OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Accreditation and Quality Assurance 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)-based approach for risk assessment of scientific processes in non-regulated research laboratories	19
European current landscape in laboratory accreditation	13
Getting started with uncertainty evaluation using the Monte Carlo method in R	7
Human health risk assessment of pesticide residues in pointed gourd collected from retail markets of Dhaka City, Bangladesh	7
Meaningful expression of uncertainty in measurement	7
System proposal for implementation of risk management in the context of ISO/IEC 17025	5
True value, error, and measurement uncertainty: two views	5
Environmental monitoring of total mercury content in different marine compartments after cold vapor generation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry determination	5
Challenges for the estimation of uncertainty of measurements made in situ	5
Reference measurement procedure for the determination of mass fraction of fat content in food	4
Total cow’s milk protein in cookies: the first interlaboratory comparison with a well-defined measurand fit for food allergen risk assessment	4
Comparing uncertainties—Are they really different?	4
Validation and measurement uncertainty of rapid and simultaneous determination of 19 elements in drinking water using ICP-MS	4
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on accredited conformity assessment bodies: insights from a multinational study	4
Estimation of measurement uncertainty and validation of RP-HPLC for simultaneous determination of five antihistamines in pharmaceutical formulations	4
An accuracy-based proficiency testing programme with metrological reference values for the mass fraction of acesulfame potassium and sucralose in cake mix flour	4
Metrological technical specification for purity assessment of organic pure substance certified reference materials in China	4
A review of issues of quality assurance and quality accreditation for higher education institutions and the situation in Vietnam	4
A proposal of model for a quality management system in research testing laboratories	4
Impact of the sampling process on the measurement uncertainty, a case study: physicochemical parameters in diesel	4
Inter-laboratory proficiency testing of the measurement of gypsum parameters with small numbers of participants	4
Quantification of total mercury in samples from cement production processing with thermal decomposition coupled with AAS	3
Calculation of the expanded uncertainty for large uncertainties using the lognormal distribution	3
The path to continual improvement and business excellence: compliance to ISO standards versus a business excellence approach	3
Preparation of a reference material for tea containing five pesticide residues and its evaluation in an interlaboratory comparison study in China	3

“State of the art” for competency assessment in Australian medical laboratories	3
Assessment of homogeneity and stability of new reference material of passion-flower fruits for proficiency testing: Pesticide residues in purple passion fruit (Passiflora pinnatistipula)	3
The provision and use of traceability statements for reference materials	3
Accreditation in Croatia: What is the position of testing and calibration laboratories from the science and higher education system?	3
Is harmonisation of performance assessment in non-quantitative proficiency testing possible/necessary?	3
Validation and measurement uncertainty evaluation of a GC/MS method for the quantification of nine phthalates in tattoo and PMU inks	2
Application of secondary pH measurement method for homogeneity and stability assessment of reference materials	2
Optimization of medium composition for production of a simulated urine sample containing Enterococcus faecalis	2
Development of low and elevated level multivitamin and mineral supplement certified reference materials: VITA-1 and VITB-1	2
A new methodology for proficiency testing scheme interpretation based on residual analysis	2
Simultaneous determination of multi-class pesticide metabolites in fish (Siluriformes: Ariidae): protocol developed for human dietary risk in Ceará coast, Brazil	2
Improved quantification of mass fraction of colorants in textile by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometric detector	2
Trends in the development of proficiency testing for chemical analysis: focus on food and environmental matrices	2
An empirical study: The multidimensionality of the quality management in determining university research laboratories performance	2
GUM guidance on developing and using measurement models	2
Key issues related to the accreditation of academic laboratories	2
Bilateral comparison of primary reference materials (PRMs) containing methanol, ethanol and acetone in nitrogen	2
External quality assessment (EQA) combined with on-site technical evaluation for capacity building in clinical microbiology laboratories in Pakistan	2
Interlaboratory comparisons of chemical measurements: Quo Vadis?	2
A review of proficiency exercises offered by the Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN) and Moffett Proficiency Testing Laboratory from 2012 to 2018	2
Proficiency-testing scheme for haloanisoles and halophenols in oak wood	1
Facing a shortage of the Latin letters for the prospective new SI symbols: alternative proposal for the new SI prefixes	1
Estimation of the measurement uncertainty, including the contribution arising from sampling, of water quality parameters in surface waters of the Loire-Bretagne river basin, France	1
Improvement of reference gas calorimeter to measure the gross calorific value of the reference methane gas having high purity (99.995 %) and calculation of uncertainty	1
Efficient delivery of metrological services by institutes through accuracy-based proficiency testing programme on additives in food sauce for laboratories in the Southeast Asian region	1
Improved performance of neutron activation analysis laboratories by feedback workshops following interlaboratory comparison rounds	1
The mycotoxin proficiency testing schemes organized by Turkish National Food Reference Laboratory between the years 2013 and 2020	1
Identifying risk management challenges in laboratories	1
Quantitative 1H NMR methodology for purity assay with high accuracy	1
Feasible stoichiometric reactions for SI traceable bromate assays	1
Inter-comparability of analytical laboratories in quantifying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected from industrial emission sources	1
Identification key for selection of the matrix type to which a sample belongs within the context of GMO analysis	1
Model of uncertainty for the variability of water microbiological enumeration in a proficiency testing scheme	1
Progress with the work program of ISO/REMCO during 2020	1
HACCP as a risk management tool for ensuring biosamples quality	1
Consideration in potential titration paths to assay osmium compounds: toward the establishment of the mono-elemental standard solution	1
Complying with the resource requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 in Indonesian calibration and testing laboratories: current challenges and future directions	1
Accreditation in Europe: benchmarking the operations of European accreditation bodies using an innovative management tool	1
Is the z score sufficient to assess participants’ performance in proficiency testing? The hidden corrective action	1
Assessing the performances of on-line analyzers can greatly improve free chlorine monitoring in drinking water	1
A case study for in-house method validation of gas chromatography technique using class-1 calibration gas mixtures for greenhouse gases monitoring	1
Proficiency tests: a tool for improvement and testing analytical performance at Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Laboratory	1
On the optimal use of silver–silver chloride reference electrodes	1
Boxplot fences in proficiency testing	1
Quantitation of hydrogen sulfide reference gas mixtures to provide traceability for indoor air quality monitoring	1
Reply to “Changing the status of mmHg”	1
Risk analysis method used in small- and medium-sized food enterprises implementing ISO 22000:2018 and HACCP to conditionally determine “inspection-acceptance” as a critical control point	1
Pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables in Indonesia: findings of five-year proficiency testing	1
Improved residue on ignition method for the mass fraction of inorganic impurities of pure organic substances	1
Counting correctly	1

Good laboratory practice-compliant bio-efficacy testing of repellent products against Aedes aegypti	1
Development of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, m-xylene, p-xylene and o-xylene (BTEX) gas reference standards for air pollution monitoring in South Africa	1
Experience in establishing a quality management system at a plant diagnostic laboratory in Fiji	1
Laboratory glassware cleaning validation in pharmaceutical industry: a case study	1
Assessment of liquids homogeneity in storage tanks in the oil industry through the comparison of uncertainties	1