| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Chagas disease in European countries: the challenge of a surveillance system | Eurosurveillance | 2011 | 219 |
| 2 | The European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry Annual Report 2015: a summary | CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal | 2018 | 169 |
| 3 | Chagas disease in European countries: the challenge of a surveillance system | Eurosurveillance | 2011 | 100 |
| 4 | Brown bear attacks on humans: a worldwide perspective | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 94 |
| 5 | Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccination for Elderly People in Catalonia, Spain: A Case-Control Study | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2005 | 90 |
| 6 | A Paired Survival Analysis Comparing Hemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation From Deceased Elderly Donors Older Than 65 Years | Transplantation | 2015 | 81 |
| 7 | Effectiveness of a mass hepatitis A vaccination program in preadolescents | Vaccine | 2003 | 79 |
| 8 | Community-Based Seroepidemiological Survey of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Catalonia, Spain | Vaccine Journal | 2006 | 77 |
| 9 | Obesity and overweight trends in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003): gender and socio-economic determinants | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 73 |
| 10 | Hepatitis A and B in children and adolescents – what can we learn from Puglia (Italy) and Catalonia (Spain)? | Vaccine | 2000 | 70 |
| 11 | Renal replacement therapy in Europe: a summary of the 2013 ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report with a focus on diabetes mellitus | CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal | 2016 | 70 |
| 12 | Effect of prior pneumococcal vaccination on clinical outcome of hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2006 | 67 |
| 13 | The ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report 2018: a summary | CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal | 2021 | 67 |
| 14 | The ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report 2017: a summary | CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal | 2020 | 65 |
| 15 | Trends in energy and nutrient intake and risk of inadequate intakes in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003) | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 64 |
| 16 | Large Outbreak of Measles in a Community with High Vaccination Coverage: Implications for the Vaccination Schedule | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2008 | 63 |
| 17 | Community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompromised older patients: incidence, causative organisms and outcome | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2013 | 62 |
| 18 | Cross-sectional growth study of the child and adolescent population of Catalonia (Spain) | Annals of Human Biology | 1997 | 60 |
| 19 | Seroprevalence of measles, rubella, and mumps antibodies in Catalonia, Spain: results of a cross-sectional study | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2006 | 60 |
| 20 | Trends in dietary habits and food consumption in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003) | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 55 |
| 21 | Declining prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Catalonia (Spain) 12 years after the introduction of universal vaccination | Vaccine | 2007 | 50 |
| 22 | Strongyloides stercoralis, the hidden worm. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 70 cases diagnosed in the North Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, Spain, 2003–2012 | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2013 | 50 |
| 23 | Impact and effectiveness of a mass hepatitis A vaccination programme of preadolescents seven years after introduction | Vaccine | 2008 | 47 |
| 24 | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sexually Transmitted Infections surveillance data: incidence drop or artefact? | BMC Public Health | 2021 | 46 |
| 25 | Parental knowledge of paediatric vaccination | BMC Public Health | 2009 | 42 |
| 26 | Trends in physical activity status in Catalonia, Spain (1992–2003) | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 41 |
| 27 | A community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease associated with a cooling tower in Vic and Gurb, Catalonia (Spain) in 2005 | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 2009 | 41 |
| 28 | Smoking may increase the risk of influenza hospitalization and reduce influenza vaccine effectiveness in the elderly | European Journal of Public Health | 2018 | 41 |
| 29 | Foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Norovirus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Epidemiology and Infection | 2009 | 36 |
| 30 | Renal replacement therapy in Europe: a summary of the 2011 ERA-EDTA Registry Annual Report | CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal | 2014 | 35 |
| 31 | Norovirus shedding among food and healthcare workers exposed to the virus in outbreak settings | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2016 | 35 |
| 32 | Epidemiological and clinical features of norovirus gastroenteritis in outbreaks: a population-based study | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2010 | 34 |
| 33 | Renal replacement therapy in ADPKD patients: a 25-year survey based on the Catalan registry | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 33 |
| 34 | Undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction, thyroid antibodies, and iodine excretion in a Mediterranean population | Endocrine | 2010 | 32 |
| 35 | Clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at the time of insulin initiation: INSTIGATE observational study in Spain | Acta Diabetologica | 2010 | 31 |
| 36 | Epidemiology of pertussis in a country with high vaccination coverage | Vaccine | 2011 | 30 |
| 37 | An outbreak of food poisoning due to a genogroup I norovirus | Epidemiology and Infection | 2005 | 29 |
| 38 | Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a supermarket mist machine | Epidemiology and Infection | 2010 | 26 |
| 39 | Waterborne epidemic outbreak of Shigella sonnei gastroenteritis in Santa Maria de Palautordera, Catalonia, Spain | Epidemiology and Infection | 2006 | 25 |
| 40 | Measles antibodies and response to vaccination in children aged less than 14 months: implications for age of vaccination | Epidemiology and Infection | 2012 | 25 |
| 41 | Risk factors and effectiveness of preventive measures against influenza in the community | Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses | 2013 | 25 |
| 42 | Compliance with dietary guidelines in the Catalan population: basis for a nutrition policy at the regional level (the PAAS strategy) | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 24 |
| 43 | Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in children aged 7–59 months. A matched case-control study | Vaccine | 2011 | 24 |
| 44 | Efficiency of the incorporation of the hepatitis A vaccine as a combined A+B vaccine to the hepatitis B vaccination programme of preadolescents in schools | Vaccine | 2005 | 23 |
| 45 | Using surveillance data to estimate pandemic vaccine effectiveness against laboratory confirmed influenza A(H1N1)2009 infection: two case-control studies, Spain, season 2009-2010 | BMC Public Health | 2011 | 23 |
| 46 | Rubella immune status of indigenous and immigrant pregnant women in Catalonia, Spain | European Journal of Public Health | 2007 | 22 |
| 47 | Declining hepatitis A seroprevalence in adults in Catalonia (Spain): a population-based study | BMC Infectious Diseases | 2007 | 22 |
| 48 | Study on Propolis Quality from China and Uruguay | Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences | 2000 | 21 |
| 49 | Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of the incorporation of the pneumococcal 7-valent conjugated vaccine in the routine vaccination schedule of Catalonia (Spain) | Vaccine | 2005 | 21 |
| 50 | Prevalence of varicella‐zoster antibodies in pregnant women in Catalonia (Spain). Rationale for varicella vaccination of women of childbearing age | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 2007 | 21 |
