TABLE 3.
The top 20 cited articles related to diabetic foot
| Rank | Cited number | Title of the article | Year | Journal name | Impact factor (2020) | H‐index (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 529 | Diabetic foot ulcers and their recurrence | 2017 | New England Journal of Medicine | 91.245 | 1079 |
| 2 | 250 | Global epidemiology of diabetic foot ulceration: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | 2017 | Annals of Medicine | 4.709 | 117 |
| 3 | 237 | Executive summary: 2012 infectious diseases society of America clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetic foot infections | 2012 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 9.079 | 353 |
| 4 | 187 | IWGDF guidance on the diagnosis and management of foot infections in persons with diabetes | 2016 | Diabetes‐Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 5 | 124 | Preventing foot ulcers in patients with diabetes | 2005 | JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association | 56.272 | 709 |
| 6 | 118 | Medical treatment of diabetic foot infections | 2004 | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 9.079 | 353 |
| 7 | 116 | The management of diabetic foot: a clinical practice guideline by the society for vascular surgery in collaboration with the American podiatric medical association and the society for vascular medicine | 2016 | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 4.268 | 202 |
| 8 | 113 | Association of diabetic foot ulcer and death in a population‐based cohort from the United Kingdom | 2016 | Diabetic Medicine | 4.359 | 152 |
| 9 | 98 | Practical guidelines on the management and prevention of the diabetic foot 2011 | 2012 | Diabetes‐Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 10 | 97 | The global burden of diabetic foot disease | 2005 | Lancet | 79.321 | 807 |
| 11 | 96 | Burden of diabetic foot ulcers for Medicare and private insurers | 2014 | Diabetes Care | 19.112 | 380 |
| 12 | 90 | The 2015 IWGDF guidance documents on prevention and management of foot problems in diabetes: development of an evidence‐based global consensus | 2016 | Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 13 | 88 | IWGDF guidance on the prevention of foot ulcers in at‐risk patients with diabetes | 2016 | Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 14 | 85 | Practical guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetic foot disease (IWGDF 2019 update) | 2020 | Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 15 | 83 | Prevention and management of foot problems in diabetes: a summary guidance for daily practice 2015, based on the IWGDF guidance documents | 2016 | Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 16 | 83 | Prediction of outcome in individuals with diabetic foot ulcers: focus on the differences between individuals with and without peripheral arterial disease. The EURODIALE study | 2008 | Diabetologia | 10.122 | 241 |
| 17 | 80 | The society for vascular surgery lower extremity threatened limb classification system: risk stratification based on wound, ischemia, and foot infection (WIFI) | 2014 | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 4.268 | 202 |
| 18 | 78 | Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of foot infection in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update) | 2020 | Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews | 4.876 | 117 |
| 19 | 74 | Burden of infected diabetic foot ulcers on hospital admissions and costs | 2016 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 1.466 | 75 |
| 20 | 72 | Challenges in the treatment of chronic wounds | 2015 | Advances in Wound Care | 4.73 | 31 |
Abbreviations: H‐index, high citation index; IF, impact factor.