| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger | Physical Review Letters | 2016 | 8,753 |
| 4 | Contracted Gaussian basis sets for molecular calculations. I. Second row atoms, Z=11–18 | Journal of Chemical Physics | 1980 | 8,514 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | The worldwide leaf economics spectrum | Nature | 2004 | 6,489 |
| 7 | GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral | Physical Review Letters | 2017 | 6,413 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity | Nature | 2010 | 5,284 |
| 10 | Human DNA methylomes at base resolution show widespread epigenomic differences | Nature | 2009 | 4,063 |
| 11 | Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease | Nature | 2012 | 4,038 |
| 12 | Consumer perceived value: The development of a multiple item scale | Journal of Retailing | 2001 | 4,023 |
| 13 | Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects | Lancet, The | 2012 | 4,021 |
| 14 | Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology | Nature | 2015 | 3,823 |
| 15 | Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics | Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2017 | 3,192 |
| 16 | Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 3,144 |
| 17 | Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2009 | 2,971 |
| 18 | Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis | Precambrian Research | 2008 | 2,747 |
| 19 | Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015 | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2017 | 2,705 |
| 20 | GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence | Physical Review Letters | 2016 | 2,701 |
| 21 | Dabrafenib in BRAF-mutated metastatic melanoma: a multicentre, open-label, phase 3 randomised controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2012 | 2,691 |
| 22 | Comparison of global estimates of prevalence and risk factors for peripheral artery disease in 2000 and 2010: a systematic review and analysis | Lancet, The | 2013 | 2,640 |
| 23 | Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 2,634 |
| 24 | Recent progress in alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production and applications | Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | 2010 | 2,553 |
| 25 | Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome | Science | 2018 | 2,424 |
| 26 | Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2016 | 2,405 |
| 27 | Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals | Nature | 2017 | 2,363 |
| 28 | Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 1. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel | European Heart Journal | 2017 | 2,292 |
| 29 | Genome-wide meta-analysis increases to 71 the number of confirmed Crohn's disease susceptibility loci | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 2,284 |
| 30 | The Global Burden of Cancer 2013 | JAMA Oncology | 2015 | 2,269 |
| 31 | A rating formulation for ordered response categories | Psychometrika | 1978 | 2,241 |
| 32 | Highly Integrated Single-Base Resolution Maps of the Epigenome in Arabidopsis | Cell | 2008 | 2,229 |
| 33 | Liver Fibrosis, but No Other Histologic Features, Is Associated With Long-term Outcomes of Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Gastroenterology | 2015 | 2,200 |
| 34 | A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement | Journal of Hepatology | 2020 | 2,171 |
| 35 | Salinity tolerance in halophytes* | New Phytologist | 2008 | 2,141 |
| 36 | Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: Consensus Statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society | European Heart Journal | 2013 | 2,132 |
| 37 | Whole genomes redefine the mutational landscape of pancreatic cancer | Nature | 2015 | 2,132 |
| 38 | Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being | Science | 2017 | 2,026 |
| 39 | GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 | Physical Review Letters | 2017 | 1,987 |
| 40 | New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 1,982 |
| 41 | The 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constant | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 2011 | 1,915 |
| 42 | 2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines | Hypertension | 2020 | 1,895 |
| 43 | Estrogen Receptor Status by Immunohistochemistry Is Superior to the Ligand-Binding Assay for Predicting Response to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 1999 | 1,880 |
| 44 | Misinformation and Its Correction | Psychological Science in the Public Interest: A Journal of the American Psychological Society | 2012 | 1,866 |
| 45 | Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2019 | 1,866 |
| 46 | Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height | Nature Genetics | 2014 | 1,818 |
| 47 | Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height | Nature | 2010 | 1,789 |
| 48 | Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and other plant extracts | Journal of Applied Microbiology | 1999 | 1,784 |
| 49 | CrystalExplorer: a program for Hirshfeld surface analysis, visualization and quantitative analysis of molecular crystals | Journal of Applied Crystallography | 2021 | 1,744 |
| 50 | Modularity, flexibility, and knowledge management in product and organization design | Strategic Management Journal | 1996 | 1,699 |
