Alessia Melegaro

5.7k total citations
68 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Alessia Melegaro is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessia Melegaro has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Epidemiology, 32 papers in Modeling and Simulation and 18 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Alessia Melegaro's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (32 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (18 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (16 papers). Alessia Melegaro is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (32 papers), Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (18 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (16 papers). Alessia Melegaro collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Alessia Melegaro's co-authors include W. John Edmunds, Nigel Gay, Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler, Richard Pebody, Albert Jan van Hoek, Elizabeth Miller, W. John Edmunds, Emilio Zagheni and Piero Manfredi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alessia Melegaro

68 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessia Melegaro Italy 34 2.0k 879 513 509 446 68 3.2k
Kari Auranen Finland 28 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 367 0.7× 720 1.4× 702 1.6× 99 3.8k
Albert Jan van Hoek United Kingdom 33 2.6k 1.3× 495 0.6× 660 1.3× 582 1.1× 547 1.2× 94 3.3k
Janneke C. M. Heijne Netherlands 23 1.5k 0.8× 1.5k 1.7× 370 0.7× 1.1k 2.2× 590 1.3× 75 3.2k
Jodie McVernon Australia 35 2.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 297 0.6× 977 1.9× 921 2.1× 177 3.9k
Stefan Flasche United Kingdom 32 1.7k 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 392 0.8× 1.2k 2.4× 239 0.5× 102 3.5k
Małgorzata Sadkowska-Todys Poland 12 1.0k 0.5× 1.4k 1.6× 292 0.6× 842 1.7× 220 0.5× 108 2.7k
Ashleigh R. Tuite Canada 29 990 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 277 0.5× 1.2k 2.3× 291 0.7× 124 3.3k
Magdalena Rosińska Poland 17 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 317 0.6× 1.0k 2.0× 107 0.2× 147 2.9k
Heath Kelly Australia 35 2.8k 1.4× 857 1.0× 620 1.2× 996 2.0× 122 0.3× 141 3.9k
Punam Mangtani United Kingdom 38 2.4k 1.2× 619 0.7× 789 1.5× 1.9k 3.8× 202 0.5× 118 5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Alessia Melegaro

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alessia Melegaro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessia Melegaro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alessia Melegaro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alessia Melegaro 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 Alessia Melegaro. Alessia Melegaro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Genie, Mesfin G., Katie Attwell, Arthur E. Attema, et al.. (2025). Are we ready for the next pandemic? Public preferences and trade-offs between vaccine characteristics and societal restrictions across 21 countries. Social Science & Medicine. 366. 117687–117687. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Carol, Moses C. Kiti, Emanuele Del Fava, et al.. (2021). Rapid Review of Social Contact Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Epidemiology. 32(6). 781–791. 68 indexed citations
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Kiti, Moses C., Obianuju Genevieve Aguolu, Carol Liu, et al.. (2021). Social contact patterns among employees in 3 U.S. companies during early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, April to June 2020. Epidemics. 36. 100481–100481. 9 indexed citations
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Duch, Raymond, Laurence Roope, Mara Violato, et al.. (2021). Citizens from 13 countries share similar preferences for COVID-19 vaccine allocation priorities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(38). 36 indexed citations
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Zardini, Agnese, Marcello Tirani, Danilo Cereda, et al.. (2021). A quantitative assessment of epidemiological parameters required to investigate COVID-19 burden. Epidemics. 37. 100530–100530. 6 indexed citations
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Poletti, Piero, Marcello Tirani, Danilo Cereda, et al.. (2021). Seroprevalence of and Risk Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy. JAMA Network Open. 4(7). e2115699–e2115699. 51 indexed citations
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Poletti, Piero, Marcello Tirani, Danilo Cereda, et al.. (2020). Age-specific SARS-CoV-2 infection fatality ratio and associated risk factors, Italy, February to April 2020. Eurosurveillance. 25(31). 43 indexed citations
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Hoang, Thang Van, Pietro Coletti, Alessia Melegaro, et al.. (2019). A Systematic Review of Social Contact Surveys to Inform Transmission Models of Close-contact Infections. Epidemiology. 30(5). 723–736. 123 indexed citations
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Marziano, Valentina, Piero Poletti, Filippo Trentini, et al.. (2019). Parental vaccination to reduce measles immunity gaps in Italy. eLife. 8. 9 indexed citations
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McKee, Martin, Walter Ricciardi, Luigi Siciliani, et al.. (2018). Increasing vaccine uptake: confronting misinformation and disinformation. 24(3). 24–35. 2 indexed citations
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Toffolutti, Veronica, Martin McKee, Alessia Melegaro, Walter Ricciardi, & David Stückler. (2018). Austerity, measles and mandatory vaccination: cross-regional analysis of vaccination in Italy 2000–14. European Journal of Public Health. 29(1). 123–127. 16 indexed citations
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Trentini, Filippo, Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler, & Alessia Melegaro. (2017). Measles immunity gaps and the progress towards elimination: a multi-country modelling analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 17(10). 1089–1097. 40 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiong, Albert Jan van Hoek, Michael G. Kenward, Alessia Melegaro, & Mark Jit. (2016). Clustering of contacts relevant to the spread of infectious disease. Epidemics. 17. 1–9. 13 indexed citations
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Fava, Emanuele Del, Raffaella Piccarreta, Simon Gregson, & Alessia Melegaro. (2016). Transition to Parenthood and HIV Infection in Rural Zimbabwe. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0163730–e0163730. 3 indexed citations
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Tirani, Marcello, Michela Meregaglia, & Alessia Melegaro. (2015). Health and Economic Outcomes of Introducing the New MenB Vaccine (Bexsero) into the Italian Routine Infant Immunisation Programme. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123383–e0123383. 33 indexed citations
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González‐Lorenzo, Marien, Alessandra Piatti, Maria Gramegna, et al.. (2014). Conceptual frameworks and key dimensions to support coverage decisions for vaccines. Vaccine. 33(9). 1206–1217. 17 indexed citations
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Hoek, Albert Jan van, et al.. (2011). Modelling the impact of a combined varicella and zoster vaccination programme on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus in England. Vaccine. 29(13). 2411–2420. 93 indexed citations
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House, Thomas, Marc Baguelin, Albert Jan van Hoek, et al.. (2011). Modelling the impact of local reactive school closures on critical care provision during an influenza pandemic. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 278(1719). 2753–2760. 47 indexed citations
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Pitman, Richard, Alessia Melegaro, D. Gelb, et al.. (2006). Assessing the burden of influenza and other respiratory infections in England and Wales. Journal of Infection. 54(6). 530–538. 130 indexed citations
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Melegaro, Alessia, Nigel Gay, & Graham F. Medley. (2004). Estimating the transmission parameters of pneumococcal carriage in households. Epidemiology and Infection. 132(3). 433–441. 107 indexed citations

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