Assessing worldwide research activity on probiotics in pediatrics using Scopus database: 1994–2014

Table 7 Top 10 cited articles on probiotics in pediatrics (2001–2007) [43–52]

SCR	Authors	Title	Year	Source title	Cited by
1^st	Kalliomäki et al. [46]	Probiotics in primary prevention of atopic disease: A randomised placebo-controlled trial	2001	Lancet	1696
2^nd	Kalliomäki et al. [47]	Probiotics and prevention of atopic disease: 4-year follow-up of a randomised placebo-controlled trial	2003	Lancet	825
3^rd	Ouwehand et al. [50]	Probiotics: An overview of beneficial effects	2002	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology	518
4^th	Isolauri et al. [45]	Probiotics: Effects on immunity	2001	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	495
5^th	D’Souza et al. [43]	Probiotics in prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhoea: Meta-analysis	2002	British Medical Journal	463
6^th	Van Niel et al. [52]	Lactobacillus therapy for acute infectious diarrhea in children: A meta-analysis	2002	Pediatrics	413
7^th	Lin et al. [48]	Oral probiotics reduce the incidence and severity of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants	2005	Pediatrics	401
8^th	Lin & Stoll [49]	Necrotising enterocolitis	2006	Lancet	396
9^th	Rosenfeld et al. [51]	Effect of probiotic Lactobacillus strains in children with atopic dermatitis	2003	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology	376
10^th	Hatakka et al. [44]	Effect of long term consumption of probiotic milk on infections in children attending day care centres: Double blind, randomised trial	2001	British Medical Journal	366

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