OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Cytojournal is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Upregulation of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten inhibits lung cancer cell proliferation by suppressing the oncogene polo-like kinase 1 and inducing autophagy	131
Role of immunocytochemistry in cervical cancer screening	94
Candida parapsilosis infection after double-lung transplantation in a patient with pulmonary fibrosis caused by COVID-19	26
Prominent emperipolesis in breast lesion: A diagnostic challenge	25
Preliminary investigation on the correlation between karyopherin alpha 4 and acute cerebral infarction	21
Identification of transcription factors associated with the disease-free survival of triple-negative breast cancer through weighted gene co-expression network analysis	21
Introduction to the second edition of ‘Diagnostic Cytopathology of Serous Fluids’ as CytoJournal Monograph (CMAS) in Open Access	21
Cytologic diagnosis and differential diagnosis of histiocytic signet ring cells in effusion specimens	19
Transglutaminase 2 inhibition ameliorates cardiac fibrosis in myocardial infarction by inducing M2 macrophage polarization in vitro and in vivo	16
Prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in abnormal pap smears	15
Immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 upregulates myc proto-oncogene to accelerate invasion and metastasis of endometrial cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects	15
Analysis of clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors in 54 metaplastic breast carcinoma patients from northwest China	15
Increased caveolin 1 by human antigen R exacerbates Porphyromonas gingivali-induced atherosclerosis by modulating oxidative stress and inflammatory responses	15
Comparative accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology between larger and smaller size thyroid nodules	13
Geniposide alleviates post-myocardial infarction-induced pyroptosis by modulating the thioredoxin-interacting protein/NLRP3 signaling pathway	12
FTO-mediated regulation of Kupffer cell polarization and interleukin-6 secretion promotes biliary epithelial cell proliferation in intrahepatic bile duct stones	11
Detection of transmembrane protein 100 in breast cancer: Correlation with malignant progression and chemosensitivity	10
Lymphoid cell rich fine-needle aspirations of the salivary gland: What is the risk of malignancy?	10
AZ-628 sensitizes donafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting tyrosine kinase pathway and ferroptosis	10
Diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology for extrathyroidal head-and-neck lesions performed by a cytopathologist with the assistance of radiologist: A single-center study	9
Vaspin inhibits ferroptosis: A new hope for treating myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	9
Nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group a member 1 eases angiotensin II-arose oxidative stress in vascular smooth muscle cell by boosting nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family casp	9
An unusual breast malignancy with central cystic lesion: Important Sampling artifact related pitfall	8
Pancreatic tuberculosis – A common disease at a rare site diagnosed on cytology	8
Receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 2 promotes rheumatoid arthritis progression and partially regulates nuclear factor kappa B pathway	8

Fibronectin type III domain containing protein 5/irisin alleviated sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by abating ferroptosis through the adenosine 5'-monophosphate-activated protein kinase/nuclear fac	8
Computer-assisted scatter plot analysis of cell and nuclear areas distinguishes urothelial carcinoma in urine cytology specimens	7
Nobiletin alleviates brain injury in uremic mice and inhibits indoxyl sulfate-induced neurotoxicity in HT22 cells through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signaling pathway	7
Comparison of liquid based cytology and conventional smears on lymph node aspirates: A cytomorphological study	7
Mitochondrial autophagy inhibits nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3-mediated pyroptosis and alleviates endothelial cell injury in pregnancy-induced hypertension	7
Diagnostic pitfalls in effusion fluid cytology	7
The role of p16/Ki-67 dual staining in cervical cancer screening and cervical precancerous lesions follow-up	6
Cervical cytology: Radiation and other therapy effects	6
Targeting the Ajuba/Notch axis increases the sensitivity of colon cancer cells to 5-fluorouracil	6
Transbronchial brushing cytology and paired biopsy in endobronchial tuberculosis: A report of 72 cases focusing on the morphological features	6
Enhancing the cytological features and diagnostic significance of cerebrospinal fluid in bacterial meningitis	6
Regulator of chromosome condensation 1 and broad-complex, tramtrack and bric a brac domain-containing protein is involved in ovarian cancer growth and drug resistance	6
1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 attenuates tumor necrosis factor-α-induced endothelial cell injury by modulating the tumor necrosis factor-α/nuclear factor kappa-B pathway	6
Serous fluid: Metastatic sarcomas, melanoma, and other non-epithelial neoplasms	6
Mesothelioma	6
Sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 is an important prognostic factor for colon adenocarcinoma and closely related to immune infiltration	6
A case of neck swelling with an unusual presentation	6
Alginate oligosaccharides alleviates gestational diabetes mellitus through reducing oxidative stress and improving gut microbiota	6
Development of a clinical prediction model for pathological upgrading in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions following cervical conization	6
Pancreatic cyst endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA): Benign or malignant. Clues to cytological diagnosis with major consequences	6
A brief overview of imprint cytology in thoracic cytopathology	6
Cytospin performance when using Paris system for reporting urinary cytology	6
A metabolomics study on carcinogenesis of ground-glass nodules	5
Ginsenoside Rb1 attenuates erythropoietin-exacerbated vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease through BMP2-dependent Smad1/5/9 inhibition	5
Different metabolic paradigms and distribution of regulatory T cells between primary and lymph node metastasis prostate cancer	5
Screening technologies for cervical cancer: Overview	5
A new perspective: Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 inhibits ubiquitin-specific protease 7-induced epithelial ovarian cancer progression by inducing ferroptosis and M1 macrophage polariz	5
N-acetyltransferase 10 regulates UNC-51-like kinase 1 to reduce tubular cell injury and kidney stone formation	5
Comparison of FNA-based conventional cytology specimens and digital image analysis in assessment of pancreatic lesions	5
The impact of anthropometric parameters and sonographic characteristics on the choice of biopsy method for thyroid nodules: Fine-needle aspiration versus non-aspiration biopsy	5
Comparison of programmed death ligand 1 immunostaining for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma between paired cytological and surgical samples	5
Immunocytochemistry of effusions: Processing and commonly used immunomarkers	5
Molecular analysis with pancreaseq® in evaluation and management of pancreatic cysts: A cohort of 28 patients	4
Expression and clinical significance of programmed cell death protein 1/programmed death-ligand 1 in non-small cell lung cancer patients with rare mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor gene: A	4
Ailanthone inhibits bladder cancer tumor and cell proliferation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and activation of the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling path	4
A rare and challenging case of uterine mass successfully reported in a cervical smear	4
Role of cell division cycle associated 2 in ovarian cancer: Effects on tumor progression and cisplatin resistance	4
A mechanism study of tripartite motif 10 modulating septic cardiomyopathy	4
George N. Papanicolaou- A tribute	4
Proposal for including risk of malignancy and clinical management in the Japanese system for reporting thyroid cytopathology - A multi-institutional study	4
Challenge in the cytological interpretation of a not-so-typical breast carcinoma	4
Association of immunosuppressive CD45⁺CD33⁺CD14⁻ CD10⁻HLA-DR^−/low neutrophils with poor prognosis in patients with lymphoma and their expansion a	4
Cytomorphology of pituitary carcinoma metastatic to liver diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration: A rare case report and review of literature	3
Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance cervical cytology in Bahrain: Reporting rates, high-risk HPV testing, and cytologic and histopathologic follow-up findings	3
Papanicolaou society of cytopathology system for reporting pancreaticobiliary cytology: Risk stratification and cytology scope - 2.5-year study	3
The anti-cancer role of tumor protein p53-inducible nuclear protein 2/nuclear factor-kB/nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 pathway in spinal cord glioma	3
Mechanistic insights into PDZK1-interacting protein 1 on the malignant progression of colorectal carcinoma	3
Clinical utility of HPV typing and quantification combined with PAX1/ZNF582 methylation detection in accurate cervical cancer screening	3
Histopathological findings of 687 thyroid nodules, suspicious for malignancy on ultrasound, with an indeterminate cytopathological diagnosis after the combination of the Bethesda System and BRAF	3
Ankyrin repeat domain 1 is dysregulated in keloids and suppresses keloid fibroblast growth, migration, and extracellular matrix deposition	3

Knockdown of ribosomal protein L22-like 1 arrests the cell cycle and promotes apoptosis in colorectal cancer