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The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
H-index 41

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

2667-193X

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/home

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 546 212 199 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 428
Documents by Best Scientists*: 352
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 17
SCIMAGO H-index: 37
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.698
Impact Factor: 7.6

Top Publications

  • Persistent depressive symptoms during COVID-19: a national, population-representative, longitudinal study of U.S. adults.

    Catherine K. Ettman;Catherine K. Ettman;Gregory H. Cohen;Salma M. Abdalla;Laura Sampson

    (2022)
    204 Citations
  • An updated profile of the cancer burden, patterns and trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

    (2022)
    149 Citations
  • Effectiveness of CoronaVac among healthcare workers in the setting of high SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant transmission in Manaus, Brazil: A test-negative case-control study.

    Matt D.T. Hitchings;Otavio T. Ranzani;Mario Sergio Scaramuzzini Torres;Silvano Barbosa de Oliveira;Silvano Barbosa de Oliveira

    (2021)
    139 Citations
  • The association of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy with preterm birth: A retrospective cohort study in California

    Deborah Karasek;Rebecca J. Baer;Rebecca J. Baer;Monica R. McLemore;April J. Bell

    (2021)
    126 Citations
  • Risk of severe clinical outcomes among persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection with differing levels of vaccination during widespread Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Delta (B.1.617.2) variant circulation in Northern California: A retrospective cohort study

    (2022)
    102 Citations
  • Peru – Progress in health and sciences in 200 years of independence

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • 2021 World Health Organization guideline on pharmacological treatment of hypertension: Policy implications for the region of the Americas

    (2022)
    93 Citations
  • Influence of age on the effectiveness and duration of protection of Vaxzevria and CoronaVac vaccines: A population-based study

    (2021)
    85 Citations
  • Leading causes of excess mortality in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2021: A death certificates study in a middle-income country

    (2022)
    84 Citations
  • Long-term impact of HPV vaccination and COVID-19 pandemic on oropharyngeal cancer incidence and burden among men in the USA: A modeling study

    (2021)
    66 Citations

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