OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Lancet Child & Adolescent Health is 45. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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
Eliminating hepatitis B: the ball is in our court	88
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2026; 10: 103–10	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
Tackling post-discharge mortality in children living in LMICs to reduce child deaths	75
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
Global prevalence of hypertension among children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	71
Current treatment outcomes of congenital heart disease and future perspectives	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

Self-asphyxial behaviour in adolescents	62
New fellows of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences	62
Just getting bi?	62
Toward climate-smart, mental health-safe schools	61
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2025; 9: 837–47	60
Correction to Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2023; 7: 684–85	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
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
Adolescent girls at the intersection of poverty, migration, and gender	52
The healing powers of music	51
Pathological demand avoidance: further research is required – Authors' reply	51
Thank you to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health's statistical and peer reviewers in 2023	49
Trust, but verify: a new potential association between food allergy and asthma in children	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