| Incidence, prevalence, and gene frequency studies of chronic childhood spinal muscular atrophy. J Pearn Journal of medical genetics 15 (6), 409-413, 1978 | 579 | 1978 |
| Classification of spinal muscular atrophies J Pearn The Lancet 315 (8174), 919-922, 1980 | 556 | 1980 |
| Ciguatera in Australia: occurrence, clinical features, pathophysiology and management NC Gillespie, RJ Lewis, MJ Holmes, JB Bourke, JH Pearn, ATC Bourke, ... Medical Journal of Australia 145 (11-12), 584-590, 1986 | 298 | 1986 |
| Neurology of ciguatera J Pearn Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 70 (1), 4-8, 2001 | 287 | 2001 |
| A review of first aid treatments for burn injuries L Cuttle, J Pearn, JR McMillan, RM Kimble Burns 35 (6), 768-775, 2009 | 219 | 2009 |
| The gene frequency of acute Werdnig-Hoffmann disease (SMA type 1). A total population survey in North-East England JH Pearn Journal of medical genetics 10 (3), 260-265, 1973 | 203 | 1973 |
| Norms for hand grip strength. DG Newman, J Pearn, A Barnes, CM Young, M Kehoe, J Newman Archives of disease in childhood 59 (5), 453-459, 1984 | 171 | 1984 |
| Children and war† J Pearn Journal of paediatrics and child health 39 (3), 166-172, 2003 | 161 | 2003 |
| Survival in trisomy 18: life tables for use in genetic counselling and clinical paediatrics PE Carter, JH Pearn, J Bell, N Martin, NG Anderson Clinical genetics 27 (1), 59-61, 1985 | 150 | 1985 |
| Near-drowning: correlation of level of consciousness and survival JH Modell, SA Graves, EJ Kuck Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal 27, 211-215, 1980 | 140 | 1980 |
| Freshwater drowning and near–drowning accidents involving children: a five–year total population study J Pearn, J Nixon, I Wilkey Medical Journal of Australia 2 (25-26), 942-946, 1976 | 137 | 1976 |
| Ciguatera and mannitol: experience with a new treatment regimen JH Pearn, RJ Lewis, T Ruff, M Tait, J Quinn, W Murtha, G King, A Mallett, ... Medical journal of Australia 151 (2), 77-80, 1989 | 133 | 1989 |
| Patients' subjective interpretation of risks offered in genetic counselling. JH Pearn Journal of Medical Genetics 10 (2), 129, 1973 | 124 | 1973 |
| Reducing drowning deaths: the continued challenge of immersion fatalities in Australia RC Franklin, JP Scarr, JH Pearn Medical Journal of Australia 192 (3), 123-126, 2010 | 115 | 2010 |
| Emotional sequelae of parents and sibs following the drowning or near-drowning of a child J Nixon, J Pearn Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 11 (4), 265-268, 1977 | 115 | 1977 |
| Publication: an ethical imperative J Pearn Bmj 310 (6990), 1313-1315, 1995 | 113 | 1995 |
| Oleander poisoning D Shaw, J Pearn Medical journal of Australia 2 (5), 267-269, 1979 | 113 | 1979 |
| Drowning for love: the aquatic victim‐instead‐of‐rescuer syndrome: drowning fatalities involving those attempting to rescue a child RC Franklin, JH Pearn Journal of paediatrics and child health 47 (1‐2), 44-47, 2011 | 103 | 2011 |
| Drowning and near-drowning involving children: a five-year total population study from the City and County of Honolulu. JH Pearn, RY Wong, J Brown 3rd, YC Ching, R Bart Jr, S Hammar American journal of public health 69 (5), 450-454, 1979 | 103 | 1979 |
| A clinical and genetic study of spinal muscular atrophy of adult onset: the autosomal recessive form as a discrete disease entity. JH Pearn, P Hudgson, JN Walton Brain: a journal of neurology 101 (4), 591-606, 1978 | 101 | 1978 |
