| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Social media and vaccine hesitancy | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 569 |
| 2 | Characterising long COVID: a living systematic review | BMJ Global Health | 2021 | 523 |
| 3 | Infection and mortality of healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19: a systematic review | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 455 |
| 4 | YouTube as a source of information on COVID-19: a pandemic of misinformation? | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 417 |
| 5 | Trends and projections of caesarean section rates: global and regional estimates | BMJ Global Health | 2021 | 410 |
| 6 | Reduction of secondary transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in households by face mask use, disinfection and social distancing: a cohort study in Beijing, China | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 382 |
| 7 | Artificial intelligence (AI) and global health: how can AI contribute to health in resource-poor settings? | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 332 |
| 8 | Impact of Ebola experiences and risk perceptions on mental health in Sierra Leone, July 2015 | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 315 |
| 9 | The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and resilience | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 304 |
| 10 | Sex differences in coronary heart disease and stroke mortality: a global assessment of the effect of ageing between 1980 and 2010 | BMJ Global Health | 2017 | 278 |
| 11 | Zika, chikungunya and dengue: the causes and threats of new and re-emerging arboviral diseases | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 278 |
| 12 | Community engagement for COVID-19 prevention and control: a rapid evidence synthesis | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 243 |
| 13 | Can the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target be achieved? A systematic analysis of national HIV treatment cascades | BMJ Global Health | 2016 | 240 |
| 14 | Lockdown measures in response to COVID-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 237 |
| 15 | Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 224 |
| 16 | The foreign gaze: authorship in academic global health | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 222 |
| 17 | Synthesising quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform guidelines on complex interventions: clarifying the purposes, designs and outlining some methods | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 221 |
| 18 | Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 215 |
| 19 | Determinants of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review | BMJ Global Health | 2016 | 202 |
| 20 | Voices from the frontline: findings from a thematic analysis of a rapid online global survey of maternal and newborn health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 195 |
| 21 | Decolonising global health: if not now, when? | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 190 |
| 22 | Tackling antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 187 |
| 23 | Unprecedented reduction in births of very low birthweight (VLBW) and extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland: a ‘natural experiment’ allowing analysis of data from the prior two decades | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 183 |
| 24 | Estimating health opportunity costs in low-income and middle-income countries: a novel approach and evidence from cross-country data | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 181 |
| 25 | Ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 172 |
| 26 | Qualitative evidence synthesis for complex interventions and guideline development: clarification of the purpose, designs and relevant methods | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 169 |
| 27 | Digital adherence technologies for the management of tuberculosis therapy: mapping the landscape and research priorities | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 166 |
| 28 | Where are the women? Gender inequalities in COVID-19 research authorship | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 166 |
| 29 | Stuck in the middle: a systematic review of authorship in collaborative health research in Africa, 2014–2016 | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 163 |
| 30 | The relatively young and rural population may limit the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Africa: a modelling study | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 162 |
| 31 | Self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 158 |
| 32 | The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 156 |
| 33 | The isolated effect of age on the risk of COVID-19 severe outcomes: a systematic review with meta-analysis | BMJ Global Health | 2021 | 154 |
| 34 | Not just a number: examining coverage and content of antenatal care in low-income and middle-income countries | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 150 |
| 35 | Global action on the social determinants of health | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 149 |
| 36 | Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19 response | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 148 |
| 37 | Assessing global preparedness for the next pandemic: development and application of an Epidemic Preparedness Index | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 146 |
| 38 | Parenting for Lifelong Health: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a non-commercialised parenting programme for adolescents and their families in South Africa | BMJ Global Health | 2018 | 139 |
| 39 | Everyday resilience in district health systems: emerging insights from the front lines in Kenya and South Africa | BMJ Global Health | 2017 | 138 |
| 40 | The importance of an integrating framework for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: the example of health and well-being | BMJ Global Health | 2016 | 135 |
| 41 | Synthesising quantitative evidence in systematic reviews of complex health interventions | BMJ Global Health | 2019 | 133 |
| 42 | Chronic kidney disease and the global NCDs agenda | BMJ Global Health | 2017 | 132 |
| 43 | COVID-19: maintaining essential rehabilitation services across the care continuum | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 132 |
| 44 | Governance of the Covid-19 response: a call for more inclusive and transparent decision-making | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 129 |
| 45 | What is health systems responsiveness? Review of existing knowledge and proposed conceptual framework | BMJ Global Health | 2017 | 128 |
| 46 | The COVID-19 pandemic: diverse contexts; different epidemics—how and why? | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 128 |
| 47 | Community health workers for pandemic response: a rapid evidence synthesis | BMJ Global Health | 2020 | 125 |
| 48 | Chronic kidney disease in low-income to middle-income countries: the case for increased screening | BMJ Global Health | 2017 | 123 |
| 49 | Decolonising global health in 2021: a roadmap to move from rhetoric to reform | BMJ Global Health | 2021 | 123 |
| 50 | The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030: a threat to equity and ‘universal’ health coverage? | BMJ Global Health | 2022 | 123 |
