Table 1. The top 10 articles in spinal cord injury research.
| Rank | Publication | Years until first citation | Most cited year | Years until most cited year | Average citations per year since publication (± SD) | Number of citations in 2016 | Total number of citations through 12/31/2016 | Total number of citations at analysis 5/31/2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bracken et al.20 | 0 | 1997 | 7 | 57.69 ± 14.11 | 47 | 1500 | 1512 |
| 2 | Hochberg et al.22 | 0 | 2009 | 3 | 141.90 ± 44.68 | 127 | 1419 | 1450 |
| 3 | Bracken et al.23 | 0 | 2012 | 15 | 39.05 ± 11.65 | 30 | 742 | 759 |
| 4 | Anderson25 | 1 | 2015 | 11 | 44.17 ± 24.08 | 71 | 530 | 553 |
| 5 | Colombo et al.24 | 1 | 2015 | 15 | 32.25 ± 17.73 | 42 | 516 | 531 |
| 6 | Whiteneck et al.34 | 0 | 2011 | 19 | 20.92 ± 8.32 | 22 | 502 | 507 |
| 7 | Bracken et al.35 | 0 | 1999 | 7 | 18.38 ± 6.06 | 13 | 441 | 442 |
| 8 | Kirshblum et al.36 | 1 | 2016 | 5 | 75.4 ± 67.79 | 151 | 377 | 439 |
| 9 | Schurch et al.37 | 1 | 2006 | 6 | 25.94 ± 12.58 | 24 | 415 | 419 |
| 10 | DeVivo et al. 38 | 0 | 2010 | 11 | 23.00 ± 11.01 | 26 | 391 | 399 |