| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 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 | 20,392 |
| 2 | Recommendations for examining and interpreting funnel plot asymmetry in meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 4,743 |
| 3 | Correlates of physical activity: why are some people physically active and others not? | Lancet, The | 2012 | 2,874 |
| 4 | 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 | 2,258 |
| 5 | The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2014 | 2,091 |
| 6 | Interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community | The Cochrane Library | 2021 | 1,914 |
| 7 | STARD 2015: an updated list of essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies | BMJ, The | 2015 | 1,914 |
| 8 | 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 | 1,783 |
| 9 | Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus process | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2006 | 1,373 |
| 10 | STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration | BMJ Open | 2016 | 1,324 |
| 11 | Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2004 | 1,193 |
| 12 | Thresholds for therapies: highlights of the St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2009 | Annals of Oncology | 2009 | 1,184 |
| 13 | Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations for diagnostic tests and strategies | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 1,119 |
| 14 | Exercise as a treatment for depression: A meta-analysis adjusting for publication bias | Journal of Psychiatric Research | 2016 | 950 |
| 15 | The individual and socioeconomic impact of osteoarthritis | Nature Reviews Rheumatology | 2014 | 757 |
| 16 | Accuracy of procalcitonin for sepsis diagnosis in critically ill patients: systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2007 | 752 |
| 17 | How many steps/day are enough? For older adults and special populations | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2011 | 734 |
| 18 | How many steps/day are enough? for adults | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2011 | 733 |
| 19 | Integration of 3D digital mammography with tomosynthesis for population breast-cancer screening (STORM): a prospective comparison study | Lancet Oncology, The | 2013 | 707 |
| 20 | Accuracy and Surgical Impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Breast Cancer Staging: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Detection of Multifocal and Multicentric Cancer | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2008 | 705 |
| 21 | Health benefits of cycling: a systematic review | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports | 2011 | 679 |
| 22 | Global low back pain prevalence and years lived with disability from 1990 to 2017: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 | Annals of Translational Medicine | 2020 | 662 |
| 23 | Exercise to prevent falls in older adults: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2017 | 656 |
| 24 | The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: results from 20 countries | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | 2009 | 653 |
| 25 | Evidence for overuse of medical services around the world | Lancet, The | 2017 | 644 |
| 26 | Daily Sitting Time and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 635 |
| 27 | How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 625 |
| 28 | Updating the evidence that physical activity is good for health: an epidemiological review 2000–2003 | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | 2004 | 588 |
| 29 | Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus | Clinical Chemistry | 2011 | 583 |
| 30 | Prevalence of depression in chronic kidney disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies | Kidney International | 2013 | 565 |
| 31 | Endoscopic Mucosal Resection Outcomes and Prediction of Submucosal Cancer From Advanced Colonic Mucosal Neoplasia | Gastroenterology | 2011 | 561 |
| 32 | Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community | The Cochrane Library | 2019 | 529 |
| 33 | The global burden of neck pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2014 | 518 |
| 34 | Can Mobile Phone Apps Influence People’s Health Behavior Change? An Evidence Review | Journal of Medical Internet Research | 2016 | 508 |
| 35 | What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommendations from high-quality clinical practice guidelines: systematic review | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 486 |
| 36 | Tacrolimus versus ciclosporin as primary immunosuppression for kidney transplant recipients: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomised trial data | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2005 | 482 |
| 37 | Physical activity: Health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions | Psychology and Health | 2017 | 480 |
| 38 | Updating the Evidence for Physical Activity: Summative Reviews of the Epidemiological Evidence, Prevalence, and Interventions to Promote “Active Aging” | Gerontologist, The | 2016 | 475 |
| 39 | How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2016 | 459 |
| 40 | Cross-cultural adaptation of research instruments: language, setting, time and statistical considerations | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 2010 | 453 |
| 41 | STARD 2015: An Updated List of Essential Items for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies | Clinical Chemistry | 2015 | 449 |
| 42 | Terminology and classification of muscle injuries in sport: The Munich consensus statement | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2013 | 443 |
| 43 | Older people's perspectives on participation in physical activity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative literature | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2015 | 441 |
| 44 | Prognosis in patients with recent onset low back pain in Australian primary care: inception cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2008 | 437 |
| 45 | Levator trauma is associated with pelvic organ prolapse | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 2008 | 429 |
| 46 | Interventions for preventing falls in older people in care facilities and hospitals | The Cochrane Library | 2012 | 422 |
| 47 | Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult | The Cochrane Library | 2007 | 415 |
| 48 | International Olympic Committee consensus statement: methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport 2020 (including STROBE Extension for Sport Injury and Illness Surveillance (STROBE-SIIS)) | British Journal of Sports Medicine | 2020 | 411 |
| 49 | Meta-analysis of the association of breast cancer subtype and pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy | European Journal of Cancer | 2012 | 410 |
| 50 | Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection in Children | New England Journal of Medicine | 2009 | 409 |
