OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Diagnostics is 85. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Overexpression of CDC20 Confer a Poorer Prognosis in Bladder Cancer Identified by Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis	653
Digitally Guided Modified Intentional Replantation for a Tooth with Hopeless Periodontal Prognosis: A Case Report	366
Lung Ultrasound Versus Chest Radiography for Acute Heart Failure: Impact of Heart Failure History and Pleural Effusion	293
Comparison of EWMA, MA, and MQ Under a Unified PBRTQC Framework for Thyroid and Coagulation Tests	269
Development of an RT-LAMP Assay for Detecting tet(M) in Enterococcus Species: Enhancing AMR Surveillance Within the One Health Sectors	263
Deep Learning Network with Spatial Attention Module for Detecting Acute Bilirubin Encephalopathy in Newborns Based on Multimodal MRI	209
Microduplication 3p26.3p24.3 and 4q34.3q35.2 Microdeletion Identified in a Patient with Developmental Delay Associated with Brain Malformation	199
Clinical and Pathological Profiles of Vertebral Bone Metastases from Endometrial Cancers: Evidence from a Twenty-Year Case Series	196
Chest Pain of Atypical Cause in a Young Man	193
Point-of-Care Echocardiographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients with Pulmonary Embolism	182
Primary Chronic Sclerosing Osteomyelitis: A New Diagnostic Tool	179
The Role of Checkpoint Inhibitor Expression Directly on Exfoliated Cells from Bladder Cancer: A Narrative Review	174
Can Perfusion-Based Brain Tissue Oxygenation MRI Support the Understanding of Cerebral Abscesses In Vivo?	172
Impact of Voxel Normalization on a Machine Learning-Based Method: A Study on Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Diagnosis Using Low-Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT)	168
Exploiting the Potential of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDTs): Nanoparticle-Antibody Conjugates and Color Development Strategies	167
A Logistic Regression Model for Predicting the Risk of Subsequent Surgery among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease Using a Brute Force Method	163
Feasibility of Optical Genome Mapping from Placental and Umbilical Cord Sampled after Spontaneous or Therapeutic Pregnancy Termination	156
Multi-Contrast Differentiation by Dual-Energy Spectral CT Angiography in a Patient with Pulmonary Barium Granulomas	154
Changing Laboratory Practice for Early Detection of a Fetal Inflammatory Response: A Contemporary Approach	147
Urine Biomarkers in the Management of Adult Neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: A Systematic Review	147
The Association between Specimen Neuromuscular Characteristics and Urinary Incontinence after Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy	145
Diagnostic Accuracy of the LabTurbo QuadAIO Common Flu Assay for Detecting Influenza A Virus, Influenza B Virus, RSV, and SARS-CoV-2	145
Brixia Chest X-ray Score, Laboratory Parameters and Vaccination Status for Prediction of Mortality in COVID-19 Hospitalized Patients	141
Lung Ultrasonography Is an Acceptable Imaging Modality to Diagnose COVID-19 and Effectively Correlates with HRCT Chest—A Prospective Study	137
Stepwise Implementation of 2D Synthesized Screening Mammography and Its Effect on Stereotactic Biopsy of Microcalcifications	136

Expression Analysis of miR-519a-3p and miR-379-5p in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Combined Experimental and Bioinformatic Approach	134
Automated Aneurysm Boundary Detection and Volume Estimation Using Deep Learning	133
Test–Retest Reliability and Inter-Scanner Reproducibility of Improved Spinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging	129
Investigation of Ocular Blood Flow in Males with Metabolic Syndrome	124
Gender Difference in Orthostatic Vascular Stiffness Increase in Young Subjects	123
The Train-Line Pattern on Duplex Ultrasound Helps Differentiate Intramural Thrombus from Atheromatous Plaque in Common Carotid Artery Dissection	120
Clinical Yield of Colonoscopy in Evaluation of Young Women with Constipation: An Age- and Gender-Based Analysis	120
16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis of V6–V8 Region Provides Limited Advantage in Diagnosis of Chronic Prostatitis	119
Respiratory Rehabilitation Index (R2I): Unsupervised Clustering Approach to Identify COPD Subgroups Associated with Rehabilitation Outcomes	116
Anatomical Relationship of the Mylohyoid Ridge, Lingual Concavity, and Mandibular Canal: A Retrospective CBCT Study	116
Nanopore 16S-Full Length and ITS Sequencing for Microbiota Identification in Intra-Abdominal Infections	113
17β-Estradiol Effects in Skeletal Muscle: A 31P MR Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) Study of Young Females during Early Follicular (EF) and Peri-Ovulation (PO) Phases	108
Reply to Fujimoto, T. Comment on “Okaniwa, S. How Can We Manage Gallbladder Lesions by Transabdominal Ultrasound? Diagnostics 2021, 11, 784”	108
Validation of Diagnostic Accuracy and Disease Severity Correlation of Chest Computed Tomography Severity Scores in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia	106
Diagnosis of an Acute Anterior Wall Infarction in Dual-Energy CT	104
Diagnostic Performance of Visionix VX120+ Platform for Dry Eye Screening	104
Neurofibromatosis Symptom-Lacking B-Cell Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Only an NF1 Gene Pathogenic Variant	104
Human Papillomavirus Infection of the Oropharyngeal and Laryngeal Squamous Papilloma: Disparities in Prevalence and Characteristics	103
Dynamic Perviousness: A Novel Imaging Marker for Predicting Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke	103
Artefacts in Hysterectomies with a Special Focus on Vascular Pseudoinvasion	102
BRAF Detection in FNAC Combined with Semi-Quantitative 99mTc-MIBI Technique and AI Model, an Economic and Efficient Predicting Tool for Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules	102
Comparison of Two X-ray Analyses for Estimating the Prognosis of Eruption of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars	102
Circulating IgG Fragments for Gastric Cancer and Esophageal Cancer	101
Utilizing Aerobic Capacity Data for EDSS Score Estimation in Multiple Sclerosis: A Machine Learning Approach	101
Recovery from Severe COVID-19 Is an Independent Predictor of Electrocardiographic Abnormal P-Wave Axis	100
A Neoteric Feature Extraction Technique to Predict the Survival of Gastric Cancer Patients	100
Generation of JC Polyoma Pseudovirus for High-Throughput Measurement of Neutralizing Antibodies	99
Near-Infrared In Vivo Imaging of Claudin-1 Expression by Orthotopically Implanted Patient-Derived Colonic Adenoma Organoids	99
Retrospective Cohort Study: Severe COVID-19 Leads to Permanent Blunted Heart Rate Turbulence	97
Uniportal VATS for Diagnosis and Staging in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)	97
Exploring Morphologic and Functional Variants in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Echocardiographic and Doppler Review	96
A Rapid, Simple, Trace, Cost-Effective, and High-Throughput Stable Isotope-Dilution Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Serum Methylmalonic Acid Quantification and Its Clinical A	95
Shoulder Magnetic Resonance Arthrography with the Internal and External Rotation Positions of the Humeral Head in the Evaluation of SLAP Lesions	95
Severe Gastritis Due to Nivolumab Treatment of a Metastatic Melanoma Patient	95
Assessment of the Carotid Bodies in Magnetic Resonance—A Head-to-Head Comparison with Computed Tomography	94
Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome Secondary to Aplastic Anemia/Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Syndrome: A Rare Case	93
Biomechanical Efficacy of Three Methods for the Fixation of Posterior Malleolar Fractures: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Study	93
Bridging the Heart and Brain—Grand Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases	93
Maximizing Diagnostic Yield in Intellectual Disability Through Exome Sequencing: Genotype–Phenotype Insights in a Vietnamese Cohort	92
Preoperative Predictors of Subsequent Breast Cancer Events Detected on Abbreviated MRI in Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer	91
Dual-Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) for Diagnosing Contrast-Induced Encephalopathy (CIE) Mimicking Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH): A Rare Case	91
A Composite Risk Score Based on VI-RADS, Tumor Contact Length, and CYFRA 21-1 for Prognostic Stratification in Bladder Cancer	90
Lung Ultrasound Offers Fast and Reliable Exclusion of Heart Failure in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Diagnostic Study	90
Comparison of Echocardiography and Invasive Transseptal Catheterization for Assessing Transvalvular Gradient in Patients with Surgical Aortic Valve Prostheses: Fact or Myth?	90
Histopathological Assessment of Cellular Heterogeneity in Pediatric Ependymomas	90
Genetic Heterogeneity Underlying Familial Short Stature	89
Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism during Pregnancy	89
Albuminuria Is Affected by Urinary Tract Infection: A Comparison between Biochemical Quantitative Method and Automatic Urine Chemistry Analyzer UC-3500	89
Decreased Tissue Sodium Concentration in Suspected Prostate Cancer Detected by Internal-Reference 23Na MRI: A Prospective Exploratory Study	88
Role of Semaphorin 3A in Kidney Development and Diseases	88

The Value of HALP Score in Predicting Adverse In-Hospital Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement	87
Three-Dimensional Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Evaluation of Changes in Naso-Maxillary Complex Associated with Rapid Palatal Expansion	86
Altered PTPN22 and IL10 mRNA Expression Is Associated with Disease Activity and Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	86
Rotational Thromboelastometry (ROTEM) Hemostasis Profile in Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia and Their Offspring: An Observational Study	86
Total Intramuscular Fat Fraction of Thigh Muscles as a Predictor of Nusinersen Efficacy in Pediatric SMA Type II and III	85
A Rare Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis on 18F-FDG PET/CT for Staging in a Patient with Common Bile Duct Cancer	85
DCDC2-Related Ciliopathy: Report of Six Polish Patients, Novel DCDC2 Variant, and Literature Review of Reported Cases	85
Federated Gastrointestinal Lesion Classification with Clinical-Entropy Guided Quantum-Inspired Token Pruning in Vision Transformers	85
External Quality Assessment of Molecular Testing for HLA-B*58:01 Allele in Shanghai	85
Atypical 18F-FDG PET-CT Findings in a Rare Case of Primary Hepatic Leiomyosarcoma	85
NCR, an Inflammation and Nutrition Related Blood-Based Marker in Colon Cancer Patients: A New Promising Biomarker to Predict Outcome	85
The Role of Positron Emission Tomography in Advancing the Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Heart and Vascular Diseases	85