Health papers

Pofolia’s corpus holds 109 papers from Health (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.

At a glance

• Most cited: Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review (2015, 14,118 citations).
• The 20 papers listed have 91,839 citations between them.
• 12 of the 13 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 8 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: The Lancet, JAMA, Alzheimer s & Dementia.
• Published between 2012 and 2024.

Most cited

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review

  Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders · 2015 · Q2 · FWCI 1146.41 · 14,118 citations

  Older adults with depression consistently report poorer quality of life (QOL), with greater depression severity linked to worse QOL, a relationship that remains stable over time and across different assessment methods.

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• Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  The Lancet · 2018 · FWCI 1040.56 · 14,109 citations · Open access

  Globally, the total number of years lived with disability (YLDs) increased by 51% from 562 million to 853 million between 1990 and 2017, despite a 3.9% decrease in age-standardized YLD rates.

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• 8 Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

  Multilingual Matters eBooks · 2024 · FWCI 1198.79 · 9,841 citations

  This book argues that academic research has historically been intertwined with European colonialism, imposing 'regimes of truth' that devalue indigenous knowledge. It proposes decolonizing research methods as a means for indigenous peoples to reclaim control over their ways of knowing and being.

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• Loneliness and Social Isolation as Risk Factors for Mortality

  Perspectives on Psychological Science · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 176.11 · 5,799 citations

  Both actual social isolation and perceived loneliness significantly increase the risk of early mortality, comparable to established risk factors.

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• Vaccine hesitancy: Definition, scope and determinants

  Vaccine · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 62.31 · 5,669 citations

  Vaccine hesitancy is defined as a delay or refusal of vaccination despite service availability, influenced by factors like complacency, convenience, and confidence.

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• Cohort Profile: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 8.48 · 5,126 citations · Open access

  The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) is a nationally representative survey tracking the social, economic, and health circumstances of Chinese residents aged 45 and older.

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• Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  The Lancet · 2019 · FWCI 378.51 · 3,764 citations

  Between 1990 and 2017, China saw a 33.1% decrease in age-standardized DALYs for stroke, but a 4.6% increase for ischemic heart disease, with stroke and ischemic heart disease remaining leading causes of death and disability nationally.

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• Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence.

  2013 · FWCI 190.48 · 3,389 citations

  This report provides the first global and regional estimates for the prevalence of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence against women, differentiating these two forms for the first time.

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• Making Neighborhood-Disadvantage Metrics Accessible — The Neighborhood Atlas

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 18.00 · FWCI 72.50 · 3,172 citations

  The Neighborhood Atlas is a new tool designed to make data on neighborhood disadvantage more accessible for research, policy, and health interventions.

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• The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014

  JAMA · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 282.07 · 2,833 citations

  Between 2001-2014, higher income was strongly linked to longer life expectancy in the US, with the gap between the richest 1% and poorest 1% reaching 14.6 years for men and 10.1 years for women. This disparity widened significantly over the study period.

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• The Epidemiology of Depression Across Cultures

  Annual Review of Public Health · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 82.07 · 2,723 citations

  Major depression is a common disorder globally, with substantial cross-national variation in prevalence and course, but consistently linked to adverse life outcomes and increased mortality.

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• A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication

  Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 14.21 · 2,596 citations · Open access

  A systematic review of 98 studies found social media offers significant benefits for health communication, including increased interaction, tailored information, and support, but is limited by quality and privacy concerns.

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• Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

  The Lancet · 2024 · FWCI 1142.85 · 2,583 citations

  In 2021, particulate matter air pollution was the leading global contributor to disease burden, accounting for 8.0% of total DALYs, followed by high systolic blood pressure (7.8%) and smoking (5.7%). Metabolic risks increased significantly from 2000-2021, while behavioral and environmental risks declined.

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• Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 85.40 · 2,503 citations · Open access

  Social isolation, but not loneliness, independently predicts higher all-cause mortality in older adults, even after accounting for demographic factors and baseline health.

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• The State of US Health, 1990-2010

  JAMA · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 240.06 · 2,466 citations

  US life expectancy rose to 78.2 years and healthy life expectancy to 68.1 years between 1990 and 2010, yet the US health ranking among wealthy nations declined significantly, particularly in disability-adjusted life-years.

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• Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications

  ISRN Psychiatry · 2012 · FWCI 27.43 · 2,320 citations · Open access

  This review synthesizes over a century of research, finding consistent links between religion/spirituality (R/S) and both positive mental health outcomes and improved physical health behaviors and conditions.

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• Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

  The Lancet · 2016 · FWCI 343.09 · 2,234 citations · Open access

  Global health is improving, with healthy life expectancy increasing by an average of 2.9-3.5 years between 2005-2015, yet populations are spending more time with functional health loss overall.

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• 2021 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

  Alzheimer s & Dementia · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 221.32 · 2,224 citations

  Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects 6.2 million Americans, with projected growth to 13.8 million by 2060 without breakthroughs. AD deaths increased over 145% between 2000-2019, making it the sixth leading cause of death.

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• Vaccine hesitancy

  Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 28.69 · 2,208 citations · Open access

  Vaccine hesitancy, a growing perception of vaccines as unsafe and unnecessary, is a significant threat to public health, leading to decreased vaccination coverage and increased outbreaks of preventable diseases.

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• COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Worldwide: A Concise Systematic Review of Vaccine Acceptance Rates

  Vaccines · 2021 · Q1 · FWCI 57.98 · 2,162 citations · Open access

  COVID-19 vaccine acceptance varies significantly worldwide, with rates as high as 97.0% in Ecuador and as low as 23.6% in Kuwait among the general public.

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Recently added

• The mediational role of close teacher-student relationships in the link between loneliness and academic achievement: A longitudinal study in junior high school students

  International Journal of Adolescence and Youth · 2026 · Q1

  Loneliness indirectly reduces junior high students' academic achievement by weakening close teacher-student relationships, according to a longitudinal study of 314 Italian students.

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• Dental Students' Perceptions of Social Media for Practical Training: A Single Institution Cross‐Sectional Survey

  European Journal Of Dental Education · 2026 · Q1

  A survey of 465 dental students found that the majority perceive social media, especially YouTube, as a valuable tool for understanding practical procedures, though they express neutral to varied opinions on platform reliability and ethical compliance.

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• Beyond individual risk: social structure and the production of youth health risk behaviour in Indonesia

  Critical Public Health · 2026 · Q2

  A more advantaged social structure in adolescence predicts lower health-risk behaviour in young adulthood and less adverse behavioural change over time in Indonesia (n=11,539).

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• Accessing clinical trial information via two social media platforms: the new normal for patients and stakeholders

  Scientific Reports · 2026 · Q1

  Bluesky discourse on clinical trials is more cohesive and research-oriented than Twitter (X), which shows fragmented, event-driven communication with higher positivity and content variability.

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• Strengthening Youth Crisis Reporting and Response: Development of a Practice-Based Systems Maturity Model

  Health Promotion Practice · 2026 · Q1

  A new practice-based Youth Crisis Reporting and Response Maturity Model, developed through a multicounty pilot, provides a framework for assessing and improving coordination across fragmented youth-serving systems.

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• Coverage and adherence to the German childhood vaccination schedule: results from the KUNO-Kids health study

  Vaccine · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  Only 50-55% of German children completed the primary vaccination schedule by 2 years old, rising to 59-76% by age 4, with lower coverage for multi-dose vaccines like hexavalent (71-76%) compared to MMR (86-87%) at 2 years.

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• Determinants of community pharmacists’ intention to provide pharmacist-driven vaccination services in selected Arabic-speaking countries: a theory of planned behaviour-based structural equation modelling study

  Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice · 2026 · Q1

  Pharmacists' intention to provide vaccination services is driven most strongly by their personal development attitude (β = 0.724), followed by subjective norm (β = 0.180) and perceived behavioural control (β = 0.152), explaining 67.2% of the variance.

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• A County-Level Collaboration to Reduce Infant Mortality: Cradle Cincinnati

  PEDIATRICS · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 2.00

  Cradle Cincinnati, a county-level collective impact initiative, significantly reduced infant mortality in Hamilton County, Ohio, from 11.1 to 5.5 deaths per 1000 live births between 2008 and 2023.

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