| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization | Quality and Quantity | 2018 | 5,196 |
| 2 | Applications of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine | Journal Physics D: Applied Physics | 2003 | 5,148 |
| 3 | The Kappa Statistic in Reliability Studies: Use, Interpretation, and Sample Size Requirements | Physical Therapy | 2005 | 2,932 |
| 4 | How to diagnose diastolic heart failure: a consensus statement on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction by the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of Cardiology | European Heart Journal | 2007 | 2,302 |
| 5 | Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19: systematic review and critical appraisal | BMJ, The | 2020 | 2,134 |
| 6 | Twenty Years' Research on Peer Victimization and Psychosocial Maladjustment: A Meta‐analytic Review of Cross‐sectional Studies | Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines | 2000 | 1,968 |
| 7 | Notes on the theory of the actor-network: Ordering, strategy, and heterogeneity | Systemic Practice and Action Research | 1992 | 1,743 |
| 8 | Lessons from applying the systematic literature review process within the software engineering domain | Journal of Systems and Software | 2007 | 1,528 |
| 9 | Trust the People! Populism and the Two Faces of Democracy | Political Studies | 1999 | 1,456 |
| 10 | Conductive polymers: Towards a smart biomaterial for tissue engineering | Acta Biomaterialia | 2014 | 1,413 |
| 11 | Using Fourier transform IR spectroscopy to analyze biological materials | Nature Protocols | 2014 | 1,385 |
| 12 | Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions | Lancet, The | 2018 | 1,363 |
| 13 | OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2010 | 1,330 |
| 14 | A new taxonomy for describing and defining adherence to medications | British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology | 2012 | 1,308 |
| 15 | Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis? | BMJ, The | 2014 | 1,224 |
| 16 | PICO, PICOS and SPIDER: a comparison study of specificity and sensitivity in three search tools for qualitative systematic reviews | BMC Health Services Research | 2014 | 1,163 |
| 17 | Solid oxide fuel cells | Chemical Society Reviews | 2003 | 1,157 |
| 18 | An international association between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer | Lancet, The | 1993 | 1,134 |
| 19 | Comparison of stratified primary care management for low back pain with current best practice (STarT Back): a randomised controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2011 | 1,082 |
| 20 | PROBAST: A Tool to Assess the Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2019 | 1,066 |
| 21 | Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering | IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering | 2002 | 1,065 |
| 22 | Outcome Measures for Low Back Pain Research | Spine | 1998 | 1,064 |
| 23 | Knee pain and osteoarthritis in older adults: a review of community burden and current use of primary health care | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2001 | 1,055 |
| 24 | Risk factors for onset of osteoarthritis of the knee in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2010 | 1,051 |
| 25 | EULAR recommendations for the non-pharmacological core management of hip and knee osteoarthritis | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2013 | 1,033 |
| 26 | The kappa statistic in reliability studies: use, interpretation, and sample size requirements | Physical Therapy | 2005 | 1,008 |
| 27 | Prognosis Research Strategy (PROGRESS) 3: Prognostic Model Research | PLoS Medicine | 2013 | 1,006 |
| 28 | Does financial development cause economic growth? Time-series evidence from 16 countries | Journal of Development Economics | 1996 | 948 |
| 29 | Digital Twin: Enabling Technologies, Challenges and Open Research | IEEE Access | 2020 | 917 |
| 30 | Molecular regulation of apoptosis: Genetic controls on cell death | Cell | 1993 | 913 |
| 31 | Controlled Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Physicians | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2017 | 898 |
| 32 | Normalisation process theory: a framework for developing, evaluating and implementing complex interventions | BMC Medicine | 2010 | 858 |
| 33 | Development of a theory of implementation and integration: Normalization Process Theory | Implementation Science | 2009 | 839 |
| 34 | Acupuncture for Chronic Pain | Archives of Internal Medicine | 2012 | 835 |
| 35 | A primary care back pain screening tool: Identifying patient subgroups for initial treatment | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2008 | 834 |
| 36 | Regions, Networks and Fluids: Anaemia and Social Topology | Social Studies of Science | 1994 | 832 |
| 37 | Calculating the sample size required for developing a clinical prediction model | BMJ, The | 2020 | 804 |
| 38 | Prevalence of chronic pain in the UK: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population studies | BMJ Open | 2016 | 793 |
| 39 | At the Critical Moment: Conditions and Prospects for Critical Management Studies | Human Relations | 2000 | 784 |
| 40 | The carotenoids as anti-oxidants — a review | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology | 1997 | 780 |
| 41 | Low back pain: a call for action | Lancet, The | 2018 | 777 |
| 42 | GAS5, a non-protein-coding RNA, controls apoptosis and is downregulated in breast cancer | Oncogene | 2009 | 736 |
| 43 | Systematic literature reviews in software engineering – A tertiary study | Information and Software Technology | 2010 | 710 |
| 44 | Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2018 | 705 |
| 45 | Glutathione-S-transferase family of enzymes | Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis | 2001 | 696 |
| 46 | PROBAST: A Tool to Assess Risk of Bias and Applicability of Prediction Model Studies: Explanation and Elaboration | Annals of Internal Medicine | 2019 | 696 |
| 47 | Displaying Families | Sociology | 2007 | 678 |
| 48 | The discordance between clinical and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic search and summary of the literature | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | 2008 | 666 |
| 49 | Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Health | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes | 2017 | 663 |
| 50 | Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 656 |
