Ligia Py

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 959 citations indexed

About

Ligia Py is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ligia Py has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 959 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 3 papers in General Health Professions and 2 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ligia Py's work include Palliative and Oncologic Care (6 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (4 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (4 papers). Ligia Py is often cited by papers focused on Palliative and Oncologic Care (6 papers), Patient Dignity and Privacy (4 papers) and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (4 papers). Ligia Py collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, Portugal and France. Ligia Py's co-authors include Elizabete Viana de Freitas, Milton Luiz Gorzoni, Anita Liberalesso Néri, Johannes Doll, Claudia Burlá, Ciro Augusto Floriani, Francisco P. M. Oliveira and Rachel Aisengart Menezes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cadernos de Saúde Pública and Ciência & Saúde Coletiva.

In The Last Decade

Ligia Py

9 papers receiving 900 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.

Tratado de geriatria e gerontologia

2006 900 citations Elizabete Viana de Freitas, Ligia Py et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ligia Py Brazil	6	446	168	168	156	154	9	959
Johannes Doll Brazil	6	446 1.0×	170 1.0×	113 0.7×	184 1.2×	162 1.1×	36	992
Elizabete Viana de Freitas Brazil	9	469 1.1×	169 1.0×	156 0.9×	166 1.1×	199 1.3×	22	1.1k
Milton Luiz Gorzoni Brazil	11	512 1.1×	189 1.1×	141 0.8×	168 1.1×	172 1.1×	34	1.2k
Tânia Rosane Bertoldo Benedetti Brazil	18	443 1.0×	172 1.0×	250 1.5×	189 1.2×	339 2.2×	134	1.2k
María Filomena Ceolim Brazil	19	355 0.8×	91 0.5×	133 0.8×	64 0.4×	85 0.6×	83	990
Jair Sindra Virtuoso Júnior Brazil	19	388 0.9×	222 1.3×	210 1.3×	118 0.8×	143 0.9×	90	1.1k
Maria Célia de Freitas Brazil	16	328 0.7×	78 0.5×	125 0.7×	105 0.7×	136 0.9×	126	790
Valéria Teresa Saraiva Lino Brazil	11	256 0.6×	165 1.0×	107 0.6×	54 0.3×	49 0.3×	29	712
Samila Sathler Tavares Batistoni Brazil	16	233 0.5×	186 1.1×	70 0.4×	128 0.8×	52 0.3×	82	881
Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho Brazil	19	462 1.0×	142 0.8×	621 3.7×	105 0.7×	232 1.5×	98	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ligia Py

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ligia Py

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ligia Py

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ligia Py. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ligia Py 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 Py. Ligia Py is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Burlá, Claudia, et al.. (2018). Matriz de competências de medicina paliativa para o geriatra. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12(4). 206–214. 9 indexed citations

2.

Burlá, Claudia & Ligia Py. (2014). Cuidados paliativos: ciência e proteção ao fim da vida. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 13 indexed citations

3.

Burlá, Claudia & Ligia Py. (2014). Palliative care: science and protection at the end of life. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 30(6). 1139–1141. 17 indexed citations

4.

Py, Ligia, et al.. (2012). À espera do nada. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 17(8). 1957–1959. 3 indexed citations

5.

Py, Ligia, et al.. (2010). Cuidados paliativos e cuidados ao fim da vida na velhice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 90–106. 7 indexed citations

6.

Burlá, Claudia & Ligia Py. (2009). Peculiaridades da comunicação ao fim da vida de pacientes idosos. Revista Bioética. 13(2). 97–106. 5 indexed citations

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Py, Ligia. (2007). A não-ressuscitação, do ponto de vista dos pacientes, em uma unidade de cuidados paliativos oncológicos. 237–240. 1 indexed citations

8.

Freitas, Elizabete Viana de, et al.. (2006). Tratado de geriatria e gerontologia. 1665–1665. 900 indexed citations breakdown →

9.

Py, Ligia. (2004). Cuidar do cuidador: transbordamento e carência. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50(4). 346–350. 4 indexed citations

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