Alejandro Velazco

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alejandro Velazco is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Velazco has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 6 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 1 paper in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Velazco's work include Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (6 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (5 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (4 papers). Alejandro Velazco is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (6 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (5 papers) and Maternal and fetal healthcare (4 papers). Alejandro Velazco collaborates with scholars based in Paraguay, Argentina and United States. Alejandro Velazco's co-authors include Aníbal Faúndes, Daniel Wojdyla, Marius Kublickas, Nelly Zavaleta, Vicente Bataglia, Guillermo Carroli, Allan Donner, Arnaldo Acosta, Eliette Valladares and Mariana Romero and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Velazco

7 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2007 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in Latin America
    2006 669 citations José Villar, Eliette Valladares et al. The Lancet profile →
  2. Maternal and neonatal individual risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery: multicentre prospective study
    2007 491 citations José Villar, Guillermo Carroli et al. BMJ profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Velazco Paraguay 6 1.2k 1.1k 268 252 84 8 1.4k
Vicente Bataglia Paraguay 8 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 287 1.1× 268 1.1× 89 1.1× 11 1.6k
Archana Shah Switzerland 8 1.3k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 282 1.1× 253 1.0× 91 1.1× 13 1.6k
MR Torloni Brazil 8 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 312 1.2× 187 0.7× 78 0.9× 9 1.4k
Sofı́a Reynoso Peru 9 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 380 1.4× 272 1.1× 95 1.1× 13 1.6k
Arnaldo Acosta United States 11 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 280 1.0× 278 1.1× 127 1.5× 13 1.6k
Justus Hofmeyr South Africa 12 723 0.6× 768 0.7× 304 1.1× 153 0.6× 89 1.1× 27 1.2k
Gülmezoğlu Am South Africa 6 744 0.6× 772 0.7× 292 1.1× 87 0.3× 106 1.3× 11 1.0k
Mónica Chamillard Argentina 6 709 0.6× 781 0.7× 201 0.8× 111 0.4× 73 0.9× 10 957
Diane Sawchuck Canada 21 951 0.8× 644 0.6× 205 0.8× 155 0.6× 52 0.6× 50 1.2k
Martine Eskes Netherlands 17 678 0.6× 592 0.5× 189 0.7× 182 0.7× 48 0.6× 39 959

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Velazco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Velazco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Velazco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Velazco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Velazco based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Velazco. Alejandro Velazco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Velazco, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Huella de carbono generada por la producción de huevos. Caso: granja avícola Velasco, provincia de Manabí, Ecuador. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17(1).
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Souza, João Paulo, José Guilherme Cecatti, Aníbal Faúndes, et al.. (2010). Maternal near miss and maternal death in the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 88(2). 113–119. 124 indexed citations
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Taljaard, Monica, Allan Donner, José Villar, et al.. (2008). Intracluster correlation coefficients from the 2005 WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health: implications for implementation research. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 22(2). 117–125. 55 indexed citations
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Villar, José, Guillermo Carroli, Nelly Zavaleta, et al.. (2007). Maternal and neonatal individual risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery: multicentre prospective study. BMJ. 335(7628). 1025–1025. 491 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cecatti, José Guilherme, et al.. (2007). Uso de misoprostol en obstetricia y ginecología. 2 indexed citations
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Villar, José, Eliette Valladares, Daniel Wojdyla, et al.. (2006). Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in Latin America. The Lancet. 367(9525). 1819–1829. 669 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wojdyla, Daniel, Nelly Zavaleta, Guillermo Carroli, et al.. (2006). Caesarean Delivery Rates and Pregnancy Outcomes: The 2005 WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health in Latin America. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 61(11). 693–694. 54 indexed citations
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Villar, José, Eliette Valladares, Daniel Wojdyla, et al.. (2006). Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in. 50 indexed citations

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