Subfield · Epidemiology
Most cited papers in Epidemiology
What are the most cited papers in Epidemiology?
The most cited paper in Epidemiology is "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., 2021), with 114,522 citations. Next come "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (105,915) and "Global cancer statistics" (55,108).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 7,214 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ | 29 Mar 2021 | 105,915 |
| 3 | Global cancer statistics Ahmedin Jemal, Freddie Bray, Jacques Ferlay et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 4 Feb 2011 | 55,108 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | A new mathematical model for relative quantification in real-time RT-PCR Michael Walter Pfaffl · Nucleic Acids Research | May 2001 | 35,329 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries Freddie Bray, Mathieu Laversanne, Hyuna Sung et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 4 Apr 2024 | 25,936 |
| 10 | Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype Linda P. Fried, Catherine M. Tangen, Jeremy D Walston et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A | Mar 2001 | 25,162 |
| 11 | The “Golden Age” of Probiotics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Observational Studies in Preterm Infants Elda Dermyshi, Yizhong Wang, Chongbing Yan et al. · Neonatology | 2017 | 24,491 |
| 12 | Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study Nanshan Chen, Min Zhou, Xuan Dong et al. · The Lancet | 30 Jan 2020 | 22,766 |
| 13 | Atherosclerosis — An Inflammatory Disease Russell Ross · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Jan 1999 | 21,815 |
| 14 | Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008 Jacques Ferlay, Hai‐Rim Shin, Freddie Bray et al. · International Journal of Cancer | 17 Jun 2010 | 21,446 |
| 15 | Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death Scott J. Dixon, Kathryn M. Lemberg, Michael R. Lamprecht et al. · Cell | May 2012 | 19,018 |
| 16 | Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by a Standardized Single Disk Method Alfred W. Bauer, William M. M. Kirby, J. C. Sherris et al. · American Journal of Clinical Pathology | Apr 1966 | 18,626 |
| 17 | Global Cancer Statistics, 2002 Donald Maxwell Parkin, Freddie Bray, Jacques Ferlay et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | Mar 2005 | 18,430 |
| 18 | Critical evaluation of the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for the assessment of the quality of nonrandomized studies in meta-analyses Andreas Stang · European Journal of Epidemiology | 21 Jul 2010 | 18,104 |
| 19 | Cancer statistics, 2023 Rebecca L. Siegel, Kimberly D. Miller, Nikita Sandeep Wagle et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 2023 | 17,031 |
| 20 | Repertoires of Autophagy in the Pathogenesis of Ocular Diseases Yujie Li, Qin Li Jiang, Guo-Fan Cao et al. · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry | 2015 | 16,339 |
| 21 | The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary David N. Louis, Arie Perry, Guido Reifenberger et al. · Acta Neuropathologica | 7 May 2016 | 16,152 |
| 22 | Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems Le Dinh Công, F. Ann Ran, David B. T. Cox et al. · Science | 4 Jan 2013 | 16,026 |
| 23 | pROC: an open-source package for R and S+ to analyze and compare ROC curves Xavier Robin, Natacha Turck, Alexandre Hainard et al. · BMC Bioinformatics | 17 Mar 2011 | 14,550 |
| 24 | Dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer with deep neural networks Andre Esteva, Brett Kuprel, Roberto A. Novoa et al. · Nature | 25 Jan 2017 | 14,423 |
| 25 | Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Spencer Lewis James et al. · The Lancet | Nov 2018 | 14,263 |
| 26 | Apoptosis: A Review of Programmed Cell Death Susan A. Elmore · Toxicologic Pathology | Jun 2007 | 13,911 |
| 27 | APACHE II William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine | Oct 1985 | 13,863 |
| 28 | Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II JOHN B. DEC. M. SAUNDERS, Olaf Gjerløw Aasland, Thomas F. Babor et al. · Addiction | Jun 1993 | 13,467 |
| 29 | Definitions for Sepsis and Organ Failure and Guidelines for the Use of Innovative Therapies in Sepsis Roger C. Bone, ROBERT A. BALK, Frank B. Cerra et al. · CHEST Journal | Jun 1992 | 13,306 |
| 30 | ASSESSMENT OF COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS Graham M. Teasdale, Bryan Jennett · The Lancet | Jul 1974 | 13,268 |
| 31 | Phosphorus Assay in Column Chromatography Grant R. Bartlett · Journal of Biological Chemistry | Mar 1959 | 12,866 |
| 32 | Cancer Statistics, 2010 Ahmedin Jemal, Rebecca L. Siegel, Jiaquan Xu et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 7 Jul 2010 | 12,627 |
| 33 | Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment. Harold P. Adams, Birgitte H. Bendixen, L. Jaap Kappelle et al. · Stroke | 1993 | 12,468 |
| 34 | Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome Curtis Huttenhower et al. · Nature | Jun 2012 | 12,195 |
| 35 | The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure Jean‐Louis Vincent, Rui Paulo Moreno, Jukka A. Takala et al. · Intensive Care Medicine | Jul 1996 | 11,938 |
| 36 | Correspondence - Tranexamic acid for traumatic brain injury Marina Romanello et al. · London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) | 2005 | 11,912 |
| 37 | Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) Kathryn M. Connor, Jonathan R. T. Davidson · Depression and Anxiety | Sep 2003 | 11,835 |
| 38 | PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ | 29 Mar 2021 | 11,781 |
| 39 | Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study G · New England Journal of Medicine | 14 Dec 1995 | 11,752 |
| 40 | Aspirin plus Clopidogrel as Secondary Prevention after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Qinghua Zhang, Chao Wang, Maoyong Zheng et al. · Cerebrovascular Diseases | 24 Dec 2014 | 11,556 |
| 41 | Pharmacological interventions for somatoform disorders in adults Maria Kleinstäuber, Michael Witthöft, Andrés Steffanowski et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 7 Nov 2014 | 11,357 |
| 42 | An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time Ensheng Dong, Hongru Du, Lauren M. Gardner · The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 19 Feb 2020 | 11,219 |
| 43 | Global epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease—Meta‐analytic assessment of prevalence, incidence, and outcomes Zobair M. Younossi, Aaron B. Koenig, Dinan Abdelatif et al. · Hepatology | 28 Dec 2015 | 11,032 |
| 44 | Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Changes in Lifestyle among Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance Jaakko O. Tuomilehto, Jaana Lindström, Johan Gunnar Eriksson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 3 May 2001 | 10,985 |
| 45 | Design and validation of a histological scoring system for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease† David Erwin Kleiner, Elizabeth M. Brunt, Mark L. Van Natta et al. · Hepatology | 24 May 2005 | 10,904 |
| 46 | Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data Hude Quan, Vijaya Sundararajan, Patricia Halfon et al. · Medical Care | 13 Oct 2005 | 10,878 |
| 47 | Early Goal-Directed Therapy in the Treatment of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Emanuel P. Rivers, Bryant Nguyen, Suzanne L Havstad et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 8 Nov 2001 | 10,842 |
| 48 | Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases Richard A. Deyo · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | Jun 1992 | 10,573 |
| 49 | Cancer Statistics, 2008 Ahmedin Jemal, Rebecca L. Siegel, Elizabeth Ward et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 28 Jan 2008 | 10,219 |
| 50 | Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients Greet Van den Berghe, Pieter Jozef Wouters, Frank Weekers et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 8 Nov 2001 | 10,071 |
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