OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	23
Evaluation of a breast cancer–trained digital progesterone receptor scoring algorithm in meningiomas: A comparative study with manual assessment	21
The importance of MUC6 immunohistochemistry staining in the histopathologic examination of Crohn's disease: can we enhance our diagnostic power?	20
Association of ZEB1 and Vimentin with poor prognosis in metaplastic breast cancer	19
Reliability of negative cone specimens of the cervix: A review	18
Histology and clinical correlations in autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis-primary biliary cholangitis overlap syndrome	17
Analysis of clinicopathological and immunohistochemical features of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma	17
Corrigendum to “Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and intestinal disorders: An observational study” [Ann Diagn Pathol 62 (2023) 152072]	17
Editorial Board	17
Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia-related osteonecrosis: A series of cases	16
The differential expression of toll like receptors and RIG-1 correlates to the severity of infectious diseases	16
Evaluation of the recently established Dutch nationwide Archipelago of Ovarian Cancer Research biobank	16
Deep learning-based quantitative assessment of renal chronicity indices in lupus nephritis	15
Epstein-Barr virus latency patterns in polymorphic lymphoproliferative disorders and lymphomas in immunodeficiency settings: Diagnostic implications	14
Role of histopathology in severity assessments of post-COVID-19 rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis - A case-control study	13
Small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder: Distinctive cytological characteristics and Cyto-histologic correlation	12
The prognostic significance of growth pattern, tumor budding, poorly differentiated clusters, desmoplastic reaction pattern and tumor-stroma ratio in colorectal cancer and an evaluation of their relat	12
Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence utilization audit by subspecialty in an academic setting: A step toward stewardship	11
Diagnostic immunohistochemistry use in Belgian laboratories	11
The diagnostic significance of immunohistochemical expression of SOX10 and TRPS1 in triple negative breast cancer	11
Hyalinizing trabecular tumor of the thyroid: A comprehensive review of clinicopathological features, diagnostic dilemmas, and emerging molecular insights	11
Differential diagnosis of gastric low- and high grade dysplasia using C6orf15 protein	11
Primary intraosseous Rosai-Dorfman disease: Clinicopathological features and an assessment of a possible relationship with IgG4-related disease	11
Primary thymic neuroblastomas in adults: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of three cases	11
Retrospective study of the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Chinese patients	11

Score system for cytological evaluation of fine-needle aspiration specimens to predict the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinomas	10
GPNMB expression differentiates subependymal giant cell astrocytoma from other mimickers	10
Prognostic implications of synaptophysin, CD56, thyroid transcription factor-1, and Ki-67 in pulmonary high-grade neuroendocrine carcinomas	10
Evaluation of the diagnostic utility of NCOA3, Maspin and VHL protein expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: An immunohistochemical study	10
study: A retrospective analysis of 111 livary gland tumors of ung and racheobronchial ree	10
Is mediastinal fine needle aspiration cytology required or redundant? A single institution-based correlation study with core needle biopsy	9
Prognostic role of the number of resected and negative lymph nodes in Spanish patients with gastric cancer	9
Radiological-pathological correlation in encapsulated papillary carcinoma of the breast	9
Response to letter to the editor	9
The “toxic” personality in pathology: An opinion	9
INSM1 is a useful neuroendocrine marker to differentiate pancreatic serous cystadenoma from pancreatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors in cytology and surgical specimens	9
Brachyury expression is highly specific for chordoma: A tissue microarray study involving 14,976 cancers from 135 different tumor types and subtypes	9
German pathology professor Philipp Schwartz: His enduring life from Frankfurt to Istanbul during the Second World War era: A “forgotten savior”	9
Orbital masses as a rare presentation of Rosai-Dorfman disease: Clinicopathologic characterization of five cases	9
Validation of whole slide imaging for frozen section diagnosis of lymph node metastasis: A retrospective study from a tertiary care hospital in Thailand	9
Challenges and limitation of MTAP immunohistochemistry in diagnosing desmoplastic mesothelioma/sarcomatoid pleural mesothelioma with desmoplastic features	9
Histopathologic evaluation of gastric intestinal metaplasia in non-neoplastic biopsy specimens: Accuracy and interobserver reliability among general pathologists and pathology residents	8
Rethinking tissue preservation: A review of non-toxic and environmentally sustainable fixatives	8
Effect of storage temperature on nucleic acid quality in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples	8
“Growing fibroadenoma”: Are there clinical and pathological features predicting a phyllodes tumor on surgical excision?	8
Pitfalls and considerations in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease: A focus on pathological assessment	8
Clinicopathological analysis of a type of “low grade” poorly cohesive gastric adenocarcinoma not otherwise specified with a good prognosis	7
Quantitative histology as a diagnostic tool for celiac disease in children and adolescents	7
Morphological and immunohistochemical characteristics associated with metastatic and recurrent progression in pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma: A cohort study	7
Detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in malignant melanoma	7
Intraoperative pathologic diagnosis of central nervous system lymphomas: A comparison of frozen and permanent section diagnoses, and the significance of preoperative imaging	7
Invasive urothelial carcinoma with squamous differentiation and associated high-risk human papilloma virus infection: Clinical, cytologic, and histologic features of a rare entity	7
The expression of programmed death-ligand 1 and programmed death-ligand 2 in endometrial carcinosarcoma: Correlation with mismatch repair protein expression status, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte infil	7
Diagnostic value of SSTR2A, ATRX, and clusterin immunohistochemical expression in high-grade gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms	7
A novel histologic index for polyomavirus nephropathy in comparison with the Banff scoring system: Clinical validation, prognostic implication, and correlation with plasma viral load	7
Association of tumor budding with prognostic factors and lymph node metastasis in penile cancer: A prospective cohort of 218 cases	7
The topographical distribution of lymph node metastases in colon cancer resections	7
Pathologic patterns of invasive carcinoma associated with intraductal papillary neoplasms of bile duct (IPNB)	7
Prognostic value of CD44 expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma: A meta-analysis	7
Digital image analysis of Ki67 hotspot detection and index counting in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms	7
Next-generation sequencing has diagnostic utility in challenging small/flat urothelial lesions	6
Beethoven's triad: Diarrhoea, deafness and cirrhosis. A plausible solution to the 195-year-old controversy	6
Amendments in surgical pathology reports: An 8-year institutional experience	6
The differential immune response in mild versus fatal SARS-CoV2 infection	6
Paravertebral fibrous pseudotumor: Four cases of a distinctive tumefactive lesion overlapping with eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis and tumoral erythema elevatum diutinum	6
Smartphone assisted telepathology: A review	6
Cyto-histologic correlation of crystal-storing histiocytosis: Rare presentation in breast, predating diagnosis of B-cell lymphoma by two years	6
Evaluation of tubulin β-3 and 5 hydroxy-methyl cytosine as diagnostic and prognostic markers in malignant melanoma	6
The prognostic significance of non-lymphoid immune cells of the tumor microenvironment, including neutrophils, eosinophils, and mast cells in breast carcinomas	6
T-cells are significantly reduced in the luminal gastrointestinal tract of patients with “complete” 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge syndrome): Utilization of chromogenic multiplex immunohistochemi	6
Clinicopathological analysis of recurrence and progression of low-grade papillary urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder: Predicting the outcome	6
From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center: Plasmablastic lymphoma presenting as a kidney mass in an immunocompetent patient: Case report and literature review	6
PCR-based analysis of PD-L1 RNA expression in lung cancer: comparison with commonly used immunohistochemical assays	6
Histopathologic evaluation of gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease: Opportunities for improvement based on a survey of practicing pathologists	6
Sebaceous gland ectopia of the esophagus: A clinical, endoscopic, and pathologic study of a rare condition with literature review	6

Influence of luminal and basal subtype in prognosis of high-grade non muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma	6
Biphasic squamoid alveolar renal cell carcinoma: Cytologic features of a rare entity	6
Editorial Board	6
Cytomorphological changes in thyroid nodules induced by radiofrequency ablation therapy: Emphasis on recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma	6
Combined expression of HIF1α, VEGF and HER2 predicts metastasis, relapse and response to combination chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients	6
Primary mucinous tumors of the renal pelvis: Clinical, histopathological, and molecular analysis of three cases	5
In reply: SOX10 and TRPS1 in triple-negative breast cancer: Promise, pitfalls, and the need for broader validation	5
In-memoriam: Ondrej Hes, M.D. (1968–2022)	5
Investigation of mismatch repair protein expression in glioma	5
Some concerns about the prognostic significance of non-lymphoid immune cells of the tumor microenvironment in breast carcinomas	5
Diagnosis of autoimmune bullous dermatoses: Comparative analysis of immunohistochemical staining using C4d, C3d, IgG, and IgG4 in lesional tissues and perilesional frozen skin samples	5
The over diagnosis of diffuse mesothelioma: An analysis of 311 cases with recommendations for the avoidance of pitfalls	5
Discordance in receptor status between primary and metastatic breast cancer and overall survival: A single-center analysis	5
Correlation of large cribriform carcinoma and “unfavorable histology” with other Gleason pattern 4 subtypes: A proof-of-principle study evaluating 485 radical prostatectomy specimens with proposal for	5
Histologic, viral, and molecular correlates of heart disease in fatal COVID-19	5
Expression of CD25, mast cell markers and T-cell markers in eosinophilic esophagitis	5
Clinical and pathological characteristics of metastatic tumors to the urinary bladder	5
Reporting the neglected cases of temporomandibular joint ganglion cysts in the systematic review	5
Granulomatous lobular mastitis co-existing with ductal carcinoma in situ: Report of three cases and review of the literature	5
Gamna-Gandy bodies in renal neoplasms: A multi-institutional clinicopathologic study of 350 consecutive nephrectomies	5
Annals of diagnostic pathology in 2023 and beyond: The next chapter. [Editorial]	5
Clinicopathological features of differentiated thyroid carcinoma as predictors of the effects of radioactive iodine therapy	5
Atypical fibroxanthoma and pleomorphic dermal sarcoma: Is superficial infiltration in subcutaneous tissue acceptable in AFX?	5
Primary Ewing sarcoma of the lung: A systematic review of the recent literature	5
Castleman disease-type histopathological patterns of lymph nodes in patients with plasma cell neoplasia and POEMS syndrome	5
From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center Castleman disease involving the thymus gland: Case report and literature review	5
Appendix-like morphology in primary ovarian mucinous tumors lacking a concurrent mature teratoma: A series of 4 cases illustrating the utility of STR analysis	5
Fibrous hamartoma of infancy. Radiologic-pathologic study of 21 cases: 8 with predominant pseudoangiomatous pattern	5
The spectrum of cytological findings in patients with BCG lymphadenitis: A series of 13 cases	5
Superficial myofibroblastoma of the lower female genital tract: A clinicopathological analysis of 15 cases	5
From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center. Mesothelial/monocytic incidental cardiac excrescence with a review of the literature	5
Bronchial cytology of pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma – A multi-institute series with emphasis on immunocytochemistry	4
From the archives of MD Anderson Cancer Center: EBV-positive fibrin-associated large B-cell lymphoma in an ovarian leiomyoma with cystic degeneration: A case report and discussion of differential diag	4
Leptin and its receptor are overexpressed in breast cancer tissue of postmenopausal Mexican-Mestizo women with obesity	4
De Novo CD5-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: A genomic profiling study and prognostic analysis of 46 patients	4
Performance and limitations of customized ChatGPT in histopathologic diagnosis	4
Papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity: A distinct entity ready for the World Health Organization classification	4
Genomic profiling amplifies the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy by identifying clinically applicable druggable mutations in pancreatic cancer	4
Grading of invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma: Evolution of prior histologic classification systems to enhance lung cancer prognostication	4
Metastatic tumours to the parotid: A 20-year single institutional experience with an emphasis on 14 unusual presentations	4
Utility of the manual hematology cell counter for Ki-67 assessment in gastrointestinal and pancreatobiliary well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors	4
In-depth analysis of immunohistochemistry concordance in biopsy-resection pairs of bronchial carcinoids	4
Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the female genital tract: An 11-year single institutional study of 40 cases	4
Interobserver variability in inconclusive diagnostic categories of thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology: An urban-based tertiary hospital experience	4
FOXP3 expression in duodenal mucosa: Unique role in pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of celiac disease	4
Editorial Board	4
Carbon footprint evaluation of routine anatomic pathology practices using eco-audit: Current status and mitigation strategies	4
Validation of histopathological chronicity scores in native kidney biopsies using light microscopy and digital morphometry for predicting renal outcome	4
The association between variant histology and prognostic, histomorphological and clinical aspects of bladder urothelial carcinoma	4
Immunoglobulin G deposition on proximal tubules and the tubular basement membrane in acute tubular injury complicated with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS): A possible prediction tool for sub	4
Pulmonary nodular elastosis: The intraparenchymal counterpart of pulmonary apical caps?	4
Myxoid adrenocortical adenoma with pseudoglandular pattern: A clinicopathological study of a rare histologic variant and its diagnostic challenges	4
Primary mediastinal germ cell tumor and clonally related and unique hematologic neoplasms with i(12p) and TP53 mutation: A report of two cases	4
A new histomorphological finding in the follow-up of celiac disease: Intraepithelial lymphocyte localization is a reliable indicator of dietary compliance	4
Thoracic solitary fibrous tumors with small cell features: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 5 cases	4
Erdheim-Chester disease collides with myelodysplastic neoplasm in bone marrow	4
HER2 testing in metastatic breast cancer – Is reflex ISH testing necessary on HER2 IHC-equivocal (2+) cases?	4
PD-L1 immunohistochemical expression in bladder urothelial cancer with SP263, SP142 and 22C3 antibodies: A comparative study	4
A retrospective analysis of the diagnostic accuracy and technical quality of frozen sections in detecting hepatobiliary lesions	4
Dysplastic crypt-rings in tandem: A novel histologic parameter in tubular adenomas	4
Molecular classification of medulloblastoma using immunohistochemistry: A single centre study	4
Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney: A retrospective clinicopathological evaluation	4
Malignant germ cell tumors in men aged 50 years and over are associated with adverse pathologic features and higher stage at presentation	4
Clinicopathological characterization of gastric amphicrine carcinoma: A case series	4
Salivary gland-like low-grade clear cell carcinomas of the thoracic cavity: A clinical, immunohistochemical, and molecular analysis of three cases	4
The concordance between wide-area transepithelial sampling with computer-assisted 3-dimensional analysis (WATS-3D) and standard endoscope biopsy in the detection of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal	4