	7
Real‐time monitoring of carbonation of hardened cement pastes using Raman microscopy	6
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	6
Practical segmentation of nuclei in brightfield cell images with neural networks trained on fluorescently labelled samples	6
Convolutional neural networks for segmentation of FIB‐SEM nanotomography data from porous polymer films for controlled drug release	6
Analysing neutron radiation damage in YBa₂Cu₃O_7–_x high‐temperature superconductor tapes	6
Erythrocyte viscoelastic recovery after liver transplantation in a cirrhotic patient affected by spur cell anaemia	6
Towards super‐resolved terahertz microscopy for cellular imaging	6
Trainable segmentation for transmission electron microscope images of inorganic nanoparticles	6
Approaches to training multiclass semantic image segmentation of damage in concrete	6
Wear debris released by hip prosthesis analysed by microcomputed tomography	6
Workflow for high‐resolution phase segmentation of cement clinker from combined BSE image and EDX spectral data	6
Optical comparison between micro‐CT and OCT in imaging of marginal composite adaptation: Observational study	6
Reconstructing 3D digital model without distortion for poorly conductive porous rock by nanoprobe‐assisted FIB‐SEM tomography	6
Protein secondary structure signatures from energy loss spectra recorded in the electron microscope	6
Three‐dimensional transfer function of optical microscopes in reflection mode	6
Imaging adult C. elegans live using light‐sheet microscopy	6

Correlative imaging using super‐resolution fluorescence microscopy and soft X‐ray tomography at cryogenic temperatures provides a new way to assess virosome solutions for vaccine development	6
A method for reproducible high‐resolution imaging of 3D cancer cell spheroids	5
Stereometric and fractal analysis of granulated silver films used in thin‐film hybrid structures	5
A method for direct imaging of x–z cross‐sections of fluorescent samples	5
PUMA – An open‐source 3D‐printed direct vision microscope with augmented reality and spatial light modulator functions	5
Measuring the randomness of micro‐ and nanostructure spatial distributions: Effects of scanning electron microscope image processing and analysis	5
DeepFRAP: Fast fluorescence recovery after photobleaching data analysis using deep neural networks	5
Correlative light and volume electron microscopy (vCLEM): How community participation can advance developing technologies	5
Method for acquiring accurate coordinates of the source point in electron backscatter diffraction	5
Individual fibre separation in 3D fibrous materials imaged by X‐ray tomography	5
intER‐ACTINg: The structure and dynamics of ER and actin are interlinked	5
X‐ray tomography for the advancement of laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing	5
Challenges and opportunities for bioimage analysis core‐facilities	5
Estimation of an uncertainty budget and performance measurement for a dual‐wavelength Twyman‐Green interferometer	5
Optimizing and applying high‐resolution, in‐line laboratory phase‐contrast X‐ray imaging for low‐density material samples	5
Mass fractal dimension from 2D microscopy images via an aggregation model with variable compactness	5
Local Kikuchi band detection in electron backscatter diffraction patterns for enhanced pattern indexing	5
Segmentation, retardation and mass approximation of birefringent particles on a standard light microscope	5
Two‐stage particle separation channel based on standing surface acoustic wave	5
X‐ray microtomosynthesis of unstained pathology tissue samples	4
An x‐ray microanalytical method for measuring in vivo element and water concentrations, relating to osmoregulation, in cells and tissues of the posterior eye	4
Atomic force microscopy as an imaging tool to study the bio/nonbio complexes	4
Second harmonic generation microscopy using pixel reassignment	4
Imaging error compensation method for through‐focus scanning optical microscopy images based on deep learning	4
Simple automation of SEM‐EDS spectral maps analysis with Python and the edxia framework	4
AFM and Raman study of graphene deposited on silicon surfaces nanostructured by ion beam irradiation	4
Automated tracking of S. pombe spindle elongation dynamics	4
A through‐focus scanning optical microscopy dimensional measurement method based on deep‐learning classification model	4
Digital scanned laser light‐sheet fluorescence lifetime microscopy with wide‐field time‐gated imaging	4
Evaluation and application of a new scintillator‐based heat‐resistant back‐scattered electron detector during heat treatment in the scanning electron microscope	4
Quantitative analysis of backscattered‐electron contrast in scanning electron microscopy	4
Time‐lapse visualization of shrinking soot in diesel particulate filter during active‐regeneration using field emission scanning electron microscopy	4
Optimizing the SEM specimen preparation method for accurate microanalysis of carbon nanotube/nanocluster hybrids	4
Elemental mapping of labelled biological specimens at intermediate energy loss in an energy‐filtered TEM acquired using a direct detection device	4
The relation between the average diameter of CNTs on Ni–Cu @ a‐C:H catalyst with the optical absorption edge and the optical dispersion parameters	4
Determination of the refractive index and wavelength‐dependent optical properties of few‐layer CrCl within the Fresnel formalism	4
Quantitative SEM characterisation of ceramic target prior and after magnetron sputtering: a case study of aluminium zinc oxide	4
Automatic three‐dimensional segmentation of mouse embryonic stem cell nuclei by utilising multiple channels of confocal fluorescence images	4