| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Income inequality and health: A causal review | Social Science and Medicine | 2015 | 1,263 |
| 2 | COVID-19 and the consequences of isolating the elderly | Lancet Public Health, The | 2020 | 1,135 |
| 3 | Co-infections in people with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Journal of Infection | 2020 | 1,114 |
| 4 | Global epidemiology of gout: prevalence, incidence and risk factors | Nature Reviews Rheumatology | 2015 | 854 |
| 5 | The Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma and Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections of Viral Etiology: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-analysis | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2015 | 841 |
| 6 | Risk stratification of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol: development and validation of the 4C Mortality Score | BMJ, The | 2020 | 779 |
| 7 | A genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility variant for colorectal cancer at 8q24.21 | Nature Genetics | 2007 | 754 |
| 8 | Global incidence and mortality of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review | European Respiratory Journal | 2015 | 638 |
| 9 | The epidemiology of irritable bowel syndrome | Clinical Epidemiology | 2014 | 606 |
| 10 | Status of implementation of Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Ghana: a qualitative study | BMC Public Health | 2010 | 599 |
| 11 | Venous thromboembolism during active disease and remission in inflammatory bowel disease: a cohort study | Lancet, The | 2010 | 591 |
| 12 | Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2013 | 563 |
| 13 | Income Inequality and Social Dysfunction | Annual Review of Sociology | 2009 | 553 |
| 14 | Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2014 | 527 |
| 15 | Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the UK: patient characteristics, diagnoses and outcomes in the 2007 UK audit | Gut | 2011 | 520 |
| 16 | Genome-wide association study identifies five loci associated with lung function | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 518 |
| 17 | Development: Time to leave GDP behind | Nature | 2014 | 515 |
| 18 | Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris--incidence and mortality in the UK: population based cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 500 |
| 19 | The worldwide incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review of epidemiological studies | Rheumatology | 2017 | 487 |
| 20 | Rising burden of gout in the UK but continuing suboptimal management: a nationwide population study | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2015 | 472 |
| 21 | Prognostic Significance of Nottingham Histologic Grade in Invasive Breast Carcinoma | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2008 | 462 |
| 22 | Ethnicity and clinical outcomes in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis | EClinicalMedicine | 2020 | 454 |
| 23 | Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | PLoS Medicine | 2012 | 449 |
| 24 | Seroprevalence, correlates, and characteristics of undetected coeliac disease in England | Gut | 2003 | 439 |
| 25 | Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Following Exacerbation of COPD | Chest | 2010 | 398 |
| 26 | Changes in the incidence, prevalence and mortality of bronchiectasis in the UK from 2004 to 2013: a population-based cohort study | European Respiratory Journal | 2016 | 393 |
| 27 | Incidence of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer – A cohort study using linked United Kingdom databases | European Journal of Cancer | 2013 | 380 |
| 28 | Aspirin and Folic Acid for the Prevention of Recurrent Colorectal Adenomas | Gastroenterology | 2008 | 368 |
| 29 | Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function | Nature Genetics | 2011 | 367 |
| 30 | The problems of relative deprivation: Why some societies do better than others | Social Science and Medicine | 2007 | 365 |
| 31 | In-Hospital Mortality after Surgical Lung Biopsy for Interstitial Lung Disease in the United States. 2000 to 2011 | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2016 | 345 |
| 32 | Timing of Allergenic Food Introduction to the Infant Diet and Risk of Allergic or Autoimmune Disease | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2016 | 344 |
| 33 | Prevalence of major comorbidities in subjects with COPD and incidence of myocardial infarction and stroke: a comprehensive analysis using data from primary care | Thorax | 2010 | 342 |
| 34 | Comparative community burden and severity of seasonal and pandemic influenza: results of the Flu Watch cohort study | Lancet Respiratory Medicine,the | 2014 | 341 |
| 35 | Exposure to parental and sibling smoking and the risk of smoking uptake in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Thorax | 2011 | 333 |
| 36 | Review article: the economic impact of the irritable bowel syndrome | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 2014 | 333 |
| 37 | Malignancy and mortality in people with coeliac disease: population based cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 294 |
| 38 | Effects of folic acid supplementation on overall and site-specific cancer incidence during the randomised trials: meta-analyses of data on 50 000 individuals | Lancet, The | 2013 | 289 |
| 39 | Male involvement and maternal health outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2015 | 281 |
| 40 | Recent advances in the management of lung cancer | Clinical Medicine | 2018 | 274 |
| 41 | Environmental tobacco smoke and fetal health: systematic review and meta-analysis | Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition | 2008 | 270 |
| 42 | The incidence of cancer in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis in the UK | Respiratory Medicine | 2007 | 266 |
| 43 | Asthma and Current Intestinal Parasite Infection | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2006 | 264 |
| 44 | The COVID-19 response must be disability inclusive | Lancet Public Health, The | 2020 | 252 |
| 45 | Considering inequalities in the school closure response to COVID-19 | The Lancet Global Health | 2020 | 241 |
| 46 | Parental and household smoking and the increased risk of bronchitis, bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory infections in infancy: systematic review and meta-analysis | Respiratory Research | 2011 | 234 |
| 47 | Heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: initial reactogenicity data | Lancet, The | 2021 | 231 |
| 48 | Natural T Cell–mediated Protection against Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza. Results of the Flu Watch Cohort Study | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2015 | 229 |
| 49 | Incidence and Prevalence of Celiac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis in the UK Over Two Decades: Population-Based Study | American Journal of Gastroenterology | 2014 | 227 |
| 50 | The INTERPHONE study: design, epidemiological methods, and description of the study population | European Journal of Epidemiology | 2007 | 225 |
