Lancet Public Health

Papers
(The H4-Index of Lancet Public Health is 63. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health2808
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study592
Reducing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons through public health-centred policies397
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply340
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38299
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99226
Life expectancy and risk of death in 6791 communities in England from 2002 to 2019: high-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of civil registration data202
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99202
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer – Authors' reply190
Placing a housing lens on neighbourhood disadvantage, socioeconomic position and mortality187
Evaluation of a national smoke-free prisons policy using medication dispensing: an interrupted time-series analysis184
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications184
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study181
Impact of the “when the fun stops, stop” gambling message on online gambling behaviour: a randomised, online experimental study180
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project157
Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: the REACT (Retirement in Action) randomised controlled trial151
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy149
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202142
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern142
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption137
Disparities in stage at diagnosis for five common cancers in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study134
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing128
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities122
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China121
Non-communicable disease mortality in young people with a history of contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective, population-based cohort study115
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study110
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial108
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies108
100–100–100: a new, ambitious treatment target to end the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics107
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England106
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action102
Considerations for maintaining functional mobility in older populations100
Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review98
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study95
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention95
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia90
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework90
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world87
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care86
Life course epidemiology and public health86
Modelling the case for alcohol pricing policy in the USA86
Disability inclusivity: time to step up85
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico82
Managing COVID-19 importation risks in a heterogeneous world81
The path to Universal Health Coverage81
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study78
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living77
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study76
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing74
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study72
Cancer incidence and mortality in Australia from 2020 to 2044 and an exploratory analysis of the potential effect of treatment delays during the COVID-19 pandemic: a statistical modelling study71
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome69
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis69
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation68
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis68
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–6567
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?67
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–2066
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?65
A last taboo in public health65
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data64
Prevalence of stroke in China: overestimated?64
The connection between homelessness and dementia64
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?63
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