Table 2. Statistics of highly cited Chinese publication on DR (Top 5).

Study	Title	Cited frequency
Liang et al, 2014[17]	American Diabetes Mellitus Guidelines: standards of medical care in diabetes-2014	193
Xie and Wang, 1995[13]	TCM analysis on the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy	180
Chen and Zhu, 2006[15]	The pathologic mechanism of diabetic retinopathy	172
Yao et al, 2001[16]	Guidelines for prevention and treatment of diabetic fundus disease	162
Duan et al, 2011[14]	TCM diagnosis and treatment standards of diabetic retinopathy	153

DR: Diabetic retinopathy; TCM: Traditional Chinese medicine.