OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Pathology is 31. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
TGF‐β as a driver of fibrosis: physiological roles and therapeutic opportunities	130
COVID‐19: immunopathology, pathophysiological mechanisms, and treatment options	100
YAP signaling induces PIEZO1 to promote oral squamous cell carcinoma cell proliferation	100
Independent real‐world application of a clinical‐grade automated prostate cancer detection system	79
Endometrial carcinoma: molecular subtypes, precursors and the role of pathology in early diagnosis	74
Salivary glands are a target for SARS‐CoV‐2: a source for saliva contamination	72
Heterogenous presence of neutrophil extracellular traps in human solid tumours is partially dependent on IL‐8	70
Pathological post‐mortem findings in lungs infected with SARS‐CoV‐2	62
Chimeric antigen receptor‐modified macrophages trigger systemic anti‐tumour immunity	62
Artificial intelligence to identify genetic alterations in conventional histopathology	61
Neutrophil extracellular traps drive epithelial–mesenchymal transition of human colon cancer	58
Weakly supervised annotation‐free cancer detection and prediction of genotype in routine histopathology	57
Single‐cell analysis of mouse and human prostate reveals novel fibroblasts with specialized distribution and microenvironment interactions	54
Deep learning identifies inflamed fat as a risk factor for lymph node metastasis in early colorectal cancer	53
Prostate cancer patient‐derived organoids: detailed outcome from a prospective cohort of 81 clinical specimens	45
Immune cell analyses of the tumor microenvironment in prostate cancer highlight infiltrating regulatory T cells and macrophages as adverse prognostic factors	44
Macrophage–stroma interactions in fibrosis: biochemical, biophysical, and cellular perspectives	39
Histone demethylase PHF8 drives neuroendocrine prostate cancer progression by epigenetically upregulating FOXA2	39
The state of the art for artificial intelligence in lung digital pathology	38
Persistent SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in patients seemingly recovered from COVID‐19	37
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts in pancreatic cancer: new subtypes, new markers, new targets	37
The genetics of mitochondrial disease: dissecting mitochondrial pathology using multi‐omic pipelines	37
RAF1–MEK/ERK pathway‐dependent ARL4C expression promotes ameloblastoma cell proliferation and osteoclast formation	35
The utility of color normalization for AI‐based diagnosis of hematoxylin and eosin‐stained pathology images	34
Expression patterns and prognostic relevance of subtype‐specific transcription factors in surgically resected small‐cell lung cancer: an international multicenter study	34

An emerging role for cellular crosstalk in the cancer stem cell niche	34
Assessment of a computerized quantitative quality control tool for whole slide images of kidney biopsies	34
Understanding the implication of autophagy in the activation of hepatic stellate cells in liver fibrosis: are we there yet?	34
Microglia/macrophages express alternative proangiogenic factors depending on granulocyte content in human glioblastoma	33
GPNMB expression identifies TSC1/2/mTOR‐associated and MiT family translocation‐driven renal neoplasms	32
Insulin‐degrading enzyme: an ally against metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases	32
5‐Alpha reductase inhibitors induce a prostate luminal to club cell transition in human benign prostatic hyperplasia	31
The microbiome(s) and cancer: know thy neighbor(s)	31