Domain · Health Sciences
Most cited papers in Health Sciences
What are the most cited papers in Health Sciences?
The most cited paper in Health Sciences is "Using thematic analysis in psychology" (Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, 2006), with 193,920 citations. Next come "Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries" (114,522) and "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (105,915).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 18,626 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Using thematic analysis in psychology Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Psychology | 2006 | 193,920 |
| 2 | Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries Hyuna Sung, Adalberto M. Filho, Mathieu Laversanne et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 4 Feb 2021 | 114,522 |
| 3 | The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ | 29 Mar 2021 | 105,915 |
| 4 | Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries Freddie Bray, Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 12 Sep 2018 | 88,280 |
| 5 | “Mini-mental state” Marshal F. Folstein, Susan E. Folstein, Paul R. McHugh · Journal of Psychiatric Research | Nov 1975 | 87,598 |
| 6 | Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement David Moher, Alessandro Liberati, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · BMJ | 21 Jul 2009 | 83,711 |
| 7 | Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation Douglas Hanahan, Robert A. Weinberg · Cell | Mar 2011 | 67,836 |
| 8 | Mutation of the mouse klotho gene leads to a syndrome resembling ageing. M Kuro-o, Y Matsumura, H Aizawa et al. · PubMed | 6 Nov 1997 | 66,570 |
| 9 | Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses Julian P. T. Higgins, Simon G. Thompson, Jonathan J Deeks et al. · BMJ | 4 Sep 2003 | 64,184 |
| 10 | Global cancer statistics Ahmedin Jemal, Freddie Bray, Jacques Ferlay et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 4 Feb 2011 | 55,108 |
| 11 | Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China Chaolin Huang et al. · The Lancet | 24 Jan 2020 | 52,028 |
| 12 | A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation Mary E. Charlson, Peter Pompei, Kathy L. Aleš et al. · Journal of Chronic Diseases | 1987 | 50,676 |
| 13 | STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT J Martin Bland, DouglasG. Altman · The Lancet | Feb 1986 | 48,188 |
| 14 | The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale A. S. Zigmond, R Philip Snaith · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | Jun 1983 | 47,341 |
| 15 | Short-Term Effects of Nose-Only Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Glutathione Redox Homeostasis, Cytochrome P450 1A1/2 and Respiratory Enzyme Activities in Mice Tissues Haider Raza, Annie John, Abderrahim Nemmar · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry | 2013 | 47,289 |
| 16 | The PHQ-9 Kurt Kroenke, Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams · Journal of General Internal Medicine | Sep 2001 | 45,744 |
| 17 | Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis Hsiu-Fang Hsieh, Sarah Elizabeth Shannon · Qualitative Health Research | 4 Oct 2005 | 45,237 |
| 18 | Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups Allison Tong, Peter Sainsbury, Jonathan C. Craig · International Journal for Quality in Health Care | 14 Sep 2007 | 43,999 |
| 19 | Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Albert Bandura · Psychological Review | 1977 | 43,751 |
| 20 | Regression Models and Life-Tables D. R. Cox · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) | 1972 | 39,869 |
| 21 | An Inventory for Measuring Depression Aaron T. Beck · Archives of General Psychiatry | Jun 1961 | 38,441 |
| 22 | Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis Julian P. T. Higgins, Simon G. Thompson · Statistics in Medicine | 21 May 2002 | 37,545 |
| 23 | Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework Hilary Arksey, Lisa O’Malley · International Journal of Social Research Methodology | Feb 2005 | 37,445 |
| 24 | The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: A new instrument for psychiatric practice and research Daniel J. Buysse, Charles F. Reynolds, T. H. Monk et al. · Psychiatry Research | May 1989 | 35,692 |
| 25 | A new mathematical model for relative quantification in real-time RT-PCR Michael Walter Pfaffl · Nucleic Acids Research | May 2001 | 35,329 |
| 26 | The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials Julian P. T. Higgins, Doug G. Altman, Peter Christian Gøtzsche et al. · BMJ | 18 Oct 2011 | 34,881 |
| 27 | The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection. John E. Ware, Cathy Donald Sherbourne · PubMed | Jun 1992 | 33,990 |
| 28 | A Global Measure of Perceived Stress Sheldon Cohen, Tom Kamarck, Robin J. Mermelstein · Journal of Health and Social Behavior | Dec 1983 | 33,209 |
| 29 | Estimation of the Concentration of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Plasma, Without Use of the Preparative Ultracentrifuge William T. Friedewald, Robert I. Levy, Donald S. Fredrickson · Clinical Chemistry | Jun 1972 | 32,670 |
| 30 | Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and ?-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man David Richard Matthews, J P Hosker, A. Rudenski et al. · Diabetologia | Jul 1985 | 31,761 |
| 31 | Classification of Surgical Complications Daniel R. Dindo, Nicolas Demartines, Pierre-Alain Clavien · Annals of Surgery | 22 Jul 2004 | 31,598 |
| 32 | Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China Wei‐jie Guan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 28 Feb 2020 | 31,256 |
| 33 | PD-1 and PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Breast Cancer Andreas Daniel Hartkopf, Florin‐Andrei Taran, Markus Wallwiener et al. · Breast Care | 2016 | 30,915 |
| 34 | A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019 Na Zhu, Dingyu Zhang, Wenling Wang et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 24 Jan 2020 | 30,499 |
| 35 | The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) John E. Ware, Cathy Donald Sherbourne · Medical Care | Jun 1992 | 30,226 |
| 36 | New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: Revised RECIST guideline (version 1.1) E. A. Eisenhauer, P. Therasse, Jan Bogaerts et al. · European Journal of Cancer | 27 Dec 2008 | 30,125 |
| 37 | Magnesium Replacement Improves the Metabolic Profile in Obese and Pre-Diabetic Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Chronic Kidney Disease: A 3-Month, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Ömer Toprak, Hüseyin Kurt, Yasin Sarı et al. · Kidney & Blood Pressure Research | 2017 | 29,690 |
| 38 | Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction Hiroshi Ohkawa, Nobuko Ohishi, Kunio Yagi · Analytical Biochemistry | Jun 1979 | 29,425 |
| 39 | Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Rajesh Prabhakar Dikshit et al. · International Journal of Cancer | 13 Sep 2014 | 29,250 |
| 40 | Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study Fei Zhou, Ting Yu, Ronghui Du et al. · The Lancet | Mar 2020 | 29,236 |
| 41 | The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) Mervyn Singer, Clifford Scott Deutschman, Christopher W. Seymour et al. · JAMA | 22 Feb 2016 | 29,012 |
| 42 | The Hallmarks of Cancer Douglas Hanahan, Robert A. Weinberg · Cell | 2000 | 28,893 |
| 43 | Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition Peter J. Van Soest, James B. Robertson, B.A. Lewis · Journal of Dairy Science | Oct 1991 | 28,661 |
| 44 | The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration Alessandro Liberati, Douglas G. Altman, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · PLoS Medicine | 20 Jul 2009 | 28,074 |
| 45 | Global cancer statistics, 2012 Lindsey A. Torre, Freddie Bray, Rebecca L. Siegel et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 4 Feb 2015 | 27,467 |
| 46 | A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity George L. Ellman, K. Diane Courtney, Valentino Andres et al. · Biochemical Pharmacology | Jul 1961 | 27,264 |
| 47 | Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement PRISMA-P Group, David Moher, Larissa Shamseer et al. · Systematic Reviews | 2015 | 27,092 |
| 48 | Regression Models and Life-Tables David R. Cox · Springer series in statistics | 1992 | 26,650 |
| 49 | Rayyan—a web and mobile app for systematic reviews Mourad Ouzzani, Hossam M. Hammady, Zbys Fedorowicz et al. · Systematic Reviews | Dec 2016 | 26,444 |
| 50 | The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment Ziad Samir Nasreddine, Natalie A. Phillips, Valérie Bédirian et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 30 Mar 2005 | 26,231 |
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