The top-cited systematic reviews/meta-analyses in tuberculosis research: A PRISMA-compliant systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis.
BACKGROUND
The top-cited systematic reviews/meta-analyses in tuberculosis research have not been identified. The objective of this study was to identify the 100 top-cited systematic reviews/meta-analyses in tuberculosis research, and to understand factors resulting in highly cited works, and establish trends in systematic reviews/meta-analyses in tuberculosis research.


METHODS
The Web of Science Core Collection was searched for systematic reviews/meta-analyses on tuberculosis up to January 31, 2016. Articles were ranked by citation count and screened by 2 authors. The following information was collected and analyzed from each included study: citation of Web of Science Core Collection, author, country, year, journal, institution, page number, and reference number.


RESULTS
The 100 top-cited studies were cited from 54 to 662 times and were published between 1997 and 2014. Ten authors have more than 1 study as the first author and 10 authors have more than 1 study as corresponding author. The country with the most top-cited studies was USA (n = 26). The institutions with the largest number of the studies were McGill University in Canada (n = 18). The studies were published in 32 journals, whereas 12 were published in PloS Medicine, followed by Lancet Infectious Diseases (n = 11).


CONCLUSIONS
Developed countries and high-impact journals may publish more top-cited systematic review/meta-analysis in tuberculosis research.
Department of Periodical Press, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK The Chinese Cochrane Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yonggang
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Zhang
Jin
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Huang
Liang
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Du
D015706:Bibliometrics; D035843:Biomedical Research; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D014376:Tuberculosis