Beatriz Alvarado

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Beatriz Alvarado is a scholar working on Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Beatriz Alvarado has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Health, 22 papers in Epidemiology and 21 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Beatriz Alvarado's work include Health disparities and outcomes (27 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (17 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (11 papers). Beatriz Alvarado is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (27 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (17 papers) and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (11 papers). Beatriz Alvarado collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Colombia and United States. Beatriz Alvarado's co-authors include Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui, Teodoro del Ser, Jack M. Guralnik, À. Otero, Ricardo Oliveira Guerra, François Béland, Carmen‐Lucía Curcio, Fernando Gómez, Jean-Marie Bamvita and Catherine M. Pirkle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Beatriz Alvarado

77 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Social Networks, Social Integration, and Social Engagement Determine Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Spanish Older Adults
    2003 551 citations Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui, Beatriz Alvarado et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Beatriz Alvarado Canada 29 1.1k 605 595 584 567 84 3.1k
Mariko Nishi Japan 31 666 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 599 1.0× 733 1.3× 305 0.5× 87 2.6k
Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte Brazil 31 694 0.6× 1.3k 2.1× 948 1.6× 793 1.4× 432 0.8× 159 3.5k
Alana Officer Switzerland 17 1.0k 0.9× 515 0.9× 783 1.3× 444 0.8× 334 0.6× 31 3.7k
Renato Peixoto Veras Brazil 32 848 0.8× 449 0.7× 1.8k 3.0× 325 0.6× 450 0.8× 123 3.6k
Anita Liberalesso Néri Brazil 35 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 2.0× 2.0k 3.4× 1.1k 1.9× 973 1.7× 276 5.7k
Constança Paúl Portugal 30 669 0.6× 468 0.8× 911 1.5× 579 1.0× 517 0.9× 206 3.0k
Gary R. Andrews Australia 24 608 0.5× 371 0.6× 391 0.7× 192 0.3× 307 0.5× 55 2.3k
Eleonora d’Orsi Brazil 32 702 0.6× 439 0.7× 1.3k 2.2× 177 0.3× 293 0.5× 175 3.5k
H.‐H. König Germany 28 680 0.6× 385 0.6× 1.3k 2.2× 429 0.7× 826 1.5× 96 4.1k
Stefanos Tyrovolas Spain 28 950 0.8× 614 1.0× 745 1.3× 264 0.5× 312 0.6× 74 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Beatriz Alvarado

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Fields of papers citing papers by Beatriz Alvarado

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beatriz Alvarado

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

All Works

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Martínez-Cajas, Jorge, Ann Jolly, Yanping Gong, et al.. (2025). Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection before and after the Omicron wave in a cohort of healthcare workers in Ontario, Canada. BMC Infectious Diseases. 25(1). 183–183.
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Alvarado, Beatriz, et al.. (2024). Factores relacionados al interés e intención al uso de profilaxis preexposición al VIH en hombres gay y/o bisexuales, Colombia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29(1). 118–140.
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Alvarado, Beatriz, et al.. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among transgender women in Colombia: A qualitative analysis using the COM-B model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). e0001395–e0001395. 5 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Beatriz, et al.. (2023). Diabetes self-management education (DSME) for older persons in Western countries: A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 18(8). e0288797–e0288797. 11 indexed citations
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Paré, Geneviève C., et al.. (2022). The big challenge out here is getting stuff: How the social determinants of health affect diabetes self-management education for seniors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. e555–e555. 1 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Beatriz, Jorge Martínez-Cajas, Barry D. Adam, & Trevor Hart. (2021). Effectiveness of an HIV prevention program for immigrant Latino men who have sex with men in Canada: Results of a pilot study. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. 30(3). 318–328.
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Alvarado, Beatriz, et al.. (2020). Adapting Paulo Freire’s Participatory Education to Develop Self-Management Education Programs for Seniors With Diabetes. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 45(6). 575–578. 2 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Beatriz, et al.. (2020). Examining a syndemic framework for HIV and sexually transmitted infections Risk in Cali, Colombia.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(2). 140–153. 5 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Afshin, Beatriz Alvarado, Carmen‐Lucía Curcio, et al.. (2016). Experiences of violence across life course and its effects on mobility among participants in the International Mobility in Aging Study. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012339–e012339. 25 indexed citations
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Ryder, Priscilla T., Beatriz Alvarado, Ricardo Oliveira Guerra, et al.. (2015). EFFECTIVENESS OF A SELF-MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL. The Gerontologist. 55(Suppl_2). 71–72. 1 indexed citations
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Vafaei, Afshin, William Pickett, & Beatriz Alvarado. (2014). Neighbourhood environment factors and the occurrence of injuries in Canadian adolescents: a validation study and exploration of structural confounding. BMJ Open. 4(7). e004919–e004919. 7 indexed citations
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Curcio, Carmen‐Lucía, Beatriz Alvarado, Fernando Gómez, et al.. (2013). Life-Space Assessment scale to assess mobility: validation in Latin American older women and men. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 25(5). 553–560. 65 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Beatriz. (2010). Del campo a la ciudad: experiencias sobre migración y trabajo doméstico en adolescentes rurales. Americanae (AECID Library). 15(35). 117–133. 3 indexed citations
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Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira, Beatriz Alvarado, & Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui. (2008). Life course, gender and ethnic inequalities in functional disability in a Brazilian urban elderly population. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 20(1). 53–61. 52 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Beatriz, Ricardo Oliveira Guerra, & Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui. (2007). Gender Differences in Lower Extremity Function in Latin American Elders. Journal of Aging and Health. 19(6). 1004–1024. 39 indexed citations

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