Rachel Riera

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
202 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Rachel Riera is a scholar working on Surgery, General Health Professions and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Riera has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Surgery, 23 papers in General Health Professions and 21 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Rachel Riera's work include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (19 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (16 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (11 papers). Rachel Riera is often cited by papers focused on Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (19 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (16 papers) and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies (11 papers). Rachel Riera collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Rachel Riera's co-authors include Rafael Leite Pacheco, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Ângela Maria Bagattini, Daniela Vianna Pachito, Maria Regina Torloni, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz Latorraca, Tiago Biachi De Castria, Gustavo JM Porfírio, Felipe Roitberg and André Ilbawi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Riera

189 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Delays and Disruptions in Cancer Health Care Due to COVID-19 Pandemic: Systematic Review

2021 272 citations Rachel Riera, Rafael Leite Pacheco et al. profile →
Frequency, signs and symptoms, and criteria adopted for long COVID‐19: A systematic review

2021 231 citations Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Rafael Leite Pacheco et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Riera Brazil	29	597	527	436	342	305	202	3.1k
Joost G. Daams Netherlands	35	440 0.7×	516 1.0×	345 0.8×	162 0.5×	209 0.7×	116	3.5k
Chung‐Han Ho Taiwan	28	393 0.7×	664 1.3×	518 1.2×	226 0.7×	197 0.6×	295	3.7k
Hyeong Sik Ahn South Korea	33	457 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	617 1.4×	278 0.8×	258 0.8×	150	4.3k
Rainer Muche Germany	41	342 0.6×	1.3k 2.4×	804 1.8×	297 0.9×	350 1.1×	164	5.6k
Katy Bell Australia	29	734 1.2×	372 0.7×	484 1.1×	353 1.0×	433 1.4×	159	3.6k
Brittany Lapin United States	30	282 0.5×	985 1.9×	437 1.0×	291 0.9×	265 0.9×	184	3.1k
Jan W. Schoones Netherlands	43	403 0.7×	1.3k 2.4×	356 0.8×	210 0.6×	269 0.9×	169	5.5k
Merete Lund Hetland Denmark	51	665 1.1×	598 1.1×	204 0.5×	223 0.7×	297 1.0×	347	8.9k
Sónia Pértega-Díaz Spain	32	346 0.6×	525 1.0×	596 1.4×	161 0.5×	165 0.5×	259	3.7k
Benjamin Mayer Germany	34	687 1.2×	691 1.3×	543 1.2×	713 2.1×	215 0.7×	202	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Riera

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20 of 20 papers shown

Martimbianco, Ana Luiza Cabrera, Roberta Borges Silva, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz Latorraca, et al.. (2025). Cannabis derivatives and their synthetic analogs for treatment-resistant epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsy Research. 214. 107559–107559.

Torloni, Maria Regina, et al.. (2025). Anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 antibodies for glioma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025(1). CD012532–CD012532. 5 indexed citations

Pacheco, Rafael Leite, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Rachel Riera, et al.. (2024). Advanced therapy with mesenchymal stromal cells for knee osteoarthritis: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Orthopaedic Translation. 48. 176–189. 3 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Marcela Letícia Leal, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Rafael Leite Pacheco, et al.. (2024). Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in dockworkers. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Work. 79(2). 585–600. 1 indexed citations

Pacheco, Rafael Leite, et al.. (2023). Minimally invasive interventions for biopsy of malignancy-suspected pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sao Paulo Medical Journal. 141(5). e2022543–e2022543. 1 indexed citations

Martimbianco, Ana Luiza Cabrera, et al.. (2023). Most Cochrane systematic reviews and protocols did not adhere to the Cochrane's risk of bias 2.0 tool. Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira. 69(3). 469–472. 19 indexed citations

Almeida, Patrícia de, Akishige Hokugo, Reza Jarrahy, et al.. (2023). A scoping review of graphene-based biomaterials for in vivo bone tissue engineering. Library and Dataset.. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

Martimbianco, Ana Luiza Cabrera, et al.. (2021). Systematic reviews on interventions for COVID-19 have rarely graded the certainty of the evidence. Sao Paulo Medical Journal. 139(5). 511–513. 3 indexed citations

Latorraca, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz, et al.. (2019). Busca em bases de dados eletrônicas da área da saúde: por onde começar. 5 indexed citations

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Riera, Rachel, et al.. (2019). Minoxidil for patchy alopecia areata: systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 33(9). 1792–1799. 42 indexed citations

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Godderis, Lode, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Ellen Delvaux, et al.. (2018). WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: Protocol for systematic reviews of exposure to long working hours and of the effect of exposure to long working hours on alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders. Environment International. 120. 22–33. 22 indexed citations

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Pacheco, Rafael Leite, et al.. (2018). What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about non-surgical interventions for urinary incontinence in women?. Sao Paulo Medical Journal. 136(1). 73–83. 10 indexed citations

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Pacheco, Rafael Leite, et al.. (2018). What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about cardiac arrest management?. Sao Paulo Medical Journal. 136(2). 170–176. 2 indexed citations

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Latorraca, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz, Rafael Leite Pacheco, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Daniela Vianna Pachito, & Rachel Riera. (2018). AGREE II - Uma ferramenta para avaliar a qualidade e o relato de guidelines. Estudo descritivo. 1 indexed citations

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Pacheco, Rafael Leite, et al.. (2018). Guidelines para publicação de estudos científicos. Parte 4: Como publicar revisões sistemáticas. 23(1). 19–23. 1 indexed citations

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Pacheco, Rafael Leite, et al.. (2018). Evidências de revisões sistemáticas Cochrane sobre o uso do ácido tranexâmico em pacientes submetidos a cirurgia. 1 indexed citations

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Latorraca, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz, et al.. (2017). O que as revisões sistemáticas Cochrane dizem sobre o uso de estatinas. 22(2). 88–100. 1 indexed citations

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Latorraca, Carolina de Oliveira Cruz, et al.. (2017). Evidências de revisões sistemáticas Cochrane sobre anestesia em pediatria. 22(1). 39–44. 1 indexed citations

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Pacheco, Rafael Leite, et al.. (2017). Guidelines para publicação de estudos científicos. Parte 2: Como publicar estudos observacionais (coorte, caso-controle e transversal). 22(3). 121–126. 4 indexed citations

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Riera, Rachel, et al.. (2009). Evidências da oxigenioterapia hiperbárica no tratamento de queimaduras térmicas.

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