OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences is 2. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Unboxing the network among long non-coding RNAs and TGF-β signaling in cancer	20
Endocan as a potential marker in diagnosis and predicting disease severity in COVID-19 patients: a promising biomarker for patients with false-negative RT-PCR	12
Effect of spironolactone on vascular stiffness in hemodialysis patients: a randomized crossover trial	11
Assessing stress using repeated saliva concentration of steroid hormones in dementia care dyads: results from a controlled pilot care music intervention	9
Desmosomes in squamous cell carcinomas	8
Accuracy of a faecal immunochemical test in patients under colonoscopy surveillance of colorectal adenoma and cancer	8
Anatomical and subcortical invasiveness in diffuse low-grade astrocytomas differ between IDH status and provide prognostic information	7
Molecular tools to monitor health and disease – and lucky coincidences	7
The relationship between game genre, monetization strategy and symptoms of gaming disorder in a clinical sample of adolescents	7
The Aura-Gain laryngeal mask for airway management in neonatal inguinal hernia surgery. A feasibility study	6
COVID-19: Not a thrombotic disease but a thromboinflammatory disease	6
Recommended dosages of analgesic and sedative drugs in intensive care result in a low incidence of potentially toxic blood concentrations	6
Can diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) outperform standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigations in post-COVID-19 autoimmune encephalitis?	6
Associations of spleen volume with markers of blood count and lipid profile in a large population-based study	5
Violence and sexual risk taking reported by young people at Swedish youth clinics	5
Are ECG changes in heart-healthy individuals of various ages related to cardiac disease 20 years later?	4
A temporary regulation to manage an impending shortage due to extraordinary prescribing patterns of chloroquines observed during early phase of COVID-19 epidemic	4
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and cardiac implantable electronic devices in a county hospital setting: a population-based retrospective cohort study	4
Fertility awareness and intentions among young adults in Greece	4
Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with B-cell deficiency: a case series of successful antiviral treatment of four patients	4
Interactions between cancer-associated fibroblasts and T-cells: functional crosstalk with targeting and biomarker potential	4
Relationship status among lesbian and heterosexual couples 8–10 years after undergoing assisted reproductive treatment in Sweden	3
Expression of HIF-α and their association with clinicopathological parameters in clinical renal cell carcinoma	3
Effects of extensive bleeding in pigs on laboratory biomarkers	3
Recreational use of nitrous oxide causes seizure, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium: nitrous oxide and its harm, a case report	3

Impact of treatment with immunomodulators and tumour necrosis factor antagonists on the incidence of infectious events in patients with inflammatory bowel disease	3
The influence of nutritional state on the fatty acid composition of circulating lipid fractions: implications for their use as biomarkers of dietary fat intake	3
Tissue clearing method in visualization of cancer progression and metastasis	3
The association between BMI and 90-day mortality in patients with and without diabetes seeking care at the emergency department	2
Toward a granular molecular-anatomic map of the blood vasculature – single-cell RNA sequencing makes the leap	2
Tenecteplase compared to alteplase in real-world outcome: A Swedish Stroke Register study	2
Mortality in Eosinophilic Esophagitis – a nationwide, population-based matched cohort study from 2005 to 2017	2
Validation of the diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis based on histopathology reports in Sweden	2
Partly unequal receipt of healthcare in last month of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a retrospective cohort study of the Stockholm region	2
Lung function at 1-year follow-up in patients with persistent dyspnea after mild COVID-19 – comparisons with moderate and critical COVID-19	2
Association between open-angle glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in Sweden: a long-term population-based follow-up study	2
Vitamin D status in longstanding type 1 diabetes and controls. Association with upper extremity impairments	2
Validation of myocarditis diagnoses in the Swedish patient register for analyses of potential adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines	2
Tissue-based diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis: Experience of the informal diagnostic center at Uppsala University Hospital	2