Table 1.
Most cited works
| n | Freq | First author | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 173 | Cohen, J | 1988 | Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences. Routledge |
| 2 | 164 | Peters, DP | 1982 | Peer-review practices of psychological journals—the fate of...Behav Brain Sci |
| 3 | 151 | Egger, M | 1997 | Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. Brit Med J |
| 4 | 150 | Stroup, DF | 2000 | Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology—a proposal for reporting. JAMA |
| 5 | 135 | Dersimonian, R | 1986 | Metaanalysis in clinical-trials. Control Clin Trials |
| 6 | 130 | Zuckerma, H | 1971 | Patterns of evaluation in science—institutionalisation, structure and functions of referee system. Minerva |
| 7 | 130 | Higgins, JPT | 2011 | Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions. Cochrane |
| 8 | 126 | Moher, D | 2009 | Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Plos Med |
| 9 | 125 | Higgins, JPT | 2003 | Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. Brit Med J |
| 10 | 121 | Cicchetti, DV | 1991 | The reliability of peer-review for manuscript and grant submissions...Behav Brain Sci |
| 11 | 119 | Hirsch, JE | 2005 | An index to quantify an individual’s scientific research output. Proc Natl Acad Sci Usa |
| 12 | 114 | Mahoney, M | 1977 | Publication prejudices: an experimental study of confirmatory bias...cognitive therapy and research |
| 13 | 114 | van Rooyen, S | 1999 | Effect of open peer review on quality of reviews and on reviewers’ recommendations:...Brit Med J |
| 14 | 114 | Easterbrook, PJ | 1991 | Publication bias in clinical research. Lancet |
| 15 | 110 | Landis, JR | 1977 | Measurement of observer agreement for categorical data. Biometrics |
| 16 | 109 | Godlee, F | 1998 | Effect on the quality of peer review of blinding reviewers and asking them to sign their reports—...JAMA |
| 17 | 108 | Horrobin, DF | 1990 | The philosophical basis of peer-review and the suppression of innovation. JAMA |
| 18 | 107 | Moher, D | 2009 | Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: PRISMA. Ann Intern Med |
| 19 | 107 | Jadad, AR | 1996 | Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials |
| 20 | 105 | Mcnutt, RA | 1990 | The effects of blinding on the quality of peer-review—a randomized trial. JAMA |
| 21 | 104 | Cole, S | 1981 | Chance and consensus in peer-review. Science |
| 22 | 103 | Moher, D | 1999 | Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: QUOROM. Lancet |
| 23 | 98 | Justice, AC | 1998 | Does masking author identity improve peer review quality?—a randomized controlled trial. JAMA |
| 24 | 97 | Lock, S | 1985 | A difficult balance: editorial peer review in medicine. Nuffield Trust |
| 25 | 95 | van Rooyen, S | 1998 | Effect of blinding and unmasking on the quality of peer review—a randomized trial. JAMA |
| 26 | 92 | Black, N | 1998 | What makes a good reviewer and a good review for a general medical journal? JAMA |
| 27 | 91 | Scherer, RW | 1994 | Full publication of results initially presented in abstracts—a metaanalysis. JAMA |
| 28 | 90 | Higgins, JPT | 2002 | Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. Stat Med |
| 29 | 90 | Smith, R | 2006 | Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals. J Roy Soc Med |
| 30 | 87 | Goodman, SN | 1994 | Manuscript quality before and after peer-review and editing at annals of internal-medicine. Ann Intern Med |
| 31 | 87 | Chubin, D | 1990 | Peerless science: peer review and US science policy. SUNY Press |