OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Laboratory Medicine is 1. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Second generation of soluble transferrin receptor assay – consequences for the interpretation of the ‘Thomas plot’	65
Liquid profiling for cancer patient stratification in precision medicine – current status and challenges for successful implementation in standard care	13
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It did not stop there: rapid substitution of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B.1.1.7 (Alpha) by variant of concern B.1.617.2 (Delta) and further evolution of different Delta sublineages in S	11
Emerging technologies in paediatric laboratory medicine	10
Editorial to the revision of the “Guideline of the German Medical Association on quality assurance in medical laboratory examinations – Rili-BAEK”	10
Blood indices and circulating tumor cells for predicting metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation	9
Intensity-dependent stimulation of leukocyte telomerase activity by endurance exercise – a pilot study	8
Frontmatter	8
Status of liquid profiling in precision oncology – the need for integrative diagnostics for successful implementation into standard care	7
Profound decline of antibody titers 6 months after BNT162b2 vaccination in healthy volunteers	6
Profiling disease and tissue-specific epigenetic signatures in cell-free DNA	6
Automation in small labs	6
German Congress of Laboratory Medicine: 18th Annual Congress of the DGKL and 5th Symposium of the Biomedical Analytics of the DVTA e. V.	6
Automated sex and age partitioning for the estimation of reference intervals using a regression tree model	6
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German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – areas of expertise: Division reports from the German Congress of Laboratory Medicine 2022 in Mannheim, 13–14 October 2022	5
Assessing the stability of uncentrifuged serum and plasma analytes at various post-collection intervals	5
Study on pathogen spectrum of 1,046 hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections during COVID-19	5
Frontmatter	5
Revision of the “Guideline of the German Medical Association on Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratory Examinations – Rili-BAEK”	4
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Determination of Sigma metric based on various TEa sources for CBC parameters: the need for Sigma metrics harmonization	4

Proof of concept: stabilized whole blood material suitable for external quality assessment of near-patient testing devices	4
Pan-cancer screening by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) – recent breakthroughs and chronic pitfalls	4
Update on endothelial dysfunction in COVID-19: severe disease, long COVID-19 and pediatric characteristics	3
A new machine-learning-based prediction of survival in patients with end-stage liver disease	3
Contact phase inhibitors: the future of anticoagulation?	3
New and emerging technologies for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections	3
Hematology instruments don’t speak the same language: a comparison study between flagging messages of sysmex XN-1000 and alinity H	3
Evaluation of antioxidant and antiinflammatory activity of ethanolic extracts of Polygonum senticosum in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages	3
Clinical usefulness of the “GeneSoC^® SARS-CoV-2 N2 Detection Kit”	3
Electronic tools in clinical laboratory diagnostics: key examples, limitations, and value in laboratory medicine	3
Reference intervals of homocysteine in apparently healthy Chinese Han ethnic adults	3
Giant granules in white blood cells	3
New reference intervals for endocrinological biomarkers in pediatric patients: what can we learn from the LIFE child study?	3
Applied biostatistics in laboratory medicine	3
Digital competence in laboratory medicine	3
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Qualification and quantification of plasma cell-free DNA after long-term storage conditions in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): a pilot study	3
A visualization tool for continuous reference intervals based on GAMLSS	2
RT-PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal and salivary specimens: contribution of alternative collection systems and extraction processes to cope with mass screening. Interpretation of low vira	2
Editorial to: German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – areas of expertise – division reports from the German Congress of Laboratory Medicine 2022 in Mannheim, 13–14 October 2022	2
A novel multimodal approach for the assessment of phlebotomy performance in nurses	2
The rising tide of cell-free DNA profiling: from snapshot to temporal genome analysis	2
XVth International Congress on Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Munich, Nov 27–28, 2021; Poster Presentation Abstracts	2
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Data mining of pediatric reference intervals	2
Clinical performance and potential of a SARS-CoV-2 detection kit without RNA purification steps	2
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Diagnostic accuracy of stool sample-based PCR in detecting Helicobacter pylori infection: a meta-analysis	2
A case report of pseudoleukopenia: playing hide-and-seek	2
Non-invasive prenatal screening tests – update 2022	2
Reviewer Acknowledgment	1
The latest cutoff value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (access hs-TnI) for major adverse cardiac events during the perioperative period of coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective stud	1
Predictive value of C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio for risk of 28-day mortality in patients with severe pneumonia	1
Frontmatter	1
Research on the stability changes in expert consensus of the ACTH detection preprocessing scheme	1
Implementing the ESMO recommendations for the use of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays in routine clinical application/diagnostics	1
A systematic approach of correct laboratory commissioning: special procedural features for medical laboratories using the example of specialised forms of care	1
Acknowledgment	1
Advances and challenges in platelet counting: evolving from traditional microscopy to modern flow cytometry	1
Effects of sample handling on the stability of interleukin-6 in patients with breast neoplasms	1
Medical operational AI: artificial intelligence in routine medical operations	1
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Female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) have a lower ovarian reserve than either primary APS or SLE patients	1
Using Shiny apps for statistical analyses and laboratory workflows	1
Evaluation of a Treponema IgG ELISA alone and in combination with an IgM ELISA as substitutes for Treponema pallidum particle agglutination (TPPA) as confirmatory tests in a two-tier dia	1
Assessment of antibody titer and side effects after fourth doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in 38 healthy volunteers	1
Comparison of POCT glucose meters and analysis of the interference factor	1
Concept and feasibility of the Augsburg Longitudinal Plasma Study (ALPS) – a prospective trial for comprehensive liquid biopsy-based longitudinal monitoring of solid cancer patients	1
Assessment of antibody titer after third doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in healthy volunteers	1
Multimodality in liquid biopsy: does a combination uncover insights undetectable in individual blood analytes?	1

Increased hemolysis rate in plasma tubes after implementation of a fully automated sample delivery and acceptance system	1
Can a digital smear review be helpful in the routine haematology laboratory?	1
Bilirubin is a superior biomarker for hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis and for differential diagnosis of benign liver disease	1
Comparison of three indirect methods for verification and validation of reference intervals at eight medical laboratories: a European multicenter study	1
Statistical learning and big data applications	1
Comparison of two different technologies measuring the same analytes in view of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR)	1
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in hospital employees, Central Germany	1
Questionable accuracy of four ELISA kits in serum Netrin-1 measurement	1
Ending diagnostic odyssey using clinical whole-exome sequencing (CWES)	1
Adequate cefazolin therapy for critically ill patients: can we predict active concentrations from given protein-binding data?	1
Novel GLDC variants causing nonketotic hyperglycinemia in Chinese patients	1
Elevated plasma interleukin 21 is associated with higher probability and severity of idiopathic membranous nephropathy	1
Comparison between detection power of MBT STAR-Carba test and KBM CIM Tris II for carbapenemase-producing bacteria	1
Acknowledgment	1
Standardization with zlog values improves exploratory data analysis and machine learning for laboratory data	1
Upregulation of hsa_circ_0000745/hsa_circRNA_101996 in peripheral blood monocytes is associated with coronary heart disease	1
EDTA-associated pseudothrombocytopenia: definition and real-world occurrence	1
The lncRNA prostate androgen-regulated transcript 1 (PART-1) promotes non-small cell lung cancer progression by regulating the miR-204-3p/IGFBP-2 pathway	1
Why hemolysis detection should be an integral part of any near-patient blood gas analysis	1
The trend of Epstein-Barr virus DNA loads and CD8⁺ T lymphocyte numbers can predict the prognosis of pediatric liver transplant recipients with PTLD	1
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Usefulness of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 for severity assessment of bacterial sepsis	1