| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Variations in pattern of pubertal changes in girls. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1969 | 5,162 |
| 2 | Variations in the Pattern of Pubertal Changes in Boys | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1970 | 4,353 |
| 3 | Clinical longitudinal standards for height, weight, height velocity, weight velocity, and stages of puberty. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1976 | 2,866 |
| 4 | Standards from birth to maturity for height, weight, height velocity, and weight velocity: British children, 1965. II. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1966 | 1,884 |
| 5 | Body mass index reference curves for the UK, 1990. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1995 | 1,772 |
| 6 | Revised criteria for diagnosis of coeliac disease. Report of Working Group of European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1990 | 1,649 |
| 7 | Standards from birth to maturity for height, weight, height velocity, and weight velocity: British children, 1965. I. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1966 | 1,502 |
| 8 | Quantitative growth and development of human brain | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1973 | 1,349 |
| 9 | Cross sectional stature and weight reference curves for the UK, 1990. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1995 | 1,287 |
| 10 | Health consequences of obesity | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2003 | 1,253 |
| 11 | Consensus statement on management of intersex disorders | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2005 | 900 |
| 12 | Snoring, sleep disturbance, and behaviour in 4-5 year olds. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1993 | 836 |
| 13 | Changes in asthma prevalence: two surveys 15 years apart. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1989 | 789 |
| 14 | Recurrent Abdominal Pains: A Field Survey of 1,000 School Children | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1958 | 740 |
| 15 | Standards for Children's Height at Ages 2-9 Years Allowing for Height of Parents | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1970 | 731 |
| 16 | Cardiovascular effects of mechanical ventilation | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1999 | 731 |
| 17 | A review of measures of quality of life for children with chronic illness | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2001 | 584 |
| 18 | Measuring body composition | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2005 | 576 |
| 19 | Vitamin D supplementation in early childhood and risk of type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2008 | 557 |
| 20 | A mixture of prebiotic oligosaccharides reduces the incidence of atopic dermatitis during the first six months of age | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2006 | 541 |
| 21 | Improving the transition between paediatric and adult healthcare: a systematic review | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2011 | 540 |
| 22 | The effect of ADHD on the life of an individual, their family, and community from preschool to adult life | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2005 | 539 |
| 23 | Vitamin dificiencies and neural tube defects. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1976 | 538 |
| 24 | Chemical Development in utero | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1951 | 535 |
| 25 | Familial Haemophagocytic Reticulosis | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1952 | 509 |
| 26 | Long-term effects of bullying | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2015 | 488 |
| 27 | Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2012 | 486 |
| 28 | Body index measurements in 1996-7 compared with 1980 | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2000 | 484 |
| 29 | Determination of Body Composition of Children from Skinfold Measurements | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1971 | 474 |
| 30 | Metabolic Abnormalities Detected in a Survey of Mentally Backward Individuals in Northern Ireland | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1962 | 468 |
| 31 | How much loss to follow-up is acceptable in long-term randomised trials and prospective studies? | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2008 | 465 |
| 32 | Objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary behaviour: review with new data | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2008 | 448 |
| 33 | Biological role of lactoferrin. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1992 | 446 |
| 34 | Developmental Posterior Enteric Remnants and Spinal Malformations: The Split Notochord Syndrome | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1960 | 440 |
| 35 | Objective measurement of levels and patterns of physical activity | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2007 | 432 |
| 36 | Measurement of the growth of the lateral ventricles in preterm infants with real-time ultrasound. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1981 | 425 |
| 37 | Enuresis and spontaneous cure rate: Study of 1129 enuretics | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1974 | 421 |
| 38 | A clinical study of Noonan syndrome. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1992 | 418 |
| 39 | Dietary products used in infants for treatment and prevention of food allergy.. Joint statement of the European Society for Paediatric Allergology and Clinical Immunology (ESPACI) Committee on Hypoallergenic Formulas and the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) Committee on Nutrition | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1999 | 415 |
| 40 | Effect of Human Growth Hormone Treatment for 1 to 7 Years on Growth of 100 Children, with Growth Hormone Deficiency, Low Birthweight, Inherited Smallness, Turner's Syndrome, and Other Complaints | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1971 | 408 |
| 41 | The Number of Alveoli in the Terminal Respiratory Unit of Man During Late Intrauterine Life and Childhood | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1960 | 403 |
| 42 | Revised standards for triceps and subscapular skinfolds in British children. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1975 | 401 |
| 43 | Presenting features of inflammatory bowel disease in Great Britain and Ireland | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2003 | 396 |
| 44 | Dr James Blundell (1790-1878) and neonatal resuscitation. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1989 | 395 |
| 45 | Derivation of the children's head injury algorithm for the prediction of important clinical events decision rule for head injury in children | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2006 | 395 |
| 46 | Preventing rhesus babies: the Liverpool research and follow up. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1989 | 392 |
| 47 | Dr Langdon Down (1828-1896) and 'mongolism'. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1991 | 388 |
| 48 | The link between short sleep duration and obesity: we should recommend more sleep to prevent obesity | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2006 | 388 |
| 49 | Height and weight at menarche and a hypothesis of menarche | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1971 | 386 |
| 50 | Francois Mauriceau (1637-1709) and maternal posture for parturition. | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 1991 | 386 |
