| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The Burden of Primary Liver Cancer and Underlying Etiologies From 1990 to 2015 at the Global, Regional, and National Level | JAMA Oncology | 2017 | 1,448 |
| 2 | Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 | JAMA Oncology | 2022 | 719 |
| 3 | Global Burden of Multiple Myeloma | JAMA Oncology | 2018 | 398 |
| 4 | Cohort Profile: The Golestan Cohort Study--a prospective study of oesophageal cancer in northern Iran | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2010 | 203 |
| 5 | Effectiveness of polypill for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (PolyIran): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial | Lancet, The | 2019 | 197 |
| 6 | Therapeutic bacteria to combat cancer; current advances, challenges, and opportunities | Cancer Medicine | 2019 | 191 |
| 7 | SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in the general population and high-risk occupational groups across 18 cities in Iran: a population-based cross-sectional study | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2021 | 132 |
| 8 | Two Novel Splice Variants of SOX2OT, SOX2OT-S1, and SOX2OT-S2 are Coupregulated with SOX2 and OCT4 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Stem Cells | 2014 | 120 |
| 9 | A pilot double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of fixed-dose combination therapy (‘polypill’) on cardiovascular risk factors | International Journal of Clinical Practice | 2010 | 113 |
| 10 | Cancer incidence in Iran in 2014: Results of the Iranian National Population-based Cancer Registry | Cancer Epidemiology | 2019 | 107 |
| 11 | The Burden of Mental Disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013 | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 102 |
| 12 | Expression, Tissue Distribution and Function of miR-21 in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 93 |
| 13 | Mutational signatures in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from eight countries with varying incidence | Nature Genetics | 2021 | 71 |
| 14 | Association between heavy metals and colon cancer: an ecological study based on geographical information systems in North-Eastern Iran | BMC Cancer | 2021 | 65 |
| 15 | Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Patients with Refractory Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | Digestive Diseases and Sciences | 2010 | 59 |
| 16 | Emerging Epidemic of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Middle Income Country: A Nation-wide Study from Iran | Archives of Iranian Medicine | 2016 | 57 |
| 17 | White rice intake and incidence of type-2 diabetes: analysis of two prospective cohort studies from Iran | BMC Public Health | 2017 | 56 |
| 18 | Dietary Protein Sources and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Golestan Cohort Study in Iran | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2017 | 54 |
| 19 | Prognostic Factors for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma—A Population-Based Study in Golestan Province, Iran, a High Incidence Area | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 53 |
| 20 | Cancer in Iran 2008 to 2025: Recent incidence trends and short‐term predictions of the future burden | International Journal of Cancer | 2021 | 53 |
| 21 | Urinary TERT promoter mutations are detectable up to 10 years prior to clinical diagnosis of bladder cancer: Evidence from the Golestan Cohort Study | EBioMedicine | 2020 | 51 |
| 22 | Immunoregulatory effects of indole-3-carbinol on monocyte-derived macrophages in systemic lupus erythematosus: A crucial role for aryl hydrocarbon receptor | Autoimmunity | 2018 | 48 |
| 23 | Patterns of Food and Nutrient Consumption in Northern Iran, a High-Risk Area for Esophageal Cancer | Nutrition and Cancer | 2009 | 44 |
| 24 | Esophageal Cancer in Golestan Province, Iran: A Review of Genetic Susceptibility and Environmental Risk Factors | Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases | 2016 | 44 |
| 25 | Epidemiological Pattern of Breast Cancer in Iranian Women: Is there an Ethnic Disparity? | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention | 2012 | 43 |
| 26 | Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and its co-infection with hepatitis D virus and hepatitis C virus in Iranian adult population | Indian Journal of Medical Sciences | 2007 | 40 |
| 27 | Investigations of adsorption behavior and anti-cancer activity of curcumin on pure and platinum-functionalized B12N12 nanocages | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 2021 | 39 |
| 28 | Minocycline, focus on mechanisms of resistance, antibacterial activity, and clinical effectiveness: Back to the future | Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance | 2020 | 36 |
| 29 | Pilot study of cytological testing for oesophageal squamous cell dysplasia in a high-risk area in Northern Iran | British Journal of Cancer | 2014 | 35 |
| 30 | COVID-19 prognostic modeling using CT radiomic features and machine learning algorithms: Analysis of a multi-institutional dataset of 14,339 patients | Computers in Biology and Medicine | 2022 | 35 |
| 31 | Aflatoxin contamination of wheat flour and the risk of esophageal cancer in a high risk area in Iran | Cancer Epidemiology | 2013 | 34 |
| 32 | Building cancer registries in a lower resource setting: The 10-year experience of Golestan, Northern Iran | Cancer Epidemiology | 2018 | 34 |
| 33 | Prevalence and determinants of chronic kidney disease in northeast of Iran: Results of the Golestan cohort study | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 33 |
| 34 | Pictogram use was validated for estimating individual's body mass index | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2010 | 32 |
| 35 | Current Status and Future Prospects for Esophageal Cancer | Cancers | 2023 | 32 |
| 36 | Serum hyaluronic acid and laminin as potential tumor markers for upper gastrointestinal cancers | European Journal of Internal Medicine | 2012 | 30 |
| 37 | Determinants of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Including Hookah Smoking and Opium Use– A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 50,000 Individuals | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 30 |
| 38 | Epidemiology of Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma in Golestan, Iran | Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention | 2013 | 29 |
| 39 | Soils selenium level and esophageal cancer: An ecological study in a high risk area for esophageal cancer | Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology | 2010 | 28 |
| 40 | Marked increase in breast cancer incidence in young women: A 10-year study from Northern Iran, 2004–2013 | Cancer Epidemiology | 2019 | 28 |
| 41 | Burden of Diarrhea in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2013: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2016 | 27 |
| 42 | Oral health and mortality in the Golestan Cohort Study | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2017 | 27 |
| 43 | Role of 99mTc-ubiquicidin 29–41 scintigraphy to monitor antibiotic therapy in patients with orthopedic infection | Nuclear Medicine Communications | 2011 | 26 |
| 44 | Decreased Serum Selenium Levels of COVID-19 Patients in Comparison with Healthy Individuals | Biological Trace Element Research | 2022 | 26 |
| 45 | Sensitivity of self-reported opioid use in case-control studies: Healthy individuals versus hospitalized patients | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 26 |
| 46 | The association between Metabolic Syndrome and serum levels of lipid peroxidation and interleukin-6 in Gorgan | Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews | 2016 | 25 |
| 47 | Renal Function and Risk Factors of Moderate to Severe Chronic Kidney Disease in Golestan Province, Northeast of Iran | PLoS ONE | 2010 | 25 |
| 48 | Sodium valproate modulates immune response by alternative activation of monocyte-derived macrophages in systemic lupus erythematosus | Clinical Rheumatology | 2018 | 24 |
| 49 | Serum Leptin Levels and Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology | 2009 | 23 |
| 50 | Genome expression analysis by suppression subtractive hybridization identified overexpression of Humanin, a target gene in gastric cancer chemoresistance | DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 2014 | 23 |
