Most cited papers from Sciensano (Belgium)

Sciensano (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Sciensano (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Sciensano (Belgium) is "Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis" (Marc Arbyn, Elisabete Weiderpass, Laia Bruni et al., 2019), with 4,260 citations. Next come "The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report" (3,118) and "Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis" (3,025).

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Showing 50 of 58 papers. Every paper with more than 132 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis Marc Arbyn, Elisabete Weiderpass, Laia Bruni et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access	4 Dec 2019	4,260
2	The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report Boyd Anthony Swinburn et al. · The Lancet Open access	27 Jan 2019	3,118
3	Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis Alessandro Cassini et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access	5 Nov 2018	3,025
4	Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017 C. Suetens, Katrien Latour, Tommi Kärki et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	15 Nov 2018	1,088
5	Detecting cervical precancer and reaching underscreened women by using HPV testing on self samples: updated meta-analyses Marc Arbyn, Sara Boblick Smith, Sarah Temin et al. · BMJ Open access	5 Dec 2018	906
6	Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors	8 May 2019	758
7	First cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the WHO European Region, 24 January to 21 February 2020 Gianfranco Spiteri et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	5 Mar 2020	714
8	The prevalence of symptoms in 24,410 adults infected by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19): A systematic review and meta-analysis of 148 studies from 9 countries Michael C. Grant, Luke Geoghegan, Marc Arbyn et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access	23 Jun 2020	703
9	Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors Marc Arbyn, Lan Xu, Cindy Simoens et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access	8 May 2018	612
10	Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data Angela B. Brueggemann et al. · The Lancet Digital Health Open access	24 May 2021	555
11	Biodiversity and human health: mechanisms and evidence of the positive health effects of diversity in nature and green spaces Raf Aerts, Olivier Honnay, An Van Nieuwenhuyse · British Medical Bulletin Open access	13 Jun 2018	524
12	Cytology versus HPV testing for cervical cancer screening in the general population George Koliopoulos, Victoria Nyawira Nyaga, Nancy A. Santesso et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access	10 Aug 2017	505
13	Personalized bacteriophage therapy outcomes for 100 consecutive cases: a multicentre, multinational, retrospective observational study Jean‐Paul Pirnay et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access103 authors	4 Jun 2024	447
14	Updated unified phylogenetic classification system and revised nomenclature for Newcastle disease virus Kiril M. Dimitrov et al. · Infection Genetics and Evolution Open access	11 Jun 2019	445
15	Brucellosis at the animal/ecosystem/human interface at the beginning of the 21st century Jacques Godfroid, Holger Christian Scholz, Thibault Barbier et al. · Preventive Veterinary Medicine	22 May 2011	443
16	Association of Endometrial Cancer Risk With Postmenopausal Bleeding in Women Megan A. Clarke, Beverly J. Long, Arena Del Mar Morillo et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine Open access	6 Aug 2018	423
17	Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis Lewis Hans Ziska et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health Open access	Mar 2019	415
18	Spatial PM2.5, NO2, O3 and BC models for Western Europe – Evaluation of spatiotemporal stability Kees de Hoogh et al. · Environment International Open access	31 Jul 2018	383
19	Global trends in ultraprocessed food and drink product sales and their association with adult body mass index trajectories Stefanie Vandevijvere, Lindsay M. Jaacks, Carlos Augusto Monteiro et al. · Obesity Reviews Open access	17 May 2019	362
20	Sociocultural Influences on Food Choices and Implications for Sustainable Healthy Diets Eva C. Monterrosa, Edward A. Frongillo, Adam Drewnowski et al. · Food and Nutrition Bulletin Open access	Dec 2020	334
21	Global and regional estimates of genital human papillomavirus prevalence among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis Laia Bruni, Ginesa Albero, Jane T. Rowley et al. · The Lancet Global Health ReviewOpen access	15 Aug 2023	323
22	Estimated number of deaths directly averted in people 60 years and older as a result of COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO European Region, December 2020 to November 2021 Margaux M. I. Meslé et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	25 Nov 2021	282
23	Time between Symptom Onset, Hospitalisation and Recovery or Death: Statistical Analysis of Belgian COVID-19 Patients Christel Faes, Steven Abrams, Dominique Van Beckhoven et al. · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Open access	17 Oct 2020	277
24	Burden of foodborne diseases: think global, act local Sara Monteiro Pires, Binyam Negussie Desta, Lapo Mughini‐Gras et al. · Current Opinion in Food Science ReviewOpen access	2 Feb 2021	255
25	Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe – preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020 Lasse Skafte Vestergaard et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	2 Jul 2020	239
26	Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labelling and Advertising: A nonexperimental prospective study Marcela Reyes, Lindsey Smith Taillie, Barry M. Popkin et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access	28 Jul 2020	235
27	Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty Nate Breznau et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access166 authors	28 Oct 2022	231
28	High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020 ECDC Public Health Emergency Team et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	4 Jun 2020	228
29	Targeting the 16S rRNA Gene for Bacterial Identification in Complex Mixed Samples: Comparative Evaluation of Second (Illumina) and Third (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) Generation Sequencing Technologies Raf Winand, Bert Bogaerts, Stefan Hoffman et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access	31 Dec 2019	225
30	Bronchiolitis in COVID-19 times: a nearly absent disease? Daan Van Brusselen, Katrien De Troeyer, Eva ter Haar et al. · European Journal of Pediatrics Open access	30 Jan 2021	214
31	Prevalence and incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in secondary industries of 21st century Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis Renée Govaerts, Bruno Tassignon, Jo Ghillebert et al. · BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders ReviewOpen access	31 Aug 2021	212
32	Antibiotic resistance prediction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from genome sequence data with Mykrobe Martin B. Hunt et al. · Wellcome Open Research Open access	2 Dec 2019	212
33	Prevalence of frailty at population level in European ADVANTAGE Joint Action Member States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Rónán Ó’Caoimh, Lucia Galluzzo, Ángel Rodríguez‐Laso et al. · PubMed Open access	Feb 2019	202
34	ELM—the Eukaryotic Linear Motif resource—2024 update Manjeet Kumar et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access	24 Oct 2023	200
35	Efficacy and safety of prophylactic HPV vaccines. A Cochrane review of randomized trials Marc Arbyn, Lan Xu · Expert Review of Vaccines	29 Nov 2018	200
36	Hepatitis A outbreak disproportionately affecting men who have sex with men (MSM) in the European Union and European Economic Area, June 2016 to May 2017 Patricia Ndumbi et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	16 Aug 2018	197
37	EM-DAT: the Emergency Events Database Damien Delforge, Valentin Wathelet, Regina Below et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Open access	23 Apr 2025	189
38	Consumption of ultra-processed food products and diet quality among children, adolescents and adults in Belgium Stefanie Vandevijvere, Karin De Ridder, Thibault Fiolet et al. · European Journal of Nutrition	3 Dec 2018	177
39	Review: Vaccines and Vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease Eeva S. M. Tuppurainen, Klaas Dietze, J. W. Wolff et al. · Vaccines Open access	6 Oct 2021	173
40	Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium David R. Shaw et al. · The Lancet Digital Health Open access	27 Jul 2023	170
41	Has Epizootic Become Enzootic? Evidence for a Fundamental Change in the Infection Dynamics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Europe, 2021 Anne Pohlmann et al. · mBio Open access	21 Jun 2022	168
42	Global burden of melioidosis in 2015: a systematic review and data synthesis Emma Birnie, Harjeet Singh Virk, Jelmer Savelkoel et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access	5 Jul 2019	167
43	Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a global survey, 2017 to 2021 Patrick M. Meyer Sauteur, Michael L. Beeton, Søren Anker Uldum et al. · Eurosurveillance Open access	12 May 2022	161
44	Bluetongue in northern Europe Jean‐François Toussaint, Frank Vandenbussche, Jan Mast et al. · Veterinary Record	Sep 2006	157
45	Metadta: a Stata command for meta-analysis and meta-regression of diagnostic test accuracy data – a tutorial Victoria Nyawira Nyaga, Marc Arbyn · Archives of Public Health Open access	29 Mar 2022	156
46	Cervical screening: ESGO-EFC position paper of the European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology (ESGO) and the European Federation of Colposcopy (EFC) Maria Kyrgiou, Marc Arbyn, Christine Bergeron et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access	7 Jun 2020	154
47	Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis Carine Van Malderen, Agbessi Amouzou, Aluísio J. D. Barros et al. · BMC Public Health Open access	14 Jun 2019	152
48	Human papillomavirus testing versus repeat cytology for triage of minor cytological cervical lesions Marc Arbyn, Jolien Roelens, Cindy Simoens et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access	28 Mar 2013	148
49	Offering HPV self-sampling kits: an updated meta-analysis of the effectiveness of strategies to increase participation in cervical cancer screening Stefanie Costa, Bo Verberckmoes, Philip E. Castle et al. · British Journal of Cancer ReviewOpen access	14 Dec 2022	143
50	Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight Maria LC Iurilli et al. · eLife Open access1,381 authors	8 Mar 2021	142

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