Table 1.

Top five publications by TLS in according to Fig. 7 (1991–2022)

TLS	Citations	Title	Country/Region	Reference
167	37	Assessing the impact of continuous quality improvement/total quality management: Concept versus implementation [35]	USA	Shortell, S. M., O’Brien, J. L., et al. [35]
104	17	Assessing the impact of total quality management and organizational culture on multiple outcomes of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients [36]	USA	Shortell, S. M., Jones, R. H., et al. [36]
64	21	Continuous improvement as an ideal in health care [37]	USA	Berwick D. M. [37]
64	17	Out of the Crisis [38]	USA	W. E. Deming. [38]
62	7	Teamwork Culture and Patient Satisfaction in Hospitals [39]	USA	Meterko, M., David C. Mohr, et al. [39]