Roberta Sammut

774 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Roberta Sammut is a scholar working on Physiology, General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Sammut has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in General Health Professions and 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Roberta Sammut's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (10 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (4 papers) and Nursing education and management (4 papers). Roberta Sammut is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (10 papers), Diabetes Management and Education (4 papers) and Nursing education and management (4 papers). Roberta Sammut collaborates with scholars based in Malta, United Kingdom and Canada. Roberta Sammut's co-authors include Ian Norman, Odette Griscti, Anthony Scerri, Charles Scerri, Neville Calleja, Liberato Camilleri, Elizabeth Curtis, Agostino Di Ciaula, André Pascal Kengne and Riccardo Polosa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Advanced Nursing, BMJ Open and International Journal of Nursing Studies.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Sammut

21 papers receiving 442 citations

Hit Papers

Strategies to improve response rates to web surveys: A li... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Strategies to improve response rates to web surveys: A literature review
    2021 186 citations Roberta Sammut, Odette Griscti et al. International Journal of Nursing Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberta Sammut Malta 8 121 106 102 57 53 25 461
Jessica H. Williams United States 12 121 1.0× 177 1.7× 80 0.8× 44 0.8× 26 0.5× 27 505
Jin Young Nam South Korea 12 83 0.7× 96 0.9× 140 1.4× 20 0.4× 65 1.2× 47 450
Vesa Jormanainen Finland 14 82 0.7× 186 1.8× 93 0.9× 28 0.5× 46 0.9× 51 625
Navidad Canga‐Armayor Spain 14 71 0.6× 196 1.8× 107 1.0× 19 0.3× 83 1.6× 37 444
Andréa Aparecida Gonçalves Nes Norway 13 89 0.7× 228 2.2× 224 2.2× 35 0.6× 76 1.4× 42 683
Chorong Park United States 10 113 0.9× 233 2.2× 174 1.7× 145 2.5× 100 1.9× 23 730
Hsu‐Min Tseng Taiwan 13 36 0.3× 182 1.7× 113 1.1× 44 0.8× 102 1.9× 27 554
Azita Noroozi Iran 14 91 0.8× 224 2.1× 99 1.0× 84 1.5× 95 1.8× 61 609
Allison Vorderstrasse United States 10 45 0.4× 123 1.2× 103 1.0× 34 0.6× 39 0.7× 24 358
Benoît Pétré Belgium 12 57 0.5× 213 2.0× 97 1.0× 26 0.5× 84 1.6× 66 480

Countries citing papers authored by Roberta Sammut

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberta Sammut

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta Sammut

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

All Works

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Anderson, Tara, Patrick Stark, Christine Brown Wilson, et al.. (2025). Co-Design and Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Digital Diabetes Education Intervention for Nursing Homes: Study Protocol. Nursing Reports. 15(6). 188–188.
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Russo, Cristina, Magdalena Walicka, Gal Cohen, et al.. (2025). Addressing the dual challenge: Managing smoking cessation in patients with diabetes. World Journal of Diabetes. 16(12). 105241–105241.
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Norman, Ian, et al.. (2024). Exploring the smoking cessation needs of individuals withdiabetes using the Information-Motivation-Behavior Skills model. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 10(February). 1–13. 7 indexed citations
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Norman, Ian, et al.. (2024). Acceptability measures for evaluating smoking cessation interventions among individuals with diabetes. Public Health in Practice. 7. 100487–100487. 1 indexed citations
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Walicka, Magdalena, Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa, Davide Campagna, et al.. (2024). Influence of quitting smoking on diabetes-related complications: A scoping review with a systematic search strategy. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews. 18(5). 103044–103044. 10 indexed citations
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Norman, Ian, et al.. (2023). Helping smokers with diabetes quit: A scoping review of the interventions utilised, and the challenges and barriers to smoking cessation. Primary care diabetes. 17(2). 119–128. 7 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2023). Health literacy, self‐management and glycaemic control in persons living with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross‐sectional study. Practical Diabetes. 40(4). 28–34. 3 indexed citations
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Norman, Ian, et al.. (2023). Development of a multi-component smoking cessation intervention for individuals living with diabetes. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 9(Supplement 2). 1 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2021). Distributed leadership and nurses’ job satisfaction: a survey. Leadership in health services. 34(1). 37–51. 5 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, Odette Griscti, & Ian Norman. (2021). Strategies to improve response rates to web surveys: A literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 123. 104058–104058. 186 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2021). The effectiveness of skin traction in reducing pain in adults with a hip fracture: A systematic review. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. 43. 100880–100880. 4 indexed citations
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Scerri, Anthony, Roberta Sammut, & Charles Scerri. (2020). Formal caregivers’ perceptions and experiences of using pet robots for persons living with dementia in long‐term care: A meta‐ethnography. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 77(1). 83–97. 19 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2020). Brief tobacco cessation interventions: Practices, opinions, and attitudes of healthcare professionals. Tobacco Prevention & Cessation. 6(August). 48–48. 14 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2020). Nurses’ and nurse managers’ perceived transformational leadership behavioural practices: a survey. Leadership in health services. 33(4). 385–396. 7 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2020). Exploring the knowledge, attitudes and perceived learning needs of formal carers of people with dementia. Nursing Older People. 32(3). 25–31. 7 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2019). The knowledge and attitudes of persons who participate and do not participate in colorectal cancer screening: A comparative survey. Applied Nursing Research. 49. 29–34. 2 indexed citations
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Sammut, Roberta, et al.. (2008). An exploratory study of predictors of self-care behaviour in persons with type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45(10). 1525–1533. 72 indexed citations

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