Rudi Rocha

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Rudi Rocha is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rudi Rocha has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Rudi Rocha's work include Healthcare Systems and Reforms (11 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (5 papers). Rudi Rocha is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Systems and Reforms (11 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (10 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (5 papers). Rudi Rocha collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and United Kingdom. Rudi Rocha's co-authors include Rodrigo R. Soares, Clarissa Gandour, Juliano Assunção, Adriano Massuda, Márcia C. Castro, Rifat Atun, Thomas Hone, Ana María Malik, James Macinko and Naércio Aquino Menezes-Filho and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rudi Rocha

40 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future

2019 545 citations Márcia C. Castro, Adriano Massuda et al. The Lancet profile →
Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis

2021 228 citations Rudi Rocha, Rifat Atun et al. The Lancet Global Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rudi Rocha Brazil	15	518	434	301	246	182	50	1.7k
Lian Zhou China	22	309 0.6×	293 0.7×	190 0.6×	210 0.9×	224 1.2×	52	2.3k
Laura B. Rawlings United States	19	375 0.7×	544 1.3×	583 1.9×	95 0.4×	303 1.7×	56	2.3k
Martina Vojtkova United Kingdom	11	298 0.6×	374 0.9×	232 0.8×	164 0.7×	113 0.6×	15	1.6k
Frederik Booysen South Africa	26	685 1.3×	560 1.3×	490 1.6×	59 0.2×	215 1.2×	74	2.2k
Christel M. J. Vermeersch United States	15	501 1.0×	621 1.4×	310 1.0×	87 0.4×	620 3.4×	28	2.3k
Elizabeth Frankenberg United States	26	524 1.0×	366 0.8×	919 3.1×	247 1.0×	400 2.2×	66	2.6k
Alan Barreca United States	16	399 0.8×	556 1.3×	276 0.9×	208 0.8×	211 1.2×	28	2.0k
Gustavo Ángeles United States	24	529 1.0×	297 0.7×	410 1.4×	60 0.2×	581 3.2×	61	2.0k
Hugh Waddington United Kingdom	22	270 0.5×	333 0.8×	264 0.9×	48 0.2×	222 1.2×	51	1.6k
Blessing Mberu Kenya	27	912 1.8×	418 1.0×	615 2.0×	218 0.9×	700 3.8×	97	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rudi Rocha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rudi Rocha

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mrejen, Matías & Rudi Rocha. (2025). Hiring mental health professionals: Evidence from a large-scale policy in Brazil. Labour Economics. 94. 102728–102728.

Rocha, Rudi, et al.. (2025). Healthcare utilisation among low-income individuals affected by violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 3508–3508.

Castro, Márcia C., et al.. (2025). Avanços, desafios e perspectivas futuras para a resiliência do SUS. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 30(6). e22072024–e22072024.

Castro, Márcia C., et al.. (2025). Advances, challenges, and prospects for the Unified Health System (SUS) resilience. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva. 30(6).

Batista, Carolina, et al.. (2025). The effect of deforestation on COVID-19 transmission to Indigenous peoples in Brazil: A panel fixed-effects analysis before and after vaccination. PLOS Global Public Health. 5(4). e0004527–e0004527.

Hone, Thomas, Paraskevi Seferidi, Rodrigo Moreno‐Serra, et al.. (2024). Progress towards universal health coverage and inequalities in infant mortality: an analysis of 4·1 million births from 60 low-income and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2019. The Lancet Global Health. 12(5). e744–e755. 2 indexed citations

Rache, Beatriz, Rudi Rocha, Gérson Ferrari, et al.. (2024). Transition towards cancer mortality predominance over cardiovascular disease mortality in Brazil, 2000–2019: a population-based study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 39. 100904–100904. 8 indexed citations

Massuda, Adriano, et al.. (2023). Social determinants of health in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic: strengths and limitations of emergency responses. Health Affairs Scholar. 1(1). qxad014–qxad014. 4 indexed citations

Castro, Márcia C., et al.. (2022). The health systems resilience: notes for a research agenda for the SUS. Saúde em Debate. 46(spe8). 156–170. 3 indexed citations

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Castro, Márcia C., et al.. (2022). A resiliência de sistemas de saúde: apontamentos para uma agenda de pesquisa para o SUS. Saúde em Debate. 46(spe8). 156–170. 6 indexed citations

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Costa, Francisco, et al.. (2022). Stop Suffering! Economic Downturns and Pentecostal Upsurge. Journal of the European Economic Association. 21(1). 215–250. 9 indexed citations

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Mrejen, Matías, Rudi Rocha, Christopher Millett, & Thomas Hone. (2021). The quality of alternative models of primary health care and morbidity and mortality in Brazil: a national longitudinal analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 4. 100034–100034. 10 indexed citations

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Rocha, Rudi, Rifat Atun, Adriano Massuda, et al.. (2021). Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 9(6). e782–e792. 228 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rache, Beatriz, Rudi Rocha, Letícia Nunes, et al.. (2020). Necessidades de Infraestrutura do SUS em Preparo à COVID-19: Leitos de UTI, Respiradores e Ocupação Hospitalar. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5–5. 9 indexed citations

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Rocha, Rudi, et al.. (2020). Subsidizing access to prescription drugs and health outcomes: The case of diabetes. Journal of Health Economics. 72. 102347–102347. 9 indexed citations

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Castro, Márcia C., Adriano Massuda, Gisele Almeida, et al.. (2019). Brazil's unified health system: the first 30 years and prospects for the future. The Lancet. 394(10195). 345–356. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Rocha, Rudi, et al.. (2018). Efeitos do FUNDEF/B sobre Frequência Escolar, Fluxo Escolar e Trabalho Infantil: Uma Análise com Base nos Censos de 2000 e 2010. Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo). 48(1). 39–75. 7 indexed citations

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Rocha, Rudi, et al.. (2013). Therapeutic response and iatrogenesis — The two facets of a drug. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 24. e135–e135.

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Rocha, Rudi & Rodrigo R. Soares. (2012). Water Scarcity and Birth Outcomes in the Brazilian Semiarid. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6 indexed citations

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