Research landscape on COVID-19 and liver dysfunction: A bibliometric analysis

Table 4 Top 10 articles on total citations for research related to coronavirus disease 2019 and liver from 2020 to 2022

Ranking	Ref.	Title	Year	Source title	Cited by	Impact index per article1
1st	Zhang et al[13]	Liver injury in COVID-19: Management and challenges	2020	The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology	1126	394.7
2nd	Mao et al[51]	Manifestations and prognosis of gastrointestinal and liver involvement in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2020	The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology	549	181
3rd	Cai et al[48]	COVID-19: Abnormal liver function tests	2020	Journal of Hepatology	542	177
4th	Xu et al[53]	Liver injury during highly pathogenic human coronavirus infections	2020	Liver International	522	186
5th	Fan et al[49]	Clinical Features of COVID-19-Related Liver Functional Abnormality	2020	Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology	460	156.7
6th	Wang et al[52]	SARS-CoV-2 infection of the liver directly contributes to hepatic impairment in patients with COVID-19	2020	Journal of Hepatology	347	117.7
7th	Boettler et al[47]	Care of patients with liver disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: EASL-ESCMID position paper	2020	JHEP Reports	326	88.7
8th	Ji et al[50]	Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases in patients with COVID-19: A retrospective study	2020	Journal of Hepatology	314	112
9th	Zhang et al[54]	Liver impairment in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective analysis of 115 cases from a single center in Wuhan city, China	2020	Liver International	289	97.7
10th	Bangash et al[46]	COVID-19 and the liver: Little cause for concern	2020	The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology	283	90.7

¹The Impact Index Per Article is presented based on Reference Citation Analysis (Source: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States). COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.