| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Self-management approaches for people with chronic conditions: a review | Patient Education and Counseling | 2002 | 2,124 |
| 2 | How does communication heal? Pathways linking clinician–patient communication to health outcomes | Patient Education and Counseling | 2009 | 1,640 |
| 3 | Development of a brief test to measure functional health literacy | Patient Education and Counseling | 1999 | 1,281 |
| 4 | An integrative model of shared decision making in medical encounters | Patient Education and Counseling | 2006 | 1,258 |
| 5 | The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence | Patient Education and Counseling | 2006 | 1,207 |
| 6 | Barriers and facilitators to implementing shared decision-making in clinical practice: Update of a systematic review of health professionals’ perceptions | Patient Education and Counseling | 2008 | 988 |
| 7 | Patients using the Internet to obtain health information: How this affects the patient–health professional relationship | Patient Education and Counseling | 2006 | 897 |
| 8 | Knowledge is not power for patients: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of patient-reported barriers and facilitators to shared decision making | Patient Education and Counseling | 2014 | 848 |
| 9 | Information needs and sources of information among cancer patients: a systematic review of research (1980–2003) | Patient Education and Counseling | 2005 | 750 |
| 10 | The Roter interaction analysis system (RIAS): utility and flexibility for analysis of medical interactions | Patient Education and Counseling | 2002 | 730 |
| 11 | Health literacy and knowledge of chronic disease | Patient Education and Counseling | 2003 | 726 |
| 12 | The Health Education Impact Questionnaire (heiQ): An outcomes and evaluation measure for patient education and self-management interventions for people with chronic conditions | Patient Education and Counseling | 2007 | 724 |
| 13 | Motivational interviewing in medical care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials | Patient Education and Counseling | 2013 | 650 |
| 14 | Patient preferences for shared decisions: A systematic review | Patient Education and Counseling | 2012 | 641 |
| 15 | Patient empowerment, patient participation and patient-centeredness in hospital care: A concept analysis based on a literature review | Patient Education and Counseling | 2016 | 630 |
| 16 | Patient empowerment: Myths and misconceptions | Patient Education and Counseling | 2010 | 600 |
| 17 | Diabetes self-management education for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review of the effect on glycemic control | Patient Education and Counseling | 2016 | 588 |
| 18 | The 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9). Development and psychometric properties in a primary care sample | Patient Education and Counseling | 2010 | 587 |
| 19 | Shame and health literacy: the unspoken connection | Patient Education and Counseling | 1996 | 562 |
| 20 | Development of the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT): A new measure of understandability and actionability for print and audiovisual patient information | Patient Education and Counseling | 2014 | 562 |
| 21 | Bridging the gap. | Patient Education and Counseling | 2000 | 561 |
| 22 | Shared decision making: Concepts, evidence, and practice | Patient Education and Counseling | 2015 | 555 |
| 23 | Burnout prevention: A review of intervention programs | Patient Education and Counseling | 2010 | 542 |
| 24 | Patient-centred consultations and outcomes in primary care: a review of the literature | Patient Education and Counseling | 2002 | 532 |
| 25 | Patient empowerment in theory and practice: Polysemy or cacophony? | Patient Education and Counseling | 2007 | 530 |
| 26 | A decision aid for women considering hormone therapy after menopause: decision support framework and evaluation | Patient Education and Counseling | 1998 | 526 |
| 27 | The RE-AIM framework for evaluating interventions: what can it tell us about approaches to chronic illness management? | Patient Education and Counseling | 2001 | 518 |
| 28 | Patients’ preference for involvement in medical decision making: A narrative review | Patient Education and Counseling | 2006 | 511 |
| 29 | The brief medication questionnaire: A tool for screening patient adherence and barriers to adherence | Patient Education and Counseling | 1999 | 509 |
| 30 | Motivational interviewing in health settings: a review | Patient Education and Counseling | 2004 | 506 |
| 31 | Patients’ and health professionals’ use of social media in health care: Motives, barriers and expectations | Patient Education and Counseling | 2013 | 498 |
| 32 | Cultural differences in medical communication: A review of the literature | Patient Education and Counseling | 2006 | 493 |
| 33 | Computer-tailored health interventions delivered over the web: Review and analysis of key components | Patient Education and Counseling | 2009 | 475 |
| 34 | A critical review of the literature on fear of hypoglycemia in diabetes: Implications for diabetes management and patient education | Patient Education and Counseling | 2007 | 455 |
| 35 | The enduring and evolving nature of the patient–physician relationship | Patient Education and Counseling | 2000 | 446 |
| 36 | Socio-economic status of the patient and doctor–patient communication: does it make a difference? | Patient Education and Counseling | 2005 | 443 |
| 37 | Patient empowerment: reflections on the challenge of fostering the adoption of a new paradigm | Patient Education and Counseling | 2005 | 433 |
| 38 | Untangling the Web—The impact of Internet use on health care and the physician–patient relationship | Patient Education and Counseling | 2007 | 430 |
| 39 | Diabetes patient education: a meta-analysis and meta-regression | Patient Education and Counseling | 2004 | 420 |
| 40 | Optimal matches of patient preferences for information, decision-making and interpersonal behavior: Evidence, models and interventions | Patient Education and Counseling | 2006 | 415 |
| 41 | Effects of psychosocial interventions on quality of life in adult cancer patients: meta analysis of 37 published controlled outcome studies | Patient Education and Counseling | 2003 | 414 |
| 42 | New directions in eHealth communication: Opportunities and challenges | Patient Education and Counseling | 2010 | 414 |
| 43 | “Same same or different?” A review of reviews of person-centered and patient-centered care | Patient Education and Counseling | 2019 | 404 |
| 44 | Behavioral theories and the problem of compliance | Patient Education and Counseling | 1987 | 401 |
| 45 | Patient perspectives on the impact of fibromyalgia | Patient Education and Counseling | 2008 | 399 |
| 46 | Effective training strategies for teaching communication skills to physicians: An overview of systematic reviews | Patient Education and Counseling | 2011 | 398 |
| 47 | Health literacy and adherence to medical treatment in chronic and acute illness: A meta-analysis | Patient Education and Counseling | 2016 | 393 |
| 48 | Functional health literacy and the quality of physician–patient communication among diabetes patients | Patient Education and Counseling | 2004 | 389 |
| 49 | Patient-centredness in chronic illness: what is it and does it matter? | Patient Education and Counseling | 2003 | 385 |
| 50 | Patients’ perceived barriers to active self-management of chronic conditions | Patient Education and Counseling | 2005 | 378 |
