| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The cardiovascular health study: Design and rationale | Annals of Epidemiology | 1991 | 2,407 |
| 2 | Participation Rates in Epidemiologic Studies | Annals of Epidemiology | 2007 | 1,517 |
| 3 | Vitamin D Status: Measurement, Interpretation, and Clinical Application | Annals of Epidemiology | 2009 | 1,238 |
| 4 | Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities | Annals of Epidemiology | 2020 | 944 |
| 5 | Measurement Characteristics of the Women’s Health Initiative Food Frequency Questionnaire | Annals of Epidemiology | 1999 | 924 |
| 6 | Social ties and health: The benefits of social integration | Annals of Epidemiology | 1996 | 841 |
| 7 | Urinary Tract Infection | Annals of Epidemiology | 2000 | 828 |
| 8 | The Epidemiology of Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Varicose Veins | Annals of Epidemiology | 2005 | 752 |
| 9 | Race and health: Basic questions, emerging directions | Annals of Epidemiology | 1997 | 681 |
| 10 | Implementation of the women's health initiative study design | Annals of Epidemiology | 2003 | 655 |
| 11 | The women's health initiative recruitment methods and results | Annals of Epidemiology | 2003 | 653 |
| 12 | Design and Implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos | Annals of Epidemiology | 2010 | 643 |
| 13 | Surveillance and ascertainment of cardiovascular events | Annals of Epidemiology | 1995 | 636 |
| 14 | Outcomes ascertainment and adjudication methods in the women's health initiative | Annals of Epidemiology | 2003 | 613 |
| 15 | Sample Design and Cohort Selection in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos | Annals of Epidemiology | 2010 | 567 |
| 16 | The alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene lung cancer prevention study: Design, methods, participant characteristics, and compliance | Annals of Epidemiology | 1994 | 553 |
| 17 | Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Saskatchewan Canada | Annals of Epidemiology | 2006 | 550 |
| 18 | The women's health initiative observational study: baseline characteristics of participants and reliability of baseline measures | Annals of Epidemiology | 2003 | 541 |
| 19 | Recruitment of adults 65 years and older as participants in the cardiovascular health study | Annals of Epidemiology | 1993 | 532 |
| 20 | Body mass index and mortality: a meta-analysis based on person-level data from twenty-six observational studies | Annals of Epidemiology | 2005 | 491 |
| 21 | Systematic Review of the Influence of Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances on Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood | Annals of Epidemiology | 2006 | 477 |
| 22 | Lipids and risk of coronary heart disease The Framingham Study | Annals of Epidemiology | 1992 | 468 |
| 23 | Racial Differences in Factors that Influence the Willingness to Participate in Medical Research Studies | Annals of Epidemiology | 2002 | 449 |
| 24 | A Primer and Comparative Review of Major U.S. Mortality Databases | Annals of Epidemiology | 2002 | 448 |
| 25 | Marital Status and Mortality | Annals of Epidemiology | 2000 | 433 |
| 26 | A longitudinal analysis of the association between menopause and depression Results from the Massachusetts women's health study | Annals of Epidemiology | 1994 | 424 |
| 27 | Methods of assessing prevalent cardiovascular disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study | Annals of Epidemiology | 1995 | 419 |
| 28 | The global epidemiology of anabolic-androgenic steroid use: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis | Annals of Epidemiology | 2014 | 419 |
| 29 | A Refined Comorbidity Measurement Algorithm for Claims-Based Studies of Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, and Lung Cancer Patients | Annals of Epidemiology | 2007 | 410 |
| 30 | Premorbid (early life) IQ and Later Mortality Risk: Systematic Review | Annals of Epidemiology | 2007 | 406 |
| 31 | Rationale and design of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension trial (DASH) | Annals of Epidemiology | 1995 | 392 |
| 32 | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Mortality Among U.S. Army Veterans 30 Years After Military Service | Annals of Epidemiology | 2006 | 379 |
| 33 | Validation of a food-frequency questionnaire to assess dietary intakes in cancer studies in Italy results for specific nutrients | Annals of Epidemiology | 1996 | 375 |
| 34 | Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention: Global Perspective | Annals of Epidemiology | 2009 | 368 |
| 35 | Compliance with Physical Activity Guidelines Prevalence in a Population of Children and Youth | Annals of Epidemiology | 2002 | 361 |
| 36 | Survey Non-response in the Netherlands Effects on Prevalence Estimates and Associations | Annals of Epidemiology | 2003 | 353 |
| 37 | Design of Physicians' Health Study II—A Randomized Trial of Beta-Carotene, Vitamins E and C, and Multivitamins, in Prevention of Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Eye Disease, and Review of Results of Completed Trials | Annals of Epidemiology | 2000 | 345 |
| 38 | Test for Additive Interaction in Proportional Hazards Models | Annals of Epidemiology | 2007 | 342 |
| 39 | Cholesterol and heart disease in older persons and women review of an NHLBI workshop | Annals of Epidemiology | 1992 | 340 |
| 40 | Healthy Hearts—and the Universal Benefits of Being Physically Active: Physical Activity and Health | Annals of Epidemiology | 2009 | 340 |
| 41 | Neighborhood Poverty as a Predictor of Intimate Partner Violence Among White, Black, and Hispanic Couples in the United States | Annals of Epidemiology | 2000 | 338 |
| 42 | A prospective study of consumption of carotenoids in fruits and vegetables and decreased cardiovascular mortality in the elderly | Annals of Epidemiology | 1995 | 334 |
| 43 | Rising Social Inequalities in US Childhood Obesity, 2003–2007 | Annals of Epidemiology | 2010 | 329 |
| 44 | Prevalence of chronic wounds in the general population: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies | Annals of Epidemiology | 2019 | 328 |
| 45 | Improving question wording in surveys of culturally diverse populations | Annals of Epidemiology | 1997 | 326 |
| 46 | Associations between measures of socioeconomic status and low birth weight, small for gestational age, and premature delivery in the United States | Annals of Epidemiology | 1994 | 325 |
| 47 | Area Characteristics and Individual-Level Socioeconomic Position Indicators in Three Population-Based Epidemiologic Studies | Annals of Epidemiology | 2001 | 320 |
| 48 | Moderate Alcohol Use and Reduced Mortality Risk: Systematic Error in Prospective Studies and New Hypotheses | Annals of Epidemiology | 2007 | 308 |
| 49 | The shape of the relationship between income and mortality in the United States | Annals of Epidemiology | 1996 | 304 |
| 50 | Reemergence of the HIV Epidemic Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in North America, Western Europe, and Australia, 1996–2005 | Annals of Epidemiology | 2009 | 304 |
