Caterina Ledda

21.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Caterina Ledda is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Caterina Ledda has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 21 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 19 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Caterina Ledda's work include Occupational and environmental lung diseases (30 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (17 papers) and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (14 papers). Caterina Ledda is often cited by papers focused on Occupational and environmental lung diseases (30 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (17 papers) and Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (14 papers). Caterina Ledda collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Greece and Malta. Caterina Ledda's co-authors include Venerando Rapisarda, Tiziana Ramaci, Margherita Ferrante, Massimiliano Barattucci, Maria Fiore, Roberto Fallico, Salvatore Sciacca, Chiara Copat, Massimo Bracci and Emanuele Cannizzaro and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Caterina Ledda

136 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Social Stigma during COVID-19 and its Impact on HCWs Outcomes

2020 298 citations Tiziana Ramaci, Massimiliano Barattucci et al. Sustainability profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caterina Ledda Italy	30	769	471	436	405	373	140	3.2k
Constantine Vardavas Greece	37	1.0k 1.3×	453 1.0×	468 1.1×	346 0.9×	130 0.3×	265	5.9k
Venerando Rapisarda Italy	33	547 0.7×	550 1.2×	582 1.3×	397 1.0×	106 0.3×	192	4.0k
John S. Ji China	31	1.6k 2.1×	185 0.4×	473 1.1×	194 0.5×	264 0.7×	160	3.9k
Luke Clancy Ireland	35	1.6k 2.1×	191 0.4×	505 1.2×	358 0.9×	268 0.7×	212	5.3k
Linda Valeri United States	31	2.8k 3.7×	400 0.8×	144 0.3×	320 0.8×	543 1.5×	114	6.2k
Daniel R. Brooks United States	42	898 1.2×	273 0.6×	387 0.9×	409 1.0×	74 0.2×	121	4.6k
Chaowei Fu China	30	417 0.5×	213 0.5×	159 0.4×	109 0.3×	474 1.3×	161	3.1k
Marc Chadeau‐Hyam United Kingdom	41	1.7k 2.3×	303 0.6×	218 0.5×	229 0.6×	257 0.7×	131	4.9k
Yehuan Sun China	37	533 0.7×	731 1.6×	185 0.4×	344 0.8×	84 0.2×	230	4.4k
Katie M. O’Brien United States	33	1.8k 2.3×	268 0.6×	249 0.6×	133 0.3×	281 0.8×	127	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caterina Ledda

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ledda, Caterina, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Organizational Dysfunction on Employees’ Fertility and Economic Outcomes: A Scoping Review. Administrative Sciences. 15(11). 416–416. 1 indexed citations

Salinaro, Angela Trovato, et al.. (2025). Breaking Barriers: The Role of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Multiple Myeloma Progression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(15). 7301–7301. 2 indexed citations

Manti, Sara, Caterina Ledda, Giuseppe Fabio Parisi, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and perceived satisfaction of 3-year SLIT in children with allergic rhinitis and asthma: a pilot study. Allergologia et Immunopathologia. 52(6). 96–103. 1 indexed citations

Maltezou, Helena C., Caterina Ledda, & Nikolaos V. Sipsas. (2023). Absenteeism of Healthcare Personnel in the COVID-19 Era: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Implications for the Post-Pandemic Seasons. Healthcare. 11(22). 2950–2950. 16 indexed citations

Filetti, Veronica, Claudia Lombardo, Carla Loreto, et al.. (2023). Small RNA-Seq Transcriptome Profiling of Mesothelial and Mesothelioma Cell Lines Revealed microRNA Dysregulation after Exposure to Asbestos-like Fibers. Biomedicines. 11(2). 538–538. 5 indexed citations

Costantino, Claudio, Giorgio Graziano, Chiara Giuffré, et al.. (2022). Knowledge, Attitudes, Perceptions and Vaccination Acceptance/Hesitancy among the Community Pharmacists of Palermo’s Province, Italy: From Influenza to COVID-19. Vaccines. 10(3). 475–475. 16 indexed citations

Cirrincione, Luigi, Fulvio Plescia, Caterina Ledda, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 Pandemic: New Prevention and Protection Measures. Sustainability. 14(8). 4766–4766. 22 indexed citations

Plescia, Fulvio, Luigi Cirrincione, Caterina Ledda, et al.. (2021). Alcohol Abuse and Insomnia Disorder: Focus on a Group of Night and Day Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(24). 13196–13196. 19 indexed citations

Filetti, Veronica, Carla Loreto, Luca Falzone, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Three microRNAs in Environmental Asbestiform Fibers-Associated Malignant Mesothelioma. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 11(11). 1205–1205. 15 indexed citations

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Vitale, Ermanno, et al.. (2021). How the Heart Was Involved in COVID-19 during the First Pandemic Phase: A Review. Epidemiologia. 2(1). 124–139. 1 indexed citations

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Rapisarda, Venerando, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Martina Barchitta, et al.. (2021). A Combined Multidisciplinary Intervention for Health Promotion in the Workplace: A Pilot Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(7). 1512–1512. 17 indexed citations

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Costantino, Claudio, Caterina Ledda, Raffaele Squeri, et al.. (2020). Attitudes and Perception of Healthcare Workers Concerning Influenza Vaccination during the 2019/2020 Season: A Survey of Sicilian University Hospitals. Vaccines. 8(4). 686–686. 81 indexed citations

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Cirrincione, Luigi, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 Pandemic: Prevention and Protection Measures to Be Adopted at the Workplace. Sustainability. 12(9). 3603–3603. 209 indexed citations

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Ramaci, Tiziana, Massimiliano Barattucci, Francesca Vella, et al.. (2020). Straining at Work and Its Relationship with Personality Profiles and Individual Consequences in Healthcare Workers (HCWs). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(2). 610–610. 26 indexed citations

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Cannizzaro, Emanuele, Luigi Cirrincione, Walter Mazzucco, et al.. (2020). Night-Time Shift Work and Related Stress Responses: A Study on Security Guards. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(2). 562–562. 62 indexed citations

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Vitale, Ermanno, Caterina Ledda, Roberto Adani, et al.. (2019). Management of High-Pressure Injection Hand Injuries: A Multicentric, Retrospective, Observational Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 8(11). 2000–2000. 8 indexed citations

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Ledda, Caterina, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Piero Lovreglio, et al.. (2019). Exposure to Toxic Heavy Metals Can Influence Homocysteine Metabolism?. Antioxidants. 9(1). 30–30. 35 indexed citations

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Ferrante, Margherita, et al.. (2013). [Monitoring of heavy metals and trace elements in the air, fruits and vegetables and soil in the province of Catania (Italy)].. PubMed. 69(1). 47–54. 7 indexed citations

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Ledda, Caterina, et al.. (2011). Measurement uncertainty for the determination of the inhibitory effect on Vibrio fischeri : A practical approach. 3(5). 139–141. 2 indexed citations

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Conti, Gea Oliveri, et al.. (2011). [Allergic rhinitis and asthma in children and indoor pollution].. PubMed. 67(4). 467–80. 4 indexed citations

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