Table 4.
The 20 most frequently cited publications related to toxocariasis from 1932 to 2015
| SCR | Authors (year of publication) | Title | Source title | Cited by | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Del Prete et al. [37] | “Purified protein derivative of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and excretory-secretory antigen(s) of toxocara canis expand in vitro human T cells with stable and opposite (type 1 T helper or type 2 T helper) profile of cytokine production” | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 477 | 13.215 |
| 2nd | Despommier [38] | “Toxocariasis: Clinical aspects, epidemiology, medical ecology, and molecular aspects” | Clinical Microbiology Reviews | 364 | 17.406 |
| 3rd | Glickman and Schantz [41] | “Epidemiology and pathogenesis of zoonotic toxocariasis” | Epidemiologic Reviews | 303 | 6.667 |
| 4th | Magnaval et al. [44] | “Highlights of human toxocariasis” | Korean Journal of Parasitology | 248 | 1.151 |
| 5th | Beaver et al. [34] | “Chronic eosinophilia due to visceral larva migrans; report of three cases” | Pediatrics | 243 | 5.473 |
| 6th | De Savigny [35] | “In vitro maintenance of Toxocara canis larvae and a simple method for the production of Toxocara ES antigen for use in serodiagnostic tests for visceral larva migrans” | Journal of Parasitology | 225 | 1.227 |
| 7th | Schantz [49] | “Toxocara larva migrans now” | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 188 | 2.699 |
| 8th | De Savigny et al. [36] | “Toxocariasis: Serological diagnosis by enzyme immunoassay” | Journal of Clinical Pathology | 164 | 2.915 |
| 9th | Taylor et al. [51] | “The expanded spectrum of toxocara disease” | The Lancet | 153 | 45.217 |
| 10th | Magnaval et al. [43] | “Application of the Western blotting procedure for the immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis” | Parasitology Research | 144 | 2.098 |
| 11th | Overgaauw [46] | “Aspects of toxocara epidemiology: Human toxocarosis” | Critical Reviews in Microbiology | 134 | 6.020 |
| 12th | Shields [50] | “Ocular toxocariasis. A review” | Survey of Ophthalmology | 131 | 3.849 |
| 13th | Wilder [52] | “Nematode endophthalmitis” | Transactions–American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology | 130 | NA |
| 14th | Jacquier et al. [42] | “Immunodiagnosis of toxocarosis in humans: Evaluation of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit” | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 119 | 3.993 |
| 15th | Rubinsky-Elefant et al. [48] | “Human toxocariasis: Diagnosis, worldwide seroprevalences and clinical expression of the systemic and ocular forms” | Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology | 118 | 1.656 |
| 16th | Barriga [33] | “A critical look at the importance, prevalence and control of toxocariasis and the possibilities of immunological control” | Veterinary Parasitology | 117 | 2.460 |
| 17th | Fisher [39] | “Toxocara cati: An underestimated zoonotic agent” | Trends in Parasitology | 116 | 6.204 |
| 18th | Glickman et al. [40] | “Evaluation of serodiagnostic tests for visceral larva migrans” | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 114 | 2.699 |
| 19th | Overgaauw [47] | “Aspects of Toxocara epidemiology: Toxocarosis in dogs and cats” | Critical Reviews in Microbiology | 110 | 6.020 |
| 20th | Maizels et al. [45] | “Characterization of surface and excretory-secretory antigens of Toxocara canis infective larvae” | Parasite Immunology | 108 | 2.143 |
SCR Standard competition ranking, NA Not available, IF Impact factor