| CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials KF Schulz, DG Altman, D Moher BMC medicine 8 (1), 18, 2010 | 10100 | 2010 |
| GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations GH Guyatt, AD Oxman, GE Vist, R Kunz, Y Falck-Ytter, P Alonso-Coello, ... Bmj 336 (7650), 924-926, 2008 | 9279* | 2008 |
| Clinical epidemiology: a basic science for clinical medicine DL Sackett, RB Haynes, P Tugwell, GH Guyatt Little, Brown, 1985 | 6016 | 1985 |
| Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations GRADE Working Group BMJ: British Medical Journal 328 (7454), 1490, 2004 | 5525 | 2004 |
| Measuring health-related quality of life GH Guyatt, DH Feeny, DL Patrick Annals of internal medicine 118 (8), 622-629, 1993 | 4353 | 1993 |
| Users' guides to the medical literature: a manual for evidence-based clinical practice G Guyatt, D Rennie, M Meade, D Cook AMA press, 2002 | 4351* | 2002 |
| Measurement of health status: ascertaining the minimal clinically important difference R Jaeschke, J Singer, GH Guyatt Controlled clinical trials 10 (4), 407-415, 1989 | 3394 | 1989 |
| Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: III. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test B. What Are the Results and Will They Help Me in Caring for My Patients? R Jaeschke, GH Guyatt, DL Sackett, G Guyatt, E Bass, P Brill-Edwards, ... Jama 271 (9), 703-707, 1994 | 3347* | 1994 |
| GRADE guidelines: 1. Introduction—GRADE evidence profiles and summary of findings tables G Guyatt, AD Oxman, EA Akl, R Kunz, G Vist, J Brozek, S Norris, ... Journal of clinical epidemiology 64 (4), 383-394, 2011 | 2980 | 2011 |
| GRADE guidelines: 3. Rating the quality of evidence H Balshem, M Helfand, HJ Schünemann, AD Oxman, R Kunz, J Brozek, ... Journal of clinical epidemiology 64 (4), 401-406, 2011 | 2888 | 2011 |
| Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease B McCarthy, D Casey, D Devane, K Murphy, E Murphy, Y Lacasse Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2015 | 2335 | 2015 |
| The 6-minute walk: a new measure of exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure GH Guyatt, MJ Sullivan, PJ Thompson, EL Fallen, SO Pugsley, DW Taylor, ... Canadian medical association journal 132 (8), 919, 1985 | 2297 | 1985 |
| Guide to clinical trials B Spilker | 2232* | 1992 |
| American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee MC Hochberg, RD Altman, KT April, M Benkhalti, G Guyatt, J McGowan, ... Arthritis care & research 64 (4), 465-474, 2012 | 2137 | 2012 |
| Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure asthma control EF Juniper, PM O′ byrne, GH Guyatt, PJ Ferrie, DR King European respiratory journal 14 (4), 902-907, 1999 | 1970 | 1999 |
| Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions BC Reeves http://www. cochrane-handbook. org, 2011 | 1936* | 2011 |
| A measure of quality of life for clinical trials in chronic lung disease. GH Guyatt, LB Berman, M Townsend, SO Pugsley, LW Chambers Thorax 42 (10), 773-778, 1987 | 1917 | 1987 |
| Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial POISE Study Group The Lancet 371 (9627), 1839-1847, 2008 | 1855 | 2008 |
| Measuring change over time: assessing the usefulness of evaluative instruments G Guyatt, S Walter, G Norman Journal of chronic diseases 40 (2), 171-178, 1987 | 1844 | 1987 |
| Determining a minimal important change in a disease-specific quality of life questionnaire EF Juniper, GH Guyatt, A Willan, LE Griffith Journal of clinical epidemiology 47 (1), 81-87, 1994 | 1775 | 1994 |