| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Physical activity and clustered cardiovascular risk in children: a cross-sectional study (The European Youth Heart Study) | Lancet, The | 2006 | 1,188 |
| 5 | Childhood cancer survival in Europe 1999–2007: results of EUROCARE-5—a population-based study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2014 | 799 |
| 6 | Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Lancet, The | 2014 | 786 |
| 7 | Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe | Parasites and Vectors | 2013 | 684 |
| 8 | TV Viewing and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with Metabolic Risk in Children: The European Youth Heart Study | PLoS Medicine | 2006 | 487 |
| 9 | Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2018 | 452 |
| 10 | Multidrug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Regimens and Patient Outcomes: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of 9,153 Patients | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 430 |
| 11 | The IDEFICS cohort: design, characteristics and participation in the baseline survey | International Journal of Obesity | 2011 | 306 |
| 12 | Burden and centralised treatment in Europe of rare tumours: results of RARECAREnet—a population-based study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2017 | 285 |
| 13 | Prevalence of overweight and obesity in European children below the age of 10 | International Journal of Obesity | 2014 | 249 |
| 14 | Low cardiorespiratory fitness is a strong predictor for clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in children independent of country, age and sex | European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | 2007 | 247 |
| 15 | Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and “Candidatus Neoehrlichia” bacteria: Pathogenicity, biodiversity, and molecular genetic characteristics, a review | Infection, Genetics and Evolution | 2011 | 238 |
| 16 | Metabolic syndrome in young children: definitions and results of the IDEFICS study | International Journal of Obesity | 2014 | 228 |
| 17 | Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time during Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Cohort Study | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 220 |
| 18 | Survival of women with cancers of breast and genital organs in Europe 1999–2007: Results of the EUROCARE-5 study | European Journal of Cancer | 2015 | 205 |
| 19 | Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2021 | 203 |
| 20 | Cigarette Smoking and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the EUREYE Study | Ophthalmology | 2007 | 193 |
| 21 | High Cardiovascular Fitness Is Associated with Low Metabolic Risk Score in Children: The European Youth Heart Study | Pediatric Research | 2007 | 185 |
| 22 | Objectively measured physical activity in European children: the IDEFICS study | International Journal of Obesity | 2014 | 182 |
| 23 | Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2020 | 176 |
| 24 | Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe – preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020 | Eurosurveillance | 2020 | 174 |
| 25 | Resection of pancreatic cancer in Europe and USA: an international large-scale study highlighting large variations | Gut | 2019 | 150 |
| 26 | Reproducibility of food consumption frequencies derived from the Children's Eating Habits Questionnaire used in the IDEFICS study | International Journal of Obesity | 2011 | 149 |
| 27 | Intra- and inter-observer reliability in anthropometric measurements in children | International Journal of Obesity | 2011 | 146 |
| 28 | Early Childhood Electronic Media Use as a Predictor of Poorer Well-being | JAMA Pediatrics | 2014 | 142 |
| 29 | Physical fitness reference standards in European children: the IDEFICS study | International Journal of Obesity | 2014 | 142 |
| 30 | Cardiorespiratory fitness relates more strongly than physical activity to cardiovascular disease risk factors in healthy children and adolescents: the European Youth Heart Study | European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | 2007 | 141 |
| 31 | Body weight dissatisfaction and communication with parents among adolescents in 24 countries: international cross-sectional survey | BMC Public Health | 2009 | 138 |
| 32 | Socio‐economic factors in the differential upsurge of tick‐borne encephalitis in central and Eastern Europe | Reviews in Medical Virology | 2008 | 136 |
| 33 | Climate Change Cannot Explain the Upsurge of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in the Baltics | PLoS ONE | 2007 | 130 |
| 34 | Evidence of association ofAPOEwith age-related macular degeneration - a pooled analysis of 15 studies | Human Mutation | 2011 | 130 |
| 35 | Drinking Motives and Links to Alcohol Use in 13 European Countries | Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs | 2014 | 130 |
| 36 | Taste preferences in association with dietary habits and weight status in European children: results from the IDEFICS study | International Journal of Obesity | 2012 | 120 |
| 37 | Sputum culture conversion as a prognostic marker for end-of-treatment outcome in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a secondary analysis of data from two observational cohort studies | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2015 | 116 |
| 38 | Socioeconomic factors and childhood overweight in Europe: results from the multi‐centre IDEFICS study | Pediatric Obesity | 2013 | 110 |
| 39 | Mediterranean diet, overweight and body composition in children from eight European countries: Cross-sectional and prospective results from the IDEFICS study | Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases | 2014 | 110 |
| 40 | Alcohol poisoning in Russia and the countries in the European part of the former Soviet Union, 1970 2002 | European Journal of Public Health | 2007 | 107 |
| 41 | DNA-based eye colour prediction across Europe with the IrisPlex system | Forensic Science International: Genetics | 2012 | 105 |
| 42 | A five-year perspective on the situation of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and status of the hantavirus reservoirs in Europe, 2005-2010 | Eurosurveillance | 2011 | 104 |
| 43 | Active commuting to school in children and adolescents: An opportunity to increase physical activity and fitness | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 2010 | 100 |
| 44 | Television habits in relation to overweight, diet and taste preferences in European children: the IDEFICS study | European Journal of Epidemiology | 2012 | 100 |
| 45 | Breast cancer survival in the US and Europe: A CONCORD high‐resolution study | International Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 100 |
| 46 | Percentile reference values for anthropometric body composition indices in European children from the IDEFICS study | International Journal of Obesity | 2014 | 100 |
| 47 | Excess all-cause and influenza-attributable mortality in Europe, December 2016 to February 2017 | Eurosurveillance | 2017 | 100 |
| 48 | Immunoglobulin G Fc N-glycan profiling in patients with gastric cancer by LC-ESI-MS: relation to tumor progression and survival | Glycoconjugate Journal | 2012 | 94 |
| 49 | On-going improvement and persistent differences in the survival for patients with colon and rectum cancer across Europe 1999–2007 – Results from the EUROCARE-5 study | European Journal of Cancer | 2015 | 93 |
| 50 | Prevalence and determinants of misreporting among European children in proxy-reported 24 h dietary recalls | British Journal of Nutrition | 2013 | 91 |
