Global research production pertaining to gastrointestinal involvement in COVID-19: A bibliometric and visualised study

Table 4 List of the top 10 cited articles for gastrointestinal publications involvement in coronavirus disease 2019

Ranking	Ref.	Title	Source title	Cited by	Impact index per article1
1st	Xiao et al[58], 2020	“Evidence for Gastrointestinal Infection of SARS-CoV-2”	Gastroenterology	798	617.5
2nd	Xu et al[59], 2020	“Characteristics of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection and potential evidence for persistent fecal viral shedding”	Nature Medicine	525	384.0
3rd	Gu et al[52], 2020	“COVID-19: Gastrointestinal Manifestations and Potential Fecal–Oral Transmission”	Gastroenterology	507	342.5
4th	Pan et al[55], 2020	“Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with digestive symptoms in Hubei, China: A descriptive, cross-sectional, multicenter study”	American Journal of Gastroenterology	464	352.5
5th	Wu et al[57], 2020	“Prolonged presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in faecal samples”	Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology	451	374.5
6th	Jin et al[53], 2020	“Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms”	Gut	362	277.0
7th	Cheung et al[10], 2020	“Gastrointestinal Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Virus Load in Fecal Samples From a Hong Kong Cohort: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”	Gastroenterology	356	269.5
8th	Lamers et al[54], 2020	“SARS-CoV-2 productively infects human gut enterocytes”	Science	338	317.5
9th	Yeo et al[60], 2020	“Enteric involvement of coronaviruses: is faecal–oral transmission of SARS-CoV-2 possible?”	Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology	323	202.0
10th	Tian et al[56], 2020	“Gastrointestinal features in COVID-19 and the possibility of faecal transmission”	Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	269	189.0

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