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Impact Factor
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| 2025 | 88.5 |
| 2024 | 98.40 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
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| 2024 | 12.113 |
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| 2024 | 936 |
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| 2024 | 59 |
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| 2024 | 55580 |
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Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO METHODS OF CLINICAL MEASUREMENT
Citation: 36611
Authors: J., DouglasG.
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Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
Citation: 35823
Authors: Chaolin, Yeming, Xingwang, Lili, Jianping, Yi, Li, Guohui, Jiuyang, Xiaoying, Zhenshun, Ting, Jiaan, Yuan, Wenjuan, Xuelei, Wen, Hui, Min, Yan, Hong, Li, Jungang, Guangfa, Rongmeng, Zhancheng, Qi, Jianwei, Bin
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Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study
Citation: 20959
Authors: Fei, Ting, Ronghui, Guohui, Ying, Zhibo, Jie, Yeming, Bin, Xiaoying, Lulu, Yuan, Hui, Xudong, Jiuyang, Shengjin, Yi, Hua, Bin
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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study
Citation: 15076
Authors: Nanshan, Min, Xuan, Jieming, Fengyun, Yang, Yang, Jingli, Ying, Yuan, Jia'an, Ting, Xinxin, Li
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The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
Citation: 13817
Authors: Erik, Douglas G, Matthias, Stuart J, Peter C, Jan P
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Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Citation: 13345
Authors: Theo, Stephen S, Cristiana, Kaja M, Mohammad, Mitra, Mohsen, Hedayat, Foad, Ahmed, Mohammad, Ibrahim, Hassan, Victor, Elissa M, Lucas Guimarães, Michael R M, Laith Jamal, Abdelrahman I, Alyssa, Ilana N, Maryam, Abdu A, Oladimeji M, Victor, Jaimie D, Olatunji O, Davoud, Mahdi, Ashkan, Emilie E, Gina, Kareha M, Mohammad, Seyed Mohammad Kazem, Anurag, Tauseef, Alireza, Mehdi, Hamid, Ehsan, Temesgen Yihunie, Rufus Olusola, Tomi, Blessing, Ziyad, Khurshid, Noore, Samiah, Tahiya, Turki M, Samuel B, Jacqueline Elizabeth, Niguse Meles, Muhammad, Saqib, Gianfranco, Mehran, Cyrus, Vahid, Syed Mohamed, François, Peter, Amir, Jordi, Rajaa M, Khalid A, Nelson, Nelson J, Saeed, Mostafa, Arya, Fatemeh, Arianna Maever L, Dickson A, Gianna Gayle Herrera, Deanna, Catalina Liliana, Tudorel, Mina, Fereshteh, Iman, Alireza, Carl Abelardo T, Catherine M, Ernoiz, Davood, Razique, Jalal, Morteza, Aleksandr Y, Filippo, Johan, Krishna K, Afsaneh, Mehran, Ali A, Babak, Charlie, Desta Debalkie, Sachin R, Floriane, Marcel, Beatriz Paulina, Getinet, Martin Amogre, Yared Asmare, Samad, Ghasem, Zelalem Nigussie, Ebrahim, Alaa, Mojtaba, Mohammad Hossein, Ahad, Senthilkumar, Shivanthi, Shelly, Maciej, Palash Chandra, Marlena S, Agegnehu Bante, Adhanom Gebreegziabher, Miguel A, Suzanne Lyn, Celine M, Lingkan, Akbar, Sanjay, Bernhard T, Mohsen, Gholamreza, Neeraj, Ettore, Yannick, Aminu K, Rose G, Derrick A, Fiona B, Isabela M, Catherine P, Kidanemaryam, Eduardo, Gregory J, Reshmi, Neeraj, Dinesh, Pankaj, Krittika, Zulfiqar A, Sadia, Molly H, Boris, Muhammad Shahdaat, Antonio, Binyam Minuye, Donal, Catherine, Raaj Kishore, Somayeh, Mehdi, Srinivasa Rao Rao, Archith, Alexandra S, Guilherme, Antonio Maria, Rupert, Oliver J, Michael, Carol, Nicholas J K, Hermann, Paul Svitil, Andrew M, Nikolay Ivanovich, Gabrielle B, Dana, Rachelle, Blair R, Reinhard, Zahid A, Florentino Luciano, Luis LA Alberto, Ismael R, Josip, Rosario, Giulia, Juan J, Felix, Joao Mauricio, Carlos A, Giulio, Chris D, Franz, Ferrán, Kate, Christopher R, Kelly M, Ester, Joht Singh, Alex R, Fiona J, Vijay Kumar, Sarika, Odgerel, Ken Lee, Daniel Youngwhan, Hanne, Dinh-Toi, Michael T, Flavia M, Liliana G, Massimo, Emma L, Kelly, Sara, Paolo Angelo, Vera Marisa, Ewerton, Richard G, Benjamin C, Elizabeth A, Di H, Christopher Stephen, Jessica A, Matthew, Saad M A, Giovanni, Lalit, Rakhi, Aso Mohammad, Ahmad, Jai K, Rajat, José, Claudio Alberto, Kairat, Diego, Frances E, Nicole K, Amanda, Louisa, Robert Paul, Feleke Mekonnen, Desalegn Getnet, Edgar, Nebiyu Dereje, Nikolaos, Rupak, Assefa, Getenet Ayalew, Samath Dhamminda, Govinda Prasad, Mostafa, Daniel, Zahra Sadat, Zachary V, M Ashworth, Shirin, Hoa Thi, Klara, Fariba, Chirag P, Leila, Abdel, Matthew C, Tim Robert, Susanna J, Bruce B, Andre Rodrigues, Arielle Wilder, Mohammad, David, Joshua R, Nevine, Iman, Maha, Iffat, Islam Y, Hala Rashad, Shaimaa I, Iqbal RF, Mohammad Hassan, Sophia, Holly E, Babak, Sharareh, Saman, Firooz, Alireza, Kara, Arash, Atkilt Esaiyas, Mohammad, Anwar, Mohammad, Roghiyeh, Carla Sofia e Sá, Andrea, Andre, Mithila, Farshad, Nazir, Mehdi, Valery L, Rachel, Seyed-Mohammad, Eduarda, Alize J, Manuela L, Irina, Florian, James L, Ryan, Carsten, Luisa Sorio, Nataliya A, Morenike Oluwatoyin, Lisa M, Carla, Masoud, Jack T, Marisa, Weijia, Takeshi, João M, Mohamed M, Emmanuela, Natalie C, Silvano, Amiran, Alberto L, William M, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Abiyu Mekonnen, Ketema Bizuwork, Assefa Ayalew Ayalew Ayalew, Anna, Peter W, Maryam, Keyghobad, Mansour, Alireza, Farhad, Ahmad, Hesam, Nermin, Asadollah, Syed Amir, Paramjit Singh, Mojgan, Giorgia, Srinivas, Ricardo Santiago, Sameer Vali, Giuseppe, Taren M, Harrison Chase, Houman, Alessandra C, Bárbara Niegia Garcia, Ayman, Michal, Giuseppe, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen, Harish Chander, Andre Luiz Sena, Rafael Alves, Rashid Abdi, Gaorui, Yuming, Rajeev, Juanita A, Beatrix, Nima, Abdul, Hailey, Lydia M, Brian J, Iman, Randah R, Kanaan, Erin B, Chieh, Hannah, Graeme J, Josep Maria, James D, Ahmed I, Amir, Maryam, Soheil, Hadi, Rasmus J, Roderick J, Simon I, Khezar, Behnam, Golnaz, Reza, Delia, Hannah J, Nathaniel J, Claudiu, Fatemeh, Thomas R, Hans W, Michael K, Ramesh, Praveen, H Dean, Mehdi, Mihaela, Sorin, Mowafa, Damian G, Mohamed, Vivian Chia-rong, Guoqing, Tanvir M, Fernando N, Chantal K, Bing-Fang, Vincent C, Segun Emmanuel, Kevin S, Olayinka Stephen, Irena M, Milena D, Leeberk Raja, Helen, Seyed Sina Naghibi, M Mofizul, MdMohaimenul, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Farhad, Hiroyasu, Rebecca Q, Chidozie C D, Ihoghosa Osamuyi, Jalil, Kathryn H, Farhad, Hussain, Morteza, Deepa, Mohammad Ali, Nader, Mihajlo, Amir, Farzad, Spencer L, Hosna, Manthan Dilipkumar, Achala Upendra, Panniyammakal, Ensiyeh, Ravi Prakash, Vivekanand, John S, Peng, Oommen, Yetunde O, Catherine Owens, Sarah Charlotte, Jost B, Tamas, Ankur, Jacek Jerzy, Mikk, Ali, Zubair, Hamed, Rizwan, Leila R, Rohollah, Zahra, Tanuj, Behzad, André, Mohd Anisul, Salah Eddin, Getachew Mullu, Nicholas J, Srinivasa Vittal, Norito, Gbenga A, Suzanne H, Cathleen, Maia, Morteza Abdullatif, Nauman, Maseer, Khaled, Mona M, Mahalaqua Nazli, Maryam, Mohammad Taghi, Roba, Neda, Christian, Daniel, Young-Eun, Yun Jin, Ruth W, Adnan, Sezer, Katarzyna, Mika, Cameron J, Ann Kristin Skrindo, Jonathan M, Tufa, Jacek A, Soewarta, Parvaiz A, Ai, Michael A, Kewal, Kris J, Barthelemy, Burcu, G Anil, Manasi, Pushpendra, Vivek, Girikumar, Om P, Dian, Hmwe Hmwe, Carlo, Ben, Dharmesh Kumar, Ratilal, Jennifer O, Faris Hasan, Iván, Justin J, Van Charles, Samantha Leigh, Anders O, Savita, Zohra S, Kathryn Mei-Ming, Pablo M, Jeffrey V, Jorge R, Paul H, Shaun Wen Huey, Kate E, James, Matilde, Haley, Janni, Miriam, Sarah, Shanshan, Lee-Ling, Christine, Ro-Ting, Christine, Shai, Hung-Chun, Shiwei, Zichen, Katharine J, Alan D, Platon D, Stefan, Paulo A, Tim C D, Alessandra, Raimundas, Ronan A, Jianing, Jennifer H, Emilie R, Ralph, Fabiana, Phetole Walter, Hue Thi, Azeem, Venkatesh, Shokofeh, Reza, Deborah Carvalho, Abdullah A, Amir, Navid, Helena, Borhan, Mohammad Ali, Ana M, Joemer C, Ashley, Francisco Rogerlândio, Ira, Seyedeh Zahra, João, Benjamin Ballard, Manu Raj, Pallab K, Colm, John J, Martin, Man Mohan, Fereshteh, Kala M, Wahengbam Bigyananda, Peter T N, Walter, Ritesh G, Endalkachew Worku, Meresa Berwo, Alibek, Atte, Tuomo J, Tomislav, Bartosz, Tomasz, Irmina Maria, Kebadnew Mulatu, Ted R, Edward J, Andreea, Erkin M, Hamed, Maryam, Mehdi, Awoke Temesgen, Prasanna, Babak, Masoud, Efat, Dara K, Yousef, Naser, Abdollah, Noushin, Reza, Shafiu, Ali H, Mariam, Natalie C, Lorenzo, Stefania, Meghan D, Mahmood, Ghobad, Masoud, Maziar, Rahmatollah, Paula, Linda, Lidia, Ilais, Joana, Shane Douglas, Jonathan F, Simin, Seyyed Meysam, Amin, Ulrich Otto, Sandra B, Moses K, Kamarul Imran, Saravanan, Mehdi, Ahamarshan Jayaraman, Gabriele, Behshad, Sanjeev, Anita K, Vinay, Jobert Richie, Vinod C, Javad, Ionut, Ruxandra Irina, Henok Biresaw Netsere, Josephine W, Cuong Tat, Jason, Michele, Minh, Emma, Dabere, Yeshambel T, Rajan, Molly R, Chukwudi A, Shuhei, Bo, Jean Jacques, Christoph, Virginia, Adrian, Bogdan, Christopher M, Felix Akpojene, In-Hwan, Emmanuel Wandera, Morteza, Andrew T, Bolajoko Olubukunola, Jacob Olusegun, Mojisola Morenike, Ahmed, Muktar Omer, Kanyin L, Obinna E, Aislyn U, Heather M, Alberto, Samuel M, Nikita, Stanislav S, Simon, Mayowa O, Mahesh, Jagadish Rao, Abhijit P, Raffaele, Adrian, Songhomitra, Anamika, Eun-Kee, Priya G Kumari, Deepak Kumar, Sangram Kishor, Angel J, Ashish, Mona, Scott B, George C, Deepak, Hamidreza, Amy E, Alyssa, Veincent Christian Filipino, Emmanuel K, Alexandre, David M, Norberto, Hai Quang, Michael R, David M, Thomas, Tessa M, Meghdad, Oleguer, Dietrich, Khem Narayan, Roman V, Suzanne, Kevan R, Maarten J, Hadi, Farshad, Reza, Akram, Anna, Sergio I, V, Dimas Ria Angga, Elisabetta, Zahiruddin, Mohammad, Navid, Amir, Ata, Alireza, Alberto, Afarin, Muhammad Aziz, Ali, Fatemeh, Kiana, Chhabi Lal, Puja C, Sowmya J, Davide, Prateek, Priya, David Laith, Salman, Lal, Christian, Sofia Boston, Robert C, Nickolas, Marissa Bettay, Giuseppe, Vishnu, Andre M N, Serge, Nima, Mohammad sadegh, Aziz, Phoebe-Anne, Seyed Mohammad, Antonio Luiz P, Daniel Cury, Daniela, Jennifer, Nicholas L S, Shaun, Stephen R, Leonardo, Sam, Luca, Gholamreza, Gregory A, Enrico, Susan Fred, Siamak, Perminder S, Basema, Ehsan, Masoumeh, Shahram, Sare, Saeid, Rajesh, Amirhossein, Mohammad Ali, S Mohammad, Mohammad Reza, Payman, Saleh, Hosni, Marwa R Rashad, Hamideh, Joshua A, Inbal, Zainab, Abdallah M, Juan, Damian Francesco, Itamar S, João Vasco, Milena M, Sivan Yegnanarayana Iyer, Rodrigo, Nizal, Benn, Arash, Brijesh, Thirunavukkarasu, Davide, Alyssa N, Lauren E, Silvia, Maria Inês, Aletta Elisabeth, David C, Falk, Anbissa Muleta, Subramanian, Sadaf G, Katya Anne, Jamileh, Saeed, Amira A, Masood Ali, Ali S, Mehran, Morteza, Mohammed, Kiomars, Fablina, Brittney S, Abbas, Ranjitha S, Kenji, Wondimeneh Shibabaw, Mika, Jae Il, Rahman, Reza, Mark G, Kerem, Soraya, Inga Dora, Rannveig, João Pedro, Kyle E, Ambrish, Jasvinder A, Eirini, Søren T, Valentin Yurievich, Eugene, Anton, Shahin, Reed J D, Joan B, Muluken Bekele, Ireneous N, Chandrashekhar T, Jeffrey D, Benjamin A, Simona Cătălina, Caroline, Caitlyn, Timothy J, Mark A, Lars Jacob, Jacob L, Agus, Mu'awiyyah Babale, Gerhard, Iyad, Bryan L, Dillon O, Miklós, Rafael, Karen M, Santosh Kumar, Amir, Masih, Ken, Nuno, Whitney L, Hirut, Arash, Berhane Fseha, Sonyah, Zemenu Tadesse, Kavumpurathu Raman, Azalea M, Hamid Reza, Marcello, Roman, Anna E, Mathilde, Marcos Roberto Roberto, Bach Xuan, Ravensara, Christopher E, Thomas Clement, Alexander C, Aristidis, Lorainne, Stefanos, Riaz, Saif, Eduardo A, Bhaskaran, Marco, Alireza, Pascual R, Santosh, Tommi Juhani, Yasser, Narayanaswamy, Francesco S, Vasily, Stein Emil, Avina, Ana, Rade, Yasir, Madgalene K, Jiayu, Yafeng, Yuan-Pang, Joseph L, Alexandrea, Jingkai, Robert G, Daniel J, Jordan, Ronny, Joanna L, Harvey A, Taweewat, Kirsten E, Tissa, Lauren B, Shadrach, Bogdan, Charles D A, Eve E, Ai-Min, Sarah, Han Yong, Gelin, Rixing, Simon, Seyed Hossein, Kazumasa, Mousa, Yuichiro, Sanni, Vahid, Jamal A, Tomas Y, Yordanos Gizachew, Paul, Naohiro, Seok-Jun, Javad, Mustafa Z, Theodore Patrick, Zabihollah, Mahmoud, Taraneh, Abdilahi Yousuf, Chuanhua, Hasan, Telma, Leila, Sojib Bin, Mohammad, Maryam, Hamed, Alireza, Mikhail Sergeevich, Kaleab Alemayehu, Yunquan, Zhi-Jiang, Jeff T, Yingxi, Peng, Maigeng, Arash, Stephanie R M, Mohsen, Christopher J L
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The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence
Citation: 10964
Authors: Samantha K, Rebecca K, Louise E, Lisa, Simon, Neil, Gideon James
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Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
Citation: 10732
Authors: Christopher J L, Kevin Shunji, Fablina, Lucien, Gisela, Authia, Chieh, Catherine, Puja, Eve, Sarah C, Annie J, Michael Give, Frederick, Sean, Georgina, Bahar H, Emmanuelle A P, Barney, Sureeruk, Ramesh, Samuel, Samuel, John, Jason, Aleskandr, Elizabeth, François-Xavier, Freddie, Stephen, Buddha, Adrie, Rose, James A, Adhisivam, Julia, Suppawat, James, Cristina, Carlos, Vilada, Suman, Sara, Fazle, Rafai, Aislinn J, Ben, Tim R, Elia, Matthew, Saffiatou, Nicholas P J, Maia, Klara, Angela, Susanna J, Thuy, Tim, Daniel, Amir, Nicholas, Natasha, Karen, Coralith, Denise, Petra, Ababi Zergaw, Rachel Claire, Vikas, Sebastian, Andrea, Simon I, Marianne, Susan, Yingfen, Kenneth C, Jan, Daniel, Fatemeh, Adam W J, Meera, Suwimon, Niranjan, Elsa, Tomislav, Fiorella, Ralf, Ajay, Hmwe Hmwe, Cherry, Kruy, Direk, Michael James, Miles, Jianing, Anand, Florian, Jürgen, Mayfong, Neema, Tatiana, Patrick, Lilian A, Marisa Marcia, Ravi Narayan, Tomoka, Ruchi, Sushma, Paul, Chanpheaktra, Amanda, Davis, Christina W, Theresa J, Antonio, Piero, Ednah, Edgar, Pradthana, Gideok D, Jose Luis, Anton Yariv, Carlo, Thong, Koukeo, Nishad, Alfredo, Mathieu, Tanusha, Sayaphet, Amy, Tamalee, Julie Victoria, Anna, Victor Daniel, Kristina E, Neal, Helio S, Weerawut, Jesse, John Anthony Gerard, Samroeng, Mike, Madhusudhan, Jose, Andrew J, Nicolas, Andrew James, Temenuga, Nidanuch, Areerat, Guy, Caroline, Claudia, Paul, H Rogier, Sithembiso, Avina, Manivanh, Huong, Timothy, Judd L, Seymour, Tri, Prapass, Teresa, Tracey E M W, Kalvin C, Peng, Benn, Alan D, Andy, Catrin, Christiane, Mohsen
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Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
Citation: 10504
Authors: Rafael, Mohsen, Kyle, Stephen, Kenji, Victor, Jerry, Timothy, Rakesh, Stephanie Y, Mohammad A, Miriam, H Ross, Laurie M, Kathryn G, Charles, Larry M, Suzanne, David H, Michelle L, Emelia J, Derrick, Kavi, Boris, Aref Bin, Gretchen, Fiona, Ian, Soufiane, Chiara, Michael, Peter, Jonathan, Honglei, David, Sumeet S, Luc E, Steven D, Samantha, K Ellicott, John, Myles D, Leslie T, Matthew, Monica, Karen Courville, William, Benjamin C, Michael H, Marita, Kaustubh C, Nabila, Diego, Louisa, Allyne, Julie, Don C, Samath D, E Ray, Tim, Herbert, Beth, Patricia J, Patricia, Majid, Valery, Abraham D, Mohammad H, Francis Gerry R, Richard, Marlene, Michael K, Sherine E, Emmanuela, Flavio, Richard F, Diego, Yara A, Diana, James E, Rasmus, Roderick J, Bruno, Peter J, Damian, Kathryn H, Spencer L, Rashmi, Sudha, Nicole, Ganesan, Nicholas, Andre, Jon-Paul, Lisa Marie, Olive, Adofo, Rita, Michael, Steven E, Summer Lockett, Jacqueline, Michael F, Leslie, Lyn, Guy B, Robin, Akira, Richard, Bongani M, John H, Mary M, John, Ziad A, George A, Tony R, Catherine, Matthew, Ted R, Charles, Ana Olga, Ali A, Andrew, Kim, M Nathan, Luigi, K M Venkat, Kiumarss, Paul, Martin, Saad B, Katrina, Richard, Doruk, Bishnu, Jeyaraj Durai, Andrea Panozo, Rogelio Perez, Fernando, Norberto, David, Kelsey, C Arden, Esteban, Farshad, Murugesan, Dharani, Jürgen T, David B, Guiseppe, Frederick P, Thomas, Felipe Rodriguez, Lisa C, Lesley, Ralph L, Joshua A, Uchechukwu, Ella, David C, Maria, Donald S, David, Jessica, Karen, Emma, Andrew, Jennifer A, Bernadette, Imad M, Jeffrey A, Thomas, Eduardo A, N, Lakshmi, Theo, Gregory R, Mengru, Wenzhi, Kerrianne, Martin A, Robert, James D, Anthony D, Sarah, Pon-Hsiu, Paul, Azadeh, Zhi-Jie, Alan D, Christopher JL