Table 3 The top 10 ranking of cited articles worldwide associated with the use of nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco cessation in Scopus
SCRa | Authors with year of publication | Title | Source title | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Jorenby et al., [59] | “A controlled trial of sustained-release bupropion, a nicotine patch, or both for smoking cessation” | New England Journal of Medicine | 1348 |
2nd | Fiore et al., [58] | “The effectiveness of the nicotine patch for smoking cessation: A meta-analysis” | Journal of the American Medical Association | 547 |
3rd | Stead et al., [6] | “Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation” | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 536 |
4th | Silagy et al., [63] | “Meta-analysis on efficacy of nicotine replacement therapies in smoking cessation” | Lancet | 400 |
5th | Benowitz and Gourlay, [56] | “Cardiovascular toxicity of nicotine: Implications for nicotine replacement therapy” | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 381 |
5th | Pullan et al., [62] | “Transdermal nicotine for active ulcerative colitis” | New England Journal of Medicine | 381 |
7th | Joseph et al., [60] | “The safety of transdermal nicotine as an aid to smoking cessation in patients with cardiac disease” | New England Journal of Medicine | 379 |
8th | Benowitz et al., [57] | “Nicotine absorption and cardiovascular effects with smokeless tobacco use: Comparison with cigarettes and nicotine gum” | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 371 |
9th | Kenford et al., [61] | “Predicting smoking cessation: Who will quit with and without the nicotine patch” | Journal of the American Medical Association | 334 |
10th | Stead et al. [39] | “Nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation” | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 325 |