Esperanza Merino

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Esperanza Merino is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Esperanza Merino has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Infectious Diseases, 46 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Esperanza Merino's work include COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (22 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (11 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (10 papers). Esperanza Merino is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (22 papers), Nosocomial Infections in ICU (11 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (10 papers). Esperanza Merino collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Mexico and United States. Esperanza Merino's co-authors include Vicente Boix, Joaquín Portilla, Óscar Moreno, José Sánchez–Payá, Sergio Reus, José Manuel Ramos, Mariano Andrés, Joan Gil, José‐Manuel León‐Ramírez and Pilar González-de-la-Aleja and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Esperanza Merino

112 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. Incidence and risk factors: A Mediterranean cohort study

2021 436 citations Óscar Moreno, Esperanza Merino et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Esperanza Merino Spain	20	736	532	507	246	198	123	1.7k
Vicente Boix Spain	18	741 1.0×	358 0.7×	496 1.0×	237 1.0×	154 0.8×	91	1.6k
Imke Wieters Germany	9	931 1.3×	226 0.4×	760 1.5×	161 0.7×	114 0.6×	17	1.6k
Nigel W. Crawford Australia	28	1.1k 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	264 0.5×	102 0.4×	44 0.2×	163	2.5k
Virginie Zarrouk France	16	511 0.7×	204 0.4×	669 1.3×	378 1.5×	221 1.1×	45	1.6k
Katharine A. Kirby United States	25	1.0k 1.4×	1.5k 2.8×	220 0.4×	98 0.4×	147 0.7×	54	2.8k
Emanuele Focà Italy	23	1.1k 1.5×	376 0.7×	336 0.7×	94 0.4×	46 0.2×	106	2.0k
Jefferson M. Jones United States	27	765 1.0×	810 1.5×	94 0.2×	69 0.3×	93 0.5×	94	2.7k
Adarsh Bhimraj United States	19	1.5k 2.0×	612 1.2×	940 1.9×	138 0.6×	166 0.8×	38	2.9k
Catherine Hyams United Kingdom	20	467 0.6×	767 1.4×	397 0.8×	200 0.8×	125 0.6×	48	1.7k
İ̇lker İnanç Balkan Türkiye	19	445 0.6×	265 0.5×	200 0.4×	130 0.5×	48 0.2×	81	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Esperanza Merino

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esperanza Merino

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All Works

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Ronda, Elena, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of immunization strategies for preventing severe acute respiratory infection during the 2023/2024 season in a Spanish health department. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. 43(7). 435–443. 1 indexed citations

Casapía, Martín, et al.. (2025). High Rate of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus-2 in Patients with HIV in the Peruvian Amazon. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 10(9). 267–267.

Parra-Grande, Mónica, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Different Methods for Assaying the In Vitro Activity of Cefiderocol against Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains: Influence of Bacterial Inoculum. Antibiotics. 13(7). 663–663. 1 indexed citations

Moreno, Óscar, et al.. (2023). Association between Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and clinical presentation and outcomes in older inpatients with COVID-19. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 1–1. 21 indexed citations

Guillén, C., Pilar González-de-la-Aleja, Óscar Moreno, et al.. (2023). Severe Spontaneous Hematomas in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 2023. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

Merchante, Nicolás, Rocío Herrero, Pilar González-de-la-Aleja, et al.. (2022). Impact of COVID19 pandemic on the incidence of health-care associated Clostridioides difficile infection. Anaerobe. 75. 102579–102579. 9 indexed citations

Merino, Esperanza, et al.. (2022). The Waning of BNT162b2 Vaccine Effectiveness for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevention over Time: A Test-Negative Study in Health Care Professionals of a Health Department from January 2021 to December 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21). 13884–13884. 2 indexed citations

Merino, Esperanza, et al.. (2021). Efectividad de la primera dosis de vacuna BNT162b2 para prevenir la COVID-19 en personal sanitario. Revista Española de Salud Pública. 95(1). 66. 3 indexed citations

Escudero-Sánchez, Rosa, María Ruiz‐Ruigómez, Sergio García‐Fernández, et al.. (2020). Real-World Experience with Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrence of Clostridioides difficile Infection. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(1). 2–2. 20 indexed citations

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Portilla, Irene, Sergio Reus, José Luis Cortés-Sánchez, et al.. (2019). Neurocognitive Impairment in Well-Controlled HIV-Infected Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 35(7). 634–641. 19 indexed citations

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Merino, Esperanza, et al.. (2017). Impacto del programa de intervención en bacteriemia en pacientes adultos. Revista española de quimioterapia. Suplemento. 30(4). 257–263. 1 indexed citations

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Ramos, José Manuel, et al.. (2016). Gripe estacional en octogenarios y nonagenarios ingresados en un hospital general: epidemiología, clínica y factores pronósticos. Revista española de quimioterapia. Suplemento. 29(6). 296–301. 4 indexed citations

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Fehér, Csaba, Elena Múñez, Paloma Merino Amador, et al.. (2016). The efficacy of fidaxomicin in the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection in a real-world clinical setting: a Spanish multi-centre retrospective cohort. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 36(2). 295–303. 20 indexed citations

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Ramos, José Manuel, et al.. (2014). Infección por Rothia mucilaginosa. ¿Un patógeno respiratorio?. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. 32(5). 306–309. 8 indexed citations

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Merino, Esperanza, et al.. (2013). Enfermedad tardía gastrointestinal por citomegalovirus con carga viral indetectable, un nuevo reto en trasplante renal. 5(1). 15–18.

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Martínez, Isabel, et al.. (2012). Revisión de 10 años de infecciones nosocomiales por enterococo en el Instituto Nacional de Pediatría. 26(101). 173–177. 1 indexed citations

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Soriano, Pere Llorens, et al.. (2011). Evaluación de un modelo multidisciplinar de hospitalización alternativa a la hospitalización convencional en la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad. Emergencias: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias. 23(3). 167–174. 3 indexed citations

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Portilla, Joaquín, José M. Palazón, José Sánchez–Payá, et al.. (2009). Infección crónica por el virus de la hepatitis C y enfermedad hepática asociada en una prisión española. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica. 27(4). 206–212. 10 indexed citations

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Moreno, Óscar, Rocı́o Alfayate, Vicente Boix, et al.. (2009). Erectile dysfunction among HIV-infected men is associated with protease inhibitor containing HAART. 20. 1 indexed citations

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Merino, Esperanza, et al.. (1998). [Antiphospholipid antibodies in acute infection caused by hepatitis C virus].. PubMed. 110(6). 238–9. 1 indexed citations

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