Antonio Ragusa

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Antonio Ragusa is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonio Ragusa has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 19 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Antonio Ragusa's work include Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (15 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (7 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers). Antonio Ragusa is often cited by papers focused on Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (15 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (7 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers). Antonio Ragusa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Antonio Ragusa's co-authors include Alessandro Svelato, Valentina Notarstefano, Oliana Carnevali, Elisabetta Giorgini, Criselda Santacroce, Mauro Rongioletti, Piera Catalano, Denise Rinaldo, Fabrizio Papa and F. Baiocco and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Antonio Ragusa

51 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

2020 2.1k citations Antonio Ragusa, Alessandro Svelato et al. Environment International profile →
Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk

2022 518 citations Antonio Ragusa, Valentina Notarstefano et al. Polymers profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antonio Ragusa Italy	13	2.4k	1.5k	549	541	496	53	3.2k
Alessandro Svelato Italy	10	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	544 1.0×	538 1.0×	494 1.0×	29	3.2k
Valentina Notarstefano Italy	24	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	774 1.4×	685 1.3×	590 1.2×	68	4.1k
Jundong Wang China	26	2.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	415 0.8×	316 0.6×	602 1.2×	72	3.8k
Mauro Rongioletti Italy	17	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	665 1.2×	464 0.9×	432 0.9×	53	3.2k
F. Baiocco Italy	7	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	396 0.7×	400 0.7×	386 0.8×	15	2.2k
Pius Manser Switzerland	18	687 0.3×	203 0.1×	892 1.6×	1.4k 2.5×	532 1.1×	24	3.9k
Criselda Santacroce Italy	7	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	437 0.8×	430 0.8×	406 0.8×	13	2.3k
Luigi Montano Italy	24	787 0.3×	428 0.3×	584 1.1×	208 0.4×	117 0.2×	63	1.8k
Liliane Diener Switzerland	17	406 0.2×	162 0.1×	412 0.8×	465 0.9×	191 0.4×	21	1.6k
Piera Catalano Italy	7	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	436 0.8×	423 0.8×	406 0.8×	11	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Antonio Ragusa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Antonio Ragusa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ragusa, Antonio, Loredana Cristiano, Giuseppe Familiari, et al.. (2025). Artificial plasticenta: how polystyrene nanoplastics affect in-vitro cultured human trophoblast cells. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 13. 1539600–1539600. 5 indexed citations

Lombó, Marta, Nina Montik, Valentina Notarstefano, et al.. (2023). Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Small-for-Gestational-Age: An Insight into the Placental Molecular Biomarkers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2240–2240. 3 indexed citations

Ragusa, Antonio, et al.. (2023). Plastic, microplastic, and the inconsistency of human thought. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1145240–1145240. 1 indexed citations

Mauri, Paola Agnese, Antonio Ragusa, Bianca Masturzo, et al.. (2023). Role of mode of induction and delivery and women’s satisfaction after induction of labour at term: An observational study. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 286. 47–51. 2 indexed citations

Ragusa, Antonio, Giuseppina Fanelli, Alessandro Svelato, et al.. (2022). Plastic and Placenta: Identification of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Compounds in the Human Placenta by HPLC-MS/MS System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 12743–12743. 6 indexed citations

Lombó, Marta, Valentina Notarstefano, Nina Montik, et al.. (2022). Preeclampsia Correlates with an Increase in Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Levels Leading to Macromolecular Alterations in Chorionic Villi of Term Placenta. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 12931–12931. 10 indexed citations

Ragusa, Antonio, Valentina Notarstefano, Alessandro Svelato, et al.. (2022). Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk. Polymers. 14(13). 2700–2700. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

Svelato, Alessandro, et al.. (2022). “To get the baby out off the hook”: a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, observational study about decision making in vacuum-assisted operative vaginal delivery. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 22(1). 128–128. 5 indexed citations

Svelato, Alessandro, et al.. (2021). Cord entanglement in a monochorionic‐monoamniotic twin pregnancy: A case report. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 154(3). 570–571.

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Gevi, Federica, et al.. (2020). Urine Metabolome during Parturition. Metabolites. 10(7). 290–290. 2 indexed citations

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Ragusa, Antonio, Alessandro Svelato, Criselda Santacroce, et al.. (2020). Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta. Environment International. 146. 106274–106274. 2088 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ragusa, Antonio, et al.. (2019). Off to a good start: environmental imprinting in the childbirth period. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Fenaroli, Valentina, et al.. (2019). The childbirth experience: obstetric and psychological predictors in Italian primiparous women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19(1). 419–419. 49 indexed citations

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Tommaso, Mariarosaria Di, et al.. (2019). Continuous electronic fetal heart monitoringversus intermittent auscultation during labor:Would the literature outcomes have the same resultsif they were interpreted following the NICHHD guidelines?. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 28(9). 1193–1198. 2 indexed citations

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Agostini, Vanessa, L. Bucci, Elvio De Blasio, et al.. (2018). The daily-practiced post-partum hemorrhage management: an Italian multidisciplinary attended protocol.. PubMed. 168(5). e307–e316. 12 indexed citations

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Ragusa, Antonio & Alessandro Svelato. (2014). Oxytocin and customization of assistance in labor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Caboni, Pierluigi, Milena Lussu, Luigi Barberini, et al.. (2014). Urinary metabolomics of pregnant women at term: a combined GC/MS and NMR approach. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 27(sup2). 4–12. 12 indexed citations

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Ghi, T., A. Youssef, G. Pilu, Antonio Malvası, & Antonio Ragusa. (2011). Intrapartum sonographic imaging of fetal head asynclitism. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 39(2). 238–240. 27 indexed citations

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Santangelo, Gloria, Daniela Dugo, Massimiliano Mulè, et al.. (2010). Functional and clinical implications of cardiac resynchronization therapy on outcomes of diabetic patients with heart failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 12(6). 396–400. 4 indexed citations

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Ragusa, Antonio, et al.. (1994). Pre-operative cervical preparation before first trimester missed abortion: A randomized controlled comparison between single or double intracervical administration of PGE2 gel. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. 50(5). 267–269. 3 indexed citations

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