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1 | Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2003 | 47,117 |
2 | Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1997 | 41,333 |
3 | Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2009 | 36,486 |
4 | The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 23,287 |
5 | GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 14,041 |
6 | The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2009 | 13,452 |
7 | Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 12,438 |
8 | Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1996 | 11,441 |
9 | RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2019 | 10,984 |
10 | Association of glycaemia with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 35): prospective observational study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 7,060 |
11 | Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 6,376 |
12 | CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2010 | 5,910 |
13 | Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2002 | 5,894 |
14 | Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38 | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1998 | 5,635 |
15 | CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2010 | 5,319 |
16 | Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2007 | 4,798 |
17 | Qualitative research in health care: Analysing qualitative data | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 4,793 |
18 | Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2009 | 4,793 |
19 | Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 4,743 |
20 | AMSTAR 2: a critical appraisal tool for systematic reviews that include randomised or non-randomised studies of healthcare interventions, or both | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2017 | 4,681 |
21 | What's wrong with Bonferroni adjustments | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1998 | 4,655 |
22 | Qualitative Research: Introducing focus groups | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 4,272 |
23 | Hay fever, hygiene, and household size. | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1989 | 4,028 |
24 | Human error: models and management | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 3,977 |
25 | Validating the SF-36 health survey questionnaire: new outcome measure for primary care. | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1992 | 3,603 |
26 | Statistics notes: Cronbach's alpha | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1997 | 3,576 |
27 | Collaborative overview of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy Prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke by prolonged antiplatelet therapy in various categories of patients | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1994 | 3,105 |
28 | Meta-analysis of how well measures of bone mineral density predict occurrence of osteoporotic fractures | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1996 | 3,098 |
29 | Statistics notes: Multiple significance tests: the Bonferroni method | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 2,989 |
30 | Mortality in relation to smoking: 40 years' observations on male British doctors | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1994 | 2,841 |
31 | Chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis using updated data on individual patients from 52 randomised clinical trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 2,780 |
32 | Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2001 | 2,779 |
33 | Fetal origins of coronary heart disease | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 2,774 |
34 | Analysis of serial measurements in medical research. | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1990 | 2,752 |
35 | Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 2,664 |
36 | Qualitative Research: Consensus methods for medical and health services research | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1995 | 2,627 |
37 | Qualitative research in health care: Assessing quality in qualitative research | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 2,548 |
38 | What is “quality of evidence” and why is it important to clinicians? | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 2,531 |
39 | Statistics Notes: Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2003 | 2,430 |
40 | Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital: prospective analysis of 18 820 patients | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 2,430 |
41 | Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 2,419 |
42 | Book: Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2001 | 2,403 |
43 | Controlled Sedation with Alphaxalone-Alphadolone | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1974 | 2,338 |
44 | Fetal and infant growth and impaired glucose tolerance at age 64. | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1991 | 2,326 |
45 | Cortisone in Ulcerative Colitis | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1955 | 2,316 |
46 | Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years. | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1992 | 2,257 |
47 | Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 2,174 |
48 | Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2009 | 2,170 |
49 | CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 2,142 |
50 | Pre-eclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in later life: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2007 | 2,046 |