| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Motivational interviewing: a systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2005 | 1,105 |
| 2 | Epidemiology and impact of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study | British Journal of General Practice | 2011 | 647 |
| 3 | Effectiveness of empathy in general practice: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2013 | 591 |
| 4 | Validity of diagnostic coding within the General Practice Research Database: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2010 | 574 |
| 5 | Shared decision making and the concept of equipoise: the competences of involving patients in healthcare choices | British Journal of General Practice | 2000 | 449 |
| 6 | Psychometric comparison of PHQ-9 and HADS for measuring depression severity in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2008 | 435 |
| 7 | Making health habitual: the psychology of ‘habit-formation’ and general practice | British Journal of General Practice | 2012 | 374 |
| 8 | Acceptability, benefits, and challenges of video consulting: a qualitative study in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2019 | 353 |
| 9 | The epidemiology of multimorbidity in primary care: a retrospective cohort study | British Journal of General Practice | 2018 | 334 |
| 10 | Shared decision-making in primary care: the neglected second half of the consultation | British Journal of General Practice | 1999 | 318 |
| 11 | Shoulder disorders in general practice: prognostic indicators of outcome | British Journal of General Practice | 1996 | 282 |
| 12 | The strength of primary care in Europe: an international comparative study | British Journal of General Practice | 2013 | 280 |
| 13 | Implementation of remote consulting in UK primary care following the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods longitudinal study | British Journal of General Practice | 2021 | 280 |
| 14 | Impact of COVID-19 on loneliness, mental health, and health service utilisation: a prospective cohort study of older adults with multimorbidity in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2020 | 277 |
| 15 | Implementing guidelines and innovations in general practice: which interventions are effective? | British Journal of General Practice | 1998 | 264 |
| 16 | Comparing the content and quality of video, telephone, and face-to-face consultations: a non-randomised, quasi-experimental, exploratory study in UK primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2019 | 253 |
| 17 | Effectiveness of a smartphone application to promote physical activity in primary care: the SMART MOVE randomised controlled trial | British Journal of General Practice | 2014 | 250 |
| 18 | The patient–doctor relationship: a synthesis of the qualitative literature on patients' perspectives | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 247 |
| 19 | A prospective study of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy | British Journal of General Practice | 1993 | 244 |
| 20 | Risk factors of influenza transmission in households | British Journal of General Practice | 2004 | 241 |
| 21 | Prevalence and presentation of dizziness in a general practice community sample of working age people | British Journal of General Practice | 1998 | 237 |
| 22 | Aloe vera: a systematic review of its clinical effectiveness | British Journal of General Practice | 1999 | 236 |
| 23 | Prognostic factors for musculoskeletal pain in primary care: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 232 |
| 24 | Thou shalt versus thou shalt not: a meta-synthesis of GPs' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 218 |
| 25 | Development of a questionnaire to assess patients' satisfaction with consultations in general practice | British Journal of General Practice | 1990 | 218 |
| 26 | Empathy and quality of care | British Journal of General Practice | 2002 | 214 |
| 27 | Delaying and reversing frailty: a systematic review of primary care interventions | British Journal of General Practice | 2019 | 209 |
| 28 | Effectiveness of exercise-referral schemes to promote physical activity in adults: systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 209 |
| 29 | Artificial intelligence in medicine: current trends and future possibilities | British Journal of General Practice | 2018 | 208 |
| 30 | Does sleep disturbance predict depression in elderly people? A study in inner London | British Journal of General Practice | 1993 | 203 |
| 31 | The diagnostic value of symptoms for colorectal cancer in primary care: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2011 | 202 |
| 32 | Patient and carer satisfaction with 'hospital at home': quantitative and qualitative results from a randomised controlled trial | British Journal of General Practice | 2002 | 201 |
| 33 | End-of-life care conversations with heart failure patients: a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis | British Journal of General Practice | 2011 | 198 |
| 34 | Do the elderly have a voice? Advance care planning discussions with frail and older individuals: a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis | British Journal of General Practice | 2013 | 198 |
| 35 | The community prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in women and associated illness behaviour | British Journal of General Practice | 2001 | 191 |
| 36 | Health risk appraisal in older people 1: are older people living alone an "at-risk" group? | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 191 |
| 37 | Frailty: an emerging concept for general practice | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 185 |
| 38 | Patients in Europe evaluate general practice care: an international comparison | British Journal of General Practice | 2000 | 184 |
| 39 | Do ultra-short screening instruments accurately detect depression in primary care? A pooled analysis and meta-analysis of 22 studies | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 184 |
| 40 | The patient-centredness of consultations and outcome in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 1999 | 180 |
| 41 | Comparison of breast cancer patient satisfaction with follow-up in primary care versus specialist care: results from a randomized controlled trial | British Journal of General Practice | 1999 | 179 |
| 42 | Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome: a community survey | British Journal of General Practice | 2004 | 178 |
| 43 | Corticosteroid injections for painful shoulder: a meta-analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2005 | 178 |
| 44 | Evaluation of the feasibility, reliability and diagnostic value of shortened versions of the geriatric depression scale | British Journal of General Practice | 1995 | 176 |
| 45 | Evaluation of the Counterweight Programme for obesity management in primary care: a starting point for continuous improvement | British Journal of General Practice | 2008 | 173 |
| 46 | A mismatch between population health literacy and the complexity of health information: an observational study | British Journal of General Practice | 2015 | 172 |
| 47 | Antibiotic overuse: a key driver of antimicrobial resistance | British Journal of General Practice | 2014 | 171 |
| 48 | Comparison of two self-rating scales to detect depression: HADS and PHQ-9 | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 170 |
| 49 | Identifying barriers to mental health help-seeking among young adults in the UK: a cross-sectional survey | British Journal of General Practice | 2016 | 170 |
| 50 | Doctors as patients: a systematic review of doctors' health access and the barriers they experience | British Journal of General Practice | 2008 | 169 |
| 51 | Barriers to effective management of type 2 diabetes in primary care: qualitative systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2016 | 168 |
| 52 | Persistent problems 1 year after mild traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal population study in New Zealand | British Journal of General Practice | 2016 | 167 |
| 53 | Corticosteroid injections for lateral epicondylitis: a systematic overview | British Journal of General Practice | 1996 | 167 |
| 54 | The relationship between consultation length, process and outcomes in general practice: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2002 | 165 |
| 55 | Perceived interprofessional barriers between community pharmacists and general practitioners: a qualitative assessment | British Journal of General Practice | 2003 | 165 |
| 56 | Beyond somatisation: a review of the understanding and treatment of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) | British Journal of General Practice | 2003 | 164 |
| 57 | Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, referrals, and adverse drug events: are we doing things well? | British Journal of General Practice | 2012 | 163 |
| 58 | Randomised controlled trial of nitrofurantoin versus placebo in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in adult women | British Journal of General Practice | 2002 | 161 |
| 59 | Are physical activity interventions in primary care and the community cost-effective? A systematic review of the evidence | British Journal of General Practice | 2011 | 160 |
| 60 | Telehealthcare for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane Review and meta-analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2012 | 159 |
| 61 | Contributions of symptoms, signs, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein to a diagnosis of pneumonia in acute lower respiratory tract infection | British Journal of General Practice | 2003 | 158 |
| 62 | Multimorbidity in primary care: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies | British Journal of General Practice | 2012 | 156 |
| 63 | Effectiveness of physician-targeted interventions to improve antibiotic use for respiratory tract infections | British Journal of General Practice | 2012 | 155 |
| 64 | The influence of socioeconomic deprivation on multimorbidity at different ages: a cross-sectional study | British Journal of General Practice | 2014 | 154 |
| 65 | Barriers to GPs' use of evidence-based medicine: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2012 | 153 |
| 66 | Patients’ online access to their electronic health records and linked online services: a systematic review in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2015 | 149 |
| 67 | Aromatherapy: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2000 | 148 |
| 68 | Systematic reviews of bed rest and advice to stay active for acute low back pain | British Journal of General Practice | 1997 | 148 |
| 69 | Cancer diagnosis in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2010 | 147 |
| 70 | Assessing the psychosocial consequences of epilepsy: a community-based study | British Journal of General Practice | 1999 | 145 |
| 71 | Computerized health information in The Netherlands: a registration network of family practices | British Journal of General Practice | 1992 | 145 |
| 72 | Barriers to managing child and adolescent mental health problems: a systematic review of primary care practitioners’ perceptions | British Journal of General Practice | 2016 | 141 |
| 73 | Addressing the crisis of GP recruitment and retention: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2017 | 138 |
| 74 | Resilience of primary healthcare professionals: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2016 | 136 |
| 75 | Signs and symptoms for diagnosis of serious infections in children: a prospective study in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 136 |
| 76 | Diagnosing depression in primary care using self-completed instruments: UK validation of PHQ-9 and CORE-OM | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 136 |
| 77 | Psychological treatment of depression in primary care: a meta-analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 135 |
| 78 | Are the serious problems in cancer survival partly rooted in gatekeeper principles? An ecologic study | British Journal of General Practice | 2011 | 135 |
| 79 | Effectiveness of general practice-based health checks: a systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2014 | 135 |
| 80 | Does mindfulness improve outcomes in patients with chronic pain? Systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2015 | 135 |
| 81 | Overdiagnosis of asthma in children in primary care: a retrospective analysis | British Journal of General Practice | 2016 | 135 |
| 82 | Prevalence of comorbid depression and obesity in general practice: a cross-sectional survey | British Journal of General Practice | 2014 | 133 |
| 83 | Surveying general practitioners: does a low response rate matter? | British Journal of General Practice | 1997 | 133 |
| 84 | Factors which influence the decision whether or not to prescribe: the dilemma facing general practitioners | British Journal of General Practice | 1992 | 133 |
| 85 | Randomised controlled trial of a lay-led self-management programme for Bangladeshi patients with chronic disease | British Journal of General Practice | 2005 | 133 |
| 86 | Measuring disease prevalence: a comparison of musculoskeletal disease using four general practice consultation databases | British Journal of General Practice | 2007 | 133 |
| 87 | Follow-up of cancer in primary care versus secondary care: systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 132 |
| 88 | Expectations for consultations and antibiotics for respiratory tract infection in primary care: the RTI clinical iceberg | British Journal of General Practice | 2013 | 132 |
| 89 | Sexual orientation disclosure in health care: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2018 | 132 |
| 90 | Screening properties of questionnaires and laboratory tests for the detection of alcohol abuse or dependence in a general practice population | British Journal of General Practice | 2001 | 132 |
| 91 | How do common chronic conditions affect health-related quality of life? | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 130 |
| 92 | Screening for cervical cancer: a review of women's attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour | British Journal of General Practice | 1998 | 130 |
| 93 | The role of the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the care of long-term conditions: a systematic review | British Journal of General Practice | 2017 | 129 |
| 94 | Social prescribing in general practice: adding meaning to medicine | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 129 |
| 95 | A randomized controlled trial of exercise therapy for dizziness and vertigo in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 1998 | 129 |
| 96 | New paradigms for quality in primary care | British Journal of General Practice | 2001 | 128 |
| 97 | Voiced but unheard agendas: qualitative analysis of the psychosocial cues that patients with unexplained symptoms present to general practitioners | British Journal of General Practice | 2004 | 128 |
| 98 | Factors influencing help seeking in mentally distressed young adults: a cross-sectional survey | British Journal of General Practice | 2004 | 127 |
| 99 | Diagnostic safety-netting | British Journal of General Practice | 2009 | 125 |
| 100 | A review of the factors associated with patient compliance and the taking of prescribed medicines | British Journal of General Practice | 1990 | 124 |
