| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | 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 2017 | JAMA Oncology | 2019 | 1,691 |
| 2 | Childhood cancer survival in Europe 1999–2007: results of EUROCARE-5—a population-based study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2014 | 799 |
| 3 | Burden and centralised treatment in Europe of rare tumours: results of RARECAREnet—a population-based study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2017 | 285 |
| 4 | Survival of women with cancers of breast and genital organs in Europe 1999–2007: Results of the EUROCARE-5 study | European Journal of Cancer | 2015 | 205 |
| 5 | Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2021 | 203 |
| 6 | Cigarette Smoking and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the EUREYE Study | Ophthalmology | 2007 | 193 |
| 7 | Evidence of association ofAPOEwith age-related macular degeneration - a pooled analysis of 15 studies | Human Mutation | 2011 | 130 |
| 8 | Alcohol poisoning in Russia and the countries in the European part of the former Soviet Union, 1970 2002 | European Journal of Public Health | 2007 | 107 |
| 9 | DNA-based eye colour prediction across Europe with the IrisPlex system | Forensic Science International: Genetics | 2012 | 105 |
| 10 | Breast cancer survival in the US and Europe: A CONCORD high‐resolution study | International Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 100 |
| 11 | Changes in incidence, survival and mortality of prostate cancer in Europe and the United States in the PSA era: additional diagnoses and avoided deaths | Annals of Oncology | 2012 | 90 |
| 12 | Breast cancer mortality patterns and time trends in 10 new EU member states: Mortality declining in young women, but still increasing in the elderly | International Journal of Cancer | 2004 | 74 |
| 13 | Colorectal cancer survival in the USA and Europe: a CONCORD high-resolution study | BMJ Open | 2013 | 72 |
| 14 | The association between hyperglycaemia on admission and 180-day mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients with and without diabetes | Diabetic Medicine | 2005 | 70 |
| 15 | Visual Impairment and quality of life in the Older European Population, the EUREYE study | Acta Ophthalmologica | 2011 | 63 |
| 16 | Mediterranean Diet Score and Its Association with Age-Related Macular Degeneration | Ophthalmology | 2017 | 63 |
| 17 | Association Between Myopia, Ultraviolet B Radiation Exposure, Serum Vitamin D Concentrations, and Genetic Polymorphisms in Vitamin D Metabolic Pathways in a Multicountry European Study | JAMA Ophthalmology | 2017 | 62 |
| 18 | Suicide Risk Among Chernobyl Cleanup Workers in Estonia Still Increased: An Updated Cohort Study | Annals of Epidemiology | 2006 | 58 |
| 19 | Process performance of cervical screening programmes in Europe | European Journal of Cancer | 2009 | 53 |
| 20 | Testicular cancer in Europe and the USA: survival still rising among older patients | Annals of Oncology | 2013 | 53 |
| 21 | The sociodemographic patterning of drinking and binge drinking in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland, 1994–2002 | BMC Public Health | 2007 | 51 |
| 22 | Associations between Aspirin Use and Aging Macula Disorder | Ophthalmology | 2012 | 46 |
| 23 | Cancer risk among chernobyl cleanup workers in Estonia and Latvia, 1986–1998 | International Journal of Cancer | 2006 | 41 |
| 24 | Women's knowledge about cervical cancer risk factors, screening, and reasons for non-participation in cervical cancer screening programme in Estonia | BMC Women's Health | 2011 | 41 |
| 25 | Risk of second primary breast cancers among women with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | 2008 | 39 |
| 26 | Early life events and later risk of colorectal cancer: age-period-cohort modelling in the Nordic countries and Estonia | Cancer Causes and Control | 2005 | 38 |
| 27 | ARMS2 Increases the Risk of Early and Late Age-related Macular Degeneration in the European Eye Study | Ophthalmology | 2013 | 36 |
| 28 | ‘Fundamental causes’ of inequalities in mortality: an empirical test of the theory in 20 European populations | Sociology of Health and Illness | 2017 | 35 |
| 29 | Trends in cervical cancer incidence and survival in Estonia from 1995 to 2014 | BMC Cancer | 2018 | 33 |
| 30 | Modest increase in seasonal allergic rhinitis and eczema over 8 years among Estonian schoolchildren | Pediatric Allergy and Immunology | 2005 | 32 |
| 31 | The recent economic recession and self-rated health in Estonia, Lithuania and Finland: a comparative cross-sectional study in 2004–2010 | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2014 | 31 |
| 32 | Legislative regulation and ethical governance of medical research in different European Union countries | Journal of Medical Ethics | 2014 | 31 |
| 33 | Sex differences in cancer survival in Estonia: a population-based study | BMC Cancer | 2015 | 31 |
| 34 | Epidemiological research labelled as a violation of privacy: the case of Estonia | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2008 | 30 |
| 35 | Identifying women at risk for delayed presentation of breast cancer: a cross-sectional study in Estonia | BMC Public Health | 2013 | 30 |
| 36 | Individual and familial factors associated with teenage pregnancy: an interview study | European Journal of Public Health | 2009 | 29 |
| 37 | Quality analysis of population-based information on cancer stage at diagnosis across Europe, with presentation of stage-specific cancer survival estimates: A EUROCARE-5 study | European Journal of Cancer | 2017 | 29 |
| 38 | Cancer rehabilitation indicators for Europe | European Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 28 |
| 39 | Site-specific cancer risk in the Baltic cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers, 1986–2007 | European Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 27 |
| 40 | Novel quantitative pigmentation phenotyping enhances genetic association, epistasis, and prediction of human eye colour | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 27 |
| 41 | Comorbidities, age and period of diagnosis influence treatment and outcomes in early breast cancer | International Journal of Cancer | 2019 | 27 |
| 42 | Prevalence and risk factors of urinary incontinence among Estonian postmenopausal women | SpringerPlus | 2013 | 24 |
| 43 | Worldwide trends in population-based survival for children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with leukaemia, by subtype, during 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual data from 258 cancer registries in 61 countries | The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health | 2022 | 24 |
| 44 | Trends in incidence and survival of cutaneous malignant melanoma in Estonia: a population-based study | Acta Oncológica | 2017 | 23 |
| 45 | Factors associated with serum/plasma concentrations of vitamins A, C, E and carotenoids in older people throughout Europe: the EUREYE study | European Journal of Nutrition | 2013 | 22 |
| 46 | Overall and cause-specific mortality among patients with tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | 2013 | 22 |
| 47 | Chernobyl cleanup workers from Estonia: follow-up for cancer incidence and mortality | Journal of Radiological Protection | 2013 | 22 |
| 48 | Contrasts in Alcohol-Related Mortality in Estonia: Education and Ethnicity | Alcohol and Alcoholism | 2009 | 20 |
| 49 | Non-cancer morbidity among Estonian Chernobyl cleanup workers: a register-based cohort study | BMJ Open | 2014 | 19 |
| 50 | Associations between Serum Vitamin D and Genetic Variants in Vitamin D Pathways and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the European Eye Study | Ophthalmology | 2017 | 19 |
