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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply474
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study316
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications298
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99286
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38260
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99254
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202243
The interaction between income and mental health conditions for subsequent physical health conditions: a nationwide Danish cohort study from 2000 to 2021232
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project220
How lifestyle, social determinants of health, and sex shape life expectancy in China219
The effect of healthy lifestyles and social determinants on independent life expectancy and sex differences in China: evidence from a 13-year cohort study197
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities183
Climate change and health: closing the gaps180
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern174
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy160
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing160
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study155
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption154
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China150
Investigating associations between long-term poverty exposure and premature mortality: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 prospective cohort144
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action132
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 study127
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England127
Modelling the case for alcohol pricing policy in the USA126
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world122
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study117
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention114
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies110
The natural history of DSM-5 alcohol-use disorder from late adolescence to middle adulthood in Australia: a prospective cohort study107
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial105
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia104
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework104
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study103
Life course epidemiology and public health103
Disability inclusivity: time to step up102
The path to Universal Health Coverage100
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis99
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study94
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 study89
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study88
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living87
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome86
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico86
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study83
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?82
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2026; 11: e156–6381
Social protection for tuberculosis—how can we make it universal?80
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation78
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing78
A public health perspective on assisted dying and its different modalities78
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis77
The connection between homelessness and dementia74
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?73
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research72
Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study71
A last taboo in public health70
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–6570
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?70
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–2070
Social health—the neglected third pillar69
Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011–19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data68
Towards faster, better, and cheaper cervical cancer screening68
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data67
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth67
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence66
Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis65
Paralysis in public health and policy: when evidence becomes an alibi64
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based cervical cancer screening63
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 pandemic62
Tackling health inequalities in Indigenous Peoples61
Effect of the online Rethink My Drink alcohol intervention on alcohol use and cognition in older adults in Australia: a randomised controlled trial60
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities59
Life-years lost in people experiencing homelessness and other high-risk groups in Denmark: a population-based, register-based, cohort study58
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions57
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities54
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e492–9353
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts53
One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer53
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing51
Health and inequity in Australia50
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options50
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability48
Linking police and health data for research48
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study48
Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study47
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries46
Medical conditions and the risk of subsequent major depressive disorder: a nationwide, register-based, retrospective cohort study46
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study46
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study45
Essential standards for perinatal care of women and children living in prison45
Effects of added-sugar warning labels on restaurant menus in the USA: an online randomised controlled trial44
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study44
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools44
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study44
Anyone can drown. No one should.43
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes43
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund43
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care42
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health42
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes41
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–4241
Cervical cancer screening beyond traditional barriers41
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes41
Public health responses following identification of poliovirus in wastewater40
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events40
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 201839
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data39
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing39
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 livin39
Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis39
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 data39
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study37
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France36
The effects of the Rx Kids unconditional cash prescription programme during pregnancy and infancy on birth outcomes in the USA: a population-based, quasi-experimental study36
The association of child removal by child protective services and mortality among First Nations and non-First Nations mothers in Canada: a retrospective cohort study36
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority36
Unsecured debt in early adulthood and premature mortality in adults in the USA: a longitudinal analysis of prospective national cohort data36
Cirrhosis incidence across socioeconomic and demographic groups in Sweden: a register-based cohort study36
Addressing public health and health system challenges in Greece: reform priorities in a changing landscape35
Hepatitis A targeted vaccination in England: a system challenge35
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations35
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered34
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply34
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation33
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–3833
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China33
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study33
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China33
Screen no matter the risk?32
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda32
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study31
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes – Authors' reply31
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults31
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 202431
Cocaine use in Europe: the need for cross-sectoral collaboration between security, justice, health, and social systems31
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage31
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic31
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences31
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action31
The potential of online alcohol interventions for older adults31
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 experiment31
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA30
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study30
Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective30
Housing at the intersection of health and climate change28
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 202128
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends28
Determinants of childhood obesity in China28
Do we need a European Health Union?27
The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy27
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe27
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e598–60726
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains26
Variation in reporting of heatstroke mortality: evidence from a multi-country study26
Promoting health beyond prison walls25
Evaluating US county health-care system performance and key associated factors (2014–19): a Triple Aim framework analysis25
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation25
Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access25
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage25
Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 201925
Preventing suicide: a call to action24
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial24
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply24
National, regional, and global statistics on alcohol consumption and associated burden of disease 2000–20: a modelling study and comparative risk assessment24
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe23
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis23
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing23
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders22
Mortality risk from first shelter contact: rethinking exposure22
For-profit health care might be damaging population health22
Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys22
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
Adverse childhood experiences in children and youth experiencing homelessness: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Men's mental health: we need systems, not symbols22
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