Rômulo Paes-Sousa

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Rômulo Paes-Sousa is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rômulo Paes-Sousa has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Rômulo Paes-Sousa's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (11 papers). Rômulo Paes-Sousa is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (13 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (11 papers). Rômulo Paes-Sousa collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and United States. Rômulo Paes-Sousa's co-authors include Davide Rasella, Maurício L. Barreto, Rosana Aquino, Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, Thomas Hone, Christopher Millett, Sanjay Basu, Carlos Octávio Ocké‐Reis, Joyce Mendes de Andrade Schramm and Andrew J. Mirelman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Rômulo Paes-Sousa

44 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on childh... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on childhood mortality: a nationwide analysis of Brazilian municipalities
    2013 374 citations Davide Rasella, Rômulo Paes-Sousa 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
Rômulo Paes-Sousa Brazil 13 606 334 310 201 165 61 1.1k
Kenneth Maes United States 20 483 0.8× 362 1.1× 371 1.2× 191 1.0× 193 1.2× 38 1.1k
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme Ghana 20 668 1.1× 321 1.0× 451 1.5× 234 1.2× 235 1.4× 64 1.4k
Robert Ndugwa Kenya 16 376 0.6× 302 0.9× 410 1.3× 155 0.8× 163 1.0× 25 1.4k
William Joe India 21 405 0.7× 450 1.3× 359 1.2× 156 0.8× 113 0.7× 74 1.2k
Cornelius Debpuur Ghana 20 463 0.8× 287 0.9× 622 2.0× 171 0.9× 153 0.9× 47 1.3k
Krycia Cowling United States 10 346 0.6× 202 0.6× 319 1.0× 153 0.8× 110 0.7× 17 905
Eugene Kofuor Maafo Darteh Ghana 18 524 0.9× 220 0.7× 476 1.5× 119 0.6× 153 0.9× 71 1.1k
William T. Story United States 16 334 0.6× 250 0.7× 521 1.7× 122 0.6× 191 1.2× 41 999
Mikey Rosato United Kingdom 14 470 0.8× 413 1.2× 688 2.2× 123 0.6× 71 0.4× 21 1.1k
Karin Stenberg Switzerland 14 514 0.8× 378 1.1× 613 2.0× 221 1.1× 85 0.5× 26 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rômulo Paes-Sousa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rômulo Paes-Sousa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rômulo Paes-Sousa. 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 Rômulo Paes-Sousa. The network helps show where Rômulo Paes-Sousa may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rômulo Paes-Sousa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rômulo Paes-Sousa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rômulo Paes-Sousa 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 Rômulo Paes-Sousa. Rômulo Paes-Sousa 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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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo, et al.. (2025). Ethnic-racial approach to the SDG: promoting a Global South perspective to the 2030 Agenda and sustainable development. Arca - Repositório Institucional da Fiocruz. 25. 100272–100272.
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Hessel, Philipp, Ana L. Moncayo, Renato Tasca, et al.. (2024). Current and Projected Mortality and Hospitalization Rates Associated With Conditional Cash Transfer, Social Pension, and Primary Health Care Programs in Brazil, 2000-2030. JAMA Network Open. 7(4). e247519–e247519. 3 indexed citations
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Silva, Gabriela Drummond Marques da, et al.. (2024). Access to health and social protection policies by homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods case study on tailored inter-sector care during a health emergency. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1356652–1356652. 2 indexed citations
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Silva, Gabriela Drummond Marques da, et al.. (2024). Desafios e possibilidades da jurimetria na judicialização em saúde: uma investigação em Minas Gerais do período 2014 a 2020. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). 36–50.
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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo, et al.. (2024). The paradox of growing technical capacities with low global governance: a review of Voluntary National Reviews’ SDG health-related indicators. Globalization and Health. 20(1). 50–50. 1 indexed citations
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Silva, Gabriela Drummond Marques da, et al.. (2023). Desigualdades de saúde no Brasil: proposta de priorização para alcance dos Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Cadernos de Saúde Pública. 39(4). e00119022–e00119022. 4 indexed citations
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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo, et al.. (2023). Judicialização do câncer no Brasil: uma revisão integrativa da literatura científica. Revista de Direito Sanitário. 23. e0028–e0028.
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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo, et al.. (2023). Internação compulsória de usuários de drogas: Estigma e alternativa de tratamento em Belo Horizonte. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(3). e53560–e53560.
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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo, et al.. (2021). A encruzilhada da judicialização da saúde no Brasil sob a perspectiva do Direito Comparado. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(4). 197–223. 2 indexed citations
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Silva, Gabriela Drummond Marques da, et al.. (2021). Social isolation relaxation and the effective reproduction number (Rt) of COVID-19 in twelve Brazilian cities. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 26(10). 4681–4691. 2 indexed citations
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Silva, Gabriela Drummond Marques da, et al.. (2020). Judicialization of administrative measures to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Revista do Serviço Público. 71. 189–211. 4 indexed citations
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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo, et al.. (2020). Proteção Social e COVID-19: a resposta do Brasil e das maiores economias da América Latina. 11(20). 111–111. 14 indexed citations
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Machado, Daiane Borges, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Dandara de Oliveira Ramos, et al.. (2020). Monitoring the progress of health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Brazilian states using the Global Burden of Disease indicators. Population Health Metrics. 18(S1). 7–7. 27 indexed citations
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Hone, Thomas, Andrew J. Mirelman, Davide Rasella, et al.. (2019). Effect of economic recession and impact of health and social protection expenditures on adult mortality: a longitudinal analysis of 5565 Brazilian municipalities. The Lancet Global Health. 7(11). e1575–e1583. 112 indexed citations
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Paes-Sousa, Rômulo & Jeni Vaitsman. (2014). The Zero Hunger and Brazil without Extreme Poverty programs: a step forward in Brazilian social protection policy. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 19(11). 4351–4360. 22 indexed citations
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Segall‐Corrêa, Ana Maria, et al.. (2008). Cash transference and food insecurity in Brazil: analysis of national data. Revista de Nutrição. 21. 6 indexed citations
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Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco, Rômulo Paes-Sousa, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, & César G. Victora. (2008). National Immunization Day: A Strategy to Monitor Health and Nutrition indicators/Journee Nationale De la Vaccination: Une Strategie Pour Surveiller Les Indicateurs Sanitaires et nutritionnels/Uso De Les Dias Nacionales De Inmunizacion Como Estrategia Para Vigilar Los Indicadores Sanitarios Y Nutricionales. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 86(6). 474. 3 indexed citations

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