Robert J. Vitillo

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 695 citations indexed

About

Robert J. Vitillo is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Vitillo has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 695 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Health and 3 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Vitillo's work include Religion, Society, and Development (9 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (2 papers). Robert J. Vitillo is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Society, and Development (9 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (2 papers). Robert J. Vitillo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Vatican and Netherlands. Robert J. Vitillo's co-authors include Christina M. Puchalski, Sharon K. Hull, Sally Smith, Edward J. Mills, Avraham Steinberg, Andrew Tomkins, Susan Parry, Anne Street, Silvano M. Tomasi and Katherine Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Vitillo

10 papers receiving 657 citations

Hit Papers

Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: R... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: Reaching National and International Consensus
    2014 565 citations Christina M. Puchalski, Robert J. Vitillo et al. Journal of Palliative Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert J. Vitillo United States 6 488 307 277 242 110 12 695
Ruth A. Tanyi United States 10 526 1.1× 310 1.0× 212 0.8× 230 1.0× 114 1.0× 11 714
Jacqueline Ruth Mickley United States 9 533 1.1× 318 1.0× 190 0.7× 223 0.9× 110 1.0× 9 689
Angelika A. Zollfrank United States 12 534 1.1× 397 1.3× 582 2.1× 163 0.7× 221 2.0× 16 828
Michael Balboni United States 8 499 1.0× 405 1.3× 594 2.1× 121 0.5× 148 1.3× 10 818
Sarah Shea Crowne United States 14 310 0.6× 460 1.5× 196 0.7× 200 0.8× 223 2.0× 24 739
Margaret A. Burkhardt United States 11 460 0.9× 293 1.0× 156 0.6× 202 0.8× 152 1.4× 21 662
Lisa Burkhart United States 11 273 0.6× 179 0.6× 179 0.6× 168 0.7× 138 1.3× 35 546
Sonia Reisenhofer Australia 14 282 0.6× 204 0.7× 106 0.4× 202 0.8× 195 1.8× 30 615
Julia D. Emblen Canada 7 523 1.1× 314 1.0× 170 0.6× 211 0.9× 94 0.9× 9 631
Graham Gee Australia 13 319 0.7× 350 1.1× 145 0.5× 110 0.5× 221 2.0× 40 666

Countries citing papers authored by Robert J. Vitillo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert J. Vitillo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Robert J. Vitillo. 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 Robert J. Vitillo. The network helps show where Robert J. Vitillo may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert J. Vitillo

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Marshall, Katherine, et al.. (2018). Religious roles in refugee resettlement: Pertinent experience and insights, addressed to G20 members. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Vitillo, Robert J., et al.. (2017). A Comprehensive Response: The Role of Nonstate Actors in the Global Plan. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 75(1). S99–S105. 1 indexed citations
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Tomasi, Silvano M., et al.. (2017). The Vatican in the Family of Nations. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Puchalski, Christina M., et al.. (2016). Global Network for Spirituality and Health (GNSAH): Seeking More Compassionate Health Systems. Journal for the Study of Spirituality. 6(1). 106–112. 4 indexed citations
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Parry, Susan, et al.. (2016). Lessons from the Faith-Driven Response to the West africa Ebola Epidemic†. The Review of Faith & International Affairs. 14(3). 118–123. 18 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Andrew, et al.. (2015). Controversies in faith and health care. The Lancet. 386(10005). 1776–1785. 80 indexed citations
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Vitillo, Robert J.. (2014). Discerning the Meaning of Human Suffering Through the Discourse of Judeo-Christian Scriptures and Other Faith Teachings. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 48(5). 1004–1008.
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Puchalski, Christina M., et al.. (2014). Improving the Spiritual Dimension of Whole Person Care: Reaching National and International Consensus. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 17(6). 642–656. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vitillo, Robert J.. (2006). A faith-based response to HIV in Southern Africa: the choose to care initiative.. 7 indexed citations
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Vitillo, Robert J.. (1991). International adoption: The solution or the problem?. Social Thought. 17(3). 16–24. 4 indexed citations
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Vitillo, Robert J.. (1986). Parish‐based social ministry: From a theological and historical perspective. Social Thought. 12(3). 30–38.

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