Class information for:
Level 1: PREANALYTICAL VARIABILITY//TOTAL TESTING PROCESS//LABORATORY ERRORS

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
5974 1481 20.4 58%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
2005 5003 TELEPATHOLOGY//VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY//TELECYTOLOGY

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 PREANALYTICAL VARIABILITY Author keyword 62 73% 3% 48
2 TOTAL TESTING PROCESS Author keyword 44 88% 1% 21
3 LABORATORY ERRORS Author keyword 33 77% 2% 23
4 PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM Author keyword 24 91% 1% 10
5 ERRORS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE Author keyword 18 89% 1% 8
6 HEMOLYZED SPECIMENS Author keyword 17 79% 1% 11
7 PREANALYTICAL PHASE Author keyword 16 51% 2% 23
8 BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION Author keyword 16 40% 2% 32
9 TURNAROUND TIME Author keyword 13 30% 2% 37
10 PRE ANALYTICAL VARIABILITY Author keyword 12 75% 1% 9

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 PREANALYTICAL VARIABILITY 62 73% 3% 48 Search PREANALYTICAL+VARIABILITY Search PREANALYTICAL+VARIABILITY
2 TOTAL TESTING PROCESS 44 88% 1% 21 Search TOTAL+TESTING+PROCESS Search TOTAL+TESTING+PROCESS
3 LABORATORY ERRORS 33 77% 2% 23 Search LABORATORY+ERRORS Search LABORATORY+ERRORS
4 PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM 24 91% 1% 10 Search PNEUMATIC+TUBE+SYSTEM Search PNEUMATIC+TUBE+SYSTEM
5 ERRORS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE 18 89% 1% 8 Search ERRORS+IN+LABORATORY+MEDICINE Search ERRORS+IN+LABORATORY+MEDICINE
6 HEMOLYZED SPECIMENS 17 79% 1% 11 Search HEMOLYZED+SPECIMENS Search HEMOLYZED+SPECIMENS
7 PREANALYTICAL PHASE 16 51% 2% 23 Search PREANALYTICAL+PHASE Search PREANALYTICAL+PHASE
8 BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION 16 40% 2% 32 Search BLOOD+SPECIMEN+COLLECTION Search BLOOD+SPECIMEN+COLLECTION
9 TURNAROUND TIME 13 30% 2% 37 Search TURNAROUND+TIME Search TURNAROUND+TIME
10 PRE ANALYTICAL VARIABILITY 12 75% 1% 9 Search PRE+ANALYTICAL+VARIABILITY Search PRE+ANALYTICAL+VARIABILITY

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 CLINICAL LABORATORIES 77 57% 6% 91
2 PATHOLOGISTS Q PROBES 73 50% 7% 106
3 CRITICAL LIMITS 29 72% 2% 23
4 TERM VENOUS STASIS 26 87% 1% 13
5 LX 20 ASSAYS 24 91% 1% 10
6 PREANALYTICAL VARIABILITY 24 68% 1% 21
7 TEST TURNAROUND TIME 23 79% 1% 15
8 SPECIMEN ACCEPTABILITY 22 81% 1% 13
9 LABORATORY CRITICAL VALUES 20 100% 1% 9
10 Q TRACKS 19 80% 1% 12

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 BIOCHEMIA MEDICA 12 19% 4% 57

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references		 % act. ref.
to same field
Anatomy and history of an external quality assessment program for interpretative comments in clinical biochemistry 2015 1 9 89%
Lipemia: causes, interference mechanisms, detection and management 2014 9 37 68%
Preanalytical variability: the dark side of the moon in laboratory testing 2006 161 33 58%
The detection and prevention of errors in laboratory medicine 2010 42 56 71%
Haemolysis: an overview of the leading cause of unsuitable specimens in clinical laboratories 2008 71 44 66%
Effectiveness of practices to reduce blood sample hemolysis in EDs: A laboratory medicine best practices systematic review and meta-analysis 2012 13 11 100%
Towards harmonization of quality indicators in laboratory medicine 2013 10 16 94%
Managing the Pre- and Post-analytical Phases of the Total Testing Process 2012 21 71 63%
Harmonization of pre-analytical quality indicators 2014 5 30 77%
Errors in clinical laboratories or errors in laboratory medicine? 2006 106 44 66%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 PREANALYT SYST 12 86% 0.4% 6
2 UO DIAGNOST EMATOCHIM 9 23% 2.2% 33
3 QUAL ACCREDITAT 8 100% 0.3% 5
4 CLIN CHEM HEMATOL 7 12% 3.7% 55
5 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BRANCH 4 67% 0.3% 4
6 OSPED POLICLIN GB ROSSI 4 23% 0.9% 14
7 LIFE REPROD SCI 3 11% 1.9% 28
8 SEZ CHIM MICROSCOPIA CLIN 3 29% 0.5% 8
9 SEZ CHIM CLIN 3 15% 1.1% 16
10 DIPARTIMENTO SCI MORFOL BIOMED 3 11% 1.5% 22

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000171496 EUROPEAN REGISTER//EC4//CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
2 0.0000167031 VENOUS BLOOD GAS//BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS//BLOOD GAS MONITOR
3 0.0000118399 ANALYTICAL GOALS//BIOLOGICAL VARIATION//STANDARDIZZAZ
4 0.0000106332 SURGICAL PATHOLOGY//SECOND OPINION//ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY
5 0.0000105917 LABORATORY UTILIZATION//COST AWARENESS//TRANSMURAL CARE UNIT
6 0.0000101380 PATHOLOGY RESIDENCY TRAINING//DIAGNOST INTELLIGENCE HLTH INFORMAT TECHNOL COM//SYSTEMS PATHOLOGY
7 0.0000085496 STOMATIN//PSEUDOHYPERKALAEMIA//REGGIE
8 0.0000084424 JOURNAL OF AUTOMATIC CHEMISTRY//BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM HITACHI ANALYSIS SYSTEMS//CHEMISTRY ANALYZER
9 0.0000073464 HEPARIN SOLUTION//NORMAL SALINE FLUSH//ARTERIAL LINES
10 0.0000067401 TRANSFUSION SAFETY//TRANSFUSION CLINIQUE ET BIOLOGIQUE//HAEMOVIGILANCE