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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Mean platelet volume vs. optical platelet volume measurement: which is a better indicator for neonatal sepsis?	14
Liquid profiling for cancer patient stratification in precision medicine – current status and challenges for successful implementation in standard care	12
Second generation of soluble transferrin receptor assay – consequences for the interpretation of the ‘Thomas plot’	11
Editorial to the revision of the “Guideline of the German Medical Association on quality assurance in medical laboratory examinations – Rili-BAEK”	11
Intensity-dependent stimulation of leukocyte telomerase activity by endurance exercise – a pilot study	10
Status of liquid profiling in precision oncology – the need for integrative diagnostics for successful implementation into standard care	9
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German Congress of Laboratory Medicine: 18th Annual Congress of the DGKL and 5th Symposium of the Biomedical Analytics of the DVTA e. V.	8
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Automated sex and age partitioning for the estimation of reference intervals using a regression tree model	7
Comprehensive utilization of NMR spectra–evaluation of NMR-based quantification of amino acids for research and patient care	7
Profiling disease and tissue-specific epigenetic signatures in cell-free DNA	7
Diagnostic validation of the GAAD algorithm for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Vietnam	7
Frontmatter	6
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	6
Study on pathogen spectrum of 1,046 hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections during COVID-19	6
Using large language models for therapeutic drug monitoring reporting – a proof-of-concept	6
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Sustainable reference intervals and decision limits	6
Pan-cancer screening by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) – recent breakthroughs and chronic pitfalls	5
Epidemiology characteristics of Epstein-Barr virus among children in Hangzhou from 2019 to 2023	5
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Proof of concept: stabilized whole blood material suitable for external quality assessment of near-patient testing devices	5

Assessing the stability of uncentrifuged serum and plasma analytes at various post-collection intervals	5
A new machine-learning-based prediction of survival in patients with end-stage liver disease	4
Revision of the “Guideline of the German Medical Association on Quality Assurance in Medical Laboratory Examinations – Rili-BAEK”	4
Contact phase inhibitors: the future of anticoagulation?	4
Determination of Sigma metric based on various TEa sources for CBC parameters: the need for Sigma metrics harmonization	4
Clinical usefulness of the “GeneSoC^® SARS-CoV-2 N2 Detection Kit”	4
Applied biostatistics in laboratory medicine	4
Frontmatter	3
Time in range and serum Cystatin C as predictors of diabetic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes	3
Non-invasive prenatal screening tests – update 2022	3
Digital competence in laboratory medicine	3
Hematology instruments don’t speak the same language: a comparison study between flagging messages of sysmex XN-1000 and alinity H	3
ISO 15189 accreditation: enhancing laboratory performance, safety, and personnel competence	3
Reference intervals of homocysteine in apparently healthy Chinese Han ethnic adults	3
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A novel multimodal approach for the assessment of phlebotomy performance in nurses	3
Giant granules in white blood cells	3
Qualification and quantification of plasma cell-free DNA after long-term storage conditions in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH): a pilot study	3
Predictive value of C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio for risk of 28-day mortality in patients with severe pneumonia	2
Frontmatter	2
The rising tide of cell-free DNA profiling: from snapshot to temporal genome analysis	2
EU AI Act: what could AI literacy mean for medical laboratories? – Opinion Paper on behalf of the Section Digital Competence and AI of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine	2
Comparison of POCT glucose meters and analysis of the interference factor	2
Comparison between detection power of MBT STAR-Carba test and KBM CIM Tris II for carbapenemase-producing bacteria	2
Reviewer Acknowledgment	2
A case report of pseudoleukopenia: playing hide-and-seek	2
A visualization tool for continuous reference intervals based on GAMLSS	2
Diagnostic accuracy of stool sample-based PCR in detecting Helicobacter pylori infection: a meta-analysis	2
Usefulness of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 for severity assessment of bacterial sepsis	2
Questionable accuracy of four ELISA kits in serum Netrin-1 measurement	2
Female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) have a lower ovarian reserve than either primary APS or SLE patients	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
Novel GLDC variants causing nonketotic hyperglycinemia in Chinese patients	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
Reviewer Acknowledgment	2
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	2
Detection and management of differences in biochemical results across identical analyzers in high-volume laboratories: a practical internal quality control-based method	2
Acknowledgment	1
Advances and challenges in platelet counting: evolving from traditional microscopy to modern flow cytometry	1
Medical operational AI: artificial intelligence in routine medical operations	1
Standardization with zlog values improves exploratory data analysis and machine learning for laboratory data	1
Multimodality in liquid biopsy: does a combination uncover insights undetectable in individual blood analytes?	1
Adequate cefazolin therapy for critically ill patients: can we predict active concentrations from given protein-binding data?	1
A systematic approach of correct laboratory commissioning: special procedural features for medical laboratories using the example of specialised forms of care	1
Comparison of two different technologies measuring the same analytes in view of the In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR)	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
Effects of sample handling on the stability of interleukin-6 in patients with breast neoplasms	1
Upregulation of hsa_circ_0000745/hsa_circRNA_101996 in peripheral blood monocytes is associated with coronary heart disease	1
Using Shiny apps for statistical analyses and laboratory workflows	1

Statistical learning and big data applications	1
German Congress of Laboratory Medicine: 20th Annual Congress of the DGKL and 7th Symposium of the Biomedical Analytics of the DVTA e. V.	1
Implementing the ESMO recommendations for the use of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays in routine clinical application/diagnostics	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
Assessment of antibody titer and side effects after fourth doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in 38 healthy volunteers	1
Assessment of antibody titer after third doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in healthy volunteers	1
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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
EDTA-associated pseudothrombocytopenia: definition and real-world occurrence	1
Comparison of three indirect methods for verification and validation of reference intervals at eight medical laboratories: a European multicenter study	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
Increased hemolysis rate in plasma tubes after implementation of a fully automated sample delivery and acceptance system	1
Acknowledgment	1
Research on the stability changes in expert consensus of the ACTH detection preprocessing scheme	1
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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
Elevated plasma interleukin 21 is associated with higher probability and severity of idiopathic membranous nephropathy	1
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A quality control procedure for central venous blood sampling based on potassium concentrations	1
Elevation of plasma podoplanin in Kawasaki disease	1