Brain Metastases Research 1990–2010: Pattern of Citation and Systematic Review of Highly Cited Articles

Table 1

Articles with most citations (absolute count).

Authors and year of publication	Short title	Absolute citation count	Citations per year
Patchell et al. 1990 [10]	Randomized trial of surgery in the treatment of single metastases	1013	85
Gaspar et al. 1997 [11]	RTOG RPA	700	47
Andrews et al. 2004 [12]	Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost (RTOG 9508 randomised trial)	509	64
Patchell et al. 1998 [13]	Randomized trial of postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of single metastases	487	35
Flickinger et al. 1994 [14]	Multi-institutional experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for solitary brain metastasis	398	22
Kondziolka et al. 1999 [15]	Stereotactic radiosurgery plus whole brain radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for patients with multiple brain metastases	396	31
Vecht et al. 1993 [16]	Radiotherapy alone or combined with neurosurgery in single metastases	382	20
Alexander III et al. 1995 [17]	Stereotactic radiosurgery for the definitive, noninvasive treatment of brain metastases	333	20
Noordijk et al. 1994 [18]	The choice of treatment of single brain metastasis should be based on extracranial tumor activity and age	328	18
Mintz et al. 1996 [19]	A randomized trial to assess surgery in addition to radiotherapy in patients with single cerebral metastasis	292	18