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BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (BMJ)

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Top papers

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1 Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. 2003 128.20
2 Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. 1997 122.24
3 Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. 1996 66.70
4 Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. 2000 56.80
5 Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance. 2008 41.81
6 Association of glycaemia with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 35): prospective observational study. 2000 35.06
7 Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. 2009 34.99
8 Qualitative research in health care. Analysing qualitative data. 2000 34.13
9 GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. 2008 33.10
10 Tight blood pressure control and risk of macrovascular and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: UKPDS 38. UK Prospective Diabetes Study Group. 1998 32.73
11 The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. 2011 29.14
12 CONSORT 2010 explanation and elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. 2010 28.70
13 Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research. 1997 28.43
14 Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health. 2000 28.39
15 Validating the SF-36 health survey questionnaire: new outcome measure for primary care. 1992 26.37
16 Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations. 2004 26.08
17 Qualitative research. Introducing focus groups. 1995 25.85
18 Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors. 2004 24.88
19 Evidence based medicine: an approach to clinical problem-solving. 1995 24.65
20 Adverse events in British hospitals: preliminary retrospective record review. 2001 23.99
21 Mortality in relation to smoking: 40 years' observations on male British doctors. 1994 23.80
22 Multiple significance tests: the Bonferroni method. 1995 23.46
23 Human albumin administration in critically ill patients: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. 1998 22.62
24 Why are doctors so unhappy? There are probably many causes, some of them deep. 2001 22.59
25 Rigour and qualitative research. 1995 22.49
26 CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. 2010 22.34
27 The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration. 2009 22.18
28 Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital: prospective analysis of 18 820 patients. 2004 21.39
29 Evidence based medicine. 1995 21.24
30 Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials. 2001 20.65
31 On the Oregon trail: rationing health care. 1991 20.63
32 Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients. 2002 20.22
33 What's wrong with Bonferroni adjustments. 1998 19.89
34 Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: systematic review. 2002 19.50
35 Closing the gap between research and practice: an overview of systematic reviews of interventions to promote the implementation of research findings. The Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care Review Group. 1998 19.37
36 Multiple imputation for missing data in epidemiological and clinical research: potential and pitfalls. 2009 19.23
37 A strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease by more than 80%. 2003 19.05
38 Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: systematic review. 2003 18.72
39 Disseminating health information in developing countries: the role of the internet. 2000 18.50
40 Getting more for their dollar: a comparison of the NHS with California's Kaiser Permanente. 2002 18.02
41 Consensus methods for medical and health services research. 1995 17.94
42 Human error: models and management. 2000 17.93
43 Validation of information recorded on general practitioner based computerised data resource in the United Kingdom. 1991 17.91
44 Use of blood pressure lowering drugs in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: meta-analysis of 147 randomised trials in the context of expectations from prospective epidemiological studies. 2009 17.73
45 Income distribution and life expectancy. 1992 17.60
46 Evidence for decreasing quality of semen during past 50 years. 1992 17.44
47 Collaborative overview of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy--I: Prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke by prolonged antiplatelet therapy in various categories of patients. Antiplatelet Trialists' Collaboration. 1994 17.35
48 Why we need observational studies to evaluate the effectiveness of health care. 1996 17.27
49 Analysis of serial measurements in medical research. 1990 16.69
50 Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach: an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research. 1995 16.53
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