Table 5 Ten articles with the highest citation rates
Rank | Year | Number of citations | Citation rate | First author | Senior author | Title | Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2011 | 114 | 38.00 | Tixier F [47] | Visvikis D | Intratumour heterogeneity characterized by textural features on baseline 18 F-FDG PET images predicts response to concomitant radiochemotherapy in oesophageal cancer | Journal of Nuclear Medicine |
2 | 2010 | 146 | 36.50 | Rice TW [31] | Blackstone EH | Cancer of the Oesophagus and Esophagogastric Junction Data-Driven Staging for the Seventh Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer/International Union Against Cancer Cancer Staging Manual | Cancer |
3 | 2006 | 229 | 28.63 | Ott K [15] | Siewert JR | Metabolic imaging predicts response, survival, and recurrence in adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
4 | 2004 | 271 | 27.10 | Wieder HA [12] | Weber WA | Time course of tumour metabolic activity during chemoradiotherapy of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and response to treatment | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
5 | 2002 | 290 | 24.17 | Kinkel K [10] | Thoeni RF | Detection of hepatic metastases from cancers of the gastrointestinal tract by using noninvasive imaging methods (US, CT, MR imaging, PET): A meta-analysis | Radiology |
5 | 2008 | 145 | 24.17 | van Vliet EPM [33] | Siersema PD | Staging investigations for oesophageal cancer: a meta-analysis | British Journal of Cancer |
7 | 2000 | 306 | 21.86 | Flamen P [8] | Mortelmans L | Utility of positron emission tomography for the staging of patients with potentially operable oesophageal carcinoma | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
8 | 2010 | 84 | 21.00 | Hyun SH [77] | Kim BT | Prognostic value of metabolic tumour volume measured by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with oesophageal carcinoma | Annals of Surgical Oncology |
9 | 2003 | 193 | 17.55 | Downey RJ [18] | Rusch V | Whole body (18)FDG-PET and the response of oesophageal cancer to induction therapy: Results of a prospective trial | Journal of Clinical Oncology |
10 | 2004 | 168 | 16.80 | van Westreenen HL [23] | Plukker JTM | Systematic review of the staging performance of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in oesophageal cancer | Journal of Clinical Oncology |