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Papers

(The median citation count of Lancet Public Health is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health	2332
Evaluation of a national smoke-free prisons policy using medication dispensing: an interrupted time-series analysis	510
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study	346
Reducing COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons through public health-centred policies	308
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply	257
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–38	220
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e408–15	216
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99	211
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study	198
Tuberculosis in prisons: an unintended sentence?	190
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing	175
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern	172
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99	172
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer – Authors' reply	170
Placing a housing lens on neighbourhood disadvantage, socioeconomic position and mortality	168
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project	167
Is a new COVID-19 social contract appropriate?	149
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications	147
Impact of the “when the fun stops, stop” gambling message on online gambling behaviour: a randomised, online experimental study	146
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities	139
Life expectancy and risk of death in 6791 communities in England from 2002 to 2019: high-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of civil registration data	133
Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: the REACT (Retirement in Action) randomised controlled trial	132
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy	126
Disparities in stage at diagnosis for five common cancers in China: a multicentre, hospital-based, observational study	126
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption	125

Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China	121
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	120
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 study	118
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial	106
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care	105
100–100–100: a new, ambitious treatment target to end the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics	103
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England	101
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action	99
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study	98
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies	97
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia	97
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study	93
Considerations for maintaining functional mobility in older populations	93
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework	91
Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review	88
Life course epidemiology and public health	86
Medications and risk of motor vehicle collision responsibility in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based case-control study	80
Are older people with disabilities neglected in the COVID-19 pandemic?	78
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis	77
Disability inclusivity: time to step up	77
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation	76
Managing COVID-19 importation risks in a heterogeneous world	75
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living	75
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?	75
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico	74
The path to Universal Health Coverage	73
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome	72
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing	71
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis	68
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study	66
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study	65
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 study	65
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; published online May 27. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00065-7	64
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–65	63
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?	62
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–20	62
A last taboo in public health	62
Can slogans prevent gambling harm?	62
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities	61
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data	61
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence	61
The connection between homelessness and dementia	61
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?	60
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based cervical cancer screening	60
Prevalence of stroke in China: overestimated?	60
Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study	57
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth	57
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 pandemic	57
Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic	57
Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011–19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data	56

Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study	55
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions	55
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research	53
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study	51
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities	51
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund	51
Health and inequity in Australia	49
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools	49
One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer	49
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e492–93	49
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options	49
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) trial	47
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing	47
Linking police and health data for research	47
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries	46
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts	46
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study	46
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study	46
Achieving malaria elimination in China	46
Projecting prevalence of frailty and dementia and the economic cost of care in Japan from 2016 to 2043: a microsimulation modelling study	45
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability	45
Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study	45
Extending a lifeline to people with HIV and opioid use disorder during the war in Ukraine	45
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 study	45
Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe	44
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study	44
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study	44
Effectiveness of nationwide programmatic testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study	43
Inequalities in paediatric obesity trends: challenges and opportunities	42
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 2018	41
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–42	41
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study	40
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care	40
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 livin	39
China's public health system: time for improvement	39
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health	39
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing	39
Anyone can drown. No one should.	39
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 data	39
The effect of social deprivation on the dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 infection in France: a population-based analysis	38
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: scaling up for impact now and in the future	38
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events	38
Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis	37
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority	37
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered	36
Pandemic preparedness in the 21st century: which way forward?	36
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation	36
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply	36
Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	36
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China	35
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China	35
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–38	35
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations	34
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study	34
The ecosystem of health decision making: from fragmentation to synergy	33
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda	33
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action	32
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France	32
Screen no matter the risk?	32
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults	32
Harnessing the opportunity to achieve health equity in China	32
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic	31
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 2024	31
HIV 40: inequalities fuel pandemics	31
Outbreaks of COVID-19 variants in US prisons: a mathematical modelling analysis of vaccination and reopening policies	30
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage	30
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study	30
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences	30
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 experiment	30
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends	29
Determinants of childhood obesity in China	29
Emotional demands at work and risk of long-term sickness absence in 1·5 million employees in Denmark: a prospective cohort study on effect modifiers	29
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 2021	29
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA	29
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study	28
Do we need a European Health Union?	28
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial	27
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe	27
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains	27
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis	27

The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy	27
Promoting health beyond prison walls	27
Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access	27
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e598–607	27
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply	26
Strengthening public health for a Healthy China	26
Preventing suicide: a call to action	26
Targeted smoking cessation for dual users of combustible and electronic cigarettes: a randomised controlled trial	25
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage	25
Effect of alternative income assistance schedules on drug use and drug-related harm: a randomised controlled trial	25
Adverse childhood experiences and homelessness: advances and aspirations	25
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing	25
Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	25
Reducing the incidence and mortality from myocardial infarction	24
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation	24
Inequalities in early childhood body-mass index Z scores in Victoria, Australia: a 15-year observational study	24
Integrating health responses to family adversity and intimate partner violence is crucial	24
Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
The mental health needs of displaced people exposed to armed conflict	24
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe	24
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders	23
Living a long life is a multi-step process	23
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 study	22
Socioeconomic position and the COVID-19 care cascade from testing to mortality in Switzerland: a population-based analysis	22
Forecasting the prevalence of dementia	22
Child poverty and children entering care in England, 2015–20: a longitudinal ecological study at the local area level	21
Cognitive and social activities and long-term dementia risk – Authors' reply	21
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 Prison	21
For-profit health care might be damaging population health	21
Alcohol intake and cause-specific mortality: conventional and genetic evidence in a prospective cohort study of 512 000 adults in China	20
Clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: a modelling study	20
Burden of hepatitis B and C in Europe calls for political impetus to accelerate elimination efforts	19
The effect of devolution on health: a generalised synthetic control analysis of Greater Manchester, England	19
Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990–2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	19
Social determinants of health and premature death among adults in the USA from 1999 to 2018: a national cohort study	19
New-generation pneumococcal vaccines for children	19
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e537–48	19
Cancer screening participation and outcomes among people with an intellectual disability in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional population-based study	18
Ending tuberculosis in China: health system challenges	18
Prevalence of dementia among people experiencing homelessness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based comparative analysis	18
COVID-19 and social inequalities: a complex and dynamic interaction	18
Cost-effectiveness of population-based screening for diabetes and hypertension in India: an economic modelling study	18
State of health and inequalities among Italian regions from 2000 to 2021: a systematic analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	18
Access to abortion in Canada	18
Policies and interventions to reduce harmful gambling: an international Delphi consensus and implementation rating study	18
68th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Annual Scientific meeting	18
Time trends in the epidemiology of food allergy in England: an observational analysis of Clinical Practice Research Datalink data	17
Tackling the growing burden of nitrous oxide-induced public health harms	17
Climate disasters and mental health: directions for research, practice, and policy	17
Health impact and economic evaluation of the Expanded Program on Immunization in China from 1974 to 2024: a modelling study	17
Early adulthood BMI and cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study from the China Kadoorie Biobank	17
Clustering of adverse health and educational outcomes in adolescence following early childhood disadvantage: population-based retrospective UK cohort study	17
Nowcasting and forecasting the care needs of the older population in China: analysis of data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)	17
Addressing health inequalities in gender diverse people	16
Prescription medication use and crash risk: taking responsibility for a new global challenge	16
Hearing health and dementia	16
Medicaid expansion and variability in mortality in the USA: a national, observational cohort study	16
Alcohol rehabilitation and cancer risk: a nationwide hospital cohort study in France	16
Risks of using taxation as a public health measure to reduce gambling-related harms	16
Hearing health and dementia	16
Forthcoming challenges for COVID-19 data collection	16
Acceptability and perceptions of personalised risk-based cancer screening among health-care professionals and the general public: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Innovative methods needed to understand links between gambling and self-harm	16
Our environment, our health	15
COVID-19 pandemic: what's next for public health?	15
State care in childhood and adult mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies	15
Initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health service use and unmet need in Britain: findings from a quasi-representative survey (Natsal-COVID)	15
Acute COVID-19 severity and mental health morbidity trajectories in patient populations of six nations: an observational study	15
Will dementia hamper healthy ageing?	15
The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling	14
The 2024 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: launching a new low-carbon, healthy journey	14
Incidence, process of care, and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in China: a prospective study of the BASIC-OHCA registry	14
Dementia incidence trend in England and Wales, 2002–19, and projection for dementia burden to 2040: analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing	14
The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future	14
Identification of factors associated with opioid-related and hepatitis C virus-related hospitalisations at the ZIP code area level in the USA: an ecological and modelling study	14
Sex workers health: time to act	13
Valuing teaching in academic public health—time for a culture shift	13
Behind elevated hospitalisation rates: addressing racism in the medical system	13
Using administrative data to assess early-life policies	13
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e175–83	13
The role of occupational physical activity on longevity	13
Estimating antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe—what are the next steps?	13
COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide organ transplantation: a population-based study	13
Closing the mortality gap for people with disabilities	13
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e834–35	13
A multifaceted approach to intensive care unit capacity	13
Challenges in screening and general health checks in China	13
Alcohol in France: room for improvement	12
Childhood obesity beyond COVID-19	12
Effectiveness of contact tracing in the control of infectious diseases: a systematic review	12
Hepatitis C elimination: why prisoners' health must be revalued	12
Neighbourhood characteristics and health: advancing research and practice	12
Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: a public health perspective	12
Contemporary heart failure and comorbidity risk management	12
Trends in alcohol-specific deaths in England, 2001–22: an observational study	12