PCD Article Metrics

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is committed to excellence in scholarly publishing and collects a variety of metrics that show trends in chronic disease prevention research and practice and help to inform PCD’s future direction. PCD annually reports its rank among public health journals through its impact factor and in Google Scholar and Scopus. In addition, PCD collects metrics on scholarly citations, webpage views and downloads, media attention, and social media visibility and engagement. These metrics, which are regularly updated on our website, provide us with the most accurate and complete picture of the journal’s impact and reach with our readers, scholars and practitioners in the field, the news media, and the general public.

The “Most Viewed” metric indicates the number of times a PCD article has been viewed during a certain period. This metric is the sum of web page views and views of the downloadable PDF version of the article.

The “Most Viewed” metric indicates the number of times a PCD article has been viewed over a certain time period. This metric is the sum of “page views” which are web page views, and “PDF downloads” which are views of the PDF version.
#	Article Title	Page Views
1	Underlying Medical Conditions and Severe Illness Among 540,667 Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March 2020–March 2021	229,379
2	Defining Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables: A Nutrient Density Approach	51,873
3	Men and COVID-19: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Understanding Sex Differences in Mortality and Recommendations for Practice and Policy Interventions	36,755
4	The Role of Public Health in COVID-19 Emergency Response Efforts From a Rural Health Perspective	34,938
5	Oral Health and COVID-19: Increasing the Need for Prevention and Access	31,783
6	Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Obesity in the United States: CDC’s Tracking to Inform State and Local Action	31,205
7	Health Care Industry Insights: Why the Use of Preventive Services Is Still Low	29,632
8	Public Health 3.0: A Call to Action for Public Health to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century	17,829
9	Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among US Adults, 2018	16,256
10	Tools for Implementing an Evidence-Based Approach in Public Health Practice	15,227

The “Most Cited” metric is the number of citations a PCD article has in the bibliographic database Scopusexternal icon.

The “Most Cited” metric is the number of citations a *PCD* article has in the bibliographic database
#	Article Title	Citations
1	COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islandersexternal icon	5
2	Underlying Medical Conditions and Severe Illness Among 540,667 Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March 2020–March 2021external icon	4
3	COVID-19 and Chronic Disease: The Impact Now and in the Futureexternal icon	3
4	Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Among School-Aged Children: Are We Doing Enough?external icon	3
5	Very Low Food Security Among Low-Income Households With Children in California Before and Shortly After the Economic Downturn From COVID-19external icon	3
6	Disparities in Meeting USPSTF Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Among Women in the United Statesexternal icon	2
7	Global Perspectives on Improving Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Diverse Settingsexternal icon	2
8	A Framework for Mobilizing Health Care to Respond to the Community Within the COVID-19 Pandemicexternal icon	2
9	Association of the Neighborhood Built Environment with Incident and Prevalent Depression in the Rural Southexternal icon	2
10	Cancer Incidence Projections in the United States Between 2015 and 2050external icon	2

Altmetric Attention Score

The “Most Attention” score for a research output provides an indicator of the amount of attention that it has received. This information is captured by the system, Altmetric (alternate metrics). This attention and activity are based on the amount of activity from Twitter, Facebook, science blogs, mainstream news, and other sources captured by Altmetric.com for each publication. How the Altmetric Attention Score is calculatedexternal icon

The “Most Attention” score for a research output provides an indicator of the amount of attention that it has received. This information is captured by the system, Altmetric (alternate metrics). This attention and activity are based on the amount of activity from Twitter, Facebook, science blogs, mainstream news, and other sources captured by Altmetric.com for each publication.
#	Altmetric Attention Score	Article Title
1	6,925	Underlying Medical Conditions and Severe Illness Among 540,667 Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19, March 2020–March 2021
2	149	Needs and Preferences Among Food Pantry Clients
3	140	Retail Marketing of Menthol Cigarettes in Los Angeles, California: a Challenge to Health Equity
4	80	Disparities in Internet Access and COVID-19 Vaccination in New York City
5	49	Effect of Inadequate Sleep on Frequent Mental Distress
6	40	Health-Related Behaviors and Odds of COVID-19 Hospitalization in a Military Population
7	38	COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islanders
8	38	COVID-19 and Chronic Disease: The Impact Now and in the Future
9	28	Cancer Incidence Projections in the United States Between 2015 and 2050
10	24	New SNAP Eligibility in California Associated With Improved Food Security and Health

Page last reviewed: February 28, 2022, 12:00 AM

Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion