Table 4.

Most cited peer-reviewed publications by Canadian primary care researchers

RANK	TITLE	AUTHORSHIP	YEAR OF PUBLICATION	JOURNAL	JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR	NUMBER OF CITATIONS	FIELD-WEIGHTED CITATION IMPACT^*
1	Effective physician-patient communication and health outcomes: a review²²	Stewart MA	1995	CMAJ	17.4	2776	NA
2	Changing physician performance: a systematic review of the effect of continuing medical education strategies⁴⁵	Davis DA, Thomson MA, Oxman AD, Haynes RB	1995	JAMA	157.375	2349	NA
3	Impact of formal continuing medical education: do conferences, workshops, rounds, and other traditional continuing education activities change physician behavior or health care outcomes?⁴⁶	Davis D, O’Brien MA, Freemantle N, Wolf FM, Mazmanian P, Taylor-Vaisey A	1999	JAMA	157.375	1847	58.37
4	The impact of patient-centered care on outcomes⁴⁷	Stewart M, Brown JB, Donner A, McWhinney IR, Oates J, Weston WW, et al	2000	J Fam Pract	0.725	1713	27.6
5	Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: systematic review⁴⁸	Lexchin J, Bero LA, Djulbegovic B, Clark O	2003	BMJ	105.7	1595	54.56
6	Accuracy of physician self-assessment compared with observed measures of competence: a systematic review⁴⁹	Davis DA, Mazmanian PE, Fordis M, Van Harrison R, Thorpe KE, Perrier L	2006	JAMA	157.375	1547	41.39
7	Continuity of care: a multidisciplinary review⁵⁰	Haggerty JL, Reid RJ, Freeman GK, Starfield BH, Adair CE, McKendry R	2003	BMJ	105.7	1294	12.1
8	Improving the reporting of pragmatic trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement⁵¹	Zwarenstein M, Treweek S, Gagnier JJ, Altman DG, Tunis S, Haynes B, et al	2008	BMJ	105.7	1134	48.33
9	Translating guidelines into practice. A systematic review of theoretic concepts, practical experience and research evidence in the adoption of clinical practice guidelines⁵²	Davis DA, Taylor-Vaisey A	1997	CMAJ	17.4	1029	28.03
10	Evidence for the effectiveness of CME. A review of 50 randomized controlled trials⁵³	Davis DA, Thomson MA, Oxman AD, Haynes RB	1992	JAMA	157.375	894	NA
11	Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes⁵⁴	Ivers N, Jamtvedt G, Flottorp S, Young JM, Odgaard-Jensen J, French SD, et al	2012	Cochrane Database Syst Rev	11.874	888	39.85
12	Interprofessional collaboration: effects of practice-based interventions on professional practice and healthcare outcomes⁵⁵	Zwarenstein M, Goldman J, Reeves S	2009	Cochrane Database Syst Rev	11.874	823	9.0
13	Frailty: an emerging research and clinical paradigm–issues and controversies⁵⁶	Bergman H, Ferrucci L, Guralnik J, Hogan DB, Hummel S, Karunananthan S, et al	2007	J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci	5.1	796	16.18
14	A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness in medical education: BEME guide no. 8⁵⁷	Steinert Y, Mann K, Centeno A, Dolmans D, Spencer J, Gelula M, et al	2006	Med Teach	4.277	753	19.11
15	Barriers and facilitators to implementing shared decision-making in clinical practice: update of a systematic review of health professionals’ perceptions⁵⁸	Légaré F, Ratté S, Gravel K, Graham ID	2008	Patient Educ Couns	3.36	740	56.77
16	Towards a global definition of patient centred care. The patient should be the judge of patient centred care⁵⁹	Stewart M	2001	BMJ	105.7	731	15.13
17	The IOC consensus statement: beyond the Female Athlete Triad—Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S)⁶⁰	Mountjoy M, Sundgot-Borgen J, Burke L, Carter S, Constantini N, Lebrun C, et al	2014	Br J Sports Med	18.479	687	24
18	Educational outreach visits: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes⁶¹	O’Brien MA, Rogers S, Jamtvedt G, Oxman AD, Odgaard-Jensen J, Kristoffersen DT, et al	2007	Cochrane Database Syst Rev	11.874	683	12.79
19	Family caregiver burden: results of a longitudinal study of breast cancer patients and their principal caregivers⁶²	Grunfeld E, Coyle D, Whelan T, Clinch J, Reyno L, Earle CC, et al	2004	CMAJ	17.4	673	11.46
20	Prevalence of multimorbidity among adults seen in family practice⁶³	Fortin M, Bravo G, Hudon C, Vanasse A, Lapointe L	2005	Ann Fam Med	4.4	645	10.68
21	Combining the power of stories and the power of numbers: mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews⁶⁴	Pluye P, Hong QN	2014	Annu Rev Public Health	20.8	617	18.91
22	A scoring system for appraising mixed methods research, and concomitantly appraising qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods primary studies in mixed studies reviews⁶⁵	Pluye P, Gagnon MP, Griffiths F, Johnson-Lafleur J	2009	Int J Nurs Stud	7.11	602	7.44
23	A systematic review of prevalence studies on multimorbidity: toward a more uniform methodology⁶⁶	Fortin M, Stewart M, Poitras ME, Almirall J, Maddocks H	2012	Ann Fam Med	4.4	579	24.95
24	Acute myocardial infarction after laboratory-confirmed influenza infection⁶⁷	Kwong JC, Schwartz KL, Campitelli MA, Chung H, Crowcroft NS, Karnauchow T, et al	2018	N Engl J Med	158.5	562	61.49
25	Multimorbidity and quality of life in primary care: a systematic review⁶⁸	Fortin M, Lapointe L, Hudon C, Vanasse A, Ntetu AL, Maltais D	2004	Health Qual Life Outcomes	3.65	550	3.59
26	Sicily statement on evidence-based practice⁶⁹	Dawes M, Summerskill W, Glasziou P, Cartabellotta A, Martin J, Hopayian K, et al	2005	BMC Med Educ	3.6	535	9.57
27	The case for knowledge translation: shortening the journey from evidence to effect⁷⁰	Davis D, Evans M, Jadad A, Perrier L, Rath D, Ryan D, et al	2003	BMJ	105.7	510	14.35

BEME—best evidence medical education, CME—continuing medical education, CONSORT—Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, IOC—International Olympic Committee, NA—not available.
↵* The field-weighted citation impact from Scopus shows how well the document is cited compared with similar documents. A value greater than 1.00 means the document is more frequently cited than expected.