| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 | JAMA Oncology | 2017 | 4,254 |
| 2 | Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016 | JAMA Oncology | 2018 | 1,260 |
| 3 | Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013 | JAMA Pediatrics | 2016 | 479 |
| 4 | Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis | Lancet, The | 2022 | 445 |
| 5 | Medical management of paraquat ingestion | British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology | 2011 | 374 |
| 6 | Modulation of adipose tissue inflammation by bioactive food compounds | Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry | 2013 | 270 |
| 7 | Acute Human Lethal Toxicity of Agricultural Pesticides: A Prospective Cohort Study | PLoS Medicine | 2010 | 219 |
| 8 | The renin‐angiotensin system: a link between obesity, inflammation and insulin resistance | Obesity Reviews | 2012 | 219 |
| 9 | Chronic kidney diseases of uncertain etiology (CKDue) in Sri Lanka: geographic distribution and environmental implications | Environmental Geochemistry and Health | 2011 | 216 |
| 10 | Immunity as a link between obesity and insulin resistance | Molecular Aspects of Medicine | 2012 | 206 |
| 11 | Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhinosporidium seeberi ’s 18S Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Groups This Pathogen among Members of the Protoctistan Mesomycetozoa Clade | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 1999 | 204 |
| 12 | Does pralidoxime affect outcome of management in acute organophosphorus poisoning? | Lancet, The | 1992 | 154 |
| 13 | Common krait (Bungarus caeruleus) bite in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: a prospective clinical study, 1996-98 | Postgraduate Medical Journal | 2002 | 140 |
| 14 | Prediction of outcome after paraquat poisoning by measurement of the plasma paraquat concentration | QJM - Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians | 2009 | 130 |
| 15 | Evolution of dengue in Sri Lanka—changes in the virus, vector, and climate | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 124 |
| 16 | RECENT ADVANCES IN RHINOSPORIDIOSIS AND RHINOSPORIDIUM SEEBERI | Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2002 | 121 |
| 17 | Tubulointerstitial damage as the major pathological lesion in endemic chronic kidney disease among farmers in North Central Province of Sri Lanka | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | 2012 | 116 |
| 18 | Enzymic and structural characterization of nepenthesin, a unique member of a novel subfamily of aspartic proteinases | Biochemical Journal | 2004 | 112 |
| 19 | A prospective observational study of the clinical toxicology of glyphosate-containing herbicides in adults with acute self-poisoning | Clinical Toxicology | 2010 | 108 |
| 20 | Dengue fever | BMJ, The | 2015 | 108 |
| 21 | Relative safety of hyperinsulinaemia/euglycaemia therapy in the management of calcium channel blocker overdose: a prospective observational study | Intensive Care Medicine | 2007 | 98 |
| 22 | An Integrative Study of the Genetic, Social and Environmental Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease Characterized by Tubulointerstitial Damages in the North Central Region of Sri Lanka | Journal of Occupational Health | 2014 | 96 |
| 23 | Osteoclast function and bone-resorbing activity: An overview | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2016 | 91 |
| 24 | Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone ± chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom for snakebites | Medical Journal of Australia | 2004 | 90 |
| 25 | A cross-cultural comparison of student learning patterns in higher education | Higher Education | 2012 | 87 |
| 26 | Delayed cerebellar ataxia complicating falciparum malaria: A clinical study of 74 patients | Journal of Neurology | 1994 | 86 |
| 27 | Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous quantitative determination of the organophosphorus pesticides dimethoate, fenthion, diazinon and chlorpyrifos in human blood | Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences | 2009 | 84 |
| 28 | Long-term Effects of Snake Envenoming | Toxins | 2019 | 84 |
| 29 | Japanese encephalitis in Sri Lanka—the study of an epidemic: vector incrimination, porcine infection and human disease | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1992 | 83 |
| 30 | Burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2017 | 81 |
| 31 | Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Both Block and Enhance Transmission of Human Plasmodium Vivax Malaria | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 1988 | 79 |
| 32 | Suicide prevention through means restriction: Impact of the 2008-2011 pesticide restrictions on suicide in Sri Lanka | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 78 |
| 33 | Does Carica papaya leaf-extract increase the platelet count? An experimental study in a murine model | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine | 2013 | 77 |
| 34 | A Scale to Assess Severity in Organophosphorus Intoxication: POP Scale | Human and Experimental Toxicology | 1993 | 76 |
| 35 | Pregnancy terminating effect of Jatropha curcas in rats | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 1995 | 75 |
| 36 | Who died as a result of the tsunami? – Risk factors of mortality among internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort analysis | BMC Public Health | 2006 | 75 |
| 37 | Epidemiology, clinical profile and management issues of cobra (Naja naja) bites in Sri Lanka: first authenticated case series | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2009 | 74 |
| 38 | Natural radionuclides and trace elements in rice field soils in relation to fertilizer application: study of a chronic kidney disease area in Sri Lanka | Environmental Earth Sciences | 2010 | 73 |
| 39 | Evidence of tubular damage in the very early stage of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | 2012 | 72 |
| 40 | Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease, With Special Emphasis on Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology, in the North Central Region of Sri Lanka | Journal of Epidemiology | 2015 | 71 |
| 41 | Effectiveness of household lockable pesticide storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Asia: a community-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2017 | 71 |
| 42 | Epidemiology and clinical picture of the Russell's viper (Daboia russelii russelii) bite in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: a prospective study of 336 patients | Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health | 2003 | 71 |
| 43 | Recent advances in rhinosporidiosis and Rhinosporidium seeberi | Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology | 2002 | 71 |
| 44 | Care seeking in Sri Lanka: one possible explanation for low childhood mortality | Social Science and Medicine | 2001 | 70 |
| 45 | The Spectrum of Intermediate Syndrome Following Acute Organophosphate Poisoning: A Prospective Cohort Study from Sri Lanka | PLoS Medicine | 2008 | 70 |
| 46 | Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in two tertiary care hospitals: high proportion of cases with uncertain aetiology | Ceylon Medical Journal | 2009 | 70 |
| 47 | Eicosapentaenoic Acid Reduces Adipocyte Hypertrophy and Inflammation in Diet-Induced Obese Mice in an Adiposity-Independent Manner, | Journal of Nutrition | 2015 | 66 |
| 48 | Knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey of rabies in a community in Sri Lanka | Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine | 2007 | 65 |
| 49 | Testing the fear and anxiety distinction in the BIS/BAS scales in community and heroin-dependent samples | Personality and Individual Differences | 2012 | 65 |
| 50 | Geographical distribution of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin in North Central Region of Sri Lanka | Ceylon Medical Journal | 2013 | 65 |
