Lancet Public Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Lancet Public Health is 4. 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
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 20222231
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered582
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer – Authors' reply484
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–38336
Retraction—Association between hearing aid use and all-cause and cause-specific dementia: an analysis of the UK Biobank cohort300
Immune evasion means we need a new COVID-19 social contract256
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study217
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e175–83204
Adding new childhood vaccines to China's National Immunization Program: evidence, benefits, and priorities203
Fair domestic allocation of monkeypox virus countermeasures188
Sexual violence in the workplace and associated health outcomes: a nationwide, cross-sectional analysis of women in Iceland183
Supporting parents for a healthy equitable future171
Does everyone benefit equally from physical activity?170
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99165
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications165
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health164
Children's wellbeing remains a blind-spot in public policies in France163
Placing a housing lens on neighbourhood disadvantage, socioeconomic position and mortality144
Taking tuberculosis out of the shadows139
COVID-19 and homelessness: when crises intersect136
Violence against women in the Philippines133
The cost of living: an avoidable public health crisis131
Mortality in people who use illicit opioids in England122
Prevalence of stroke in China: overestimated? – Authors' reply121
Using administrative data to assess early-life policies120
Pandemic preparedness in the 21st century: which way forward?117
Carbon monoxide poisoning: largely preventable115
Universal health coverage and incarceration114
Second-hand tobacco exposure in children: evidence for action108
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation103
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern99
Inequities in access to assistive technology: a call for action98
Closing the mortality gap for people with disabilities97
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing94
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e295–30593
The role of occupational physical activity on longevity92
Reducing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons through public health-centred policies90
Time to address addiction treatment inequality in hospital settings90
Gender norms and the mental health of boys and young men90
Behind elevated hospitalisation rates: addressing racism in the medical system89
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities89
Including disability in all health equity efforts: an urgent call to action88
The role of occupational physical activity on longevity – Authors' reply83
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study83
Evaluation of a national smoke-free prisons policy using medication dispensing: an interrupted time-series analysis77
Estimating antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe—what are the next steps?76
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply74
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome – Authors' reply74
Workplace wellness programmes to improve health72
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply72
Age-specific and cause-specific mortality contributions to the socioeconomic gap in life expectancy in Germany, 2003–21: an ecological study72
Learning from the initial deployment of digital contact tracing apps72
Valuing teaching in academic public health—time for a culture shift71
Mission-oriented policy to address health inequalities68
Tuberculosis in prisons: an unintended sentence?66
Is a new COVID-19 social contract appropriate?65
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project64
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China62
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults62
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China62
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e834–3561
Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analyses61
Unpaid carers: a silent workforce60
Risk of homelessness after prison release and recidivism in Denmark: a nationwide, register-based cohort study60
Burns in India: a call for health policy action60
Impact of the “when the fun stops, stop” gambling message on online gambling behaviour: a randomised, online experimental study59
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study59
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e408–1558
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e1005–1358
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–9958
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e859–6758
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–3857
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; published online Nov 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00199-756
Human papillomavirus-based cervical screening and long-term cervical cancer risk: a randomised health-care policy trial in Sweden56
Nitazenes represent a growing threat to public health in Europe55
Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: is official communication the key?54
Sex workers health: time to act54
Identifying research priorities to improve the health of incarcerated populations: results of citizens' juries in Australian prisons53
Financialisation: a 21st century commercial determinant of health equity52
Homelessness, psychiatric disorders, and violence in Denmark: a population-based cohort study52
Smoking prevalence following tobacco tax increases in Australia51
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy51
Association of social isolation and loneliness with risk of incident hospital-treated infections: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank and Finnish Health and Social Support studies51
The effects of alcohol container labels on consumption behaviour, knowledge, and support for labelling: a systematic review50
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations50
Falls prevention in China: time for action49
Periods of altered risk for non-fatal drug overdose: a self-controlled case series48
Changing patterns of health risk in adolescence: implications for health policy48
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption47
The role of mental illness and neurodevelopmental conditions in human papillomavirus vaccination uptake within the Swedish school-based vaccination programme: a population-based cohort study46
Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: a public health perspective45
Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: the REACT (Retirement in Action) randomised controlled trial45
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda44
The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 201944
A multifaceted approach to intensive care unit capacity44
Life expectancy and risk of death in 6791 communities in England from 2002 to 2019: high-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of civil registration data44
COVID-19 mortality and excess mortality among working-age residents in California, USA, by occupational sector: a longitudinal cohort analysis of mortality surveillance data44
All-cause and cause-specific mortality inequalities between people with and without disability: a nationwide data linkage study in Australia44
Subnational inequalities in years of life lost and associations with socioeconomic factors in pre-pandemic Europe, 2009–19: an ecological study43
Disparities in stage at diagnosis for five common cancers in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study43
Effects of education on adult mortality: a global systematic review and meta-analysis43
Improving implementation of needle and syringe programmes to expand, scale up, and sustain evidence-based prevention interventions for HIV and hepatitis C in prisons42
The contribution of unstable housing to HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study42
Trends in undiagnosed HIV prevalence in England and implications for eliminating HIV transmission by 2030: an evidence synthesis model41
Mass incarceration as a key driver of gender disparities in tuberculosis41
The ecosystem of health decision making: from fragmentation to synergy41
Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries40
Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review40
Lost lives and opportunities for the legacy of harm reduction in Scotland, UK39
Differences across the lifespan between females and males in the top 20 causes of disease burden globally: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 202139
Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts39
Hepatitis C elimination: why prisoners' health must be revalued38
Liz Truss: friend or foe? …The jury is out38
Football and dementia: looking at other factors38
Identifying counties at risk of high overdose mortality burden during the emerging fentanyl epidemic in the USA: a predictive statistical modelling study37
Considerations for maintaining functional mobility in older populations37
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study37
The mental health of transgender and gender non-conforming people in China: a systematic review36
Relative contribution of trends in myocardial infarction event rates and case fatality to declines in mortality: an international comparative study of 1·95 million events in 80·4 million people in fou36
All-cause hospitalisation among people living with HIV according to gender, mode of HIV acquisition, ethnicity, and geographical origin in Europe and North America: findings from the ART-CC cohort col36
Evaluating housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence36
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer35
Community-wide active case finding and tuberculosis infection in children35
Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment35
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e428–3335
Digital health care in China and access for older people34
Understanding the determinants of acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines: a challenge in a fast-moving situation34
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a health systems intervention for latent tuberculosis infection management (ACT4): a cluster-randomised trial33
Effectiveness of two systems-level interventions to address perinatal depression in obstetric settings (PRISM): an active-controlled cluster-randomised trial33
Cuts to local government funding and stalling life expectancy33
The future of public health doctoral education in Africa: transforming higher education institutions to enhance research and practice33
Medications and risk of motor vehicle collision responsibility in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based case-control study33
Understanding longevity in Hong Kong: a comparative study with long-living, high-income countries32
COVID-19 vaccine prioritisation for people with disabilities32
Adverse childhood experiences in children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma32
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage32
Sexual identity data collection and access in UK population-based studies31
100–100–100: a new, ambitious treatment target to end the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics31
Developing an effective and sustainable national immunisation programme in China: issues and challenges30
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England30
Effect of alcohol health warning labels on knowledge related to the ill effects of alcohol on cancer risk and their public perceptions in 14 European countries: an online survey experiment30
Achieving universal social protection for people with tuberculosis30
Effect of covering perinatal health-care costs on neonatal outcomes in Switzerland: a quasi-experimental population-based study30
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action30
Football and dementia: looking at other factors – Authors' reply29
Sociodemographic characteristics of women who died by suicide in India from 2014 to 2020: findings from surveillance data29
The long-term effects of domestic and international tuberculosis service improvements on tuberculosis trends within the USA: a mathematical modelling study29
Tuberculosis and incarceration: uncovering the broader picture28
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic28
Effects of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on smoking behaviours and macroeconomic outcomes in Shanghai, China: a difference-in-differences analysis and modelling study28
Alcohol and mortality in Mexico: prospective study of 150 000 adults28
Contemporary heart failure and comorbidity risk management28
Challenges in assessing area-level mortality inequalities28
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China28
Harnessing administrative data to study health inequality27
Seroprevalence and risk factors of exposure to COVID-19 in homeless people in Paris, France: a cross-sectional study27
The role of low-income and middle-income country prisons in eliminating hepatitis C27
Effect of alcohol during pregnancy: a public health issue27
Cryptocurrency and new financial instruments: unquantified public health harms27
Towards opioid access without excess27
Effectiveness evaluation of digital contact tracing for COVID-19 in New South Wales, Australia25
The mental health and wellbeing impact of a Community Wealth Building programme in England: a difference-in-differences study25
PTSD, subsequent violence, and increased focus on trauma-informed care24
Supporting people responding to overdoses24
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales? – Authors' reply24
Widening life expectancy inequalities across small areas of England24
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world24
Tobacco use in young people: being emic to end the epidemic24
Alcohol in France: room for improvement24
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered – Author's Reply23
Emotional demands at work and risk of long-term sickness absence in 1·5 million employees in Denmark: a prospective cohort study on effect modifiers23
Time to implement sex and gender responsive policies and programmes23
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia23
Preventing suicide: a public health approach to a global problem22
Public health priorities for India22
Obesity prevention: changing perspectives22
Mediation of the parental education gradient in early adult mortality by childhood adversity: a population-based cohort study of more than 1 million children22
Maintaining face mask use before and after achieving different COVID-19 vaccination coverage levels: a modelling study21
Factors associated with the spatial heterogeneity of the first wave of COVID-19 in France: a nationwide geo-epidemiological study21
Paternity leave uptake and parental post-partum depression: findings from the ELFE cohort study21
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–9921
The association of prison security level with mortality after release from prison: a retrospective national cohort study (2000–16)21
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e608–1321
Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 202120
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care20
Childhood obesity beyond COVID-1920
Reaching the full preventive potential of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis20
HIV 40: inequalities fuel pandemics20
Gender, education, and cohort differences in healthy working life expectancy at age 50 years in Australia: a longitudinal analysis19
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of referral to a commercial open group behavioural weight management programme in adults with overweight and obesity: 5-year follow-up of the WRAP randomised contr19
Homelessness in Europe: time to act19
Diagnostic yield of a proactive strategy for early detection of cardiovascular disease versus usual care in adults with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care in the 19
Universal health coverage in China: a serial national cross-sectional study of surveys from 2003 to 201818
Is a new COVID-19 social contract appropriate?18
The impact of income on mental health18
Neighbourhood characteristics and health: advancing research and practice18
Restricting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 or safeguarding mental health: a false dichotomy?18
Inequalities in epilepsy in the UK: action is needed now18
Harnessing the opportunity to achieve health equity in China17
A public health approach to suicide prevention17
Opioid overdose crisis: time for a radical rethink17
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies17
Enhancing primary stroke prevention: a combination approach17
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial17
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences16
Community-based active case-finding interventions for tuberculosis: a systematic review16
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study16
New insights into the incidence and prevalence of food allergy in England16
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 202416
The 2021 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: seizing the window of opportunity16
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA16
Socioeconomic inequalities in accumulation of multimorbidity in England from 2019 to 2049: a microsimulation projection study16
Inequalities in physical and mental health among people in prison15
Public health in China: challenges and prospects15
Causes of death among people who used illicit opioids in England, 2001–18: a matched cohort study14
The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis14
Air pollution and cardiovascular disease onset: hours, days, or years?14
Retraction—Preventing dementia through correcting hearing: huge progress but more to do14
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study14
RETRACTED: Preventing dementia through correcting hearing: huge progress but more to do14
Life course epidemiology and public health14
Childhood adversity: a profound determinant of health13
Nitazenes—heralding a second wave for the UK drug-related death crisis?13
The relative and attributable risks of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in China: a case-cohort study13
Outbreaks of COVID-19 variants in US prisons: a mathematical modelling analysis of vaccination and reopening policies13
Risk factors for workplace sexual harassment and violence among a national cohort of women in Iceland: a cross-sectional study13
Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 201913
Occupational physical activity and longevity in working men and women in Norway: a prospective cohort study13
No public health without planetary health13
Determinants of childhood obesity in China13
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 study13
Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review13
Overdose prevention centres in the UK13
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends12
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on incarceration and tuberculosis12
Individual-level risk factors for suicide mortality in the general population: an umbrella review12
Burden of falls among people aged 60 years and older in mainland China, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 201912
Structural stigma and LGBTQ+ health: a narrative review of quantitative studies12
Prevalence and variability of current depressive disorder in 27 European countries: a population-based study12
Effectiveness assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic12
Brief bouts of device-measured intermittent lifestyle physical activity and its association with major adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in people who do not exercise: a prospective cohort s12
The global burden of perinatal common mental health disorders and substance use among migrant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
Minimum legal drinking age—still an underrated alcohol control policy12
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework12
Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment in South Australia, 1986–2017: a retrospective cohort study12
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and obstetric and birth outcomes: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 201812
Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 202112
Disability inclusivity: time to step up11
Social and spatial inequalities in premature mortality across Europe11
Promoting health beyond prison walls11
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