| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 2,634 |
| 2 | Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height | Nature | 2010 | 1,789 |
| 3 | Antigen-Specific Adaptive Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in Acute COVID-19 and Associations with Age and Disease Severity | Cell | 2020 | 1,494 |
| 4 | Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination. | Health Psychology | 2007 | 1,487 |
| 5 | Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 836 |
| 6 | The receptor-binding domain of the viral spike protein is an immunodominant and highly specific target of antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 patients | Science Immunology | 2020 | 772 |
| 7 | Metabolism disrupting chemicals and metabolic disorders | Reproductive Toxicology | 2017 | 745 |
| 8 | Maternal Stress and Preterm Birth | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2003 | 669 |
| 9 | Earlier Onset of Puberty in Girls: Relation to Increased Body Mass Index and Race | Pediatrics | 2001 | 645 |
| 10 | Recombination, Reservoirs, and the Modular Spike: Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cross-Species Transmission | Journal of Virology | 2010 | 595 |
| 11 | Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 578 |
| 12 | Mendelian randomization of blood lipids for coronary heart disease | European Heart Journal | 2015 | 567 |
| 13 | The Cellular Metabolism and Systemic Toxicity of Arsenic | Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology | 2001 | 540 |
| 14 | Social Context, Sexual Networks, and Racial Disparities in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2005 | 531 |
| 15 | Physical activity and determinants of physical activity in obese and non-obese children | International Journal of Obesity | 2001 | 505 |
| 16 | African Americans’ views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis study | Social Science and Medicine | 2001 | 490 |
| 17 | Use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Publication | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2003 | 481 |
| 18 | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ORF6 Antagonizes STAT1 Function by Sequestering Nuclear Import Factors on the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum/Golgi Membrane | Journal of Virology | 2007 | 472 |
| 19 | Prevalence, Heritability, and Prospective Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa | Archives of General Psychiatry | 2006 | 456 |
| 20 | HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL AS A PREDICTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MORTALITY IN MEN AND WOMEN: THE FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE LIPID RESEARCH CLINICS PREVALENCE STUDY | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1990 | 438 |
| 21 | The Evolving Concept of the Healthy Worker Survivor Effect | Epidemiology | 1994 | 438 |
| 22 | Physicians' recommendations for mammography: do tailored messages make a difference? | American Journal of Public Health | 1994 | 427 |
| 23 | Parental perceptions of children's oral health: The Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes | 2007 | 426 |
| 24 | John Henryism and blood pressure differences among black men | Journal of Behavioral Medicine | 1983 | 424 |
| 25 | Validation of the Minimum Data Set Cognitive Performance Scale: Agreement with the Mini-Mental State Examination | Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences | 1995 | 415 |
| 26 | Evaluating the evidence for models of life course socioeconomic factors and cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review | BMC Public Health | 2005 | 405 |
| 27 | Use of dietary linoleic acid for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and death: evaluation of recovered data from the Sydney Diet Heart Study and updated meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2013 | 405 |
| 28 | Transmission of Bordetella pertussis to Young Infants | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | 2007 | 404 |
| 29 | Obesity prevalence and the local food environment | Health and Place | 2009 | 403 |
| 30 | Adolescent Obesity Increases Significantly in Second and Third Generation U.S. Immigrants: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health , | Journal of Nutrition | 1998 | 395 |
| 31 | Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2004 | 393 |
| 32 | Dual Infection with HIV and Malaria Fuels the Spread of Both Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa | Science | 2006 | 391 |
| 33 | Assessing the Long-Term Effects of the Safe Dates Program and a Booster in Preventing and Reducing Adolescent Dating Violence Victimization and Perpetration | American Journal of Public Health | 2004 | 389 |
| 34 | The Nutrition Transition: An Overview of World Patterns of Change | Nutrition Reviews | 2004 | 383 |
| 35 | Meta-Analyses of the Relation between Silicone Breast Implants and the Risk of Connective-Tissue Diseases | New England Journal of Medicine | 2000 | 377 |
| 36 | Young Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2005 | 365 |
| 37 | Presence and Severity of Cerebral White Matter Lesions and Hypertension, Its Treatment, and Its Control | Stroke | 1996 | 357 |
| 38 | Partner Violence Among Adolescents in Opposite-Sex Romantic Relationships: Findings From the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health | American Journal of Public Health | 2001 | 355 |
| 39 | Stunting is Associated with Overweight in Children of Four Nations That Are Undergoing the Nutrition Transition | Journal of Nutrition | 1996 | 351 |
| 40 | Systematic Review Evaluating the Timing of Thoracic Radiation Therapy in Combined Modality Therapy for Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2004 | 350 |
| 41 | Outcomes of Routine Episiotomy | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2005 | 346 |
| 42 | Familial and genetic determinants of systemic markers of inflammation: the NHLBI family heart study | Atherosclerosis | 2001 | 344 |
| 43 | Gender Differences in the Longitudinal Predictors of Adolescent Dating Violence | Preventive Medicine | 2001 | 337 |
| 44 | Progress Toward Validation of a Computer-Scored Test for the Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern | Psychosomatic Medicine | 1971 | 333 |
| 45 | Access to Transportation and Health Care Utilization in a Rural Region | Journal of Rural Health | 2005 | 333 |
| 46 | Comparison of pregnancy dating by last menstrual period, ultrasound scanning, and their combination | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2002 | 332 |
| 47 | HEALTH:Regulation of "Nutraceuticals" | Science | 1999 | 318 |
| 48 | The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveys: II. Design, Methods, and Estimates from Combined State Data | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 1985 | 316 |
| 49 | Defining Urban and Rural Areas in U.S. Epidemiologic Studies | Journal of Urban Health | 2006 | 306 |
| 50 | Why Do Patients With Cancer Visit Emergency Departments? Results of a 2008 Population Study in North Carolina | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2011 | 305 |
