Visualizing global progress and challenges in esophagogastric variceal bleeding

Table 2 Ranking of the top 10 most cited references

Rank	Year	Title	Journal	First author	Citations
1	2017	Portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis: Risk stratification, diagnosis, and management: 2016 practice guidance by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases	Hepatology	Garcia-Tsao Guadalupe	1242
2	2006	Diagnosis of cirrhosis by transient elastography (fibroscan): A prospective study	Gut	Foucher J	989
3	2004	Risk factors and clinical presentation of portal vein thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis	Journal of Hepatology	Amitrano L	382
4	2015	UK guidelines on the management of variceal haemorrhage in cirrhotic patients	Gut	Tripathi Dhiraj	371
5	2004	Influence of portal hypertension and its early decompression by tips placement on the outcome of variceal bleeding	Hepatology	Monescillo A	341
6	2006	Hepatic vein pressure gradient reduction and prevention of variceal bleeding in cirrhosis: A systematic review	Gastroenterology	D’Amico Gennaro	339
7	2014	Competing risks and prognostic stages of cirrhosis: A 25-year inception cohort study of 494 patients	Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	D’Amico G	315
8	2005	Systematic review: The model for end-stage liver disease - should it replace Child-Pugh’s classification for assessing prognosis in cirrhosis?	Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Cholongitas E	312
9	2015	Causes and consequences of portal vein thrombosis in 1243 patients with cirrhosis: Results of a longitudinal study	Hepatology	Nery Filipe	294
10	2011	Best practice guidance for the diagnosis and management of cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis	Debray Dominique	273