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. 2020 May 23;34:51. doi: 10.34171/mjiri.34.51

Table 4. Top COVID-19 documents that received the most citations .

Rank Author Title Source title Citations Article type CiteScore
1 Huang C Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China The Lancet 250 Article 10.28
2 Zhu N A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019 New England Journal of Medicine 180 Article 16.10
3 Li Q Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia The New England journal of medicine 154 Article 16.10
4 Chen N Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study The Lancet 135 Article 10.28
4 Chan J.F A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster The Lancet 135 Article 10.28
5 Wang D Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 111 Article 6.98
6 Zhou P A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin Nature 105 Article 15.21
7 Lu R Genomic characterization and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding The Lancet 97 Article 10.28
8 Holshue M.L First case of 2019 novel coronavirus in the United States New England Journal of Medicine 66 Article 16.10
9 Rothe C Transmission of 2019-NCOV infection from an asymptomatic contact in Germany New England Journal of Medicine 62 Letter 16.10
10 Wang C A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern The Lancet 55 Note 10.28
11 Wu J.T Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modeling study The Lancet 51 Article 10.28
12 Hui D.S The continuing 2019-nCoV epidemic threat of novel coronaviruses to global health — The latest 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China International Journal of Infectious Diseases 46 Editorial 2.89
13 Wu F A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China Nature 36 Article 15.21
14 Ji W Cross-species transmission of the newly identified coronavirus 2019-nCoV Journal of Medical Virology 31 Article 1.94
15 Wan Y Receptor Recognition by the Novel Coronavirus from Wuhan: an Analysis Based on Decade-Long Structural Studies of SARS Coronavirus Journal of virology 30 Article 4.02
15 Wu Z Characteristics of and Important Lessons from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China: Summary of a Report of 72314 Cases from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association 30 Article 6.98
16 Chen H Clinical characteristics and intrauterine vertical transmission potential of COVID-19 infection in nine pregnant women: a retrospective review of medical records The Lancet 29 Article 10.28
16 Wang M Remdesivir and chloroquine effectively inhibit the recently emerged novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in vitro Cell Research 29 Letter 8.58
16 Corman V.M Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 29 Article 5.05
17 Chen Y Emerging coronaviruses: Genome structure, replication, and pathogenesis Journal of Medical Virology 27 Review 1.94
18 Munster V.J A novel coronavirus emerging in China - Key questions for impact assessment New England Journal of Medicine 26 Review 16.10
18 Chan J.F.W Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan Emerging Microbes and Infections 26 Article 4.36
19 Chung M CT imaging features of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-NCoV) Radiology 23 Article 5.83
20 Xu X Evolution of the novel coronavirus from the ongoing Wuhan outbreak and modeling of its spike protein for risk of human transmission Science China Life Sciences 21 Letter 2.14