Sarah Bigi

851 total citations
45 papers, 318 citations indexed

About

Sarah Bigi is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Language and Linguistics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Bigi has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 318 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in General Health Professions, 13 papers in Language and Linguistics and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sarah Bigi's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (11 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (10 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (10 papers). Sarah Bigi is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (11 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (10 papers) and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (10 papers). Sarah Bigi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Portugal and United States. Sarah Bigi's co-authors include Fabrizio Macagno, Maria Grazia Rossi, Sara Greco, Eleonora Borelli, Leonardo Potenza, Elena Bandieri, Mario Luppi, Carlo Adolfo Porro, Fabio Efficace and Éduardo Bruera and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Bigi

38 papers receiving 307 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Bigi Italy 13 101 87 65 47 40 45 318
David Gramling United States 10 83 0.8× 100 1.1× 41 0.6× 21 0.4× 12 0.3× 33 286
Anette Grønning Denmark 9 94 0.9× 70 0.8× 50 0.8× 5 0.1× 16 0.4× 31 346
Lee Luan Ng Malaysia 11 31 0.3× 14 0.2× 73 1.1× 17 0.4× 15 0.4× 28 290
Jon Amastae United States 12 63 0.6× 373 4.3× 114 1.8× 215 4.6× 58 1.4× 25 598
Jiří Mareš Czechia 9 51 0.5× 67 0.8× 9 0.1× 21 0.4× 8 0.2× 59 276
Hermann Vetter Germany 11 53 0.5× 19 0.2× 15 0.2× 35 0.7× 29 0.7× 26 304
Joseph Gafaranga United Kingdom 16 166 1.6× 37 0.4× 607 9.3× 4 0.1× 66 1.6× 28 877
Rachel Fournier Canada 11 108 1.1× 22 0.3× 11 0.2× 7 0.1× 37 0.9× 17 269
Aysun Doğan Türkiye 14 56 0.6× 27 0.3× 4 0.1× 33 0.7× 25 0.6× 26 431
Kinnard White United States 11 80 0.8× 63 0.7× 12 0.2× 5 0.1× 55 1.4× 28 435

Countries citing papers authored by Sarah Bigi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Bigi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Bigi

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

All Works

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Bigi, Sarah, et al.. (2025). Expression of patient and caregiver uncertainty in view of decision-making in online health communities. Patient Education and Counseling. 134. 108659–108659. 1 indexed citations
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Bigi, Sarah, et al.. (2025). “About the patient, not for the patient”: A qualitative study on medical reports in hepatology. Patient Education and Counseling. 142. 109363–109363.
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Bandieri, Elena, Eleonora Borelli, Sarah Bigi, et al.. (2024). Positive Psychological Well-Being in Early Palliative Care: A Narrative Review of the Roles of Hope, Gratitude, and Death Acceptance. Current Oncology. 31(2). 672–684. 6 indexed citations
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Bandieri, Elena, Sarah Bigi, Eleonora Borelli, et al.. (2024). Early palliative care perceptions by patients with cancer and primary caregivers: metaphorical language. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14(e3). e3011–e3018. 1 indexed citations
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Bigi, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Patient Perspective on Disease Burden and Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A and B: The “Haemvolution for Patients” Italian Survey. Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 51(1). 49–57. 2 indexed citations
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Bigi, Sarah & Nanon Labrie. (2024). Editorial to the special section: Argumentation in healthcare. Patient Education and Counseling. 133. 108627–108627.
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Bandieri, Elena, Eleonora Borelli, Sarah Bigi, et al.. (2023). Stigma of Palliative Care among Patients with Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers on Early Palliative Care. Cancers. 15(14). 3656–3656. 13 indexed citations
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Borelli, Eleonora, Sarah Bigi, Leonardo Potenza, et al.. (2023). Caregiver’s quality of life in advanced cancer: validation of the construct in a real-life setting of early palliative care. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1213906–1213906. 2 indexed citations
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Borelli, Eleonora, Sarah Bigi, Leonardo Potenza, et al.. (2022). Gratitude among advanced cancer patients and their caregivers: The role of early palliative care. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 991250–991250. 14 indexed citations
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Macagno, Fabrizio & Sarah Bigi. (2020). The Role of Evidence in Chronic Care Decision-Making. Topoi. 40(2). 343–358. 3 indexed citations
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Ammentorp, Jette, Sarah Bigi, Jonathan Silverman, et al.. (2020). Upscaling communication skills training – lessons learned from international initiatives. Patient Education and Counseling. 104(2). 352–359. 28 indexed citations
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Macagno, Fabrizio & Sarah Bigi. (2017). Analyzing the Pragmatic Structure of Dialogues. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Rossi, Maria Grazia & Sarah Bigi. (2017). mHealth for diabetes support: a systematic review of apps available on the Italian market. mHealth. 3. 16–16. 16 indexed citations
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Lamiani, Giulia, Sarah Bigi, Maria Elisa Mancuso, Antonio Coppola, & Elena Vegni. (2016). Applying a deliberation model to the analysis of consultations in haemophilia: Implications for doctor-patient communication. Patient Education and Counseling. 100(4). 690–695. 16 indexed citations
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Bigi, Sarah. (2010). Analyzing doctor-patient communication: methodological issues. 133–145. 1 indexed citations
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Bigi, Sarah. (2009). Using keywords to analyze conflicts in doctor-patient consultations. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Bigi, Sarah. (2007). Keywords in argumentative texts and their persuasive power. 16(1). 129–136. 3 indexed citations

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