OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biochemia Medica 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
CLSI-based verification and de novo establishment of reference intervals for common biochemical assays in Croatian newborns	46
The influence of calibration on bias in quality control and patient results for TSH on Vitros XT 7600 analyzer	31
Antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome	29
Proposal for delta check limits of frequently requested hormones using real-world data	27
Procollagen I carboxy-terminal propeptide: a multi-faceted biomarker	26
Indirect estimation of serum enzymes reference intervals in adults using the reflimR and refineR algorithms	26
Development and validation of a HPLC method for therapeutic monitoring of brivaracetam	25
National recommendations of the Working group for laboratory diagnostics of autoimmune diseases of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: Assessment of antineutrophil cy	16
Extrapyramidal and anticholinergic reactions in an adolescent patient: a case for pharmacogenetic consideration	14
Androgens in women: Establishing reference intervals for dehydroepiandrostenedione sulphate and androstenedione on the Roche Cobas	14
The apparent prevalence, the true prevalence	12
Extracellular vesicles and glycans	12
A case report of biclonal immunoglobulin D lambda/lambda multiple myeloma in patient with liver echinococcosis	12
Interference of anti-nuclear antibodies on determination of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in patients suspected of vasculitis	11
The association between cholesterol efflux capacity and apolipoprotein A1	10
Two cases with discrepancy in the quantitative cytological assessment of cerebrospinal fluid in neonatal samples using light microscopy in comparison with Sysmex XN-1000	10
Acquired hemophilia A secondary to SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia	10
A case of vitamin B12 deficiency neurological syndrome in a young adult due to late-onset cobalamin C (CblC) deficiency	9
Tumour lysis syndrome in the setting of a high-grade B-cell lymphoma with primary bone marrow localization – a case report	9
Urinary placental growth factor stability as a critical factor in the reliability of preeclampsia diagnosis	9
Evaluation of preanalytical and postanalytical phases in clinical biochemistry laboratory according to IFCC laboratory errors and patient safety specifications	8
Detection of preanalytical errors in arterial blood gas analysis	8
A case of discrepant laboratory results in samples obtained from a central venous catheter and peripheral veins: when solving a pre-analytical mystery could improve patient care	7
The impact of demand management on vitamin D testing	6
Preanalytical study concerning the influence of tube type and centrifugation conditions on the concentration of calprotectin in ascites	6

Post-treatment neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic tool in patients treated with tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 pneumonia	6
Blood alcohol concentration in the clinical laboratory: a narrative review of the preanalytical phase in diagnostic and forensic testing	6
Introducing prediction intervals for sample means	6
Determination of cystatin C reference interval for children in Croatia	6
Inter-rater reliability assessment for the new-born screening quality assurance	6
Verification of a 6-part differential haematology analyser Siemens Advia 2120i	5
Elevated plasma pyruvate kinase M2 concentrations are associated with the clinical severity and prognosis of coronary artery disease	5
An analysis of the vitamin D overtesting in a tertiary healthcare centre	5
Laboratory medicine and sports	5
Urinary brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor as noninvasive biomarkers of overactive bladder in children	4
Strategic use of Big Data: implementing reference intervals for serum folate and serum cobalamin	4
Telomere length and oxidative stress in small cell lung cancer patients changes through chemotherapy cycles compared to healthy controls	4
Reply to letters to the editor entitled “Bias, the unfinished symphony” and “Bias estimation for Sigma metric calculation arithmetic mean versus quadratic mean”	4
Performance evaluation of the high sensitive troponin I assay on the Atellica IM analyser	4
Claudins proteins in brain tumors	3
Detection of macroenzymes	3
Orthopedic trauma is associated with higher serum concentrations of glial fibrillary acidic protein and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 in mild traumatic brain injury with negative head computed tom	3
A novel approach for more precise quantification of M-protein using variables derived from immunosubtraction electropherogram and associated biochemistry analytes	3
Cardiac biomarkers in term newborns with common pathological conditions during the first 24 hours postpartum	3
Comparative analysis of the color change in blue-green inclusions within neutrophils between two patients with different clinical outcomes	3
Diagnostic challenges of diabetic kidney disease	3
Negligible effect of vitamin D supplementation on exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3
Reporting LDL cholesterol results by clinical biochemistry laboratories in Czechia and Slovakia to improve the detection rate of familial hypercholesterolemia	3
Bilirubin – new insights into an old molecule	3
Paraoxonase and arylesterase activity of paraoxonase 1 and oxidative stress parameters in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia	3
National recommendations of the Working Group for Post-analytics of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: implementation of autovalidation procedures	3
Influence of LDL cholesterol and Lp(a) on monocytes and macrophages in atherosclerosis	3
Use of Hoteling’s T2 multivariate control chart for effective monitoring of a laboratory test with a 3-level quality control scheme	3
What did CRISPR-Cas9 accomplish in its first 10 years?	3
Post-exercise creatine kinase variability: a literature review	3
Challenges of providing biochemistry results in a patient with Evans syndrome	3
Analytical verification of the Dymind D7-CRP automated analyser	3
A practical approach example to measurement uncertainty	3