Federico Lega

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Federico Lega is a scholar working on Health Information Management, General Health Professions and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Federico Lega has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Health Information Management, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 18 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Federico Lega's work include Healthcare Quality and Management (25 papers), Management, Economics, and Public Policy (18 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (11 papers). Federico Lega is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Quality and Management (25 papers), Management, Economics, and Public Policy (18 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (11 papers). Federico Lega collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Federico Lega's co-authors include Luca Ianni, Massimo Sargiacomo, Antonio D’Andreamatteo, Anna Prenestini, Stefano Villa, Peter Spurgeon, Stefano Calciolari, Mike Dent, Marta Marsilio and Ian Kirkpatrick and has published in prestigious journals such as BMC Health Services Research, British Journal of Management and Value in Health.

In The Last Decade

Federico Lega

50 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Lean in healthcare: A comprehensive review 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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.

  1. Lean in healthcare: A comprehensive review
    2015 386 citations Federico Lega et al. Health Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Federico Lega Italy 20 524 414 369 344 261 62 1.5k
Pamela Mazzocato Sweden 17 518 1.0× 325 0.8× 330 0.9× 405 1.2× 105 0.4× 37 1.4k
Craig M. Froehle United States 19 705 1.3× 346 0.8× 389 1.1× 349 1.0× 513 2.0× 34 2.5k
Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad Iran 24 1.2k 2.2× 408 1.0× 321 0.9× 311 0.9× 751 2.9× 167 2.8k
Larry Gamm United States 20 662 1.3× 456 1.1× 232 0.6× 131 0.4× 303 1.2× 58 1.6k
Simon Bishop United Kingdom 20 508 1.0× 182 0.4× 183 0.5× 160 0.5× 215 0.8× 67 1.4k
Eric W. Ford United States 31 941 1.8× 752 1.8× 375 1.0× 254 0.7× 468 1.8× 128 2.5k
Kees Ahaus Netherlands 19 420 0.8× 162 0.4× 194 0.5× 410 1.2× 130 0.5× 76 1.3k
Ruth Boaden United Kingdom 30 1.3k 2.4× 276 0.7× 569 1.5× 535 1.6× 333 1.3× 117 3.0k
Kathleen L. McFadden United States 25 277 0.5× 303 0.7× 177 0.5× 484 1.4× 236 0.9× 51 1.8k
Michael I. Harrison United States 23 552 1.1× 298 0.7× 223 0.6× 123 0.4× 173 0.7× 68 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Federico Lega

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Fields of papers citing papers by Federico Lega

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Federico Lega. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Federico Lega. The network helps show where Federico Lega may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Federico Lega

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Federico Lega. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Federico Lega 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 Federico Lega. Federico Lega 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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Maggioni, Elena, et al.. (2024). Artificial Intelligence. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies).
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Prenestini, Anna, Rocco Palumbo, Roberto Grilli, & Federico Lega. (2023). Exploring physician engagement in health care organizations: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. 23(1). 1029–1029. 2 indexed citations
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Bont, Louis, Catherine Olivier, Egbert Herting, et al.. (2022). The assessment of future RSV immunizations: How to protect all infants?. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. 981741–981741. 10 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico, et al.. (2022). Dealing with pluralism: the managerial work of CEOs in Italian public healthcare organizations. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 1222–1222. 2 indexed citations
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Abdi, Zhaleh, et al.. (2021). Role of hospital leadership in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Services Management Research. 35(1). 2–6. 42 indexed citations
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Prenestini, Anna, et al.. (2021). Involving clinicians in management: assessing views of doctors and nurses on hybrid professionalism in clinical directorates. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 350–350. 11 indexed citations
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Rosa, Angelo, et al.. (2021). Lean adoption in hospitals: the role of contextual factors and introduction strategy. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 889–889. 19 indexed citations
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Navarro-Alonso, José-Antonio, Louis Bont, Elena Bozzola, et al.. (2021). RSV: perspectives to strengthen the need for protection in all infants. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. 18(1). 15–15. 16 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, Ian, et al.. (2016). Medicine and management in European hospitals: a comparative overview. BMC Health Services Research. 16(S2). 171–171. 26 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico, et al.. (2016). Making doctors manage… but how? Recent developments in the Italian NHS. BMC Health Services Research. 16(S2). 170–170. 21 indexed citations
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Fantini, Maria Pia, et al.. (2015). Le Direzioni sanitarie ospedaliere: sfide e traiettorie di rinnovamento. 16(3). 177–184. 1 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico, et al.. (2013). Decoupling the use and meaning of strategic plans in public healthcare. BMC Health Services Research. 13(1). 5–5. 13 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico, Anna Prenestini, & Peter Spurgeon. (2012). Is Management Essential to Improving the Performance and Sustainability of Health Care Systems and Organizations? A Systematic Review and a Roadmap for Future Studies. Value in Health. 16(1). S46–S51. 124 indexed citations
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Ferrè, Francesca, Corrado Cuccurullo, & Federico Lega. (2012). The challenge and the future of health care turnaround plans: Evidence from the Italian experience. Health Policy. 106(1). 3–9. 27 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, Ian, et al.. (2012). The development of medical-manager roles in European hospital systems: a framework for comparison. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 66(2). 121–124. 14 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico, et al.. (2011). Managed clinical networks: scope, evidence and feasibility. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 65(7). 725–727. 7 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico. (2007). The rise and fall(acy) of clinical directorates in Italy. Health Policy. 85(2). 252–262. 28 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico. (2006). Organisational design for health integrated delivery systems: Theory and practice. Health Policy. 81(2-3). 258–279. 42 indexed citations
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Lega, Federico. (2001). Strategie di rete per i sistemi multiospedalieri: analisi e valutazione. Electronic Markets. 1 indexed citations

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