In recent years our citation-based studies have included aseries ofessays discussing highly cited classics from prestigious medicaljoumals. Among these journals are the Annals of Internal Medicine, ~JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association,2 Lancet,3 and the New England Journa[of Medicine.4 In a 1987 essay, we discussed 101 highly cited papers from the British Medical Journal (BMJ).5 Th...