Mapping global research trends: Nutrition associations with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease - a Scopus bibliometric analysis

Table 5 List of the top 10 most cited papers related to diet and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease from 1987 to 2022

Ref.	Title	Journal	Cited by	Impact index per article1
Bedogni et al[49], 2005	Prevalence of and risk factors for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: The dionysos nutrition and liver study	Hepatology	1058	45.7
Romero-Gómez et al[54], 2017	Treatment of NAFLD with diet, physical activity and exercise	Journal of Hepatology	748	102.4
Lazo et al[52], 2013	Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States: The third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988-1994	American Journal of Epidemiology	628	53.7
Musso et al[53], 2003	Dietary habits and their relations to insulin resistance and postprandial lipemia in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	Hepatology	627	24.2
Bugianesi et al[50], 2005	A randomized controlled trial of metformin versus vitamin E or prescriptive diet in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	American Journal of Gastroenterology	607	24.9
Vos et al[56], 2017	NASPGHAN Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Children: Recommendations from the Expert Committee on NAFLD (ECON) and the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)	Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition	556	79.4
Ryan et al[55], 2013	The Mediterranean diet improves hepatic steatosis and insulin sensitivity in individuals with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	Journal of Hepatology	508	42.5
Zelber-Sagi et al[58], 2007	Long-term nutritional intake and the risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): A population based study	Journal of Hepatology	426	22.5
Wouters et al[57], 2008	Dietary cholesterol, rather than liver steatosis, leads to hepatic inflammation in hyperlipidemic mouse models of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	Hepatology	391	22.9
Huang et al[51], 2005	One-year intense nutritional counseling results in histological improvement in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a pilot study	American Journal of Gastroenterology	378	16.7

¹The impact index per article is based on Reference Citation Analysis. Source: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc (Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States).