| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1997 | 41,333 |
| 2 | The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews | BMJ, The | 2021 | 26,066 |
| 3 | The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 23,287 |
| 4 | Bounds testing approaches to the analysis of level relationships | Journal of Applied Econometrics | 2001 | 11,119 |
| 5 | RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2019 | 10,984 |
| 6 | Global Consequences of Land Use | Science | 2005 | 9,451 |
| 7 | A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 | Lancet, The | 2012 | 9,397 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | QUADAS-2: A Revised Tool for the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2011 | 9,012 |
| 10 | ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions | BMJ, The | 2016 | 8,654 |
| 11 | The Elastic Behaviour of a Crystalline Aggregate | Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A | 1952 | 8,212 |
| 12 | Quantal phase factors accompanying adiabatic changes | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 1984 | 7,109 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age | PLoS Medicine | 2015 | 6,753 |
| 15 | Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 | Lancet, The | 2012 | 6,376 |
| 16 | Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory | Physical Review | 1959 | 5,677 |
| 17 | Improving Bioscience Research Reporting: The ARRIVE Guidelines for Reporting Animal Research | PLoS Biology | 2010 | 5,621 |
| 18 | Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience | Nature Reviews Neuroscience | 2013 | 5,386 |
| 19 | A Chemically Functionalizable Nanoporous Material [Cu3(TMA)2(H2O)3]n | Science | 1999 | 5,290 |
| 20 | The episodic buffer: a new component of working memory? | Trends in Cognitive Sciences | 2000 | 4,857 |
| 21 | The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A | 1951 | 4,795 |
| 22 | Qualitative research in health care: Analysing qualitative data | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 4,793 |
| 23 | Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2009 | 4,793 |
| 24 | Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 4,743 |
| 25 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) | Autophagy | 2016 | 4,701 |
| 26 | AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2017 | 4,681 |
| 27 | Updated guidance for trusted systematic reviews: a new edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions | The Cochrane Library | 2019 | 4,644 |
| 28 | An Introduction to Statistical Modeling of Extreme Values | Springer Series in Statistics | 2001 | 4,258 |
| 29 | Consistent Estimation in Mendelian Randomization with Some Invalid Instruments Using a Weighted Median Estimator | Genetic Epidemiology | 2016 | 4,142 |
| 30 | Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism MCR-1 in animals and human beings in China: a microbiological and molecular biological study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2016 | 4,130 |
| 31 | Social categorization and intergroup behaviour | European Journal of Social Psychology | 1971 | 4,091 |
| 32 | Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 2020 | 4,086 |
| 33 | Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 | Cell Death and Differentiation | 2018 | 4,036 |
| 34 | ‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?* | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 4,018 |
| 35 | IntCal09 and Marine09 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves, 0–50,000 Years cal BP | Radiocarbon | 2009 | 4,009 |
| 36 | A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity | Science | 2007 | 3,884 |
| 37 | Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology | Nature | 2015 | 3,823 |
| 38 | Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies | Lancet, The | 2010 | 3,807 |
| 39 | Internet of Things in Industries: A Survey | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics | 2014 | 3,788 |
| 40 | Chemical Redox Agents for Organometallic Chemistry | Chemical Reviews | 1996 | 3,676 |
| 41 | The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome | ELife | 2018 | 3,639 |
| 42 | The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews | Systematic Reviews | 2021 | 3,624 |
| 43 | Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance | BMJ, The | 2015 | 3,602 |
| 44 | The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP) | Radiocarbon | 2020 | 3,502 |
| 45 | The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews | International Journal of Surgery | 2021 | 3,487 |
| 46 | PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews | BMJ, The | 2021 | 3,413 |
| 47 | The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology | Molecular Plant Pathology | 2012 | 3,270 |
| 48 | Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids | Nature | 2010 | 3,249 |
| 49 | Neoliberalizing Space | Antipode | 2002 | 3,214 |
| 50 | Review of Particle Physics | Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics | 2020 | 3,177 |
