| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Planck2015 results | Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2016 | 8,344 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 | JAMA Oncology | 2017 | 4,254 |
| 4 | Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2017 | 2,705 |
| 5 | PD-1 expression on HIV-specific T cells is associated with T-cell exhaustion and disease progression | Nature | 2006 | 2,380 |
| 6 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 | JAMA Oncology | 2019 | 1,691 |
| 7 | Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa | Nature | 2021 | 1,381 |
| 8 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016 | JAMA Oncology | 2018 | 1,260 |
| 9 | Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Lancet, The | 2014 | 1,230 |
| 10 | Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa | Nature | 2022 | 1,210 |
| 11 | Biological activities and distribution of plant saponins | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 2004 | 1,068 |
| 12 | The State of US Health, 1990-2016 | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2018 | 1,042 |
| 13 | The health and health system of South Africa: historical roots of current public health challenges | Lancet, The | 2009 | 939 |
| 14 | Omicron extensively but incompletely escapes Pfizer BNT162b2 neutralization | Nature | 2022 | 928 |
| 15 | CD8+ T-cell responses to different HIV proteins have discordant associations with viral load | Nature Medicine | 2007 | 910 |
| 16 | Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: A review | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2009 | 910 |
| 17 | Non-psychotic mental disorders in the perinatal period | Lancet, The | 2014 | 888 |
| 18 | The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants | Nature Reviews Genetics | 2021 | 778 |
| 19 | Fat, fibre and cancer risk in African Americans and rural Africans | Nature Communications | 2015 | 761 |
| 20 | The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa | Lancet, The | 2009 | 748 |
| 21 | The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | 2019 | 741 |
| 22 | Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing for identification and mapping of wetland vegetation: a review | Wetlands Ecology and Management | 2010 | 723 |
| 23 | Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 | JAMA Oncology | 2022 | 719 |
| 24 | High Coverage of ART Associated with Decline in Risk of HIV Acquisition in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | Science | 2013 | 700 |
| 25 | Developmental pathway for potent V1V2-directed HIV-neutralizing antibodies | Nature | 2014 | 681 |
| 26 | Metal complexes in cancer therapy – an update from drug design perspective | Drug Design, Development and Therapy | 2017 | 668 |
| 27 | Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide | Ecology Letters | 2015 | 612 |
| 28 | Timing of Initiation of Antiretroviral Drugs during Tuberculosis Therapy | New England Journal of Medicine | 2010 | 608 |
| 29 | An introduction to quantum machine learning | Contemporary Physics | 2015 | 592 |
| 30 | Review on Natural Coumarin Lead Compounds for Their Pharmacological Activity | BioMed Research International | 2013 | 587 |
| 31 | Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition | Lancet, The | 2016 | 586 |
| 32 | Mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life: an intervention cohort study | Lancet, The | 2007 | 579 |
| 33 | Association of Postoperative High-Sensitivity Troponin Levels With Myocardial Injury and 30-Day Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2017 | 579 |
| 34 | National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010 | The Lancet Global Health | 2013 | 577 |
| 35 | High density biomass estimation for wetland vegetation using WorldView-2 imagery and random forest regression algorithm | International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation | 2012 | 574 |
| 36 | Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma | Nature | 2021 | 574 |
| 37 | Recent developments in biological activities of chalcones: A mini review | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | 2014 | 555 |
| 38 | A decade of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN): scientific achievements, new techniques and future directions | Surveys in Geophysics | 2007 | 554 |
| 39 | Initial B-Cell Responses to Transmitted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: Virion-Binding Immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG Antibodies Followed by Plasma Anti-gp41 Antibodies with Ineffective Control of Initial Viremia | Journal of Virology | 2008 | 548 |
| 40 | The Attractive Female Body Weight and Female Body Dissatisfaction in 26 Countries Across 10 World Regions: Results of the International Body Project I | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 2010 | 532 |
| 41 | Renewing Felsenstein’s phylogenetic bootstrap in the era of big data | Nature | 2018 | 513 |
| 42 | Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings | Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science | 2018 | 505 |
| 43 | Pollinator-mediated evolution of floral signals | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 2013 | 504 |
| 44 | Iron fortification adversely affects the gut microbiome, increases pathogen abundance and induces intestinal inflammation in Kenyan infants | Gut | 2015 | 477 |
| 45 | Climate change and mountain water resources: overview and recommendations for research, management and policy | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | 2011 | 476 |
| 46 | Grasslands—more important for ecosystem services than you might think | Ecosphere | 2019 | 476 |
| 47 | Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2014 | 473 |
| 48 | The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa | Nature | 2015 | 473 |
| 49 | Application of gas hydrate formation in separation processes: A review of experimental studies | Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics | 2012 | 469 |
| 50 | Prey preferences of the leopard (Panthera pardus) | Journal of Zoology | 2006 | 466 |
