| 1 | Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups | International Journal for Quality in Health Care | 2007 | 32,036 |
| 2 | Cancer statistics in China, 2015 | Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 2016 | 11,730 |
| 3 | World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 8,251 |
| 4 | A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China | Nature | 2020 | 7,407 |
| 5 | Practical methods for incorporating summary time-to-event data into meta-analysis | Trials | 2007 | 4,646 |
| 6 | 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 | 3,786 |
| 7 | Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century | Health Promotion International | 2000 | 3,154 |
| 8 | Chronic Kidney Disease | Lancet, The | 2017 | 2,842 |
| 9 | Neutralizing antibody levels are highly predictive of immune protection from symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection | Nature Medicine | 2021 | 2,806 |
| 10 | Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not? | Lancet, The | 2012 | 2,798 |
| 11 | Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research: ENTREQ | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 2012 | 2,528 |
| 12 | STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies | BMJ, The | 0 | 2,512 |
| 13 | The performance of tests of publication bias and other sample size effects in systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy was assessed | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2005 | 2,371 |
| 14 | Breast cancer | Nature Reviews Disease Primers | 2019 | 2,337 |
| 15 | The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2014 | 2,061 |
| 16 | A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2012 | 2,060 |
| 17 | The Global Burden of Cancer 2013 | JAMA Oncology | 2015 | 1,937 |
| 18 | STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration | BMJ Open | 2016 | 1,933 |
| 19 | 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 | 1,835 |
| 20 | The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health | Lancet, The | 2012 | 1,786 |
| 21 | Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women | Lancet, The | 2016 | 1,780 |
| 22 | Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes | The Cochrane Library | 2012 | 1,687 |
| 23 | The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with simvastatin plus ezetimibe in patients with chronic kidney disease (Study of Heart and Renal Protection): a randomised placebo-controlled trial | Lancet, The | 2011 | 1,686 |
| 24 | Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions | Lancet, The | 2018 | 1,611 |
| 25 | 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 | 1,536 |
| 26 | Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 | Lancet Neurology, The | 2024 | 1,334 |
| 27 | Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus process | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2006 | 1,228 |
| 28 | A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment, relative to standard care—an international randomised controlled trial | International Journal of Obesity | 2012 | 1,216 |
| 29 | Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 1,207 |
| 30 | Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 1,174 |
| 31 | 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 | 1,146 |
| 32 | Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2015 | 1,111 |
| 33 | Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2003 | 1,102 |
| 34 | Exercise as a treatment for depression: A meta-analysis adjusting for publication bias | Journal of Psychiatric Research | 2016 | 1,065 |
| 35 | Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview | European Spine Journal | 2018 | 1,055 |
| 36 | Association Between Physical Activity and Risk of Depression | JAMA Psychiatry | 2022 | 1,026 |
| 37 | Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis | Lancet, The | 2012 | 989 |
| 38 | Physical Activity for Cognitive and Mental Health in Youth: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms | Pediatrics | 2016 | 969 |
| 39 | Thresholds for therapies: highlights of the St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2009 | Annals of Oncology | 2009 | 951 |
| 40 | The individual and socioeconomic impact of osteoarthritis | Nature Reviews Rheumatology | 2014 | 920 |
| 41 | The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013 | Injury Prevention | 2016 | 895 |
| 42 | Health Promotion Glossary | Health Promotion International | 1998 | 889 |
| 43 | A comparison of methods to detect publication bias in meta‐analysis | Statistics in Medicine | 2001 | 884 |
| 44 | The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms | Lancet, The | 2023 | 881 |
| 45 | Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies | Lancet, The | 2018 | 875 |
| 46 | Understanding environmental influences on walking | American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 872 |
| 47 | Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health | Annual Review of Public Health | 2021 | 759 |
| 48 | Drugs and Falls in Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis: I. Psychotropic Drugs | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 1999 | 748 |
| 49 | Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community | The Cochrane Library | 2021 | 743 |
| 50 | The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment | Lancet Planetary Health, The | 2020 | 723 |