Alba Ayala

2.0k total citations
81 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alba Ayala is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alba Ayala has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Health, 21 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Alba Ayala's work include Health disparities and outcomes (30 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (14 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (12 papers). Alba Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (30 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (14 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (12 papers). Alba Ayala collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Portugal. Alba Ayala's co-authors include Maria João Forjaz, Carmen Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Pablo Martínez‐Martín, Gloria Fernández‐Mayoralas, Fermina Rojo‐Pérez, María João Forjaz, Susana García‐Gutiérrez, Vicente Rodríguez Rodríguez, María-Eugenia Prieto-Flores and Nerea González and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alba Ayala

75 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alba Ayala Spain	20	439	380	186	179	178	81	1.3k
Catherine Hagan Hennessy United Kingdom	18	402 0.9×	538 1.4×	127 0.7×	206 1.2×	167 0.9×	42	1.4k
Fermina Rojo‐Pérez Spain	21	646 1.5×	530 1.4×	166 0.9×	135 0.8×	93 0.5×	50	1.2k
Linda A. Wray United States	26	445 1.0×	496 1.3×	117 0.6×	183 1.0×	342 1.9×	61	2.0k
Deirdre McLaughlin Australia	25	499 1.1×	393 1.0×	323 1.7×	245 1.4×	138 0.8×	71	2.1k
Mary Kalfoss Norway	19	331 0.8×	453 1.2×	103 0.6×	169 0.9×	72 0.4×	55	1.1k
Susan L. Ivey United States	29	334 0.8×	635 1.7×	277 1.5×	195 1.1×	134 0.8×	81	1.9k
Gloria Fernández‐Mayoralas Spain	24	779 1.8×	648 1.7×	179 1.0×	150 0.8×	111 0.6×	103	1.8k
Suzan van der Pas Netherlands	24	289 0.7×	303 0.8×	148 0.8×	109 0.6×	87 0.5×	53	1.5k
Sheelah Connolly Ireland	20	398 0.9×	621 1.6×	164 0.9×	212 1.2×	79 0.4×	59	1.3k
Michael Donnelly United Kingdom	20	460 1.0×	505 1.3×	96 0.5×	307 1.7×	82 0.5×	55	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen, Alba Ayala, Pilar Bas‐Sarmiento, et al.. (2025). The COVID-19 vaccination health literacy questionnaire (CVHL-Q): Design and validation according to classic psychometric and Rasch analyses. Public Health. 247. 105842–105842.

Forjaz, Maria João, Alba Ayala, Lusilda Schutte, et al.. (2025). Rasch and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Community Wellbeing Index: A Multicountry Validation Study. Social Indicators Research. 179(1). 47–66.

Ayala, Alba, et al.. (2024). Characteristics of adults who reported not having had COVID-19 in Spain after the first two years of the pandemic and associated factors. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 17(3). 435–442.

Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen, et al.. (2024). The health of older caregivers in Spain: a matter of age or a matter of care?. European Journal of Public Health. 34(Supplement_3).

Romero, María Falcón, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Spain and associated factors. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1129079–1129079. 11 indexed citations

Ayala, Alba, Yolanda Ramallo‐Fariña, Amaia Bilbao‐González, & María João Forjaz. (2023). Mapping the EQ-5D-5L from the Spanish national health survey functional disability scale through Bayesian networks. Quality of Life Research. 32(6). 1785–1794. 1 indexed citations

Ayala, Alba, et al.. (2022). Social relations and health in older people in Spain using SHARE survey data. BMC Geriatrics. 22(1). 276–276. 2 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen, María Romay‐Barja, María Falcón Romero, Alba Ayala, & Maria João Forjaz. (2022). Psychometric Properties of the COVID-19 Pandemic Fatigue Scale: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. 8(9). e34675–e34675. 16 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen, et al.. (2022). Ageing Perception as a Key Predictor of Self-Rated Health by Rural Older People—A Study with Gender and Inclusive Perspectives. Land. 11(3). 323–323. 8 indexed citations

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Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen, Maria João Forjaz, Alba Ayala, et al.. (2022). Validation of the Spanish Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in Long-Term Care Settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(23). 16183–16183. 5 indexed citations

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Vives‐Cases, Carmen, Belén Sanz‐Barbero, Alba Ayala, et al.. (2021). Dating Violence Victimization among Adolescents in Europe: Baseline Results from the Lights4Violence Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 1414–1414. 27 indexed citations

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Ayala, Alba, Carmen Vives‐Cases, M. Carmen Davó-Blanes, et al.. (2021). Sexism and its associated factors among adolescents in Europe: Lights4Violence baseline results. Aggressive Behavior. 47(3). 354–363. 14 indexed citations

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Ayala, Alba, Carmen Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga, et al.. (2021). Influence of Active and Healthy Ageing on Quality of Life Changes: Insights from the Comparison of Three European Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(8). 4152–4152. 12 indexed citations

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Jankowiak, Barbara, Belén Sanz‐Barbero, Alba Ayala, et al.. (2020). The Role of School Social Support and School Social Climate in Dating Violence Victimization Prevention among Adolescents in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 8935–8935. 12 indexed citations

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Ambrosio, Leire, Carmen Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Alba Ayala, & Maria João Forjaz. (2020). Rasch analysis of the living with chronic illness scale in Parkinson’s disease. BMC Neurology. 20(1). 346–346. 11 indexed citations

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Ayala, Alba, Óscar Ribeiro, Gloria Fernández‐Mayoralas, et al.. (2020). Are Loneliness and Social Isolation Associated with Quality of Life in Older Adults? Insights from Northern and Southern Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(22). 8637–8637. 57 indexed citations

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Rodríguez‐Blázquez, Carmen, Óscar Ribeiro, Alba Ayala, et al.. (2020). Psychometric Properties of the CASP-12 Scale in Portugal: An Analysis Using SHARE Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(18). 6610–6610. 13 indexed citations

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Ayala, Alba, et al.. (2017). Scale invariance and longitudinal stability of the Physical Functioning Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index using the Rasch model. Rheumatology International. 38(3). 473–479. 4 indexed citations

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Ayala, Alba, et al.. (2014). Which factors are associated with mortality in institutionalized older adults with dementia?. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 59(3). 522–527. 9 indexed citations

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Delgado‐Sanz, Concepción, María-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, María João Forjaz, et al.. (2011). INFLUENCIA DE LOS PROBLEMAS CRÓNICOS DE SALUD EN LAS DIMENSIONES DEL CUESTIONARIO EQ-5D: ESTUDIO EN PERSONAS MAYORES INSTITUCIONALIZADAS Y NO INSTITUCIONALIZADAS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16 indexed citations

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