| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Adhesion-related hospital readmissions after abdominal and pelvic surgery: a retrospective cohort study | Lancet, The | 1999 | 814 |
| 2 | Review: Suicide and schizophrenia: a systematic review of rates and risk factors | Journal of Psychopharmacology | 2010 | 653 |
| 3 | Association between psychological distress and mortality: individual participant pooled analysis of 10 prospective cohort studies | BMJ, The | 2012 | 457 |
| 4 | Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations | The Cochrane Library | 2016 | 377 |
| 5 | Gestational Age at Delivery and Special Educational Need: Retrospective Cohort Study of 407,503 Schoolchildren | PLoS Medicine | 2010 | 355 |
| 6 | Postoperative adhesions | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 2001 | 312 |
| 7 | Risk of malignancy among patients with rheumatic conditions | International Journal of Cancer | 2000 | 299 |
| 8 | Cerebral palsy and intrauterine growth in single births: European collaborative study | Lancet, The | 2003 | 297 |
| 9 | The impact of adhesions on hospital readmissions over ten years after 8849 open gynaecological operations: an assessment from the Surgical and Clinical Adhesions Research Study | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 2000 | 207 |
| 10 | Trends in hospitalization for heart failure in Scotland, 1990–1996. An epidemic that has reached its peak? | European Heart Journal | 2001 | 198 |
| 11 | Decline in Presumptively Protective Gut Bacterial Species and Metabolites Are Paradoxically Associated with Disease Improvement in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease During Enteral Nutrition | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases | 2014 | 186 |
| 12 | Five-Year Mortality and Hospital Costs Associated with Surviving Intensive Care | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2016 | 180 |
| 13 | A case-control study of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in women: a preventable disease | British Journal of Cancer | 2000 | 178 |
| 14 | “First do no harm.” A systematic review of the prevalence and management of antipsychotic adverse effects | Journal of Psychopharmacology | 2015 | 165 |
| 15 | MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK for allergic rhinitis (MASK-rhinitis): the new generation guideline implementation | Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2015 | 160 |
| 16 | Geographical variation in dementia: systematic review with meta-analysis | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2012 | 142 |
| 17 | Impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a population-based study | Lancet, The | 2000 | 141 |
| 18 | Trends in hospital activity, morbidity and case fatality related to atrial fibrillation in Scotland, 1986–1996 | European Heart Journal | 2001 | 137 |
| 19 | Prevalence of cervical disease at age 20 after immunisation with bivalent HPV vaccine at age 12-13 in Scotland: retrospective population study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2019 | 134 |
| 20 | Comparing policies to enhance prescribing efficiency in Europe through increasing generic utilization: changes seen and global implications | Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research | 2010 | 131 |
| 21 | International comparison of hip fracture rates in 1988–89 | Osteoporosis International | 1996 | 129 |
| 22 | Excess risk of cancer in patients with primary venous thromboembolism: a national, population-based cohort study | British Journal of Cancer | 2004 | 120 |
| 23 | How Old is Old for Transplantation? | American Journal of Transplantation | 2004 | 119 |
| 24 | Equity of access to renal transplant waiting list and renal transplantation in Scotland: cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2003 | 118 |
| 25 | Impact of false-positive mammography on subsequent screening attendance and risk of cancer | Breast Cancer Research | 2002 | 105 |
| 26 | Association between maternal body mass index during pregnancy, short‐term morbidity, and increased health service costs: a population‐based study | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 2014 | 102 |
| 27 | Obstetric complications and schizophrenia | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2000 | 96 |
| 28 | Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for dementia death: individual participant meta-analysis of 86 508 men and women from the UK | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2013 | 96 |
| 29 | Development of a European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaire module to assess the quality of life of ovarian cancer patients in clinical trials | European Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 86 |
| 30 | The epidemiology of self-poisoning in the UK | British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology | 2003 | 85 |
| 31 | Operational definition of Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA): A conceptual framework | Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging | 2015 | 85 |
| 32 | Impact of COVID-19 on accident and emergency attendances and emergency and planned hospital admissions in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis | Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | 2020 | 82 |
| 33 | Risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in women: a case–control study | British Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 74 |
| 34 | Oesophageal and gastric cancer in Scotland 1960-90 | British Journal of Cancer | 1995 | 72 |
| 35 | Research priorities for stillbirth: process overview and results from UK Stillbirth Priority Setting Partnership | Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2015 | 71 |
| 36 | Validating automated screening for psychological distress by means of computer touchscreens for use in routine oncology practice | British Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 66 |
| 37 | Cancer prevalence in the UK: results from the EUROPREVAL study | Annals of Oncology | 2003 | 65 |
| 38 | Period trends in rate of suicide in first 28 days after discharge from psychiatric hospital in Scotland, 1968-92 | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 64 |
| 39 | "I don't like Mondays"---day of the week of coronary heart disease deaths in Scotland: study of routinely collected data | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 58 |
| 40 | Association of opioid prescribing practices with chronic pain and benzodiazepine co-prescription: a primary care data linkage study | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2018 | 56 |
| 41 | Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants and Connective Tissue Diseases | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 1998 | 54 |
| 42 | Representation of people with comorbidity and multimorbidity in clinical trials of novel drug therapies: an individual-level participant data analysis | BMC Medicine | 2019 | 52 |
| 43 | Suicide in the 12 months after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care, Scotland 1968-92. | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 1997 | 51 |
| 44 | Colonization of transplant unit water supplies with Legionella and protozoa: precautions required to reduce the risk of legionellosis | Journal of Hospital Infection | 1997 | 51 |
| 45 | Rising incidence of prostate cancer in Scotland: increased risk or increased detection? | BJU International | 2000 | 50 |
| 46 | Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography | BMC Public Health | 2004 | 50 |
| 47 | Is Countercontrol the Key to Understanding Chronic Behavior Problems? | Intervention in School and Clinic | 2006 | 50 |
| 48 | Height in relation to dementia death: individual participant meta-analysis of 18 UK prospective cohort studies | British Journal of Psychiatry | 2014 | 49 |
| 49 | Mortality associated with traumatic injuries in the elderly: A population based study | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics | 2012 | 48 |
| 50 | Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5) | Clinical and Translational Allergy | 2016 | 47 |
