Most-cited Medicine papers of 2020, with free PDFs
The 25 most-cited Medicine research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.
- Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
Wei‐jie Guan, Zhengyi Ni et al. · 2020 · 30,440 citations - A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
Na Zhu, Dingyu Zhang et al. · 2020 · 28,458 citations - A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin
Peng Zhou, Xing‐Lou Yang et al. · 2020 · 22,131 citations · Free PDF - Cancer statistics, 2020
Rebecca L. Siegel, Kimberly D. Miller et al. · 2020 · 20,487 citations - Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China
Dawei Wang, Bo Hu et al. · 2020 · 20,250 citations - Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
Fernando P. Polack, Stephen James Thomas et al. · 2020 · 14,665 citations - A new coronavirus associated with human respiratory disease in China
Fan Wu, Zhao Su et al. · 2020 · 11,793 citations · Free PDF - Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19
Peter Horby, Wei Shen Lim et al. · 2020 · 11,540 citations - World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
Fiona Bull, Salih Saad Al-Ansari et al. · 2020 · 11,506 citations · Free PDF - Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
Gregory A. Roth, George A. Mensah et al. · 2020 · 11,346 citations · Free PDF - Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Lindsey R. Baden, Hana M. El Sahly et al. · 2020 · 10,170 citations - Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1
Neeltje van Doremalen, Trenton Bushmaker et al. · 2020 · 10,029 citations - Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Christopher J L Murray, Aleksandr Y. Aravkin et al. · 2020 · 9,653 citations · Free PDF - Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area
Safiya I. Richardson, Jamie S. Hirsch et al. · 2020 · 9,301 citations - Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
Salim S. Virani, Álvaro Alonso et al. · 2020 · 9,203 citations - Cryo-EM structure of the 2019-nCoV spike in the prefusion conformation
Daniel Wrapp, Nianshuang Wang et al. · 2020 · 8,987 citations · Free PDF - The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2
Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Susan C. Baker et al. · 2020 · 8,474 citations · Free PDF - Risk Factors Associated With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Death in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia in Wuhan, China
Chaomin Wu, Xiaoyan Chen et al. · 2020 · 8,311 citations - Re-epithelialization and immune cell behaviour in an ex vivo human skin model
Ana Rakita, Nenad Nikolić et al. · 2020 · 8,232 citations · Free PDF - Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
Kristina E. Rudd, Sarah Charlotte Johnson et al. · 2020 · 7,899 citations - WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic.
Domenico Cucinotta, Maurizio Vanelli · 2020 · 7,519 citations - Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR
Victor M. Corman, Olfert Landt et al. · 2020 · 7,418 citations · Free PDF - Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Richard S. Finn, Shukui Qin et al. · 2020 · 7,409 citations - Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Final Report
John H. Beigel, Kay M Tomashek et al. · 2020 · 7,294 citations - Neurologic Manifestations of Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Wuhan, China
Ling Mao, Huijuan Jin et al. · 2020 · 7,197 citations
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