Most-cited papers on False Positive/Negative Rates

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1. Identification and Resection of Clipped Node Decreases the False-negative Rate of Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery in Patients Presenting With Node-positive Breast Cancer (T0–T4, N1–N2) Who Receive Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

   2015 · Annals of Surgery · Boughey, Judy C., Ballman, Karla V., Le‐Petross, Huong T. et al.

   449 cited

2. Factors Associated With Rates of False-Positive and False-Negative Results From Digital Mammography Screening: An Analysis of Registry Data

   2016 · Annals of Internal Medicine · Nelson, Heidi D, O’Meara, Ellen S., Kerlikowske, Karla et al.

   198 cited

3. False-positive and false-negative rates for carcinogenicity screens.

   1977 · PubMed · Fears, Thomas R., Tarone, Robert E., Chu, Kenneth C.

   78 cited

4. Factors influencing the false positive and negative rates ofBCR-ABL fluorescence in situ hybridization

   1997 · Genes Chromosomes and Cancer · Chase, Andrew, Grand, Francis, Zhang, Ji‐Guang et al.

   72 cited

5. Influence of the New AJCC Breast Cancer Staging System on Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity and False-Negative Rates

   2004 · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · McCready, David R., Yong, Wei Sean, Ng, A. et al.

   69 cited

6. How does under-reporting of negative and inconclusive results affect the false-positive rate in meta-analysis? A simulation study

   2014 · BMJ Open · Kiciński, Michał

   65 cited

7. Effect of an Evidence-Based Hand Washing Policy on Hand Washing Rates and False-Positive Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture Rates in a Level III NICU

   2002 · Journal of Perinatology · Sharek, Paul J., Benitz, W.E., Abel, Nancy J et al.

   55 cited

8. Maximum Margin Classifiers with Specified False Positive and False Negative Error Rates

   2007 · Nath, J. Saketha, Bhattacharyya, Chiranjib

   54 cited

9. Exploring interaction effects in small samples increases rates of false-positive and false-negative findings: results from a systematic review and simulation study

   2014 · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · Schmidt, Amand F., Groenwold, Rolf H. H., Knol, Mirjam J. et al.

   51 cited

10. Enhancing false negative and positive rates for efficient insider threat detection

    2022 · Computers & Security · AlSlaiman, Muhanned, Salman, Mohammed I., Saleh, Mariam M. et al.

    47 cited

11. A Study of False-Positive and False-Negative Error Rates in Cartridge Case Comparisons

    2014 · Baldwin, David P., Bajic, Stanley J., Morris, Max D. et al.

    46 cited

12. Balancing the False Negative and Positive Rates in Suspect Screening with High-Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry Using Multivariate Statistics

    2015 · Analytical Chemistry · Vergeynst, Leendert, Langenhove, Herman Van, Demeestere, Kristof

    46 cited

13. SNIPER: Few-shot Learning for Anomaly Detection to Minimize False-negative Rate with Ensured True-positive Rate

    2019 · Koizumi, Yuma, Murata, Shin, Harada, Noboru et al.

    43 cited

14. False-positive and false-negative rates in meconium drug testing

    1995 · Clinical Chemistry · Moore, Christine, Lewis, Douglas, Leikin, Jerrold B.

    38 cited

15. Determining the impact of psychosis on rates of false‐positive and false‐negative diagnosis in Alzheimer's disease

    2017 · Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions · Fischer, Corinne E., Qian, Winnie, Schweizer, Tom A. et al.

    34 cited

16. False-negative rate in the extended prospective TATTOO trial evaluating targeted axillary dissection by carbon tattooing in clinically node-positive breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant systemic therapy

    2022 · Breast Cancer Research and Treatment · Boniface, Jana de, Frisell, Jan, Kühn, Thorsten et al.

    29 cited

17. A two-colorBCR–ABL probe that greatly reduces the false positive and false negative rates for fluorescence in situ hybridization in chronic myeloid leukemia

    1998 · Genes Chromosomes and Cancer · Grand, Francis, Chase, Andrew, Iqbal, Sameena et al.

    28 cited

18. Abstract P2-01-02: Methods impacting the false negative rate of sentinel lymph node surgery in patients presenting with node positive breast cancer (T0-T4,N1-2) who receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy – Results from a prospective trial – ACOSOG Z1071 (Alliance)

    2015 · Cancer Research · Boughey, Judy C., Ballman, Karla V., Symmans, W. Fraser et al.

    27 cited

19. Some problems in the determination of the false positive and false negative rates of tuberculin tests.

    1969 · PubMed · Greenberg, Richard A., Jekel, James F.

    27 cited

20. Enhancing the Accuracy of Intrusion Detection Systems by Reducing the Rates of False Positives and False Negatives Through Multi-objective Optimization

    2018 · Journal of Network and Systems Management · Hachmi, Fatma, Boujenfa, Khadouja, Limam, Mohamed

    25 cited

21. False-Positive Papanicolaou (PAP) Test Rates in the College of American Pathologists PAP Education and PAP Proficiency Test Programs: Evaluation of False-Positive Responses of High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion or Cancer to a Negative Reference Diagnosis

    2014 · Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine · Crothers, Barbara A., Booth, Christine N., Darragh, Teresa M. et al.

    22 cited

22. Statistical Inference for False Positive and False Negative Error Rates in Mastery Testing

    1980 · Psychometrika · Huynh, Huynh

    13 cited

23. Assessing uncertainty in image-based monitoring: addressing false positives, false negatives, and base rate bias in structural health evaluation

    2025 · Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment · Plevris, Vagelis

    11 cited

24. Estimating false positive and false negative error rates in cervical cell classification.

    1977 · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry · Oliver, Lawrence H., Poulsen, R. S., Toussaint, Godfried T.

    11 cited

25. Tuning the False Positive Rate / False Negative Rate with Phishing Detection Models

    2019 · International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology · Dalvi, Sailee, Gressel, Gilad, Achuthan, Krishnashree

    10 cited

26. The effect of information about false negative and false positive rates on people's attitudes towards colorectal cancer screening using faecal occult blood testing (FOBt)

    2013 · Patient Education and Counseling · Miles, Anne, Rodrigues, V. G. S., Sevdalis, Nick

    10 cited

27. False negative and false positive rates in common bile duct brushing cytology, a single center experience.

    2018 · PubMed · Geramizadeh, Bita, Moughali, Maryam, Shahim-Aein, Atefeh et al.

    8 cited

28. Controlling False Positive/Negative Rates for Deep-Learning-Based Prostate Cancer Detection on Multiparametric MR Images

    2021 · Lecture notes in computer science · Min, Zhe, Bianco, Fernando J., Yang, Qianye et al.

    7 cited

29. Evaluation of the European Fish Index: false‐positive and false‐negative error rate to detect disturbance and consistency with alternative fish indices

    2007 · Fisheries Management and Ecology · Quataert, Paul, Breine, Jan, Simoens, Ilse

    7 cited

30. False positive and false negative rates in self-reported intentions to offend: A replication and extension

    2013 · Journal of Criminal Justice · Exum, M. Lyn, Bailey, Diana, Wright, Eric L.

    6 cited