Lancet Public Health

Papers
(The TQCC of Lancet Public Health is 23. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e326–383327
Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing453
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2025; 10: e189–202390
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications384
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e684–99255
Measles virus transmission patterns and public health responses during Operation Allies Welcome: a descriptive epidemiological study252
Hearing health and dementia – Authors' reply250
Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of gastric cancer – Authors' reply222
Placing a housing lens on neighbourhood disadvantage, socioeconomic position and mortality215
Accuracy for key parameters in modelling study201
How lifestyle, social determinants of health, and sex shape life expectancy in China194
Impact of the “when the fun stops, stop” gambling message on online gambling behaviour: a randomised, online experimental study181
The effect of healthy lifestyles and social determinants on independent life expectancy and sex differences in China: evidence from a 13-year cohort study179
The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities171
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e585–99160
Inequalities in cancer: a major public health concern156
Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in China: a nationwide cohort study based on the ChinaHEART project153
Effect of a physical activity and behaviour maintenance programme on functional mobility decline in older adults: the REACT (Retirement in Action) randomised controlled trial147
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy139
Health and cancer risks associated with low levels of alcohol consumption136
Beyond statistics: health inequities in rural and remote communities of Australia130
The natural history of DSM-5 alcohol-use disorder from late adolescence to middle adulthood in Australia: a prospective cohort study125
Modelling the case for alcohol pricing policy in the USA119
Investigating associations between long-term poverty exposure and premature mortality: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 prospective cohort119
Homeless shelter contacts and suicide risk: a critical window for intervention118
New insights on risks associated with early adulthood BMI call for more evidence and earlier action118
Life expectancy and mortality among males and females with HIV in British Columbia in 1996–2020: a population-based cohort study117
100–100–100: a new, ambitious treatment target to end the HIV and hepatitis C epidemics114
Cannabis use and public health: time for a comprehensive harm-to-others framework105
Improving access to sexual and reproductive health care105
Considerations for maintaining functional mobility in older populations104
Updating estimated trends in dementia incidence: evidence of increases in England103
Healthy lifestyles are key to improving life expectancy in China102
Pregnancy, overweight, and obesity: time to invest in preventive strategies99
COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world96
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 study96
Educational and social inequalities and cause-specific mortality in Mexico City: a prospective study89
Effects of gender-transformative relationships and sexuality education to reduce adolescent pregnancy (the JACK trial): a cluster-randomised trial87
Life course epidemiology and public health87
Housing interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence: a systematic review86
Disability inclusivity: time to step up85
Adolescent substance use patterns and subsequent risk of mental and behavioural disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviour: a cohort study84
Compounded inequality: racial disparity and Down syndrome83
Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on neonatal mortality and infant mortality across 106 middle-income countries: a synthetic control study82
The path to Universal Health Coverage80
Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study of NHS privatisation80
Association between influenza vaccination and risk of stroke in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study80
Healthy workplaces for a healthy living79
A public health perspective on assisted dying and its different modalities79
Premature mortality and socioeconomic inequalities in Mexico79
The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing77
Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis77
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 study76
The prevalence of gambling and problematic gambling: a systematic review and meta-analysis75
Tackling health inequalities in Indigenous Peoples74
Is multimorbidity a useful concept for public health?74
The connection between homelessness and dementia73
A missed opportunity to tackle health inequity in the USA?70
Health care universalism in Italy: a debunked myth69
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e942–6569
Do age-standardised dementia incidence rates really increase in England and Wales?66
The health impact of Scotland's Baby Box Scheme: a natural experiment evaluation using national linked health data66
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e718–2066
Can slogans prevent gambling harm?66
A last taboo in public health65
Risk factors underlying racial and ethnic disparities in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, 2011–19: a multiple mediation analysis of national surveillance data65
Prevalence of stroke in China: overestimated?63
Implementation efforts to support transition to HPV-based cervical cancer screening63
Cancer risk and legalisation of access to cannabis in the USA: overview of the evidence63
Incorporating social environment data in infectious disease research61
The burden of cirrhosis mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–19: a systematic analysis of health disparities61
Immunisation status of UK-bound refugees between January, 2018, and October, 2019: a retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study61
Life-years lost in people experiencing homelessness and other high-risk groups in Denmark: a population-based, register-based, cohort study59
Social health—the neglected third pillar59
Carceral epidemiology: mass incarceration and structural racism during the COVID-19 pandemic58
Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions58
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 pandemic57
Cash transfers: addressing barriers for people living with disabilities57
Addressing equity gaps in fall-related injuries55
Extending a lifeline to people with HIV and opioid use disorder during the war in Ukraine55
Integrating prevention and treatment: rethinking China's health financing54
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2022; 7: e492–9353
An effective pandemic treaty requires accountability53
Health and inequity in Australia52
Accelerated partner therapy should be part of the suite of contact tracing options52
Tackling the crisis of the Italian National Health Fund52
One less dose of HPV vaccine to prevent cancer52
Linking police and health data for research52
Denormalising alcohol industry activities in schools52
Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study50
Quantifying the effect of delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose in England: a mathematical modelling study49
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 study48
Effectiveness of nationwide programmatic testing and treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in migrants in England: a retrospective, population-based cohort study47
Projecting prevalence of frailty and dementia and the economic cost of care in Japan from 2016 to 2043: a microsimulation modelling study47
Mandatory salt targets: a key policy tool for global salt reduction efforts47
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) trial47
Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study46
Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study46
Medical conditions and the risk of subsequent major depressive disorder: a nationwide, register-based, retrospective cohort study45
Adverse childhood experiences among children of parents who are refugees affected by trauma in Denmark: a register-based cohort study45
Proactive surveillance for avian influenza H5N1 and other priority pathogens at mass gathering events44
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2024; 9: e432–4244
Mass incarceration as a driver of the tuberculosis epidemic in Latin America and projected effects of policy alternatives: a mathematical modelling study44
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes43
Exposure to work-related sexual violence and health42
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes42
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes42
Anyone can drown. No one should.42
The association between unpaid labour and mental health in working-age adults in Australia from 2002 to 2020: a longitudinal population-based cohort study41
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 livin41
Investing in adolescent health and wellbeing41
The HPV self-collection paradox: boosting cervical cancer screening, struggling with follow-up care40
Cirrhosis incidence across socioeconomic and demographic groups in Sweden: a register-based cohort study40
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data38
The effect of social deprivation on the dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 infection in France: a population-based analysis37
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 data37
Investing in bereavement care as a public health priority37
Screen no matter the risk?36
Heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and overall morbidities: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 1996 to 201836
Hepatitis A targeted vaccination in England: a system challenge36
Overdose mortality incidence and supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: an ecological study and spatial analysis36
Cities at the heart of the climate action and public health agenda35
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2023; 8: e329–3835
The role of simulation modelling in public health policy evaluation35
Influenza vaccination and stroke risk: additional factors should be considered35
Linking police and health data for research – Authors' reply35
Economic costs of neurological and mental health care: implications for research and policy action34
Digital mental health: a potential opportunity to improve health equity in China34
Effect of extending PrEP initiation to primary care settings: a nationwide cohort study in France34
Addressing public health and health system challenges in Greece: reform priorities in a changing landscape34
Universal health coverage in China part 2: addressing challenges and recommendations33
Estimated health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of implementing WHO's sodium benchmarks for packaged foods in India: a modelling study33
Public health interventions against childhood obesity in China33
The ecosystem of health decision making: from fragmentation to synergy33
Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults33
Unsecured debt in early adulthood and premature mortality in adults in the USA: a longitudinal analysis of prospective national cohort data33
Thank you to The Lancet Public Health's reviewers in 202432
Universal health coverage in the context of migration and displacement: a cosmopolitan perspective32
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 experiment32
Reflections on daily steps and health outcomes – Authors' reply32
Family-wide effects of adverse childhood experiences32
COVID-19 surveillance in England: lessons for the next pandemic31
Estimating the effects of preventive and weight-management interventions on the prevalence of childhood obesity in England: a modelling study31
Housing at the intersection of health and climate change31
Mental health and lower adolescent HPV vaccine coverage31
Public health approaches to gambling: a global review of legislative trends30
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study30
The adverse public health effects of non-medical cannabis legalisation in Canada and the USA30
Determinants of childhood obesity in China30
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
Reflections on the tobacco-free generation: methodological challenges and global implications – Authors’ reply28
The Sheffield model's influence in informing alcohol control policy28
Preventing suicide: a call to action28
Evaluating US county health-care system performance and key associated factors (2014–19): a Triple Aim framework analysis28
Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 201927
Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases in migrants in Europe in the era of universal health coverage27
Cancer screening in China: a steep road from evidence to implementation27
Do we need a European Health Union?26
Australia's public health achievements and population health gains26
Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access26
Accelerated partner therapy contact tracing for people with chlamydia (LUSTRUM): a crossover cluster-randomised controlled trial26
Effects of urban to regional emissions on the air pollution health burden in Europe26
Correction to Lancet Public Health 2021; 6: e598–60726
Sex differences in the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based immunoreactivity surveys25
Public health interventions to address digital determinants of children's health and wellbeing25
Promoting health beyond prison walls25
National, regional, and global statistics on alcohol consumption and associated burden of disease 2000–20: a modelling study and comparative risk assessment24
Community wealth building could address substance use disorders24
Mortality risk from first shelter contact: rethinking exposure24
Potential population-level effectiveness of one-dose HPV vaccination in low-income and middle-income countries: a mathematical modelling analysis24
Men's mental health: we need systems, not symbols24
The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe24
Changes in use and utilisation patterns of drugs with reported shortages between 2010 and 2024 in Europe and North America: a network cohort study24
The mental health needs of displaced people exposed to armed conflict23
Integrating health responses to family adversity and intimate partner violence is crucial23
Clinical impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of hospital-based strategies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: a modelling study23
For-profit health care might be damaging population health23
Health outcomes and psychosocial determinants in young carers: a systematic review23
Living a long life is a multi-step process23
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 Prison23
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