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Most cited papers from Impact

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What are the most cited papers from Impact?

The most cited paper from Impact is "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (Matthew James Page et al., 2021), with 105,915 citations. Next come "PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews" (11,781) and "Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021" (5,314).

Showing 50 of 54 papers. Every paper with more than 721 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 29 Mar 2021 105,915
2 PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 29 Mar 2021 11,781
3 Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021 Laura Evans et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 2 Oct 2021 5,314
4 Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis Derek K. Chu et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access Jun 2020 4,111
5 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU John W. Devlin et al. · Critical Care Medicine Open access 16 Aug 2018 4,050
6 Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world Nicholas C. Pepin et al. · Nature Climate Change 22 Apr 2015 3,018
7 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
8 A rapid advice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected pneumonia (standard version) Yinghui Jin et al. · Military Medical Research Open access 6 Feb 2020 2,371
9 Benefits and limitations of genome-wide association studies Vivian Tam, Nikunj K. Patel, Michelle Turcotte et al. · Nature Reviews Genetics Review 8 May 2019 2,286
10 Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study Ami D. Sperber et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 12 Apr 2020 2,280
11 Surviving Sepsis Campaign: guidelines on the management of critically ill adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Waleed A. Alhazzani et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 28 Mar 2020 2,204
12 Declaración PRISMA 2020: una guía actualizada para la publicación de revisiones sistemáticas Matthew James Page et al. · Revista Española de Cardiología Open access 21 Jul 2021 2,100
13 Discrimination and Calibration of Clinical Prediction Models Ana Carolina Alba, Thomas Agoritsas, Michael W. Walsh et al. · JAMA 10 Oct 2017 1,716
14 Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 1. Model evaluation in the present climate Jana Sillmann, V. V. Kharin, Xuebin Zhang et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 27 Feb 2013 1,514
15 Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2. Future climate projections Jana Sillmann, V. V. Kharin, Francis W. Zwiers et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 25 Mar 2013 1,510
16 Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline Sean Wharton et al. · Canadian Medical Association Journal Open access 3 Aug 2020 1,505
17 American Society of Hematology 2020 Guidelines for Management of Venous Thromboembolism: Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Thomas L. Ortel et al. · Blood Advances Open access 2 Oct 2020 1,481
18 sdsm — a decision support tool for the assessment of regional climate change impacts Robert Leonard Wilby, Christian W. Dawson, Elaine Barrow · Environmental Modelling & Software 2002 1,464
19 Identifying the PECO: A framework for formulating good questions to explore the association of environmental and other exposures with health outcomes Rebecca L. Morgan, Paul Whaley, Kristina A. Thayer et al. · Environment International Open access 27 Aug 2018 1,350
20 A Critical Comparison Among Pansharpening Algorithms Gemine Vivone, Luciano Alparone, Jocelyn Chanussot et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 24 Dec 2014 1,310
21 Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Septic Shock and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction in Children Scott L. Weiss et al. · Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Open access Feb 2020 1,246
22 GRADE guidelines 26: informative statements to communicate the findings of systematic reviews of interventions Nancy A. Santesso, Claire Glenton, Philipp Dahm et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ReviewOpen access 8 Nov 2019 1,236
23 Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry Milena A. Gianfrancesco et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 29 May 2020 1,186
24 Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study Mahshid Dehghan et al. · The Lancet Open access362 authors 29 Aug 2017 1,126
25 A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19 (2020-2023) Arnav Agarwal et al. · BMJ Open access 4 Sep 2020 1,096
26 Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients With COVID-19 (April 2020) Adarsh Bhimraj, Rebecca L. Morgan, Amy Hirsch Shumaker et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 22 Apr 2020 1,070
27 Rivaroxaban for Stroke Prevention after Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source Robert G. Hart et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 May 2018 1,036
28 Applications of digital technology in COVID-19 pandemic planning and response Sera Whitelaw, Mamas A. Mamas, Eric J. Topol et al. · The Lancet Digital Health Open access 29 Jun 2020 1,028
29 Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases Yiheng Chen, Tianyuan Lu, U. Pettersson et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 2023 1,023
30 CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials Sally Hopewell et al. · BMJ Open access 14 Apr 2025 988
31 Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality P. S. Monks et al. · Atmospheric Environment Open access 29 Aug 2009 974
32 ESICM guidelines on acute respiratory distress syndrome: definition, phenotyping and respiratory support strategies Giacomo Grasselli et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 16 Jun 2023 968
33 Viral Marketing or Electronic Word-of-Mouth Advertising: Examining Consumer Responses and Motivations to Pass Along Email Joseph E. Phelps, Regina M. Lewis, Lynne Mobilio et al. · Journal of Advertising Research Dec 2004 944
34 A tool to assess risk of bias in non-randomized follow-up studies of exposure effects (ROBINS-E) Julian P. T. Higgins et al. · Environment International Open access 24 Mar 2024 941
35 GRADE guidelines: 18. How ROBINS-I and other tools to assess risk of bias in nonrandomized studies should be used to rate the certainty of a body of evidence Holger Jens Schünemann, Carlos A. Cuello‐García, Elie A. Akl et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 9 Feb 2018 920
36 Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis Reed Alexander Cunningham Siemieniuk et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 30 Jul 2020 917
37 Scoping reviews: reinforcing and advancing the methodology and application Micah D.J. Peters, Casey Marnie, Heather L. Colquhoun et al. · Systematic Reviews Open access 8 Oct 2021 906
38 Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Michael W. Walsh et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Feb 2020 898
39 American Society of Hematology 2021 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prevention and treatment in patients with cancer Gary H. Lyman, Marc Carrier, Cihan Ay et al. · Blood Advances Open access 11 Feb 2021 888
40 The GRADE Working Group clarifies the construct of certainty of evidence Monica Hultcrantz, David M. Rind, Elie A. Akl et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 18 May 2017 878
41 Global and regional prevalence of multimorbidity in the adult population in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis Saifur Rahman Chowdhury, Dipak Chandra Das, Tachlima Chowdhury Sunna et al. · EClinicalMedicine ReviewOpen access 16 Feb 2023 845
42 American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: prophylaxis for hospitalized and nonhospitalized medical patients Holger Jens Schünemann, Mary Cushman, Allison Burnett et al. · Blood Advances Open access 27 Nov 2018 830
43 Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases Brad H. Rovin et al. · Kidney International Open access 20 Sep 2021 823
44 Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy (IOTA): a systematic review and meta-analysis Derek K. Chu, Lisa H-Y Kim, Paul Jeffrey Young et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access Apr 2018 800
45 Attribution of extreme weather and climate‐related events Peter A. Stott, Nikolaos Christidis, Friederike E. L. Otto et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change Open access 16 Dec 2015 798
46 Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation Anubha Mahajan et al. · Nature Genetics Open access354 authors May 2022 774
47 Conducting proportional meta-analysis in different types of systematic reviews: a guide for synthesisers of evidence Timothy Hugh Barker, Celina Borges Migliavaca, Cinara Stein et al. · BMC Medical Research Methodology ReviewOpen access 20 Sep 2021 764
48 Advances in the GRADE approach to rate the certainty in estimates from a network meta-analysis Romina Brignardello‐Petersen, Ashley Bonner, Paul Elias Alexander et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 16 Oct 2017 763
49 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
50 American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Adam C. Cuker, Gowthami M. Arepally, Beng H. Chong et al. · Blood Advances Open access 27 Nov 2018 752

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