| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The Structure of Haplotype Blocks in the Human Genome | Science | 2002 | 5,300 |
| 2 | Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2020 | 4,468 |
| 3 | Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2017 | 2,705 |
| 4 | The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths | Global Environmental Change | 2001 | 2,639 |
| 5 | Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2010 | 1,854 |
| 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 | Grand challenges in global mental health | Nature | 2011 | 1,654 |
| 8 | The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development | Lancet, The | 2018 | 1,534 |
| 9 | Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury | Journal of Neurosurgery | 2019 | 1,291 |
| 10 | Colonialism and the Two Publics in Africa: A Theoretical Statement | Comparative Studies in Society and History | 1975 | 966 |
| 11 | The importance of early treatment with tranexamic acid in bleeding trauma patients: an exploratory analysis of the CRASH-2 randomised controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2011 | 950 |
| 12 | Worldwide distribution of human papillomavirus types in cytologically normal women in the International Agency for Research on Cancer HPV prevalence surveys: a pooled analysis | Lancet, The | 2005 | 924 |
| 13 | Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality Among Pregnant Women With and Without COVID-19 Infection | JAMA Pediatrics | 2021 | 910 |
| 14 | Barriers to mental health treatment: results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys | Psychological Medicine | 2014 | 825 |
| 15 | Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries | Lancet, The | 2007 | 788 |
| 16 | Recommendation systems: Principles, methods and evaluation | Egyptian Informatics Journal | 2015 | 786 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | Stroke: a global response is needed | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2016 | 605 |
| 19 | A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission | Lancet, The | 2020 | 551 |
| 20 | Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals: a systematic review of reviews | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 2018 | 515 |
| 21 | Innovations and changes in the ICD‐11 classification of mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders | World Psychiatry | 2019 | 505 |
| 22 | Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Heavy Metal Levels as Indicators of Environmental Pollution in African Cat Fish (Clarias gariepinus) from Nigeria Ogun River | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2007 | 469 |
| 23 | COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health | Lancet Psychiatry,the | 2021 | 455 |
| 24 | Adsorption properties and inhibition of mild steel corrosion in sulphuric acid solution by ketoconazole: Experimental and theoretical investigation | Corrosion Science | 2010 | 441 |
| 25 | Common variants on chromosome 5p12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer | Nature Genetics | 2008 | 412 |
| 26 | National Character Does Not Reflect Mean Personality Trait Levels in 49 Cultures | Science | 2005 | 400 |
| 27 | The global burden of neurological disorders: translating evidence into policy | Lancet Neurology, The | 2020 | 377 |
| 28 | Optimal allocation and sizing of PV/Wind/Split-diesel/Battery hybrid energy system for minimizing life cycle cost, carbon emission and dump energy of remote residential building | Applied Energy | 2016 | 375 |
| 29 | Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study | Lancet, The | 2018 | 373 |
| 30 | Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa | Nature Genetics | 2009 | 345 |
| 31 | Variations in the age-specific curves of human papillomavirus prevalence in women worldwide | International Journal of Cancer | 2006 | 332 |
| 32 | Systems Approach to a Theory of Rural‐Urban Migration | Geographical Analysis | 1970 | 302 |
| 33 | Review of cases of nosocomial Lassa fever in Nigeria: the high price of poor medical practice | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 294 |
| 34 | Antifungal drugs as corrosion inhibitors for aluminium in 0.1M HCl | Corrosion Science | 2009 | 289 |
| 35 | Treatment of suicidal people around the world | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2011 | 289 |
| 36 | Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the adsorption of lead (II) ions onto phosphate-modified kaolinite clay | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2007 | 288 |
| 37 | Community study of knowledge of and attitude to mental illness in Nigeria | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2005 | 287 |
| 38 | Arthropod-borne viral infections of man in Nigeria, 1964–1970 | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 1975 | 286 |
| 39 | Theoretical study of benzimidazole and its derivatives and their potential activity as corrosion inhibitors | Corrosion Science | 2010 | 284 |
| 40 | Prevalence of cognitive impairment | Neurology | 2001 | 282 |
| 41 | Assessment of Global Kidney Health Care Status | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2017 | 282 |
| 42 | Okihiro syndrome is caused by SALL4 mutations | Human Molecular Genetics | 2002 | 280 |
| 43 | How women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: a cross-sectional study with labour observations and community-based surveys | Lancet, The | 2019 | 279 |
| 44 | Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of mental disorders in the Nigerian Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2006 | 275 |
| 45 | The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Among US States, 1990-2016 | JAMA Cardiology | 2018 | 271 |
| 46 | Zika virus infections in Nigeria: virological and seroepidemiological investigations in Oyo State | The Journal of Hygiene | 1979 | 268 |
| 47 | The relation between multiple pains and mental disorders: Results from the World Mental Health Surveys | Pain | 2008 | 260 |
| 48 | Expression of the cytochrome P450s, CYP6P3 and CYP6M2 are significantly elevated in multiple pyrethroid resistant populations of Anopheles gambiae s.s. from Southern Benin and Nigeria | BMC Genomics | 2008 | 256 |
| 49 | Prevention of stroke: a global perspective | Lancet, The | 2018 | 256 |
| 50 | Chemoprevention of 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced hepatotoxicity and lipid peroxidation in rats by kolaviron—A Garcinia kola seed extract | Food and Chemical Toxicology | 2000 | 255 |
