| Title | Corresponding author | Institute/country | Year | Journal abbreviation | Citation frequency |
| Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome | Sehgal，K；Wan，EY | Harvard Med Sch；Columbia Univ/USA | 2021 | Nat Med | 2 252 |
| Attributes and predictors of long COVID | Steves，CJ | Kings Coll London/England | 2021 | Nat Med | 1 146 |
| More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19：a systematic review and meta-analysis | Villapol，S | Novartis Pharmaceut/USA | 2021 | Sci Rep | 1 129 |
| Characterizing long COVID in an international cohort：7 months of symptoms and their impact | Akrami，A | Patient Led Res Collaborat/USA | 2021 | EClinicalMedicine | 1 103 |
| Adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 | Crotty，S | La Jolla Inst Immunol LJI/USA | 2021 | Cell | 991 |
| A clinical case definition of post-COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus | Soriano，JB | Hosp Univ Princesa/Spain | 2022 | Lancet Infect Dis | 963 |
| Long covid-mechanisms，risk factors，and management | Edison，P | Imperial Coll London/England | 2021 | BMJ | 736 |
| High-dimensional characterization of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 | Al-Aly，Z | VA St Louis Hlth Care Syst/USA | 2021 | Nature | 688 |
| Long COVID：major findings，mechanisms and recommendations | Topol，EJ | Patient Led Res Collaborat/USA | 2023 | Nat Rev Microbiol | 642 |
| Long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome：putative pathophysiology，risk factors and treatments | Yong，SJ | Sunway Univ/Malaysia | 2021 | Infect Dis | 525 |
