| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Graphical Tools for Network Meta-Analysis in STATA | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 1,714 |
| 2 | Why Most Discovered True Associations Are Inflated | Epidemiology | 2008 | 1,391 |
| 3 | Indirect and mixed‐treatment comparison, network, or multiple‐treatments meta‐analysis: many names, many benefits, many concerns for the next generation evidence synthesis tool | Research Synthesis Methods | 2012 | 1,112 |
| 4 | Evaluating the Quality of Evidence from a Network Meta-Analysis | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 947 |
| 5 | Methods to estimate the between‐study variance and its uncertainty in meta‐analysis | Research Synthesis Methods | 2016 | 891 |
| 6 | Antipsychotic drugs versus placebo for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2012 | 742 |
| 7 | Epidemiology of adult rheumatoid arthritis | Autoimmunity Reviews | 2005 | 713 |
| 8 | Incidence and Prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Based on the 1987 American College of Rheumatology Criteria: A Systematic Review | Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2006 | 621 |
| 9 | Adiposity and cancer at major anatomical sites: umbrella review of the literature | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2017 | 539 |
| 10 | Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antimanic drugs in acute mania: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2011 | 534 |
| 11 | EULAR recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2011 | 533 |
| 12 | Timing Matters in Hip Fracture Surgery: Patients Operated within 48 Hours Have Better Outcomes. A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of over 190,000 Patients | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 439 |
| 13 | Network meta-analysis: an introduction for clinicians | Internal and Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 439 |
| 14 | Evaluation of inconsistency in networks of interventions | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2013 | 435 |
| 15 | Association of BCG, DTP, and measles containing vaccines with childhood mortality: systematic review | BMJ, The | 2016 | 415 |
| 16 | STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)— An Extension of the STROBE Statement | PLoS Medicine | 2009 | 411 |
| 17 | Long-term risk of mortality and lymphoproliferative disease and predictive classification of primary Sjögren's syndrome | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2002 | 410 |
| 18 | Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Acute Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes | JAMA Psychiatry | 2017 | 355 |
| 19 | Autonomic Denervation Added to Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2013 | 340 |
| 20 | Using network meta‐analysis to evaluate the existence of small‐study effects in a network of interventions | Research Synthesis Methods | 2012 | 339 |
| 21 | Comparative efficacy and safety of blood pressure-lowering agents in adults with diabetes and kidney disease: a network meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2015 | 321 |
| 22 | External validation of new risk prediction models is infrequent and reveals worse prognostic discrimination | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2015 | 290 |
| 23 | Transcatheter aortic valve implantation vs. surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of severe aortic stenosis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials | European Heart Journal | 2016 | 275 |
| 24 | Percutaneous coronary interventional strategies for treatment of in-stent restenosis: a network meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2015 | 261 |
| 25 | Evaluation of Excess Significance Bias in Animal Studies of Neurological Diseases | PLoS Biology | 2013 | 248 |
| 26 | Indirect Treatment Comparison/Network Meta-Analysis Study Questionnaire to Assess Relevance and Credibility to Inform Health Care Decision Making: An ISPOR-AMCP-NPC Good Practice Task Force Report | Value in Health | 2014 | 248 |
| 27 | Allergen immunotherapy for allergic asthma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis | Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2017 | 247 |
| 28 | Efficacy of Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy for Adult Psychiatric Disorders | JAMA Psychiatry | 2014 | 244 |
| 29 | Get real in individual participant data (IPD) meta‐analysis: a review of the methodology | Research Synthesis Methods | 2015 | 241 |
| 30 | Comparisons of established risk prediction models for cardiovascular disease: systematic review | BMJ, The | 2012 | 238 |
| 31 | Selective Reporting Biases in Cancer Prognostic Factor Studies | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 2005 | 211 |
| 32 | Atherogenic lipid profile is a feature characteristic of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: effect of early treatment--a prospective, controlled study | Arthritis Research and Therapy | 2006 | 205 |
| 33 | Persistence of Contradicted Claims in the Literature | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2007 | 196 |
| 34 | Methods for meta-analysis in genetic association studies: a review of their potential and pitfalls | Human Genetics | 2008 | 179 |
| 35 | Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA): an extension of the STROBE Statement | Human Genetics | 2009 | 167 |
| 36 | Narrow band imaging to differentiate neoplastic and non-neoplastic colorectal polyps in real time: a meta-analysis of diagnostic operating characteristics | Gut | 2013 | 151 |
| 37 | Gender-specific estimates of COPD prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis | International Journal of COPD | 2018 | 147 |
| 38 | Association of Antidepressant Use With Adverse Health Outcomes | JAMA Psychiatry | 2019 | 143 |
| 39 | Comparative efficacy and acceptability of first-generation and second-generation antidepressants in the acute treatment of major depression: protocol for a network meta-analysis | BMJ Open | 2016 | 139 |
| 40 | Dietary Supplements and Risk of Cause-Specific Death, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Primary Prevention Trials | Advances in Nutrition | 2017 | 136 |
| 41 | Network meta-analyses should be the highest level of evidence in treatment guidelines | European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | 2016 | 133 |
| 42 | How to assess publication bias: funnel plot, trim-and-fill method and selection models | Evidence-Based Mental Health | 2014 | 128 |
| 43 | Circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of seven cancers: Mendelian randomisation study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2017 | 126 |
| 44 | A Meta-Analysis">Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee ArthroplastyA Meta-Analysis | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 2005 | 112 |
| 45 | Origin and funding of the most frequently cited papers in medicine: database analysis | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2006 | 110 |
| 46 | Predicting Death | Archives of Internal Medicine | 2011 | 110 |
| 47 | Combining randomized and non‐randomized evidence in network meta‐analysis | Statistics in Medicine | 2017 | 110 |
| 48 | Effects of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids on the Reproductive System of Athletes and Recreational Users: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Sports Medicine | 2017 | 110 |
| 49 | Additional considerations are required when preparing a protocol for a systematic review with multiple interventions | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2017 | 108 |
| 50 | Evolution and Translation of Research Findings: From Bench to Where | PLOS Clinical Trials | 2006 | 106 |
