Ligia Paina

1.9k total citations
53 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ligia Paina is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ligia Paina has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 19 papers in General Health Professions and 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ligia Paina's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (36 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (11 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 papers). Ligia Paina is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (36 papers), Healthcare Systems and Reforms (11 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 papers). Ligia Paina collaborates with scholars based in United States, Uganda and Sweden. Ligia Paina's co-authors include David H. Peters, Sara Bennett, Freddie Ssengooba, Mary Qiu, Sachiko Ozawa, Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, Moses Tetui, Douglas Glandon, Suzanne N. Kiwanuka and Taghreed Adam and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, International Journal of Epidemiology and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Ligia Paina

49 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ligia Paina United States 17 449 379 194 179 173 53 1.1k
Chinyere Mbachu Nigeria 18 552 1.2× 516 1.4× 200 1.0× 159 0.9× 241 1.4× 97 1.1k
Katherine Leach‐Kemon United States 11 304 0.7× 466 1.2× 218 1.1× 200 1.1× 254 1.5× 15 1.1k
Devaki Nambiar India 19 436 1.0× 435 1.1× 188 1.0× 129 0.7× 296 1.7× 96 1.2k
Nonhlanhla Nxumalo South Africa 19 541 1.2× 463 1.2× 232 1.2× 154 0.9× 270 1.6× 28 1.2k
Juliet Nabyonga‐Orem Republic of the Congo 19 384 0.9× 439 1.2× 227 1.2× 143 0.8× 267 1.5× 71 995
Robert Kaba Alhassan Ghana 19 408 0.9× 403 1.1× 217 1.1× 107 0.6× 243 1.4× 61 1.0k
Lucia D’Ambruoso United Kingdom 20 453 1.0× 721 1.9× 145 0.7× 133 0.7× 197 1.1× 65 1.4k
Regien Biesma Netherlands 20 386 0.9× 554 1.5× 180 0.9× 340 1.9× 140 0.8× 58 1.3k
Shehla Zaidi Pakistan 18 295 0.7× 289 0.8× 172 0.9× 122 0.7× 190 1.1× 58 835
Nkoli Ezumah Nigeria 18 436 1.0× 406 1.1× 181 0.9× 170 0.9× 219 1.3× 45 906

Countries citing papers authored by Ligia Paina

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ligia Paina

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ligia Paina

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ligia Paina. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ligia Paina 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 Ligia Paina. Ligia Paina 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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Kuhlmann, Ellen, et al.. (2025). Editorial. The health and care workforce: How to move from crisis to capacities?. Health Policy. 165. 105548–105548.
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Paina, Ligia, et al.. (2024). Prospective policy analysis—a critical interpretive synthesis review. Health Policy and Planning. 39(4). 429–441. 1 indexed citations
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Zakumumpa, Henry, et al.. (2024). The impact of shifts in PEPFAR funding policy on HIV services in Eastern Uganda (2015–21). Health Policy and Planning. 39(Supplement_1). i21–i32. 5 indexed citations
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Shroff, Zubin Cyrus, Susan Sparkes, Ligia Paina, et al.. (2024). Managing transitions from external assistance: cross-national learning about sustaining effective coverage. Health Policy and Planning. 39(Supplement_1). i50–i64. 8 indexed citations
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Kuhlmann, Ellen, Gabriela Lotta, Michelle Fernández, et al.. (2023). SDG5 “Gender Equality” and the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid assessment of health system responses in selected upper-middle and high-income countries. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1078008–1078008. 9 indexed citations
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Kraft, Joan Marie, et al.. (2022). Social Accountability Reporting for Research (SAR4Research): checklist to strengthen reporting on studies on social accountability in the literature. International Journal for Equity in Health. 21(S1). 121–121.
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Glandon, Douglas, Ligia Paina, & Connie Hoe. (2021). Reflections on benefits and challenges of longitudinal organisational network analysis as a tool for health systems research and practice. BMJ Global Health. 6(8). e005849–e005849. 5 indexed citations
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Kiracho, Elizabeth Ekirapa, et al.. (2021). Designing for Scale and taking scale to account: lessons from a community score card project in Uganda. International Journal for Equity in Health. 20(1). 31–31. 1 indexed citations
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Kiracho, Elizabeth Ekirapa, et al.. (2020). Influence of community scorecards on maternal and newborn health service delivery and utilization. International Journal for Equity in Health. 19(1). 145–145. 12 indexed citations
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Rao, Krishna D., et al.. (2018). Contracting non-state providers for universal health coverage: learnings from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. International Journal for Equity in Health. 17(1). 127–127. 14 indexed citations
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Paina, Ligia, Annie Wilkinson, Moses Tetui, et al.. (2017). Using Theories of Change to inform implementation of health systems research and innovation: experiences of Future Health Systems consortium partners in Bangladesh, India and Uganda. Health Research Policy and Systems. 15(S2). 109–109. 29 indexed citations
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Kiracho, Elizabeth Ekirapa, et al.. (2017). Engaging stakeholders: lessons from the use of participatory tools for improving maternal and child care health services. Health Research Policy and Systems. 15(S2). 106–106. 26 indexed citations
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Varghese, Joe, V. Raman Kutty, Ligia Paina, & Taghreed Adam. (2014). Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: understanding the growing complexity governing immunization services in Kerala, India. Health Research Policy and Systems. 12(1). 47–47. 33 indexed citations
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Paina, Ligia, Sara Bennett, Freddie Ssengooba, & David H. Peters. (2014). Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: exploring dual practice and its management in Kampala, Uganda. Health Research Policy and Systems. 12(1). 41–41. 36 indexed citations
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Paina, Ligia, et al.. (2013). How does investment in research training affect the development of research networks and collaborations?. Health Research Policy and Systems. 11(1). 18–18. 16 indexed citations
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Peters, David H., Ligia Paina, & Sara Bennett. (2012). Expecting the unexpected: applying the Develop-Distort Dilemma to maximize positive market impacts in health. Health Policy and Planning. 27(suppl 4). iv44–iv53. 13 indexed citations
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Peters, David H., et al.. (2012). Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) in health: what have we learned?. Health Policy and Planning. 28(8). 884–890. 23 indexed citations
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Paina, Ligia & David H. Peters. (2011). Understanding pathways for scaling up health services through the lens of complex adaptive systems. Health Policy and Planning. 27(5). 365–373. 341 indexed citations

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