Most-cited Health Professions papers of 2020, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Health Professions research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

  1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
    Theo Vos, Stephen S Lim et al. · 2020 · 19,293 citations · Free PDF
  2. Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19
    Ezekiel Emanuel, Govind Persad et al. · 2020 · 3,158 citations
  3. An overview of clinical decision support systems: benefits, risks, and strategies for success
    Reed Taylor Sutton, David Pincock et al. · 2020 · 2,974 citations · Free PDF
  4. Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
    Alarcos Cieza, Kate Causey et al. · 2020 · 2,868 citations
  5. Critical Supply Shortages — The Need for Ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Megan L. Ranney, Valerie Griffeth et al. · 2020 · 2,033 citations
  6. The World Health Organization (WHO) approach to healthy ageing
    Ewa Rudnicka, Paulina Napierała et al. · 2020 · 1,728 citations
  7. Supporting the Health Care Workforce During the COVID-19 Global Epidemic
    James G. Adams, Ron M. Walls · 2020 · 1,504 citations
  8. Epidemiology of Covid-19 in a Long-Term Care Facility in King County, Washington
    Temet M. McMichael, Dustin W. Currie et al. · 2020 · 1,324 citations
  9. Research co-design in health: a rapid overview of reviews
    Peter Slattery, Alexander K. Saeri et al. · 2020 · 1,301 citations · Free PDF
  10. Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms
    Matthew Ridley, Gautam Rao et al. · 2020 · 1,227 citations
  11. Burnout in nursing: a theoretical review
    Chiara Dall’Ora, Jane Ball et al. · 2020 · 1,163 citations
  12. Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process—Fourth Edition
    2020 · 1,161 citations
  13. Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health
    Don Nutbeam, Jane E. Lloyd · 2020 · 1,155 citations
  14. Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity
    Francesco Rubino, Rebecca M. Puhl et al. · 2020 · 1,140 citations · Free PDF
  15. A meta‐review of “lifestyle psychiatry”: the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders
    Joseph Firth, Marco Solmi et al. · 2020 · 1,109 citations
  16. A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission
    Helen Clark, Awa Marie Coll‐Seck et al. · 2020 · 1,094 citations
  17. Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Residents of a Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Facility — King County, Washington, March 2020
    Anne A. Kimball, Kelly M Hatfield et al. · 2020 · 1,058 citations
  18. Implications of Language Barriers for Healthcare: A Systematic Review
    Hilal Al Shamsi, Abdullah Ghthaith Almutairi et al. · 2020 · 975 citations
  19. Facing Covid-19 in Italy — Ethics, Logistics, and Therapeutics on the Epidemic’s Front Line
    Lisa R. Rosenbaum · 2020 · 887 citations
  20. Three Decades of Research: The Case for Comprehensive Sex Education
    Eva S. Goldfarb, Lisa Lieberman · 2020 · 827 citations
  21. A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Douglas B. White, Bernard Lo · 2020 · 826 citations
  22. COVID-19: health literacy is an underestimated problem
    Leena T. Paakkari, Orkan Okan · 2020 · 818 citations
  23. International Association of Dental Traumatology guidelines for the management of traumatic dental injuries: 1. Fractures and luxations
    Cecilia Bourguignon, Nestor Cohenca et al. · 2020 · 783 citations · Free PDF
  24. Family Caregiving for Older Adults
    Richard Schulz, Scott R. Beach et al. · 2020 · 742 citations
  25. Burnout in Healthcare Workers: Prevalence, Impact and Preventative Strategies
    Stefan G. De Hert · 2020 · 741 citations · Free PDF

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