Table 4.

The top 10 most-cited references.

No.	Authors	Year, journal, title	Citations	Topics	Types
1	Van Nood E	2013, N Engl J Med, Duodenal infusion of donor feces for recurrent Clostridium difficile	1,065	Recurrent Clostridium difficile	Clinical trial
2	Moayyedi P	2015, Gastroenterology, Fecal microbiota transplantation induces remission in patients with active ulcerative colitis in a randomized controlled trial	542	Ulcerative colitis	Clinical trial
3	Kassam Z	2013, Am J Gastroenterol, Fecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridium difficile infection: systematic review and meta-analysis	404	Clostridium difficile infection	Meta analysis (Review)
4	Vrieze A	2013, Gastroenterology, Transfer of intestinal microbiota from lean donors increases insulin sensitivity in individuals with metabolic syndrome	404	Metabolic syndrome	Clinical trial
5	Gough E	2011, Clin Infect Dis, Systematic review of intestinal microbiota transplantation (fecal bacteriotherapy) for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection	400	Recurrent Clostridium difficile	Review
6	Surawicz CM	2013, Am J Gastroenterol, Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections	396	Clostridium difficile infection	Review
7	Rossen NG	2015, Gastroenterology, Findings from a randomized controlled trial of fecal transplantation for patients with ulcerative colitis	395	Ulcerative colitis	Clinical trial
8	Caporaso JG	2010, Nat Methods, QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data	385	QIIME	Analysis method
9	Paramsothy S	2017, Lancet, Multidonor intensive faecal microbiota transplantation for active ulcerative colitis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial	391	Ulcerative colitis	Clinical trial
10	Bakken JS	2011, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, Treating Clostridium difficile infection with fecal microbiota transplantation	373	Clostridium difficile infection	Review