Bibliometrics of trends in global research on the roles of stem cells in myocardial fibrosis therapy

Table 7 Top 10 co-cited references with the most citations in myocardial fibrosis and stem cell research

Rank	Title	First author	Journal	IF	Publication year	Citations
1	Bone marrow cells regenerate infarcted myocardium	Donald Orlic	Nature	50.5	2001	109
2	Adult cardiac stem cells are multipotent and support myocardial regeneration	Antonio P Beltrami	Cell	45.5	2003	97
3	Paracrine mechanisms in adult stem cell signaling and therapy	Massimiliano Gnecchi	Circulation Research	16.5	2008	85
4	Mesenchymal stem cells modified with Akt prevent remodeling and restore performance of infarcted hearts	Abeel A Mangi	Nature Medicine	58.7	2003	77
5	Paracrine action accounts for marked protection of ischemic heart by Akt-modified mesenchymal stem cells	Massimiliano Gnecchi	Nature Medicine	58.7	2005	75
6	Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition contributes to cardiac fibrosis	Elisabeth M Zeisberg	Nature Medicine	58.7	2007	70
7	Human mesenchymal stem cells differentiate to a cardiomyocyte phenotype in the adult murine heart	Catalin Toma	Circulation	35.5	2002	66
8	Minimal criteria for defining multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells. The international society for cellular therapy position statement	Massimo Dominici	Cytotherapy	3.7	2006	66
9	Multilineage potential of adult human mesenchymal stem cells	Mark F Pittenger	Science	44.7	1999	66
10	Exosome secreted by MSC reduces myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury	Ruenn Chai Lai	Stem Cell Research	0.8	2010	64

IF: Impact factor.