Lancet Public Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Lancet Public Health is 22. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health2694
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study574
Reducing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons through public health-centred policies392
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply336
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38281
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e408–15219
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99218
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99197
Life expectancy and risk of death in 6791 communities in England from 2002 to 2019: high-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of civil registration data195
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer – Authors' reply190
Placing a housing lens on neighbourhood disadvantage, socioeconomic position and mortality186
Evaluation of a national smoke-free prisons policy using medication dispensing: an interrupted time-series analysis183
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications183
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing178
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study176
Impact of the “when the fun stops, stop” gambling message on online gambling behaviour: a randomised, online experimental study168
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project150
Disparities in stage at diagnosis for five common cancers in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study148
Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: the REACT (Retirement in Action) randomised controlled trial144
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities139
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption134
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202132
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern131
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy126
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China115
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 study113
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study110
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies107
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial107
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care106
100–100–100: a new, ambitious treatment target to end the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics105
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England102
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action101
Considerations for maintaining functional mobility in older populations97
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework94
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world93
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia90
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study89
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention86
Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review84
Life course epidemiology and public health83
Managing COVID-19 importation risks in a heterogeneous world82
Disability inclusivity: time to step up82
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?82
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome81
The path to Universal Health Coverage81
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico80
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study76
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living74
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 study72
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study72
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis72
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation72
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing70
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study68
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis67
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–6567
A last taboo in public health67
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–2067
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?66
The connection between homelessness and dementia64
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data64
Prevalence of stroke in China: overestimated?63
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?63
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth62
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence62
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research62
Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011–19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data62
Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study61
The SARS-CoV-2 test scale-up in the USA: an analysis of the number of tests produced and used over time and their modelled impact on the COVID-19 pandemic61
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based cervical cancer screening59
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities58
Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study57
Social health—the neglected third pillar55
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions55
Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic54
Can slogans prevent gambling harm?54
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities53
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study53
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options52
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e492–9352
One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer51
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries50
Health and inequity in Australia50
Linking police and health data for research50
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study50
Extending a lifeline to people with HIV and opioid use disorder during the war in Ukraine49
Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study49
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts49
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability49
Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe49
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study49
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study48
Achieving malaria elimination in China48
Cost-effectiveness of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: an economic evaluation of the REACT (Retirement in Action) trial48
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund48
Medical conditions and the risk of subsequent major depressive disorder: a nationwide, register-based, retrospective cohort study46
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing45
Effectiveness of nationwide programmatic testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study45
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools45
COVID-19 vaccine coverage and factors associated with vaccine uptake among 23 247 adults with a recent history of homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study45
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study44
Projecting prevalence of frailty and dementia and the economic cost of care in Japan from 2016 to 2043: a microsimulation modelling study44
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care43
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–4243
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health43
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study42
Anyone can drown. No one should.42
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes41
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events41
Changes in incarceration and tuberculosis notifications from prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the Americas: a time-series analysis of national surveillance data41
China's public health system: time for improvement40
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes40
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing39
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 201838
The association of a disability-targeted cash transfer programme with disability status and health-care access: a quasi-experimental study using a nationwide cohort of 4·3 million Chinese adults livin38
The effect of social deprivation on the dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 infection in France: a population-based analysis38
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority38
Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis37
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation37
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply37
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action36
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–3836
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France36
Screen no matter the risk?35
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China35
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered35
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study34
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China34
Hepatitis A targeted vaccination in England: a system challenge34
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda34
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults34
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations33
Harnessing the opportunity to achieve health equity in China33
The ecosystem of health decision making: from fragmentation to synergy33
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 202432
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic32
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences32
Determinants of childhood obesity in China31
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study31
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA31
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends31
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
Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective30
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 202130
Outbreaks of COVID-19 variants in US prisons: a mathematical modelling analysis of vaccination and reopening policies30
Emotional demands at work and risk of long-term sickness absence in 1·5 million employees in Denmark: a prospective cohort study on effect modifiers29
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage29
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study28
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e598–60728
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe28
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains28
Do we need a European Health Union?28
The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy28
Strengthening public health for a Healthy China27
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial27
Promoting health beyond prison walls27
Preventing suicide: a call to action27
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing27
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply26
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage26
Adverse childhood experiences and homelessness: advances and aspirations26
Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access25
Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys25
Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 201925
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis25
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe25
Forecasting the prevalence of dementia24
Living a long life is a multi-step process24
Clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: a modelling study24
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation24
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders24
The mental health needs of displaced people exposed to armed conflict23
For-profit health care might be damaging population health23
Integrating health responses to family adversity and intimate partner violence is crucial22
Estimated effects of opioid agonist treatment in prison on all-cause mortality and overdose mortality in people released from prison in Norway: a prospective analysis of data from the Norwegian Prison22
Deaths involving COVID-19 by self-reported disability status during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study22
Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990–2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 202122
Health outcomes and psychosocial determinants in young carers: a systematic review22
Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level22
Health conditions among women in prisons: a systematic review22
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