Francesca Palestra

729 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 446 citations indexed

About

Francesca Palestra is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Palestra has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 446 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Palestra's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (3 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (2 papers). Francesca Palestra is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (6 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (3 papers) and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (2 papers). Francesca Palestra collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United Kingdom. Francesca Palestra's co-authors include Beatrice Formenti, Benedetta Armocida, Silvia Ussai, Eduardo Missoni, Giuseppe Pichierri, Saverio Bellizzi, Allisyn C. Moran, Hannah Tappis, Alessandra Nivoli and Arijit Biswas and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Palestra

10 papers receiving 437 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

The Italian health system and the COVID-19 challenge

2020 369 citations Benedetta Armocida, Beatrice Formenti et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Palestra Switzerland	6	112	106	89	85	82	12	446
Benedetta Armocida Italy	9	158 1.4×	119 1.1×	119 1.3×	91 1.1×	103 1.3×	24	640
Priyanka Pulla Indonesia	9	138 1.2×	94 0.9×	144 1.6×	82 1.0×	136 1.7×	34	574
Azam Raoofi Iran	8	130 1.2×	71 0.7×	127 1.4×	42 0.5×	127 1.5×	19	466
Beatrice Formenti Italy	8	147 1.3×	120 1.1×	126 1.4×	107 1.3×	106 1.3×	25	619
Shabnam Iezadi Iran	9	144 1.3×	155 1.5×	101 1.1×	87 1.0×	73 0.9×	29	601
Paul Sutton United Kingdom	8	123 1.1×	123 1.2×	69 0.8×	134 1.6×	49 0.6×	13	479
Edson Chikumba Zimbabwe	4	81 0.7×	41 0.4×	71 0.8×	59 0.7×	59 0.7×	6	321
Gemma Williams United Kingdom	13	107 1.0×	246 2.3×	45 0.5×	78 0.9×	108 1.3×	34	589
Beatriz Rache Brazil	6	86 0.8×	111 1.0×	144 1.6×	59 0.7×	109 1.3×	7	484
Kristen Timmons United States	8	133 1.2×	61 0.6×	162 1.8×	52 0.6×	92 1.1×	11	443

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Palestra

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Palestra

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Palestra

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12 of 12 papers shown

Mitchell, Alexandra Roddy, Elissa Kennedy, Allisyn C. Moran, et al.. (2025). Maternal mental health matters: Indicators for perinatal mental health—A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0317998–e0317998. 1 indexed citations

Ngwena, Charles, et al.. (2024). Legislation strengthening Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response systems. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 166(3). 1367–1372.

Kabue, Mark, et al.. (2023). Availability of priority maternal and newborn health indicators: Cross-sectional analysis of pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal care registers from 21 countries. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e0000739–e0000739. 1 indexed citations

Russell, Neal, Hannah Tappis, Kusum Thapa, et al.. (2022). Implementation of maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) in humanitarian settings: insights and experiences of humanitarian health practitioners and global technical expert meeting attendees. Conflict and Health. 16(1). 23–23. 10 indexed citations

Palestra, Francesca, Arijit Biswas, Debra Jackson, et al.. (2021). Overcoming blame culture: key strategies to catalyse maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 129(6). 839–844. 17 indexed citations

Ussai, Silvia, et al.. (2020). So close yet so distant: evidence from Lombardy and Veneto to plan COVID-19 recovery strategy. INFM-OAR (INFN Catania). 6(1). 88–90.

Armocida, Benedetta, Beatrice Formenti, Silvia Ussai, Francesca Palestra, & Eduardo Missoni. (2020). The Italian health system and the COVID-19 challenge. The Lancet Public Health. 5(5). e253–e253. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

Ussai, Silvia, et al.. (2020). Hazard Prevention, Death and Dignity During COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 509–509. 7 indexed citations

Armocida, Benedetta, Beatrice Formenti, Francesca Palestra, Silvia Ussai, & Eduardo Missoni. (2020). COVID-19: Universal health coverage now more than ever. Journal of Global Health. 10(1). 10350–10350. 24 indexed citations

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Palestra, Francesca & Silvia Ussai. (2020). Midwifery crisis in Africa: the introduction of the human resources information systems. European Journal of Public Health. 30(Supplement_5). 1 indexed citations

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Bellizzi, Saverio, Francesca Palestra, & Giuseppe Pichierri. (2019). Adolescent Women with Unintended Pregnancy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Reasons for Discontinuation of Contraception. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 33(2). 144–148. 11 indexed citations

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Bellizzi, Saverio, et al.. (2019). Sexual violence and eclampsia: analysis of data from Demographic and Health Surveys from seven low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Global Health. 9(2). 20434–20434. 5 indexed citations

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