Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Lancet Child & Adolescent Health is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Stella Chan: soothing young minds through the power of art738
An open letter on the war in Ukraine from UK paediatric emergency doctors319
Hope and tragedy in Spring Awakening261
Insecurity fuels sexual violence fears in Haiti256
Comfort, context, and curiosity in The Hospital226
A taste of stars and unicorns207
Tackling post-discharge mortality in children living in LMICs to reduce child deaths170
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021; 5: 852–61162
From social media to artificial intelligence: improving research on digital harms in youth162
Procalcitonin-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection in the UK (BATCH): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, individ162
Migrant youth after the US COVID-19 public health order158
Respecting, protecting, and fulfilling the health and human rights of youth in digital spaces151
Thank you to our peer reviewers and contributors in 2022142
Paediatric group A streptococcal disease in England: a primary care perspective130
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021; published online Nov 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00311-4127
A cleft in time125
Utøya, 10 years after120
Poverty, hiding, and pretence in No Boys Play Here119
Our new youth advisory panel112
Testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a key strategy to keeping schools and universities open101
On letting go98
Prevalence estimates and nature of online child sexual exploitation and abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis97
Temporal evolution of electrographic seizures in newborn infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy requiring therapeutic hypothermia: a secondary analysis of the ANSeR studies90
Blood group-incompatible heart transplantation in children—an idea worth spreading89
“Complicated feelings of home”: stories of child migration to the UK84
Gender service for children: a battle for health in a culture war84
Children's drug education in a changing world84
Last hope for the climate82
Patient age must be incorporated into future paediatric injury severity scoring systems80
Making sense of paediatric sepsis76
Achievement goals and adolescent mental health in individualist versus collectivist cultures75
PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study72
Caregiver mental health promotion and early parenting programmes72
Lung function trajectories and determinants in early life70
Promoting mental health among pregnant adolescents living with HIV70
Global estimates of violence against children with disabilities: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis70
Clinical encounters with yourself: share, disclose, or overexpose?69
Holistic support for children with rare disease66
Death education: a must for Chinese children64
India's adolescents: taking charge of the future62
Paving the way for evidence-based population screening for type 1 diabetes61
Children and young people with long COVID: overlooked and neglected61
Out of sync: antimicrobial drug development for children60
The art of being fluid58
Reversing the neglect of children and adolescents affected by tuberculosis57
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children needs its own identity: the case of psychotropic medicines57
Primaquine for children, once and for all53
Asking difficult questions about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the context of the child, the mother, and the systems in which they live52
Advancing neonatal phototherapy after 70 years of global impact51
Adolescent vaping: a sweet target for profit50
Missed opportunities to develop childhood cancer programmes in Africa50
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world49
Eliminating hepatitis B: the ball is in our court48
Sleep problems during and after paediatric brain tumours46
Hidden in plain sight: the threat of mpox to children and adolescents46
Child poverty in 2023: inequity in times of crises43
Susceptibility to childhood sepsis, contemporary management, and future directions43
Early and unintended pregnancies threaten triple dividend43
Endemic violence against women and girls43
Post-natal growth of very preterm neonates42
Preventing reproductive coercion in adolescence42
RSV immunisation: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic42
The health and wellbeing case for children's suffrage41
A toolbox for innovative paediatric research41
Evaluating care quality and appropriateness when promoting health-care seeking for children – Authors' reply41
Tafenoquine exposure assessment, safety, and relapse prevention efficacy in children with Plasmodium vivax malaria: open-label, single-arm, non-comparative, multicentre, pharmacokinetic bridging, phas39
Zero separation: infant and family-centred developmental care in times of COVID-1939
Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy38
Safety and efficacy of abacavir for treating infants, children, and adolescents living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis37
Prioritising snakebite in the child and adolescent health agenda36
Single priming and booster dose of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and Streptococcus pneumoniae colonisation in children in South Africa: a single-centre, open-label, randomis36
The taboo gap: implications for adolescent risk of HIV infection35
Long-term neurological and neurodevelopmental outcome of neonatal listeriosis in France: a prospective, matched, observational cohort study35
Incorporating parental values in complex paediatric and perinatal decisions34
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease in the first decade of life: a South African birth cohort study33
Violence to resilience: structural change to protect adolescent girls33
Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study33
Progress towards reduced-dose pneumococcal vaccine schedules for children in Africa31
The pain of being a young person experiencing chronic pain31
Policy solutions to eliminate racial and ethnic child health disparities in the USA31
Weight-loss medications: promoting health and not harm30
Surveillance-based informative testing for detection and containment of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on a public university campus: an observational and modelling study30
Tackling childhood cancer in sub-Saharan Africa30
Continuous glucose monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit: need for practical guidelines – Authors' reply30
Adolescents navigating the COVID-19 pandemic30
A Haunted Girl29
Outcomes at least 90 days since onset of myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents and young adults in the USA: a follow-up surveillance study28
Will societal change improve mental health? Lessons from cohorts of adolescents in London and Tokyo28
Clinical outcomes of children receiving ABO-incompatible versus ABO-compatible heart transplantation: a multicentre cohort study28
Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 for the identification of clinically important traumatic brain injury in children in France: a diagnostic accuracy substudy27
Estimated incidence, prevalence, mortality, and registration of childhood cancer (ages 0–14 years) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region: an analysis of GLOBOCAN 2020 data27
Prevalence, management, health-care burden, and 90-day outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation in the paediatric intensive care unit (LongVentKids): an international, prospective, cross-sectional27
Universal newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection27
Effect of the COVID-19 outbreak on paediatric cancer care in low-income and middle-income countries27
Echoes of healing: late effects of HCT for non-malignant disease in childhood26
Postnatal weight gain in very preterm infants: are we aiming too high?26
Adolescents and young adults with rhabdomyosarcoma treated in the European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG) protocols: a cohort study26
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 228–3025
Youth perspective on chronic disease prevention25
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 479–8925
Time to take academic pressure seriously25
Current treatment outcomes of congenital heart disease and future perspectives25
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022; 6: 654–6624
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2024; 8: 482–9024
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021; 5: 662–7624
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021; 5: 15524
For youth, for Justice23
Regenerative medicine: postnatal approaches23
Hospital admissions and need for mechanical ventilation in children with respiratory syncytial virus before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Danish nationwide cohort study23
Gamblification: risks of digital gambling games to adolescents22
Association between the timing of childhood adversity and epigenetic patterns across childhood and adolescence: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) prospective c22
Triple-demic overwhelms paediatric units in US hospitals21
Burden of non-communicable diseases among adolescents aged 10–24 years in the EU, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study 201921
Early neurodevelopment of HIV-exposed uninfected children in the era of antiretroviral therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis21
Otitis media sequelae and hearing in adolescence after administration of an 11-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in infancy: a prospective cohort study with long-term follow-up of the ARIVAC trial21
The hidden crisis of adolescent nutrition21
Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis20
Effect of the Children and Young People's Health Partnership model of paediatric integrated care on health service use and child health outcomes: a pragmatic two-arm cluster randomised controlled tria20
Urinary DKK3 as a biomarker for short-term kidney function decline in children with chronic kidney disease: an observational cohort study20
Early childhood wheezing phenotypes and determinants in a South African birth cohort: longitudinal analysis of the Drakenstein Child Health Study20
Comparative efficacy, tolerability, and acceptability of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and ne20
Embracing a positive view of mental health20
SARS-CoV-2 related paediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome20
Postoperative speech impairment and surgical approach to posterior fossa tumours in children: a prospective European multicentre cohort study19
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children receiving haematopoietic cell transplantation and immune effector cell therapy: an international and multidisciplinary consensus statement19
Impact of the EU Paediatric Medicine Regulation on new anti-cancer medicines for the treatment of children and adolescents19
Long COVID symptoms in SARS-CoV-2-positive adolescents and matched controls (LongCOVIDKidsDK): a national, cross-sectional study19
Measuring and monitoring child health and wellbeing: recommendations for tracking progress with a core set of indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals era19
Optimised versus standard dosing of vancomycin in infants with Gram-positive sepsis (NeoVanc): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 2b, non-inferiority trial19
6-month multidisciplinary follow-up and outcomes of patients with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-TS) at a UK tertiary paediatric hospital: a retrospective cohort study19
The global prevalence of and factors associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis19
Global, regional, and country estimates of metabolic syndrome burden in children and adolescents in 2020: a systematic review and modelling analysis18
Prevalence and trends in tobacco use among adolescents aged 13–15 years in 143 countries, 1999–2018: findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Surveys18
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health and substance use up to March, 2022, in Iceland: a repeated, cross-sectional, population-based study18
Clinical characteristics and risk factors for death among hospitalised children and adolescents with COVID-19 in Brazil: an analysis of a nationwide database18
Paediatric hospitalisations due to COVID-19 during the first SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) variant wave in South Africa: a multicentre observational study18
Obesity-related asthma in children and adolescents17
Direct versus video laryngoscopy with standard blades for neonatal and infant tracheal intubation with supplemental oxygen: a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial17
Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition: an update of the evidence17
Noma: a neglected oro-facial childhood disease17
Lessons from UK historical cohort studies of lower respiratory tract infections16
Increasing sexually transmitted infections among adolescents in the USA16
Avoid re-interpreting fluid bolus recommendations for low-income settings16
Lessons from UK historical cohort studies of lower respiratory tract infections – Authors' reply16
Regenerative medicine: prenatal approaches16
The impact of a year indoors for Filipino children15
Safeguarding youth health in climate-vulnerable countries15
Childhood appetitive traits and adolescent eating disorders: early risk markers15
Adolescent wellbeing in the UK15
Child survival: down to quality of care14
Bridging the worlds of art and health care14
Counting the costs of trauma: the need for a new paediatric injury severity score14
The power of representation and lived experience14
Regulatory approval for anti-infectives in children14
Supporting Indigenous youth to heal intergenerational trauma14
Kunle Adewale: therapy created out of trauma14
Paediatric non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas: towards global collaboration14
Tobacco-control challenges among adolescents in the Eastern Mediterranean region14
Blood transfusion for children in sub-Saharan Africa: 200 years on13
Effect of HIV infection on growth and bone density in peripubertal children in the era of antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe13
Refusing puberty blockers to trans young people is not justified by the evidence13
Growing up with systemic racism in the USA13
Restricting abortion access in the USA: implications for child and adolescent health13
Dexamethasone for paediatric pneumococcal meningitis13
New fellows of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences12
Self-asphyxial behaviour in adolescents12
The burden and contemporary epidemiology of sepsis in children12
Overcoming needle fear: Little Rhea and Little Louis12
The importance of informed fertility counselling for trans young people12
Just getting bi?12
Progress and challenges of HIV and other STIs in adolescents and young adults12
Nightcrawling12
Amy Rule: transforming paediatric education and training12
The unsacred bonds controlling women in Chad12
A permanent chair in decision making: celebrating youth participation12
Nurturing the nurturing care environment12
Every lemon will bring forth a child12
Social determinants, inequality, and autism12
Challenging perceptions of adolescent mental health12
The accidental artist: Background Bob and his amazing friends12
Low COVID-19 mortality in Spanish children11
Silent resistance against social pressures in China11
Admission to acute medical wards for mental health concerns among children and young people in England from 2012 to 2022: a cohort study11
Action during childhood for lifelong primary skin cancer prevention11
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021; 5: 708–1811
Equity in paediatric care for sexual and gender minority adolescents11
Challenges and opportunities of female leadership in education11
Addressing the void: firearm injury prevention in the USA11
LEARN: implementing health-promoting schools in Italy11
Trajectories of airflow limitation from childhood to early adulthood: an analysis of six population-based birth cohorts11
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine schedule: 3+1, 2+1, or 1+1?11
Navigating a child's best interest: the essential role of palliative care11
Puberty blockers for gender dysphoria: the science is far from settled11
Integrated child health care: from policy to evidence-based practice11
Intravenous maintenance fluid therapy in acutely and critically ill children: state of the evidence10
Semaglutide and social media: implications for young women with polycystic ovarian syndrome10
How long is prolonged mechanical ventilation in children, and does it matter?10
Susan Hillis: inspiring hope for children10
Adolescent rights-based approaches to health research about us10
European clinical trials in paediatric radiation oncology10
Sam Behjati: a rising star in childhood cancer research10
Increase in iGAS incidence: a call to action for effective prevention and treatment10
A renewed commitment to intersectoral action for child and adolescent health10
Evidence-based kindness and empathy for autistic children9
Monitoring change from residential housing care to family-based care for children9
2:54pm in Pinderfields Hospital9
Death by accident: the curse of mobility9
Medically cleared and waiting for healing to begin9
The evolving treatment landscape for children with sickle cell disease9
Adolescence in Latin America and the Caribbean9
The importance of ongoing follow-up for the developmental consequences of fetal therapies9
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