Laura Bernardi

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Laura Bernardi is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Bernardi has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 43 papers in Demography and 24 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Laura Bernardi's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (35 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (26 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers). Laura Bernardi is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (35 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (26 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (15 papers). Laura Bernardi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Laura Bernardi's co-authors include Andreas Klärner, Richard A. Settersten, Johannes Huinink, Holger von der Lippe, Sylvia Keim, Dario Spini, Michel Oris, Clémentine Rossier, Edoardo Mazza and Dimiter Philipov and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Laura Bernardi

94 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The life course cube: A tool for studying lives 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2020 50 100 150 200
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. The life course cube: A tool for studying lives
    2018 240 citations Laura Bernardi, Johannes Huinink et al. Advances in Life Course Research profile →
  2. Understanding the effects of Covid-19 through a life course lens
    2020 226 citations Richard A. Settersten, Laura Bernardi et al. Advances in Life Course Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Bernardi Switzerland 28 1.1k 999 596 453 280 99 2.5k
Marco Francesconi United Kingdom 31 1.4k 1.2× 902 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 786 1.7× 198 0.7× 126 3.6k
Fiona Carmichael United Kingdom 26 1.5k 1.3× 579 0.6× 616 1.0× 555 1.2× 148 0.5× 87 2.7k
Patrice M. Buzzanell United States 31 1.5k 1.3× 262 0.3× 763 1.3× 305 0.7× 129 0.5× 186 3.4k
Sally Lindsay Canada 38 968 0.9× 454 0.5× 183 0.3× 692 1.5× 98 0.3× 176 4.5k
Philippe Ariès France 22 1.6k 1.4× 337 0.3× 435 0.7× 358 0.8× 121 0.4× 105 4.2k
Debbie Laliberté Rudman Canada 36 919 0.8× 634 0.6× 79 0.1× 1.1k 2.3× 321 1.1× 163 3.9k
Min Zhan United States 21 577 0.5× 152 0.2× 252 0.4× 274 0.6× 128 0.5× 91 1.9k
Justin R. Garcia United States 33 1.1k 1.0× 174 0.2× 775 1.3× 633 1.4× 159 0.6× 100 3.5k
Isabel Dyck Canada 31 1.3k 1.1× 356 0.4× 129 0.2× 1.1k 2.5× 362 1.3× 62 3.3k
Nicholas Watson United Kingdom 27 921 0.8× 150 0.2× 158 0.3× 583 1.3× 106 0.4× 136 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Bernardi

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Laura Bernardi's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Laura Bernardi with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Laura Bernardi more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Bernardi

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Laura Bernardi. 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 Laura Bernardi. The network helps show where Laura Bernardi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Bernardi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Bernardi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Bernardi 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 Laura Bernardi. Laura Bernardi 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
1.
Gondek, Dawid, Laura Bernardi, Eoin McElroy, & Chiara Ludovica Comolli. (2024). Why do Middle-Aged Adults Report Worse Mental Health and Wellbeing than Younger Adults? An Exploratory Network Analysis of the Swiss Household Panel Data. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 19(4). 1459–1500. 4 indexed citations
2.
Gondek, Dawid & Laura Bernardi. (2023). Mental Health and Wellbeing of Population with Migrant Background in Switzerland – a Scoping Review and Evidence Map of Quantitative Evidence. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 25(5). 1108–1117.
3.
Comolli, Chiara Ludovica, Laura Bernardi, & Marieke Voorpostel. (2021). Joint Family and Work Trajectories and Multidimensional Wellbeing. European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie. 37(3). 643–696. 22 indexed citations
4.
Bernardi, Laura, et al.. (2020). Aspiration technique-based device is more reliable in cervical stiffness assessment than digital palpation. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20(1). 391–391. 8 indexed citations
5.
6.
Bernardi, Laura, Johannes Huinink, & Richard A. Settersten. (2020). The life course cube, reconsidered. Advances in Life Course Research. 45. 100357–100357. 5 indexed citations
7.
Bernardi, Laura, Emanuela Formaggio, Maria Rubega, et al.. (2020). Beyond physiotherapy and pharmacological treatment for fibromyalgia syndrome: tailored tACS as a new therapeutic tool. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 271(1). 199–210. 19 indexed citations
8.
Bernardi, Laura, Johannes Huinink, & Richard A. Settersten. (2018). The life course cube: A tool for studying lives. Advances in Life Course Research. 41. 100258–100258. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Potârcă, Gina & Laura Bernardi. (2018). Mixed marriages in Switzerland: A test of the segmented assimilation hypothesis. Demographic Research. 38. 1457–1494. 8 indexed citations
10.
Bernardi, Laura, et al.. (2015). Vulnerability as a heuristic for interdisciplinary research: Assessing the thematic and methodological structure of empirical life-course studies. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 3 indexed citations
11.
Ryser, Valérie-Anne, et al.. (2014). Coping strategies under uncertain, precarious employment conditions in Switzerland. IRIS. 1 indexed citations
12.
Abbruzzese, Giovanni, Angelo Antonini, Paolo Barone, et al.. (2012). Linguistic, psychometric validation and diagnostic ability assessment of an Italian version of a 19-item wearing-off questionnaire for wearing-off detection in Parkinson’s disease. Neurological Sciences. 33(6). 1319–1327. 24 indexed citations
13.
Pilleri, Manuela, et al.. (2012). Cognitive and MRI correlates of orthostatic hypotension in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology. 260(1). 253–259. 62 indexed citations
14.
Philipov, Dimiter & Laura Bernardi. (2011). Konzepte und Operationalisierung von reproduktiven Entscheidungen am Beispiel Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 36. 531–572. 1 indexed citations
15.
Bernardi, Laura, et al.. (2010). Parlando di figli: analisi testuale delle aspettative di fecondita. IRIS. 2 indexed citations
16.
Hollos, Marida & Laura Bernardi. (2010). POST-SOCIALIST UNCERTAINTY: CHILDBEARING DECISIONS IN HUNGARY. 48(4). 315–336. 2 indexed citations
17.
18.
Antonini, Angelo, et al.. (2010). Continuous dopaminergic delivery in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology. 257(S2). 305–308. 16 indexed citations
19.
Bernardi, Laura, et al.. (2008). Female-centered Family Configurations and Fertility. IRIS. 3 indexed citations
20.
Bernardi, Laura & Inge Hutter. (2007). The anthropological demography of Europe. Demographic Research. 17. 541–566. 18 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Marco Francesconi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Fiona Carmichael Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Patrice M. Buzzanell Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sally Lindsay Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Philippe Ariès Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Debbie Laliberté Rudman Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Min Zhan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Justin R. Garcia Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Isabel Dyck Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nicholas Watson
Rankless by CCL
2026