| Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984–94: artefact, alcohol, or what? DA Leon, L Chenet, VM Shkolnikov, S Zakharov, J Shapiro, ... The lancet 350 (9075), 383-388, 1997 | 968 | 1997 |
| Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: regional analysis P Walberg, M McKee, V Shkolnikov, L Chenet, DA Leon Bmj 317 (7154), 312-318, 1998 | 497 | 1998 |
| Hazardous alcohol drinking and premature mortality in Russia: a population based case-control study DA Leon, L Saburova, S Tomkins, E Andreev, N Kiryanov, M McKee, ... The Lancet 369 (9578), 2001-2009, 2007 | 464 | 2007 |
| Changes in life expectancy in Russia in the mid-1990s V Shkolnikov, M McKee, DA Leon The Lancet 357 (9260), 917-921, 2001 | 448 | 2001 |
| Educational level and adult mortality in Russia: an analysis of routine data 1979 to 1994 VM Shkolnikov, DA Leon, S Adamets, E Andreev, A Deev Social science & medicine 47 (3), 357-369, 1998 | 286 | 1998 |
| Causes of the Russian mortality crisis: evidence and interpretations VM Shkolnikov, GA Cornia, DA Leon, F Meslé World development 26 (11), 1995-2011, 1998 | 277 | 1998 |
| Social stress and the Russian mortality crisis DA Leon, VM Shkolnikov JAMA 279 (10), 790-791, 1998 | 247 | 1998 |
| Alcohol and cardiovascular mortality in Moscow; new evidence of a causal association. L Chenet, M McKee, D Leon, V Shkolnikov, S Vassin Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 52 (12), 772-774, 1998 | 242 | 1998 |
| The evolving pattern of avoidable mortality in Russia EM Andreev, E Nolte, VM Shkolnikov, E Varavikova, M McKee International Journal of Epidemiology 32 (3), 437-446, 2003 | 235 | 2003 |
| Understanding the toll of premature death among men in eastern Europe M McKee, V Shkolnikov Bmj 323 (7320), 1051-1055, 2001 | 225 | 2001 |
| Mortality trends and setbacks: global convergence or divergence? AJ McMichael, M McKee, V Shkolnikov, T Valkonen The Lancet 363 (9415), 1155-1159, 2004 | 224 | 2004 |
| Alcohol and Russian mortality: a continuing crisis DA Leon, VM Shkolnikov, M McKee Addiction 104 (10), 1630-1636, 2009 | 216 | 2009 |
| The anti-alcohol campaign and variations in Russian mortality VM Shkolnikov, A Nemtsov Premature death in the new independent states, 239-61, 1997 | 211 | 1997 |
| Methods protocol for the human mortality database JR Wilmoth, K Andreev, D Jdanov, DA Glei, C Boe, M Bubenheim, ... University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic …, 2007 | 204 | 2007 |
| World mortality 1950–2000: divergence replaces convergence from the late 1980s K Moser, VM Shkolnikov, DA Leon HIV, Resurgent infections and population change in Africa, 11-25, 2007 | 190 | 2007 |
| Patterns of smoking in Russia M McKee, M Bobak, R Rose, V Shkolnikov, L Chenet, D Leon Tobacco control 7 (1), 22-26, 1998 | 187 | 1998 |
| The contribution of medical care to changing life expectancy in Germany and Poland E Nolte, R Scholz, V Shkolnikov, M McKee Social science & medicine 55 (11), 1905-1921, 2002 | 185 | 2002 |
| Algorithm for decomposition of differences between aggregate demographic measures and its application to life expectancies, healthy life expectancies, parity-progression ratios … EM Andreev, VM Shkolnikov, AZ Begun Demographic Research 7, 499-522, 2002 | 185 | 2002 |
| The changing relation between education and life expectancy in central and eastern Europe in the 1990s VM Shkolnikov, EM Andreev, D Jasilionis, M Leinsalu, OI Antonova, ... Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 60 (10), 875-881, 2006 | 182 | 2006 |
| Gini coefficient as a life table function: computation from discrete data, decomposition of differences and empirical examples VM Shkolnikov, EE Andreev, AZ Begun Demographic research 8, 305-358, 2003 | 178 | 2003 |
