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Practical Laboratory Medicine Template

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About the Practical Laboratory Medicine format

Practical Laboratory Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Biosensors and Analytical Detection.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Practical Laboratory Medicine 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Biosensors and Analytical Detection Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
ISSN2352-5517
Citation impact (2-yr)2
h-index29
i10-index142
Total citations4,614
Article processing charge$1,850
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereBaylor College of Medicine
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in Practical Laboratory Medicine per year

24
2009
22
2015
25
2016
31
2017
27
2018
37
2019
47
2020
61
2021
43
2022
45
2023
93
2024
69
2025

Citation impact of Practical Laboratory Medicine by publication year

0
2009
624
2015
454
2016
602
2017
352
2018
357
2019
620
2020
728
2021
284
2022
161
2023
296
2024
58
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Practical Laboratory Medicine

Practical challenges related to point of care testing

Julie Shaw · 15 Dec 2015

Point of care testing (POCT) refers to laboratory testing that occurs near to the patient, often at the patient bedside. POCT can be advantageous in situations requiring rapid turnaround time of test results for clinical decision making. There are many challenges associated with POCT, mainly related to quality assurance. POCT is performed by clinical staff…

The comparison of automated urine analyzers with manual microscopic examination for urinalysis automated urine analyzers and manual urinalysis

Fatma Demet İnce, Hamit Yaşar Elli̇dağ, Mehmet Köseoğlu et al. · 11 Mar 2016

OBJECTIVES: Urinalysis is one of the most commonly performed tests in the clinical laboratory. However, manual microscopic sediment examination is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and lacks standardization in high-volume laboratories. In this study, the concordance of analyses between manual microscopic examination and two different automatic urine sediment analyzers has been evaluated. DESIGN AND METHODS: 209 urine samples…

Fecal zonulin is elevated in Crohn’s disease and in cigarette smokers

Karin Malíčková, Irena Francová, Milan Lukáš et al. · 23 Sep 2017

OBJECTIVES: Human zonulin is a protein that increases permeability in the epithelial layer of the small intestine by reversibly modulating the intercellular tight junctions. There is not sufficient information available about zonulin's participation in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The aim of this study was therefore to investigate fecal and serum zonulin in IBD patients and…

Liquid biopsy in cancer management: Integrating diagnostics and clinical applications

Shashwat Pandey, Preeti Yadav · 24 Dec 2024

Liquid biopsy is an innovative, minimally invasive diagnostic tool revolutionizing cancer management by enabling the detection and analysis of cancer-related biomarkers from bodily fluids such as blood, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid. Unlike traditional tissue biopsies, which require invasive procedures, liquid biopsy offers a more accessible and repeatable method for tracking cancer progression, detecting early-stage cancers,…

Biological variation: Understanding why it is so important?

Tony Badrick · 1 Jan 2021

This Review will describe the increasing importance of the concepts of biological variation to clinical chemists. The idea of comparison to 'reference' is fundamental in measurement. For the biological measurands, that reference is the relevant patient population, a clinical decision point based on a trial or an individual patient's previous results. The idea of using…

Practical Laboratory Medicine template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Practical Laboratory Medicine format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Practical Laboratory Medicine template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Elsevier format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Practical Laboratory Medicine use?
Practical Laboratory Medicine uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Practical Laboratory Medicine 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Practical Laboratory Medicine?
No. DocuGuru generates the elsarticle LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Elsevier-ready Practical Laboratory Medicine document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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