Lucia Romani

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lucia Romani is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Sociology and Political Science and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lucia Romani has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Infectious Diseases, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Lucia Romani's work include Dermatological diseases and infestations (36 papers), Cultural Competency in Health Care (18 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (7 papers). Lucia Romani is often cited by papers focused on Dermatological diseases and infestations (36 papers), Cultural Competency in Health Care (18 papers) and Parasites and Host Interactions (7 papers). Lucia Romani collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Fiji and United Kingdom. Lucia Romani's co-authors include John Kaldor, Andrew C. Steer, Margot Whitfeld, Handan Wand, Mike Kama, Daniel Engelman, Meciusela Tuicakau, Michael Marks, Oliver Sokana and Anthony W. Solomon and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Lucia Romani

39 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of scabies and impetigo worldwide: a systemati... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Prevalence of scabies and impetigo worldwide: a systematic review
    2015 274 citations Lucia Romani, Andrew C. Steer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lucia Romani Australia 16 1.1k 322 214 200 103 40 1.2k
Margot Whitfeld Australia 20 1.3k 1.2× 328 1.0× 416 1.9× 265 1.3× 111 1.1× 51 1.7k
Thérèse Kearns Australia 15 430 0.4× 77 0.2× 205 1.0× 199 1.0× 48 0.5× 40 756
Fabíola Araújo Oliveira Brazil 14 683 0.6× 58 0.2× 283 1.3× 183 0.9× 119 1.2× 24 934
Oliver Sokana United Kingdom 17 362 0.3× 154 0.5× 84 0.4× 129 0.6× 30 0.3× 35 707
Liana Ariza Brazil 17 551 0.5× 45 0.1× 329 1.5× 141 0.7× 66 0.6× 27 796
Thomas Wilcke Germany 15 962 0.9× 36 0.1× 419 2.0× 151 0.8× 114 1.1× 16 1.0k
Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko Nigeria 17 460 0.4× 34 0.1× 414 1.9× 139 0.7× 42 0.4× 35 772
Ayman Ahmed Sudan 20 557 0.5× 27 0.1× 64 0.3× 703 3.5× 39 0.4× 110 1.2k
J.A.G. Whitworth United Kingdom 12 280 0.3× 48 0.1× 69 0.3× 42 0.2× 85 0.8× 16 468
Sarah Huffam Australia 14 308 0.3× 62 0.2× 54 0.3× 66 0.3× 17 0.2× 27 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Lucia Romani

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lucia Romani

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lucia Romani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lucia Romani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lucia Romani 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 Lucia Romani. Lucia Romani 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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Whitfeld, Margot, et al.. (2024). Scabies: current knowledge and future directions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1 indexed citations
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Rafai, Eric, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, et al.. (2022). Costs of mass drug administration for scabies in Fiji. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(2). e0010147–e0010147. 4 indexed citations
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Carapetis, Jonathan R., Thomas Cherian, Roderick J. Hay, et al.. (2022). Standardization of Epidemiological Surveillance of Group A Streptococcal Impetigo. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 9(Supplement_1). S15–S24. 1 indexed citations
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Clarke, Naomi E., Sze Fui Hii, Oliver Sokana, et al.. (2022). Using quantitative PCR to identify opportunities to strengthen soil-transmitted helminth control in Solomon Islands: A cross-sectional epidemiological survey. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 16(5). e0010350–e0010350. 10 indexed citations
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Jenney, Adam, Daniel Engelman, Lucia Romani, et al.. (2021). Prospective surveillance for invasive Staphylococcus aureus and group A Streptococcus infections in a setting with high community burden of scabies and impetigo. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 108. 333–339. 5 indexed citations
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Matthews, Alexander, Oliver Sokana, Mike Kama, et al.. (2021). Estimation of scabies prevalence using simplified criteria and mapping procedures in three Pacific and southeast Asian countries. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 2060–2060. 10 indexed citations
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Marks, Michael, Sarah Gwyn, Christian Kositz, et al.. (2020). Impact of Community Treatment With Ivermectin for the Control of Scabies on the Prevalence of Antibodies to Strongyloides stercoralis in Children. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 71(12). 3226–3228. 11 indexed citations
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Enbiale, Wendemagegn, Muluken Azage, Rony Zachariah, et al.. (2020). Does mass drug administration for community-based scabies control works? The experience in Ethiopia. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 14(06.1). 78S–85S. 9 indexed citations
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Hardy, Myra, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, et al.. (2020). The safety of combined triple drug therapy with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in the neglected tropical diseases co-endemic setting of Fiji: A cluster randomised trial. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(3). e0008106–e0008106. 16 indexed citations
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Jenney, Adam, Daniel Engelman, Lucia Romani, et al.. (2020). Hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections in a population with endemic scabies: A prospective study in Fiji, 2018–2019. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(12). e0008887–e0008887. 9 indexed citations
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Marks, Michael, Lucia Romani, Oliver Sokana, et al.. (2019). Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo 3 Years After Mass Drug Administration With Ivermectin and Azithromycin. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 70(8). 1591–1595. 30 indexed citations
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Campbell, Patricia T., David G. Regan, Steven Y. C. Tong, et al.. (2018). A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination. Mathematical Biosciences. 309. 163–173. 19 indexed citations
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Marks, Michael, Ciara Baker, Christian Kositz, et al.. (2018). Randomized Trial of Community Treatment With Azithromycin and Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration for Control of Scabies and Impetigo. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 68(6). 927–933. 45 indexed citations
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Romani, Lucia, Michael Marks, Oliver Sokana, et al.. (2018). Feasibility and safety of mass drug coadministration with azithromycin and ivermectin for the control of neglected tropical diseases: a single-arm intervention trial. The Lancet Global Health. 6(10). e1132–e1138. 27 indexed citations
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Marks, Michael, Daniel Engelman, Lucia Romani, et al.. (2018). Exploration of a simplified clinical examination for scabies to support public health decision-making. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 12(12). e0006996–e0006996. 19 indexed citations
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Romani, Lucia, Margot Whitfeld, Mike Kama, et al.. (2017). The Epidemiology of Scabies and Impetigo in Relation to Demographic and Residential Characteristics: Baseline Findings from the Skin Health Intervention Fiji Trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97(3). 845–850. 50 indexed citations
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Marks, Michael, Oliver Sokana, Anthony W. Solomon, et al.. (2016). The Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo in the Solomon Islands: A Population-Based Survey. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 10(6). e0004803–e0004803. 79 indexed citations
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Romani, Lucia, Andrew C. Steer, Mike Kama, et al.. (2015). Scabies and Impetigo Prevalence and Risk Factors in Fiji: A National Survey. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(3). e0003452–e0003452. 111 indexed citations
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Haar, Karin, Lucia Romani, Kamal Kishore, et al.. (2013). Scabies community prevalence and mass drug administration in two Fijian villages. International Journal of Dermatology. 53(6). 739–745. 41 indexed citations

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