Table 4.

The top 10 burst references in the network of co-cited references

Rank	Reference	Burst	Journal	IF	Author	Year
1	Elective versus Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Node-Negative Oral Cancer	28.95	N. Engl. J. Med.	74.699	Anil K D’Cruz	2015
2	Sentinel European Node Trial (SENT): 3-year results of sentinel node biopsy in oral cancer	12.17	Eur. J. Cancer	7.275	Clare Schilling	2015
3	Early-stage squamous-cell cancer of the oral tongue–clinicopathologic features affecting outcome	9.97	Cancer	5.742	Ian Ganly	2012
4	Sentinel node biopsy in head and neck cancer: preliminary results of a multicenter trial	9.61	Ann. Surg. Oncol.	4.061	Gary L Ross	2004
5	Can we detect or predict the presence of occult nodal metastases in patients with squamous carcinoma of the oral tongue?	8.52	Head Neck	2.538	R M Byers	1998
6	Sentinel node biopsy for early oral and oropharyngeal squamous-cell carcinoma	8.35	Eur. Arch. Otorhinolaryngol.	1.809	Sandro J Stoeckli	2009
7	Lymph-node density in oral cavity cancer: results of the International Consortium for Outcomes Research	7.92	Br. J. Cancer	5.791	S G Patel	2013
8	Predictive factors of occult metastasis and prognosis of clinical stages I and II squamous-cell carcinoma of the tongue and floor of the mouth	7.86	Oral Oncol.	3.979	Tânia Mara Pimenta Amaral	2004
9	The accuracy of head and neck carcinoma sentinel lymph-node biopsy in the clinically N0 neck	7.08	Cancer	5.742	T Shoaib	2001
10	Elective neck dissection in oral carcinoma: a critical review of the evidence	6.85	Acta Otorhinolaryngol. Ital.	1.51	L P Kowalski	2007