Global trends in research related to sleeve gastrectomy: A bibliometric and visualized study

Table 4 Top-cited papers from 2001 to 2020 in sleeve gastrectomy research, based on the number of citations in Scopus

Ranking	Authors	Title	Year	Source title	Cited by
1st	Schauer et al[42]	“Bariatric surgery versus intensive medical therapy in obese patients with diabetes”	2012	New England Journal of Medicine	1435
2nd	Schauer et al[41]	“Bariatric surgery versus intensive medical therapy for diabetes – 3 yr outcomes”	2014	New England Journal of Medicine	983
3rd	Buchwald and Oien[25]	“Metabolic/bariatric surgery worldwide 2011”	2013	Obesity Surgery	902
4th	Angrisani et al[1]	“Bariatric Surgery Worldwide 2013”	2015	Obesity Surgery	849
5th	Schauer et al[40]	“Bariatric surgery versus intensive medical therapy for diabetes – 5 yr outcomes”	2017	New England Journal of Medicine	845
6th	Colquitt et al[27]	“Surgery for weight loss in adults”	2014	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	806
7th	Chang et al[26]	“The effectiveness and risks of bariatric surgery an updated systematic review and meta-analysis, 2003-2012”	2014	JAMA Surgery	768
8th	Buchwald and Oien[24]	“Metabolic/bariatric surgery worldwide 2008”	2009	Obesity Surgery	635
9th	Mechanick et al[34]	“Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutritional, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of the bariatric surgery patient-2013 update: Cosponsored by American association of clinical endocrinologists, the obesity society, and American society for metabolic and bariatric surgery”	2013	Obesity	634
10th	Picot et al[36]	“The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of bariatric (weight loss) surgery for obesity: A systematic review and economic evaluation”	2009	Health Technology Assessment	616
11th	Karamanakos et al[33]	“Weight loss, appetite suppression, and changes in fasting and postprandial ghrelin and peptide-yy levels after roux-en-y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy a prospective, double blind study”	2008	Annals of Surgery	596
12th	Regan et al[37]	“Early Experience with Two-Stage Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass as an Alternative in the Super-Super Obese Patient”	2003	Obesity Surgery	592
13th	Rosenthal et al[38]	“International sleeve gastrectomy expert panel consensus statement: Best practice guidelines based on experience of > 12,000 cases”	2012	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	556
14th	Ryan et al[39]	FXR is a molecular target for the effects of vertical sleeve gastrectomy”	2014	Nature	545
15th	Himpens et al[30]	“A prospective randomized study between laparoscopic gastric banding and laparoscopic isolated sleeve gastrectomy: Results after 1 and 3 years”	2006	Obesity Surgery	500
16th	Himpens et al[31]	“Long-term results of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for obesity”	2010	Annals of Surgery	498
17th	Colquitt et al[28]	“Surgery for obesity”	2009	Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews	489
18th	Cottam et al[29]	“Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy as an initial weight-loss procedure for high-risk patients with morbid obesity”	2006	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	473
19th	Hutter et al[32]	“First report from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has morbidity and effectiveness positioned between the band and the bypass”	2011	Annals of Surgery	438
20th	Peterli et al[35]	“Improvement in glucose metabolism after bariatric surgery: Comparison of laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A prospective randomized trial”	2009	Annals of Surgery	437