| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Lancet, The | 2014 | 9,122 |
| 2 | Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 | Lancet, The | 2014 | 1,230 |
| 3 | Fasting Serum Glucose Level and Cancer Risk in Korean Men and Women | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2005 | 833 |
| 4 | Body-Mass Index and Mortality in Korean Men and Women | New England Journal of Medicine | 2006 | 760 |
| 5 | Multinational Assessment of Accuracy of Equations for Predicting Risk of Kidney Failure | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2016 | 450 |
| 6 | Lung Cancer Occurrence in Never-Smokers: An Analysis of 13 Cohorts and 22 Cancer Registry Studies | PLoS Medicine | 2008 | 371 |
| 7 | The effectiveness and safety of endoscopic submucosal dissection compared with endoscopic mucosal resection for early gastric cancer: a systematic review and metaanalysis | Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 2011 | 331 |
| 8 | Associations of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with mortality and renal failure by sex: a meta-analysis | BMJ, The | 2013 | 317 |
| 9 | The Decline of Son Preference in South Korea: The Roles of Development and Public Policy | Population and Development Review | 2007 | 225 |
| 10 | Large-scale genetic study in East Asians identifies six new loci associated with colorectal cancer risk | Nature Genetics | 2014 | 212 |
| 11 | Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Hepatitis B, and Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Korea | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 2004 | 211 |
| 12 | Body-mass index and cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: pooled analyses of 424 519 participants | Lancet Oncology, The | 2010 | 208 |
| 13 | Global Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes of Reduced GFR | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2017 | 194 |
| 14 | Soy Food Consumption and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies | Nutrition and Cancer | 2009 | 182 |
| 15 | Smoking and Cancer Risk in Korean Men and Women | Cancer Causes and Control | 2004 | 177 |
| 16 | Genome-wide association analyses in east Asians identify new susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 173 |
| 17 | Body mass index and cancer risk in Korean men and women | International Journal of Cancer | 2008 | 169 |
| 18 | Low Serum Bilirubin Level as an Independent Predictor of Stroke Incidence | Stroke | 2009 | 158 |
| 19 | A coronary heart disease prediction model: the Korean Heart Study | BMJ Open | 2014 | 153 |
| 20 | Obesity survival paradox in pneumonia: a meta-analysis | BMC Medicine | 2014 | 151 |
| 21 | Genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer identifies six new susceptibility loci | Nature Communications | 2015 | 138 |
| 22 | A Meta-analysis of the Association of Estimated GFR, Albuminuria, Age, Race, and Sex With Acute Kidney Injury | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2015 | 138 |
| 23 | Adiponectin Concentrations: A Genome-wide Association Study | American Journal of Human Genetics | 2010 | 136 |
| 24 | Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels | Human Molecular Genetics | 2017 | 135 |
| 25 | TP53 codon 72 polymorphism and cervical cancer: a pooled analysis of individual data from 49 studies | Lancet Oncology, The | 2009 | 133 |
| 26 | Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer | Journal of the National Cancer Institute | 2019 | 129 |
| 27 | Attributable fraction of tobacco smoking on cancer using population-based nationwide cancer incidence and mortality data in Korea | BMC Cancer | 2014 | 118 |
| 28 | Fasting Glucose Level and the Risk of Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases | Diabetes Care | 2013 | 115 |
| 29 | Incidence and mortality of hip fracture among the elderly population in South Korea: a population-based study using the National Health Insurance claims data | BMC Public Health | 2010 | 111 |
| 30 | Large-Scale Genome-Wide Association Study of East Asians Identifies Loci Associated With Risk for Colorectal Cancer | Gastroenterology | 2019 | 111 |
| 31 | Measures of chronic kidney disease and risk of incident peripheral artery disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data | Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology,the | 2017 | 110 |
| 32 | Association between IRF6 and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in four populations | Genetics in Medicine | 2007 | 107 |
| 33 | Evidence for an Incipient Decline in Numbers of Missing Girls in China and India | Population and Development Review | 2009 | 107 |
| 34 | The ACC/AHA 2013 pooled cohort equations compared to a Korean Risk Prediction Model for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease | Atherosclerosis | 2015 | 106 |
| 35 | Smoking and Risk of Tuberculosis Incidence, Mortality, and Recurrence in South Korean Men and Women | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2009 | 103 |
| 36 | White Blood Cell Count and Risk for All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality in a Cohort of Koreans | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2005 | 100 |
| 37 | Cancer Risk in the Early Stages of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Korean Patients: A Nationwide Population-based Study | Journal of Crohn's and Colitis | 2017 | 98 |
| 38 | Identification of Susceptibility Loci and Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk | Gastroenterology | 2016 | 97 |
| 39 | Trends in the prevalence of major cardiovascular disease risk factors among Korean adults: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1998–2012 | International Journal of Cardiology | 2014 | 94 |
| 40 | Development of the Korean Global Physical Activity Questionnaire: reliability and validity study | Global Health Promotion | 2020 | 93 |
| 41 | Smoking and Risk for Diabetes Incidence and Mortality in Korean Men and Women | Diabetes Care | 2010 | 87 |
| 42 | Age at menopause and cause-specific mortality in South Korean women: Kangwha Cohort Study | Maturitas | 2007 | 86 |
| 43 | Evaluation of a mobile phone-based diet game for weight control | Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare | 2010 | 81 |
| 44 | Bisphenol A exposure and type 2 diabetes mellitus risk: a meta-analysis | BMC Endocrine Disorders | 2018 | 79 |
| 45 | Impaired Fasting Glucose and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Korean Men and Women | Diabetes Care | 2013 | 71 |
| 46 | Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Cancer Risk | Yonsei Medical Journal | 2005 | 70 |
| 47 | Mid-life and late-life vascular risk factors and dementia in Korean men and women | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics | 2011 | 68 |
| 48 | Tuberculosis, smoking and risk for lung cancer incidence and mortality | International Journal of Cancer | 2016 | 65 |
| 49 | Smoking cessation and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Korea Medical Insurance Corporation Study | European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | 2007 | 61 |
| 50 | The effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and environmental tobacco smoke on risk for ADHD: A large population-based study | Psychiatry Research | 2015 | 61 |
