Table 3 Top three cited publications in the field of cocaine toxicity for the top 10 most productive countries

 1^st

Ramamoorthy et al [55]

Antidepressant- and cocaine-sensitive human serotonin transporter: molecular cloning, expression, and chromosomal localization

1993

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

9.423

657

27.38

 2^nd

Grant et al. [52]

Activation of memory circuits during cue-elicited cocaine craving

1996

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

9.423

636

30.29

 3^rd

McFarland et al. [74]

Limbic and motor circuitry underlying footshock-induced reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior

2004

Journal of Neuroscience

5.924

304

23.38

 1^st

Farre et al. [53]

Alcohol and cocaine interactions in humans

1993

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

3.760

133

5.54

 2^nd

Farre et al. [59]

Cocaine and alcohol interactions in humans: neuroendocrine effects and cocaethylene metabolism

1997

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

3.760

69

3.45

 3^rd

Ortega-Carnicer et al. [51]

Aborted sudden death, transient Brugada pattern, and wide QRS dysrrhythmias after massive cocaine ingestion

2001

Journal of Electrocardiology

1.290

63

3.94

 1^st

Tagliaro et al. [58]

Capillary electrophoresis for the investigation of illicit drugs in hair: determination of cocaine and morphine

1993

Journal of Chromatography A

3.926

71

2.96

 2^nd

Addis et al. [68]

Fetal effects of cocaine: an updated meta-analysis

2001

Reproductive Toxicology

2.850

65

4.06

 3^rd

Cervo et al. [77]

Protein kinases A and C are involved in the mechanisms underlying consolidation of cocaine place conditioning

1997

Brain Research

2.561

58

2.90

 1^st

Bozarth and Wise [79]

Toxicity associated with long-term intravenous heroin and cocaine self-administration in the rat

1985

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association

37.684

169

5.28

 2^nd

Nanji and Filipenko [56]

Asystole and ventricular fibrillation associated with cocaine intoxication

1984

Chest

5.94

169

5.12

 3^rd

Tyndale et al. [75]

Neuronal cytochrome P450IID1 (debrisoquine/sparteine-type): potent inhibition of activity by (-)-cocaine and nucleotide sequence identity to human hepatic P450 gene CYP2D6

1991

Molecular Pharmacology

3.931

143

5.50

 1^st

Lenoir et al. [73]

Intense Sweetness Surpasses Cocaine Reward

2007

PLOS ONE

3.057

162

16.20

 2^nd

Maurice et al. [78]

Sigma(1) (sigma(1)) receptor antagonists represent a new strategy against cocaine addiction and toxicity

2002

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

8.580

103

6.87

 3^rd

Pellinen et al. [62]

Cocaine N-demethylation and the metabolism-related hepatotoxicity can be prevented by cytochrome P450 3A inhibitors

1994

European Journal of Pharmacology

2.730

75

3.26

 1^st

Ito et al. [64]

Differential control over cocaine-seeking behavior by nucleus accumbens core and shell

2004

Nature Neuroscience

16.724

269

 2^nd

Whitelaw et al. [67]

Excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala impair the acquisition of cocaine-seeking behaviour under a second-order schedule of reinforcement

1996

Psychopharmacology

3.540

244

 3^rd

Vorel et al. [66]

Dopamine D-3 receptor antagonism inhibits cocaine-seeking and cocaine-enhanced brain reward

2002

Journal of Neuroscience

5.924

200

 1^st

Masur et al. [72]

Increased stimulatory effect by the combined administration of cocaine and alcohol in mice.

1989

Alcohol

2.440

36

1.29

 2^nd

Crouch et al. [54]

Analysis of cocaine and its metabolites from biological specimens using solid-phase extraction and positive ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry

1995

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

2.322

34

1.55

 3^rd

Lepsch et al. [61]

Cocaine induces cell death and activates the transcription nuclear factor kappa-b in pc12 cells

2009

Molecular Brain

3.745

30

3.75

 1^st

Wilbert-Lampen et al. [60]

Cocaine increases the endothelial release of immunoreactiveendothelin and its concentrations in human plasma and urine - Reversal by coincubation with sigma-receptor antagonists

1998

Circulation

17.047

69

3.63

 2^nd

Maurer et al. [80]

Toxicokinetics of drugs of abuse: Current knowledge of the isoenzymes involved in the human metabolism of tetrahydrocannabinol, cocaine, heroin, morphine, and codeine

2006

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

2.094

67

6.09

 3^rd

BrenzVerca et al. [65]

Distribution of alpha- and gamma-synucleins in the adult rat brain and their modification by high-dose cocaine treatment

2003

European Journal of Neuroscience

2.975

40

2.86

 1^st

Nakahara et al. [69]

Hair analysis for drugs of abuse. V. The facility in incorporation of cocaine into hair over its major metabolites, benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester

1992

Archives of Toxicology

6.637

69

2.76

 2^nd

Aoki et al. [63]

Cocaine-induced liver injury in mice is mediated by nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species

1997

European Journal of Pharmacology

2.730

45

2.25

 3^rd

Nakahara and Kikura [70]

Hair analysis for drugs of abuse. VII. The incorporation rates of cocaine, benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester into rat hair and hydrolysis of cocaine in rat hair

1994

Archives of Toxicology

6.637

43

1.87

 1^st

Boelsterli and Goldlin [57]

Biomechanisms of cocaine-induced hepatocyte injury mediated by the formation of reactive metabolites

1991

Archives of Toxicology

6.637

95

3.65

 2^nd

Boelsterli et al. [71]

Identification of cytochrome P-450IIB1 as a cocaine-bioactivating isoform in rat hepatic microsomes and in cultured rat hepatocytes.

1992

Drug Metabolism & Disposition

3.210

62

2.48

 3^rd

Boelsterli et al. [76]

Oxygen free radical production mediated by cocaine and its ethanol-derived metabolite, cocaethylene, in rat hepatocytes.

1993

Hepatology

11.711

54

2.25