OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Laboratory Medicine is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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	105
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Mean platelet volume vs. optical platelet volume measurement: which is a better indicator for neonatal sepsis?	12
Second generation of soluble transferrin receptor assay – consequences for the interpretation of the ‘Thomas plot’	11
Liquid profiling for cancer patient stratification in precision medicine – current status and challenges for successful implementation in standard care	11
Intensity-dependent stimulation of leukocyte telomerase activity by endurance exercise – a pilot study	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
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
Automated sex and age partitioning for the estimation of reference intervals using a regression tree model	7
Diagnostic validation of the GAAD algorithm for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Vietnam	7
Profiling disease and tissue-specific epigenetic signatures in cell-free DNA	7
Comprehensive utilization of NMR spectra–evaluation of NMR-based quantification of amino acids for research and patient care	7
Frontmatter	6
Frontmatter	6
Profound decline of antibody titers 6 months after BNT162b2 vaccination in healthy volunteers	6
Frontmatter	6
Applied biostatistics in laboratory medicine	5
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
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Study on pathogen spectrum of 1,046 hospitalized children with respiratory tract infections during COVID-19	5
Assessing the stability of uncentrifuged serum and plasma analytes at various post-collection intervals	5

Epidemiology characteristics of Epstein-Barr virus among children in Hangzhou from 2019 to 2023	4
Pan-cancer screening by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) – recent breakthroughs and chronic pitfalls	4
Clinical usefulness of the “GeneSoC^® SARS-CoV-2 N2 Detection Kit”	4
Evaluation of antioxidant and antiinflammatory activity of ethanolic extracts of Polygonum senticosum in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages	4
Determination of Sigma metric based on various TEa sources for CBC parameters: the need for Sigma metrics harmonization	4
A new machine-learning-based prediction of survival in patients with end-stage liver disease	4
Proof of concept: stabilized whole blood material suitable for external quality assessment of near-patient testing devices	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?	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
Reference intervals of homocysteine in apparently healthy Chinese Han ethnic adults	3
Hematology instruments don’t speak the same language: a comparison study between flagging messages of sysmex XN-1000 and alinity H	3
New reference intervals for endocrinological biomarkers in pediatric patients: what can we learn from the LIFE child study?	3
Digital competence in laboratory medicine	3
Giant granules in white blood cells	3
Frontmatter	3
Frontmatter	3
New and emerging technologies for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections	3
Comparison of POCT glucose meters and analysis of the interference factor	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
XVth International Congress on Pediatric Laboratory Medicine, Munich, Nov 27–28, 2021; Poster Presentation Abstracts	2
Novel GLDC variants causing nonketotic hyperglycinemia in Chinese patients	2
A novel multimodal approach for the assessment of phlebotomy performance in nurses	2
Predictive value of C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio for risk of 28-day mortality in patients with severe pneumonia	2
Diagnostic accuracy of stool sample-based PCR in detecting Helicobacter pylori infection: a meta-analysis	2
Ending diagnostic odyssey using clinical whole-exome sequencing (CWES)	2
Detection and management of differences in biochemical results across identical analyzers in high-volume laboratories: a practical internal quality control-based method	2
Frontmatter	2
The rising tide of cell-free DNA profiling: from snapshot to temporal genome analysis	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
Questionable accuracy of four ELISA kits in serum Netrin-1 measurement	2
Reviewer Acknowledgment	2
Usefulness of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 for severity assessment of bacterial sepsis	2
A case report of pseudoleukopenia: playing hide-and-seek	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
Non-invasive prenatal screening tests – update 2022	2
A visualization tool for continuous reference intervals based on GAMLSS	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