Sandro Demaio

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sandro Demaio is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandro Demaio has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 16 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Sandro Demaio's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (16 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 papers). Sandro Demaio is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (17 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (16 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (6 papers). Sandro Demaio collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Denmark and United Kingdom. Sandro Demaio's co-authors include Marios Poullas, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Ana Lydia Sawaya, Martha Mwangome, Rasmus Wibæk, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Maximilian de Courten, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, Louisa Ells and Corinna Hawkes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Journal of Public Health and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sandro Demaio

47 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health

2019 536 citations Jonathan C. K. Wells, Ana Lydia Sawaya et al. The Lancet profile →
Diet, physical activity and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obese children from the age of 6 to 11 years

2017 397 citations Sandro Demaio, Louisa Ells et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandro Demaio Australia	23	1.0k	652	520	379	298	48	2.5k
Herculina S. Kruger South Africa	29	1.3k 1.3×	440 0.7×	934 1.8×	376 1.0×	205 0.7×	155	2.8k
Rachel Novotny United States	31	1.6k 1.6×	574 0.9×	649 1.2×	349 0.9×	188 0.6×	182	3.2k
Jessica C. Jones‐Smith United States	25	1.8k 1.8×	834 1.3×	516 1.0×	262 0.7×	89 0.3×	105	2.7k
Juliana Kain Chile	26	2.0k 1.9×	1.2k 1.8×	792 1.5×	647 1.7×	157 0.5×	81	2.9k
Francis Delpeuch France	31	1.3k 1.2×	870 1.3×	1.6k 3.0×	400 1.1×	226 0.8×	136	3.1k
Gerd Holmboe‐Ottesen Norway	31	1.3k 1.3×	642 1.0×	763 1.5×	296 0.8×	95 0.3×	91	2.9k
Avula Laxmaiah India	23	815 0.8×	414 0.6×	804 1.5×	338 0.9×	100 0.3×	59	1.9k
Violeta Iotova Bulgaria	31	1.4k 1.4×	580 0.9×	219 0.4×	337 0.9×	249 0.8×	151	3.4k
Geok Lin Khor Malaysia	28	888 0.9×	490 0.8×	788 1.5×	327 0.9×	71 0.2×	99	2.4k
Fernando Vío Chile	20	1.2k 1.2×	864 1.3×	353 0.7×	229 0.6×	84 0.3×	69	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sandro Demaio

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sandro Demaio

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandro Demaio

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bragge, Peter, Alex Waddell, Veronica Delafosse, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of successful government-led interventions to support healthier populations: a starting portfolio of positive outlier examples. BMJ Global Health. 8(5). e011683–e011683. 6 indexed citations

Lycett, Kate, et al.. (2023). A framework for the Future Healthy Countdown 2030: tracking the health and wellbeing of children and young people to hold Australia to account. The Medical Journal of Australia. 219(S10). S3–S10. 5 indexed citations

Hayward, Joshua, et al.. (2022). Building capacity for the use of systems science to support local government public health planning: a case study of the VicHealth Local Government Partnership in Victoria, Australia. BMJ Open. 12(12). e068190–e068190. 10 indexed citations

Lazarus, Jeffrey V., Henry E. Mark, Massimo Colombo, et al.. (2021). A sustainable development goal framework to guide multisectoral action on NAFLD through a societal approach. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 55(2). 234–243. 8 indexed citations

Hollis, Jenna, Sandro Demaio, Laura Trijsburg, et al.. (2021). Investing in early nutrition and food systems for human and planetary health. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. 5(11). 772–774. 3 indexed citations

Duncanson, Kerith, Vanessa A. Shrewsbury, Tracy Burrows, et al.. (2020). Impact of weight management nutrition interventions on dietary outcomes in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity: a systematic review with meta‐analysis. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 34(1). 147–177. 21 indexed citations

Friel, Sharon & Sandro Demaio. (2020). COVID-19: Can we stop it being this generation's Great Depression?. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring. 3 indexed citations

Wells, Jonathan C. K., Ana Lydia Sawaya, Rasmus Wibæk, et al.. (2019). The double burden of malnutrition: aetiological pathways and consequences for health. The Lancet. 395(10217). 75–88. 536 indexed citations breakdown →

Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, et al.. (2019). The impact of maternal nutrition on offspring’s risk of non-communicable diseases in adulthood: a systematic review. Journal of Global Health. 9(2). 20405–20405. 34 indexed citations

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Baker, Phillip, Corinna Hawkes, Kate Wingrove, et al.. (2018). What drives political commitment for nutrition? A review and framework synthesis to inform the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition. BMJ Global Health. 3(1). e000485–e000485. 141 indexed citations

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Song, Peige, Yezhou Liu, Xinwei Yu, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of epilepsy in China between 1990 and 2015: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 7(2). 20706–20706. 61 indexed citations

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Song, Peige, Yezhou Liu, Xinwei Yu, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of epilepsy in China between 1990 and 2015: A systematic review and meta–analysis. Journal of Global Health. 7(2). 81 indexed citations

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Demaio, Sandro & Francesco Branca. (2017). Decade of action on nutrition: our window to act on the double burden of malnutrition. BMJ Global Health. 3(Suppl 1). e000492–e000492. 28 indexed citations

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Chan, Kit Yee, Feifei Zhao, Sandro Demaio, et al.. (2015). Prevalence of schizophrenia in China between 1990 and 2010.. Minerva Access (University of Melbourne). 5(1). 10410–10410. 74 indexed citations

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Chan, Kit Yee, et al.. (2015). Causes of accidental childhood deaths in China in 2010: A systematic review and analysis. Journal of Global Health. 5(1). 10412–10412. 16 indexed citations

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Demaio, Sandro, Jessica Nehme, Otgontuya Dugee, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, & Enkhtuya Palam. (2014). Tobacco smoking in Mongolia: findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 213–213. 33 indexed citations

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Demaio, Sandro, et al.. (2013). Complementary and alternative medicine use among diabetic patients in Africa: a Kenyan perspective. Pan African Medical Journal. 15. 110–110. 24 indexed citations

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Demaio, Sandro, Otgontuya Dugee, Maximilian de Courten, et al.. (2013). Exploring knowledge, attitudes and practices related to diabetes in Mongolia: a national population-based survey. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 49 indexed citations

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Demaio, Sandro, Otgontuya Dugee, Maximilian de Courten, et al.. (2013). Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia: a national population-based survey. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 178–178. 65 indexed citations

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Demaio, Sandro, Otgontuya Dugee, Janchiv Oyunbileg, et al.. (2011). Protocol for a national, mixed-methods knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on non-communicable diseases. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 961–961. 22 indexed citations

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