| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A SIMPLE METHOD OF ESTIMATING FIFTY PER CENT ENDPOINTS12 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1938 | 7,537 |
| 2 | A Modified Poisson Regression Approach to Prospective Studies with Binary Data | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2004 | 6,963 |
| 3 | SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1979 | 4,447 |
| 4 | Updating and Validating the Charlson Comorbidity Index and Score for Risk Adjustment in Hospital Discharge Abstracts Using Data From 6 Countries | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2011 | 3,941 |
| 5 | REPRODUCIBILITY AND VALIDITY OF A SEMIQUANTITATIVE FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1985 | 3,799 |
| 6 | Increased Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Adults | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 3,416 |
| 7 | Epidemiology of Sarcopenia among the Elderly in New Mexico | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1998 | 3,279 |
| 8 | Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Objectives and Design | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2002 | 3,068 |
| 9 | THE ATHEROSCLEROSIS RISK IN COMMUNIT (ARIC) STUDY: DESIGN AND OBJECTIVES | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1989 | 2,906 |
| 10 | Relaxing the Rule of Ten Events per Variable in Logistic and Cox Regression | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 2,791 |
| 11 | TOTAL ENERGY INTAKE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC ANALYSES | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1986 | 2,726 |
| 12 | Comparison of Sociodemographic and Health-Related Characteristics of UK Biobank Participants With Those of the General Population | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 2,242 |
| 13 | Simulation Study of Confounder-Selection Strategies | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1993 | 2,124 |
| 14 | Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2008 | 2,093 |
| 15 | THE IMPACT OF CONFOUNDER SELECTION CRITERIA ON EFFECT ESTIMATION | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1989 | 2,030 |
| 16 | The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: design and objectives. The ARIC investigators | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1989 | 2,015 |
| 17 | ASSESSING DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN FIVE PSYCHIATRIC POPULATIONS: A VALIDATION STUDY | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1977 | 1,999 |
| 18 | Methods for Trend Estimation from Summarized Dose-Response Data, with Applications to Meta-Analysis | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1992 | 1,997 |
| 19 | A DATA-BASED APPROACH TO DIET QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN AND TESTING | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1986 | 1,966 |
| 20 | The Case-Crossover Design: A Method for Studying Transient Effects on the Risk of Acute Events | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1991 | 1,954 |
| 21 | Constructing Inverse Probability Weights for Marginal Structural Models | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2008 | 1,880 |
| 22 | Socioeconomic Inequalities in Depression: A Meta-Analysis | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,875 |
| 23 | Reproducibility and Validity of an Expanded Self-Administered Semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire among Male Health Professionals | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1992 | 1,852 |
| 24 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS AN INDEX OF HEART ATTACK RISK IN COLLEGE ALUMNI1 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1978 | 1,847 |
| 25 | THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT TO HOST RESISTANCE1 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1976 | 1,811 |
| 26 | RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS DISEASE IN INFANTS DESPITE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIGENIC INACTIVATED VACCINE12 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1969 | 1,796 |
| 27 | Association of Coronary Heart Disease Incidence with Carotid Arterial Wall Thickness and Major Risk Factors: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 1987-1993 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1997 | 1,792 |
| 28 | A REVIEW OF GOODNESS OF FIT STATISTICS FOR USE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS1 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1982 | 1,773 |
| 29 | Statistical Analysis of Correlated Data Using Generalized Estimating Equations: An Orientation | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,770 |
| 30 | THE EFFICACY OF INFECTION SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL PROGRAMS IN PREVENTING NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN US HOSPITALS | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1985 | 1,738 |
| 31 | THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF APPENDICITIS AND APPENDECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1990 | 1,732 |
| 32 | ESTIMABILITY AND ESTIMATION IN CASE-REFERENT STUDIES | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1976 | 1,730 |
| 33 | Estimating the Relative Risk in Cohort Studies and Clinical Trials of Common Outcomes | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,691 |
| 34 | Variable Selection for Propensity Score Models | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 1,618 |
| 35 | Age-specific Incidence Rates of Myocardial Infarction and Angina in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Comparison with the Framingham Study | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1997 | 1,591 |
| 36 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE FIVE-CITY PROJECT1 | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1985 | 1,552 |
| 37 | Easy SAS Calculations for Risk or Prevalence Ratios and Differences | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2005 | 1,539 |
| 38 | AN INVESTIGATION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN FAMILIES | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1979 | 1,530 |
| 39 | THE DIET AND 15-YEAR DEATH RATE IN THE SEVEN COUNTRIES STUDY | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1986 | 1,497 |
| 40 | ELECTRICAL WIRING CONFIGURATIONS AND CHILDHOOD CANCER | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1979 | 1,477 |
| 41 | Evaluating Medication Effects Outside of Clinical Trials: New-User Designs | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,354 |
| 42 | The Inconsistency of “Optimal” Cutpoints Obtained using Two Criteria based on the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 1,354 |
| 43 | Incidence of Parkinson's Disease: Variation by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 1,308 |
| 44 | Immortal Time Bias in Pharmacoepidemiology | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2008 | 1,306 |
| 45 | Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available: Table 1. | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2016 | 1,291 |
| 46 | THE ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES WITH MORTALITY: PROSPECTIVE EVIDENCE FROM THE TECUMSEH COMMUNITY HEALTH STUDY | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1982 | 1,238 |
| 47 | How Useful Is Body Mass Index for Comparison of Body Fatness across Age, Sex, and Ethnic Groups? | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1996 | 1,213 |
| 48 | A New Framework and Software to Estimate Time-Varying Reproduction Numbers During Epidemics | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 1,206 |
| 49 | Comparative Validation of the Block, Willett, and National Cancer Institute Food Frequency Questionnaires | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2001 | 1,164 |
| 50 | A META-ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1990 | 1,135 |
