| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python | Nature Methods | 2020 | 17,539 |
| 2 | The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 1957 | 9,308 |
| 3 | Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Lancet, The | 2014 | 9,122 |
| 4 | Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger | Physical Review Letters | 2016 | 8,753 |
| 5 | ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions | BMJ, The | 2016 | 8,654 |
| 6 | X-ray line broadening from filed aluminium and wolfram | Acta Metallurgica | 1953 | 8,392 |
| 7 | Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines | Journal of Extracellular Vesicles | 2018 | 6,961 |
| 8 | GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral | Physical Review Letters | 2017 | 6,413 |
| 9 | Using the framework method for the analysis of qualitative data in multi-disciplinary health research | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 2013 | 5,867 |
| 10 | 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2013 | 4,839 |
| 11 | Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 4,743 |
| 12 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,701 |
| 13 | The tumour suppressor protein VHL targets hypoxia-inducible factors for oxygen-dependent proteolysis | Nature | 1999 | 4,528 |
| 14 | 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension | Journal of Hypertension | 2013 | 4,251 |
| 15 | Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2012 | 3,838 |
| 16 | Global causes of maternal death: a WHO systematic analysis | The Lancet Global Health | 2014 | 3,772 |
| 17 | Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies | Lancet, The | 2017 | 3,705 |
| 18 | Proposed minimum reporting standards for chemical analysis | Metabolomics | 2007 | 3,589 |
| 19 | Systematic review of levodopa dose equivalency reporting in Parkinson's disease | Movement Disorders | 2010 | 3,493 |
| 20 | EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2017 | 3,366 |
| 21 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy | Autophagy | 2012 | 3,122 |
| 22 | Transcriptional repression by the methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 involves a histone deacetylase complex | Nature | 1998 | 3,102 |
| 23 | WHO analysis of causes of maternal death: a systematic review | Lancet, The | 2006 | 3,013 |
| 24 | A review of central 5-HT receptors and their function | Neuropharmacology | 1999 | 2,851 |
| 25 | Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2015 | 2,836 |
| 26 | GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence | Physical Review Letters | 2016 | 2,701 |
| 27 | Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses | BMC Biology | 2014 | 2,677 |
| 28 | A single ataxia telangiectasia gene with a product similar to PI-3 kinase | Science | 1995 | 2,634 |
| 29 | Features of 20 133 UK patients in hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: prospective observational cohort study | BMJ, The | 2020 | 2,474 |
| 30 | Cardiovascular Events Associated with Rofecoxib in a Colorectal Adenoma Chemoprevention Trial | New England Journal of Medicine | 2005 | 2,378 |
| 31 | Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | 2008 | 2,370 |
| 32 | The Large Angle Spectroscopic Coronagraph (LASCO) | Solar Physics | 1995 | 2,320 |
| 33 | Inositol phospholipids and cell surface receptor function | BBA - Biomembranes | 1975 | 2,292 |
| 34 | Principles and potential of the anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge | Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | 2008 | 2,275 |
| 35 | An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues | Nature | 2014 | 2,269 |
| 36 | Catalytic Carbophilic Activation: Catalysis by Platinum and Gold π Acids | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition | 2007 | 2,191 |
| 37 | Rapid least-squares inversion of apparent resistivity pseudosections by a quasi-Newton method1 | Geophysical Prospecting | 1996 | 2,122 |
| 38 | Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy-Making | Governance | 2000 | 2,084 |
| 39 | A Lineage of Myeloid Cells Independent of Myb and Hematopoietic Stem Cells | Science | 2012 | 2,084 |
| 40 | Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 | Intensive Care Medicine | 2008 | 2,078 |
| 41 | The development and initial validation of the systemic lupus international collaborating clinics/American college of rheumatology damage index for systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1996 | 2,042 |
| 42 | Formation and growth rates of ultrafine atmospheric particles: a review of observations | Journal of Aerosol Science | 2004 | 2,034 |
| 43 | GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 | Physical Review Letters | 2017 | 1,987 |
| 44 | Association of the T-cell regulatory gene CTLA4 with susceptibility to autoimmune disease | Nature | 2003 | 1,980 |
| 45 | The role of propagule pressure in explaining species invasions | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2005 | 1,964 |
| 46 | Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores | Global Change Biology | 2002 | 1,956 |
| 47 | Interpretation of random effects meta-analyses | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 1,946 |
| 48 | Self-Assembly in Natural and Unnatural Systems | Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English | 1996 | 1,940 |
| 49 | Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community | The Cochrane Library | 2021 | 1,914 |
| 50 | Criteria for the classification of monoclonal gammopathies, multiple myeloma and related disorders: a report of the International Myeloma Working Group | British Journal of Haematology | 2003 | 1,887 |
