OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Laboratory Medicine is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Application of Next Generation Sequencing in Laboratory Medicine	122
Biomarkers for Prognosis and Treatment Response in COVID-19 Patients	97
Role of Genetic Variants and Gene Expression in the Susceptibility and Severity of COVID-19	81
Biomarker-Guided Risk Assessment for Acute Kidney Injury: Time for Clinical Implementation?	52
Hormone Immunoassay Interference: A 2021 Update	50
Sustainability in Healthcare: Perspectives and Reflections Regarding Laboratory Medicine	48
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses and Seroconversion in COVID-19 Patients Using Twelve Commercial Immunoassays	36
COVID-19 Molecular Testing in Korea: Practical Essentials and Answers From Experts Based on Experiences of Emergency Use Authorization Assays	35
Application of Single-Domain Antibodies (“Nanobodies”) to Laboratory Diagnosis	34
Clinical Utility of Mac-2 Binding Protein Glycosylation Isomer in Chronic Liver Diseases	32
Virulence Factors Associated With Escherichia coli Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection	26
Reference Intervals for Thyroid-Associated Hormones and the Prevalence of Thyroid Diseases in the Chinese Population	24
Review of the Use of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Laboratories: Part I-Development	24
Clinical Performance of the Standard Q COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test and Simulation of its Real-World Application in Korea	23
Prognostic Utility of Procalcitonin, Presepsin, and the VACO Index for Predicting 30-day Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients	23
Unreliable Automated Complete Blood Count Results: Causes, Recognition, and Resolution	23
Update of Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19 in Korea	22
Review of the Use of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Laboratories: Part II–Operations	21
Biomarkers in Heart Failure: From Research to Clinical Practice	20
Clinical Differences in Patients Infected withFusobacteriumand Antimicrobial Susceptibility ofFusobacteriumIsolates Recovered at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Korea	20
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pre-Analytical Procedures of Plasma Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Variant Testing	19
Surveillance of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing in Clinical Laboratories in Korea	19
Calibration Practices in Clinical Mass Spectrometry: Review and Recommendations	18
Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Korea Between 2017 and 2019 After Introduction of the 13-Valent Pneumococ	17
Current State of Blood Management Services in Korea	17

Evaluation of the CellaVision Advanced RBC Application for Detecting Red Blood Cell Morphological Abnormalities	17
Myelodysplastic Syndromes with Bone Marrow Fibrosis: An Update	17
Accuracy of the New Creatinine-based Equations for Estimating Glomerular Filtration Rate in Koreans	16
Recent Epidemiological Changes in Group B Streptococcus Among Pregnant Korean Women	16
Schemes and Performance Evaluation Criteria of Korean Association of External Quality Assessment (KEQAS) for Improving Laboratory Testing	16
Digital Morphology Analyzer Sysmex DI-60 vs. Manual Counting for White Blood Cell Differentials in Leukopenic Samples: A Comparative Assessment of Risk and Turnaround Time	15
Clinical Evaluation of the Rapid STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test for the Screening of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2	15
Diagnostic Efficacy of Serum Mac-2 Binding Protein Glycosylation Isomer and Other Markers for Liver Fibrosis in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases	15
Prevalence of a Single-Nucleotide Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Korea and Its Impact on the Diagnostic Sensitivity of the Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assay	14
Second-Line Tests in the Diagnosis of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Dependent Hypercortisolism	14
Biomarker Rule-in or Rule-out in Patients With Acute Diseases for Validation of Acute Kidney Injury in the Emergency Department (BRAVA): A Multicenter Study Evaluating Urinary TIMP-2/IGFBP7	14
Exploration and Validation of the Performance of Hemoglobin A1c in Detecting Diabetes in Community-Dwellers With Hypertension	13
Clinical Features and Risk Factors Associated With 30-Day Mortality in Patients With Pneumonia Caused by Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP)	13
Causes of Positive Pretransplant Crossmatches in the Absence of Donor-Specific Anti-Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies: A Single-Center Experience	13
Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Escherichia coli From Multiple Sectors of the Swine Industry in Korea: A Korean Nationwide Monitoring Pro	12
Comprehensive Laboratory Data Analysis to Predict the Clinical Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in 1,952 Patients in Daegu, Korea	12
Emergence of NDM-1–producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sequence Type 773 Clone: Shift of Carbapenemase Molecular Epidemiology and Spread of 16S rRNA Methylase Genes in Korea	12
Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella Isolates in Korea between 2016 and 2017	12
Recent Trends in Creatinine Assays in Korea: Long-Term Accuracy-Based Proficiency Testing Survey Data by the Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service (2011–2019)	12
Economic Evaluation of Total Laboratory Automation in the Clinical Laboratory of a Tertiary Care Hospital	12
Establishment of Pediatric Reference Intervals for Routine Laboratory Tests in Korean Population: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis	11
Stability of pH, Blood Gas Partial Pressure, Hemoglobin Oxygen Saturation Fraction, and Lactate Concentration	11
Identification of 8-Digit HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in Koreans Using the One Lambda AllType Next-Generation Sequencing Kit	11
Artificial Intelligence in Point-of-Care Testing	11
Quantification of Thioguanine in DNA Using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Routine Thiopurine Drug Monitoring in Patients With Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	11
Effectiveness of Plasma and Urine Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin for Predicting Acute Kidney Injury in High-Risk Patients	11
A Sensitive and Specific Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Assay for Simultaneous Quantification of Salivary Melatonin and Cortisol: Development and Comparison With Immunoassays	10
Absolute Change in High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I at Three Hours After Presentation is Useful for Diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department	10
Serum Ferritin as a Diagnostic Biomarker for Kawasaki Disease	10
Combination of a SARS-CoV-2 IgG Assay and RT-PCR for Improved COVID-19 Diagnosis	10
Natural Killer Cell Expansion and Cytotoxicity Differ Depending on the Culture Medium Used	10
Sex-Specific U-Shaped Relationships Between High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and 10-year Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Nationwide Cohort Study of 5.7 Million South Koreans	9
Early Laboratory Preparedness of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and Response to Unknown Pneumonia Outbreak from Wuhan, China, in January 2020	9
Erythroid Differentiation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Co-cultured with OP9 Cells for Diagnostic Purposes	9
Bias in Laboratory Medicine: The Dark Side of the Moon	9
Associations of LDL Cholesterol, Non-HDL Cholesterol, and Apolipoprotein B With Cardiovascular Disease Occurrence in Adults: Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study	9
Current Issues, Challenges, and Future Perspectives of Genetic Counseling in Korea	9
Immunogenicity of Third-dose BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine Following Two Doses of ChAdOx1 in Health Care Workers: A Prospective Longitudinal Study	9
Guidelines for Mobile Laboratories for Molecular Diagnostic Testing of COVID-19	9
Impact of Individualized Hemolysis Management Based on Biological Variation Cut-offs in a Clinical Laboratory	9
Comparison of the Automated Fluorescent Immunoassay System With Roche Elecsys and Beckman Coulter Access 2 Assays for Anti-Müllerian Hormone Measurement	9
Proenkephalin Predicts Organ Failure, Renal Replacement Therapy, and Mortality in Patients With Sepsis	9
Performance Evaluation of VITEK MS for the Identification of a Wide Spectrum of Clinically Relevant Filamentous Fungi Using a Korean Collection	8
First Identification of IMP-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase in Delftia tsuruhatensis Strain CRS1243 Isolated From a Clinical Specimen	8
Immunosuppressive Drug Measurement by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Interlaboratory Comparison in the Korean Clinical Laboratories	8
Comparison of the Clinical Performance of the Point-of-care STANDARD M10 SARS-CoV-2 and Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 Assays	8
Predictive Value of Plasma NGAL:Hepcidin-25 for Major Adverse Kidney Events After Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Pilot Study	8
Comparison of Nasal Swabs, Nasopharyngeal Swabs, and Saliva Samples for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other Respiratory Virus Infections	8
Comparison of Non-Invasive Clinical Algorithms for Liver Fibrosis in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B to Reduce the Need for Liver Biopsy: Application of Enhanced Liver Fibrosis and Mac-2 Binding Pro	8
Performance Evaluation of the Aptima Assays in Comparison with the cobas 6800 Assays for the Detection of HIV-1, HBV, and HCV in Clinical Samples	8

Proposed Model for Evaluating Real-world Laboratory Results for Big Data Research	8
Rapid Emergence of the Omicron Variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Korea	8
Detection of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Using a Duplexed Real-Time PCR Approach With Locked Nucleic Acid-Modified Primers	7
Rates of Coinfection Between SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses in Korea	7
Laboratory Diagnostic Methods for Clostridioides difficile Infection: the First Systematic Review and Meta-analysis in Korea	7
Relationship Between Rotavirus P[6] Infection in Korean Neonates and Histo-Blood Group Antigen: a Single-Center Study	7
Comparison of Three Blood Collection Tubes for 35 Biochemical Analytes: The Becton Dickinson Barricor Tube, Serum Separating Tube, and Plasma Separating Tube	7
Guidelines for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Monkeypox in Korea	7
Moving Rate of Positive Patient Results as a Quality Control Tool for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assays	7
Current Status of Serum Insulin and C-Peptide Measurement in Clinical Laboratories: Experience from 94 Laboratories in China	6
Commutability Assessment of Candidate External Quality Assessment Materials for Aminotransferase Activity Measurements Based on Different Approaches in China	6
Implications of the 5^th Edition of the World Health Organization Classification and International Consensus Classification of Myeloid Neoplasm in Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts	6
Investigation of Discrepant ABO Blood Grouping Results from an Autoanalyzer	6
Periodic Comparability Verification and Within-Laboratory Harmonization of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Results at a Large Healthcare Center With Multiple Instruments	6
Laboratory Aspects of Donor Screening for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation at a Korean Fecal Microbiota Bank	6
A Case of Brain Abscess Caused by the Dematiaceous MoldNeoscytalidium dimidiatumin a Korean Man	6
Diagnostic Characteristics of Urinary Red Blood Cell Distribution Incorporated in UF-5000 for Differentiation of Glomerular and Non-Glomerular Hematuria	6
Performance Comparison of Five SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Assays for Seroprevalence Studies	6
Risk Factors for Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Community-Onset Bloodstream Infection: Impact on Long-Term Care Hospitals in Korea	6
Clot Waveform Analysis for Hemostatic Abnormalities	6
European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing-Recommended Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus	6
Evaluation of the Barricor Tube in 28 Routine Chemical Tests and Its Impact on Turnaround Time in an Outpatient Clinic	6
Genotypic Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated From Rectal and Clinical Samples in Korean University Hospitals Between 2016 and	6
Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing of Plasma Cell-Free DNA in Korean Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma	6
Clinical Performance of Monocyte Distribution Width for Early Detection of Sepsis in Emergency Department Patients: A Prospective Study	6
Performance Comparison Between Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy–based IR Biotyper and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Strain Diversity	6
Effect of Lymphocyte Phenotypic Alterations on the Humoral Response to Vaccination Against SARS-COV-2 in Dialysis Patients	6
Antimicrobial Resistance Caused by KPC-2 Encoded by Promiscuous Plasmids of the Klebsiella pneumoniae ST307 Strain	6
Response of Clinical Laboratories to the Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Substantial Improvement in Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Identification Using ASTA MicroIDSys Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry with an Upgraded Database	5
Clinical Practice Guideline for Blood-based Circulating Tumor DNA Assays	5
Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing for the Rapid Detection of Fluconazole Resistance in Candida Isolates	5
Rapid Targeted Sequencing Using Dried Blood Spot Samples for Patients With Suspected Actionable Genetic Diseases	5
A New Strategy for Evaluating the Quality of Laboratory Results for Big Data Research: Using External Quality Assessment Survey Data (2010–2020)	5
Indirect Method for Estimation of Reference Intervals of Inflammatory Markers	5
In Vitro Activity of the Novel Tetracyclines, Tigecycline, Eravacycline, and Omadacycline, Against Moraxella catarrhalis	5
ABO-Incompatible Transfusion Events Reported in Written Judgments and in the Korean Hemovigilance System	5
A Case of IgG4-related Disease With Bone Marrow Involvement: Bone Marrow Findings and Flow Cytometric Immunophenotyping of Plasma Cells	5
Exploring Renal Function Assessment: Creatinine, Cystatin C, and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Focused on the European Kidney Function Consortium Equation	5
Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics of Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer Syndrome in Korean Patients	5
Real-World Evidence of Point-of-Care Glucometers: Enhanced Passive Surveillance and Adverse Event Reporting Status in Korea and the United States	5
Comparing Genomic Characteristics of Streptococcus pyogenes Associated with Invasiveness over a 20-year Period in Korea	5
Active Surveillance for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae at a Single Center for Four Years	5
Clinical, Mutational, and Transcriptomic Characteristics in Elderly Korean Individuals With Clonal Hematopoiesis Driver Mutations	5
Genetic Counseling and Long-Term Surveillance Using a Multidisciplinary Approach in von Hippel–Lindau Disease	5
Clinical Utility of Next-Generation Flow-Based Minimal Residual Disease Assessment in Patients with Multiple Myeloma	5
Standardization Status of Total Cholesterol Concentration Measurement: Analysis of Korean External Quality Assessment Data	5
Phospholipase C Beta 2 Protein Overexpression Is a Favorable Prognostic Indicator in Newly Diagnosed Normal Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia	5
Utility of an Automatic Vision-Based Examination System (AVE-562) for the Detection of Clonorchis sinensis Eggs in Stool	5
Apolipoprotein B, Non-HDL Cholesterol, and LDL Cholesterol as Markers for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment	5