Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Article	Citations
Which children in the USA have access to heroic salvage therapy?	281
Primaquine for children, once and for all	198
The case for action in paediatric neuromodulation – Author's reply	150
The health and wellbeing case for children's suffrage	132
Child poverty in 2023: inequity in times of crises	112
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children needs its own identity: the case of psychotropic medicines	109
Paediatric group A streptococcal disease in England: a primary care perspective	109
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2024; 8: 482–90	104
Early fetal intervention: balancing technological breakthroughs and long-term morbidity	94
Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health statistical and peer reviewers in 2025	93
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2026; 10: 103–10	88
Eliminating hepatitis B: the ball is in our court	88
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, randomis	84
Mycophenolate dosing in childhood nephrotic syndrome – Authors’ reply	83
Preventing reproductive coercion in adolescence	81
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 study	75
Tackling post-discharge mortality in children living in LMICs to reduce child deaths	75
Current treatment outcomes of congenital heart disease and future perspectives	71
Global prevalence of hypertension among children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	71
Obesity-related asthma in children and adolescents	67
Paediatric anaesthesia and the developing brain	67
Medically cleared and waiting for healing to begin	66
Adolescents and the International Conference on Population and Development at 30	65
Social determinants, inequality, and autism	64
A spotlight on Streetlights Uganda	63

New fellows of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences	62
Just getting bi?	62
Self-asphyxial behaviour in adolescents	62
Toward climate-smart, mental health-safe schools	61
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 684–85	60
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 837–47	60
Rare and severe adverse events in children with inflammatory bowel disease: analysis of data from the PIBD-SETQuality Safety Registry	57
Trajectories of airflow limitation from childhood to early adulthood: an analysis of six population-based birth cohorts	56
Longitudinal association between dysmenorrhoea in adolescence and chronic pain in adulthood: a UK population-based study	55
Continuation of gender-affirming hormones in transgender people starting puberty suppression in adolescence: a cohort study in the Netherlands	53
Adolescent girls at the intersection of poverty, migration, and gender	52
Efficacy and safety of methylphenidate and behavioural parent training for children aged 3–5 years with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, and sh	52
The healing powers of music	51
Pathological demand avoidance: further research is required – Authors' reply	51
Trust, but verify: a new potential association between food allergy and asthma in children	49
Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health's statistical and peer reviewers in 2023	49
Ethical and legal considerations in the care of children and young people with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs): an approach to decision making	48
Come and learn: an invitation from Zvandiri Youth Advocates	47
Effectiveness of the quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine against influenza-related hospitalisations and morbidity among children aged 2 to 6 years in Denmark: a nationwide cohort study emul	46
Correction Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 588–98	46
The Phoenix criteria for paediatric sepsis: 2 years on	45
From waitlists to clinical action: pathway development and research priorities in childhood developmental regression	45
The importance of sleep for adolescents' long-term development	44
Landmark verdicts against social media companies in the USA	44
Recognising context and power in youth mental health	44
Growth of children who are HIV-exposed but uninfected: a systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Intersectionality, gender norms, and young adolescents in context: a review of longitudinal multicountry research programmes to shape future action	42
Achievement goals and adolescent depression: implications for school-based interventions	42
Short-term and long-term risk of mortality and neurodevelopmental impairments after bacterial meningitis during infancy in children in Denmark and the Netherlands: a nationwide matched cohort study	42
Recovery from mRNA COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis	41
The gift of a good beginning	40
Substandard and falsified medicines for children: UHC has a preventive role	40
Asking the big questions about health inequalities	40
Out of Zimbabwe: fragmented families and mental health	39
Childhood cancer: exercise is medicine	39
Clinical and statistical insights from the FEED1 trial	39
Prevalence of hypertension and high-normal blood pressure among young adults in Zimbabwe: findings from a large, cross-sectional population-based survey	38
Refreshing our International Advisory Board and Youth Advisory Panel	38
Off-label is not always off-evidence: authorising paediatric indications for old medicines	37
Harnessing n-of-1 trials for personalised paediatric care in the era of information overload	37
Effect of a youth-led early childhood care and education programme on children's development and learning in rural Sindh, Pakistan (LEAPS): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised implementation trial	36
Comparison of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika among children in Nicaragua across 18 years: a single-centre, prospective cohort study	36
Autism incidence and spatial analysis in more than 7 million pupils in English schools: a retrospective, longitudinal, school registry study	36
1-year follow-up of oral versus intravenous antibiotics in children and adolescents with uncomplicated bone and joint infections: a nationwide, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial in Denmark	36
The neglect of kwashiorkor	35
Adjunctive dexamethasone and 30-day all-cause death after hospital admission in paediatric pneumococcal meningitis: a propensity score analysis	35
Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Australia: a non-randomised cohort study	35
School bullying in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Muscle dysmorphia in adolescents and young adults	34
Children are not future producers and customers: a plea for the moral imperative of acting now	33

Diagnostic test accuracy of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for predicting invasive and serious bacterial infections in young febrile infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Safety of in vivo gene therapy in children: mechanisms and management of liver injury	32
Growing up modulated: paediatric neuromodulation needs a new ethical framework	32
Mental health consequences of child marriage	32
Late effects after high-risk neuroblastoma (LEAHRN): a multicentre, cross-sectional cohort study from the Children's Oncology Group	32
Neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial resistance in Africa	32
The expanding field of genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: current understanding and future perspectives	32
Integrated biomarker and treatment correlates of prognosis in infant non-WNT/non-SHH medulloblastoma: a multinational retrospective cohort study	32
Antara Ganguli: rethinking gender equality in and through education	31
Re-integrating Africa's street children	31
Paediatric endovascular thrombectomy: balancing strength of numbers and accuracy of precision medicine	31
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 89–99	30
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 383–92	29
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022; 6: 86–95	29
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 766–75	29
US medical groups sue to reverse overhaul of vaccine recommendations	28
New insights into the link between childhood adversity and epigenetic changes	28
Advancing severity grading for risk-differentiated paediatric pneumonia care	28
Growing up in the shadow of terrorism	28
Comparative physiological effects of antipsychotic drugs in children and young people: a network meta-analysis	27
Treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Latin America: recommendations from the Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology	27
Shared grief is half the sorrow	27
Cybervictimisation and mental health conditions in young people: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal cohort	27
The future of rhabdomyosarcoma trials	27
Capturing adolescent realities in the global data revolution	27
Who protects the children and women of Sudan?	27
Different is not deficient: respecting diversity in early childhood development – Authors' reply	27
Feeling at home in the motherland	27
Children and adolescents in the humanitarian response	25
Efficacy and safety of switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics (amoxicillin–clavulanic acid) versus a full course of intravenous antibiotics in neonates with probable bacterial infection (RAIN)	25
Global, regional, and national burdens of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years from 1990 to 2019: a trend analysis based on the Global Burden	24
Medicate or operate: epilepsy surgery could save lives	24
Child health prioritisation in national adaptation policies on climate change: a policy document analysis across 160 countries	24
Urgently expanding access to improved treatment for children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis	24
Child and adolescent health through storytelling	23
Adolescent e-cigarette use screening: enabling health-care providers	23
Intersex is not a secret	23
“His mind, however, was now…released.”	23
The UK Illegal Migration Bill: a child rights violation and safeguarding catastrophe	23
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two Spirit people: a paediatric health crisis	22
No safe place: ending adolescent digital intimate partner violence	22
Fact versus fiction: the extraordinary lives of care-experienced, fostered, and adopted children	22
Prospective associations between ADHD symptoms and physical conditions from early childhood to adolescence: a population-based longitudinal study	22
Building momentum to improve childhood cancer outcomes in Asia	22
Paediatric trial guidelines co-designed by those who take part	21
Paediatric acute liver failure: a multidisciplinary perspective on when a critically ill child is unsuitable for liver transplantation	21
The Step Safely guidelines: a catalyst to address the burden of falls in children and adolescents	21
Mycophenolate mofetil versus prednisone for the initial treatment of idiopathic steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in children in Germany (INTENT): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled,	20
Immunological effects and safety of live rotavirus vaccination after antenatal exposure to immunomodulatory biologic agents: a prospective cohort study from the Canadian Immunization Research Network	20
Current status and challenges in prenatal and neonatal screening, diagnosis, and management of congenital heart disease in China	20
The critical state of children's health during the Sudan crisis	20
Association between caregiver concern for clinical deterioration and critical illness in children presenting to hospital: a prospective cohort study	20
Real-world effectiveness of nirsevimab immunisation against bronchiolitis in infants: a case–control study in Paris, France	20
Clinical encounters with yourself: share, disclose, or overexpose?	19
Achievement goals and adolescent mental health in individualist versus collectivist cultures	19
Dismantling barriers and biases against adolescent mothers	19
“Complicated feelings of home”: stories of child migration to the UK	19
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 837–47	18
Paracetamol, pyrexia, and the prevention of atopy: lessons from PIPPA Tamariki	18
For youth, for Justice	18
Lung function trajectories and determinants in early life	18
Attention to menarche, puberty education, and menstrual health monitoring are essential	18
Prioritising snakebite in the child and adolescent health agenda	17
The pain of being a young person experiencing chronic pain	17
The example we set: Gen AI, honesty, and authenticity	17
Gender service for children: a battle for health in a culture war	17
Missed opportunities to develop childhood cancer programmes in Africa	17
Incorporating parental values in complex paediatric and perinatal decisions	17
SPIRIT-Children and Adolescents (SPIRIT-C) 2026 extension statement: enhancing the reporting and usefulness of paediatric randomised trial protocols	16
Reversing the neglect of children and adolescents affected by tuberculosis	16
Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 for the identification of clinically important traumatic brain injury in children in France: a diagnostic accuracy substudy	16
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, individ	16
Tuberculosis research principles and priorities in children and adolescents: an international consensus statement	16
Bedside model-informed precision dosing of vancomycin in severely ill neonates and children in Belgium (the BENEFICIAL trial): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial	16
Weight-loss medications: promoting health and not harm	16
Understanding respiratory trajectories at the limits of viability	16
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 c	15
Progress and challenges of HIV and other STIs in adolescents and young adults	15
Self-advocacy and barriers for young people accessing health care in the Scottish Highlands	15
Hospital admissions and need for mechanical ventilation in children with respiratory syncytial virus before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Danish nationwide cohort study	15

PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study	15
Lessons from UK historical cohort studies of lower respiratory tract infections – Authors' reply	15
Death by accident: the curse of mobility	15
Biomarkers for early identification of severe febrile illness among children in community settings: spot on?	15
Blood transfusion for children in sub-Saharan Africa: 200 years on	15
Adolescents in phase 3 HIV clinical trials	14
Beyond birthweight: longitudinal insights into twin growth and obesity risk	14
Bridging the worlds of art and health care	14
Helping adolescents cope with the burden of scoliosis	14
Semaglutide and social media: implications for young women with polycystic ovarian syndrome	14
Correction Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2024; 8: 51–62	13
Challenges and opportunities of female leadership in education	13
The Health Hive: Creating pathways for young people to take an active role in public health research and advocacy	13
Long-term kidney outcomes in children and adolescents with hypertension: a propensity-matched cohort study	13
Rare and severe adverse events in children with inflammatory bowel disease	13
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2026; 10: 255–64	13
Kawasaki disease: contemporary perspectives	13
Bullying and health inequalities for children and adolescents with disability	13
Prioritising pregnant and parenting adolescents in the HIV and SRHR response	13
Course-correcting youth mental health care	13
Advances in medical management of acute liver failure in children: promoting native liver survival	13
Cancer risk with topical calcineurin inhibitors, pimecrolimus and tacrolimus, for atopic dermatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Bonface Massah: changemaker and defender for children with albinism	12
Determinants of lung function development from birth to age 5 years: an interrupted time series analysis of a South African birth cohort	12
Lipoprotein apheresis and long-term cardiovascular health: a real answer for children with HoFH?	12
Regenerative medicine: prenatal approaches	12
Cybervictimisation as a marker of broader youth harm	11
Severe acute hepatitis in children	11
Kid Governors and youth civic engagement in the USA	11
Priorities in tackling non-communicable diseases in children and adolescents in China	11
Supporting the sovereignty of families and cultures	11
Finding diamonds in a coal mine	11
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 373–74	11
Youth engagement at The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health	11
Authentic First Nations health research	11
What does the future hold for youth in Africa with high blood pressure?	11
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 9	11
Difficult questions about long COVID in children	10
WHO's global roadmap to tackle adolescent hypertension	10
What is the specific role of schools and daycares in COVID-19 transmission? A final report from a living rapid review	10
Efficacy and safety of ziresovir in hospitalised infants aged 6 months or younger with respiratory syncytial virus infection in China: findings from a phase 3 randomised trial with 24-month follow-up	10
Childhood growth hormone treatment and metabolic and cardiovascular risk in adults born small for gestational age after growth hormone cessation in the Netherlands: a 12-year follow-up study	10
Physical activity and exercise for cancer-related cognitive impairment among individuals affected by childhood cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Vosoritide therapy in children with achondroplasia aged 3−59 months: a multinational, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial	10
Mpox among children in Africa	10
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2026; 10: 562–72	10
Familial confounding and causal inference in child and adolescent neurodevelopment and mental health	9
Real-life benefits of high-efficacy therapies for children with multiple sclerosis	9
Real-world effectiveness of nirsevimab against respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Tracey Smythe: advancing disability-inclusive health care	9
Characterising sources of PM2·5 exposure for school children with asthma: a personal exposure study across six cities in sub-Saharan Africa	9
Subgroups of children with Kawasaki disease: a data-driven cluster analysis	9
Simplifying medicine dosing for children by harmonising weight bands across therapeutic areas	9
Raising the bar for measuring childhood adversity	9
Automatic versus manual control of oxygen and neonatal clinical outcomes in extremely preterm infants: a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, superiority trial	9
Serious health-related suffering in children and paediatric palliative care	9