| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates | Public Health Nutrition | 2011 | 1,259 |
| 2 | Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality: an analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project | Lancet, The | 2014 | 1,077 |
| 3 | Prediction of acute myeloid leukaemia risk in healthy individuals | Nature | 2018 | 617 |
| 4 | Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes | Nature Genetics | 2017 | 472 |
| 5 | Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer | Nature Genetics | 2019 | 377 |
| 6 | Vitamin D and mortality: meta-analysis of individual participant data from a large consortium of cohort studies from Europe and the United States | BMJ, The | 2014 | 363 |
| 7 | Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer | Nature Genetics | 2017 | 356 |
| 8 | Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular events and mortality among older adults: meta-analysis of individual participant data from prospective cohort studies of the CHANCES consortium | BMJ, The | 2015 | 349 |
| 9 | Dietary polyphenol intake in Europe: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study | European Journal of Nutrition | 2016 | 313 |
| 10 | Excess mortality after hip fracture in elderly persons from Europe and the USA: the CHANCES project | Journal of Internal Medicine | 2017 | 249 |
| 11 | Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in the EPIC cohort | British Journal of Cancer | 2011 | 248 |
| 12 | Med Diet 4.0: the Mediterranean diet with four sustainable benefits | Public Health Nutrition | 2017 | 231 |
| 13 | Particulate matter air pollution components and risk for lung cancer | Environment International | 2016 | 219 |
| 14 | Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women | JAMA Oncology | 2018 | 210 |
| 15 | Separate and combined associations of obesity and metabolic health with coronary heart disease: a pan-European case-cohort analysis | European Heart Journal | 2018 | 209 |
| 16 | Transferability of the Mediterranean Diet to Non-Mediterranean Countries. What Is and What Is Not the Mediterranean Diet | Nutrients | 2017 | 195 |
| 17 | Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis | Nature Communications | 2020 | 193 |
| 18 | Tobacco smoking-associated genome-wide DNA methylation changes in the EPIC study | Epigenomics | 2016 | 192 |
| 19 | Blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition | Gut | 2011 | 187 |
| 20 | Combined impact of healthy lifestyle factors on colorectal cancer: a large European cohort study | BMC Medicine | 2014 | 178 |
| 21 | Blood Pressure and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2008 | 170 |
| 22 | Burden of hip fracture using disability-adjusted life-years: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts in the CHANCES consortium | Lancet Public Health, The | 2017 | 169 |
| 23 | Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2019 | 169 |
| 24 | Updating the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid towards Sustainability: Focus on Environmental Concerns | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2020 | 167 |
| 25 | Development and validation of a lifestyle-based model for colorectal cancer risk prediction: the LiFeCRC score | BMC Medicine | 2021 | 164 |
| 26 | Smoking as a major risk factor for cervical cancer and pre-cancer: Results from the EPIC cohort | International Journal of Cancer | 2014 | 161 |
| 27 | Animal foods, protein, calcium and prostate cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition | British Journal of Cancer | 2008 | 157 |
| 28 | A metabolomic study of biomarkers of meat and fish intake , | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2017 | 156 |
| 29 | Dietary Glycemic Index and Load and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analyses of Prospective Cohort Studies | Nutrients | 2019 | 149 |
| 30 | Anthropometric factors and risk of endometrial cancer: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition | Cancer Causes and Control | 2007 | 148 |
| 31 | Relation of the Traditional Mediterranean Diet to Cerebrovascular Disease in a Mediterranean Population | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2012 | 147 |
| 32 | Eating out of home and its correlates in 10 European countries. The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study | Public Health Nutrition | 2007 | 139 |
| 33 | Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer risk: results from a European cohort | European Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 136 |
| 34 | Natural-Cause Mortality and Long-Term Exposure to Particle Components: An Analysis of 19 European Cohorts within the Multi-Center ESCAPE Project | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2015 | 130 |
| 35 | Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 2019 | 129 |
| 36 | Long-term exposure to elemental constituents of particulate matter and cardiovascular mortality in 19 European cohorts: Results from the ESCAPE and TRANSPHORM projects | Environment International | 2014 | 127 |
| 37 | Breast Cancer Risk After Recent Childbirth | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2019 | 120 |
| 38 | Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length | American Journal of Human Genetics | 2020 | 118 |
| 39 | Mediterranean diet and cognitive decline over time in an elderly Mediterranean population | European Journal of Nutrition | 2015 | 116 |
| 40 | Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of gastric adenocarcinoma: A reanalysis of the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC‐EURGAST) study after a longer follow‐up | International Journal of Cancer | 2012 | 114 |
| 41 | Differences in dietary intakes, food sources and determinants of total flavonoids between Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study | British Journal of Nutrition | 2013 | 114 |
| 42 | Diabetes mellitus, insulin treatment, diabetes duration, and risk of biliary tract cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma in a European cohort | Annals of Oncology | 2013 | 114 |
| 43 | From carotenoid intake to carotenoid blood and tissue concentrations – implications for dietary intake recommendations | Nutrition Reviews | 2021 | 113 |
| 44 | Active and passive cigarette smoking and breast cancer risk: Results from the EPIC cohort | International Journal of Cancer | 2014 | 112 |
| 45 | Dietary and lifestyle variables in relation to incidence of Parkinson’s disease in Greece | European Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 110 |
| 46 | Quantification of the smoking-associated cancer risk with rate advancement periods: meta-analysis of individual participant data from cohorts of the CHANCES consortium | BMC Medicine | 2016 | 110 |
| 47 | Cumulative Burden of Colorectal Cancer–Associated Genetic Variants Is More Strongly Associated With Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Cancer | Gastroenterology | 2020 | 110 |
| 48 | Assessment of Lung Cancer Risk on the Basis of a Biomarker Panel of Circulating Proteins | JAMA Oncology | 2018 | 109 |
| 49 | Dietary Glycemic Index and Load and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Assessment of Causal Relations | Nutrients | 2019 | 105 |
| 50 | Body size and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinomas: Findings from the EPIC study | International Journal of Cancer | 2012 | 104 |
