Sebastián Otero

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 667 citations indexed

About

Sebastián Otero is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastián Otero has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 667 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Sebastián Otero's work include COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (7 papers), COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (4 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers). Sebastián Otero is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction (7 papers), COVID-19 and healthcare impacts (4 papers) and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (3 papers). Sebastián Otero collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Chile. Sebastián Otero's co-authors include Emily S. Miller, Elisheva D. Shanes, Leena B. Mithal, Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Hooman Azad, Valerie G. Press, Kyle A. Carey, Vineet M. Arora, David O. Meltzer and B. Douglas Bernheim and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Scientific Reports and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sebastián Otero

19 papers receiving 645 citations

Hit Papers

Placental Pathology in COVID-19 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
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. Placental Pathology in COVID-19
    2020 431 citations Elisheva D. Shanes, Leena B. Mithal et al. American Journal of Clinical Pathology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sebastián Otero United States 10 511 198 188 123 86 23 667
Meghana Limaye United States 10 496 1.0× 240 1.2× 230 1.2× 78 0.6× 59 0.7× 29 617
Karen Lim Singapore 6 752 1.5× 373 1.9× 284 1.5× 68 0.6× 131 1.5× 15 982
Matthew J. Blitz United States 12 350 0.7× 223 1.1× 243 1.3× 25 0.2× 73 0.8× 88 567
Grecio J. Sandoval United States 8 412 0.8× 178 0.9× 250 1.3× 33 0.3× 41 0.5× 22 486
Şule Göncü Ayhan Türkiye 12 414 0.8× 150 0.8× 194 1.0× 48 0.4× 50 0.6× 34 524
Harshad Sanghvi United States 11 263 0.5× 120 0.6× 366 1.9× 19 0.2× 44 0.5× 19 566
Lingkong Zeng China 9 860 1.7× 373 1.9× 259 1.4× 68 0.6× 151 1.8× 25 1.1k
Baeg-Ju Na South Korea 10 90 0.2× 191 1.0× 35 0.2× 272 2.2× 28 0.3× 45 566
Michail Papapanou Greece 10 119 0.2× 213 1.1× 83 0.4× 22 0.2× 73 0.8× 28 494
Michael Nimaroff United States 10 249 0.5× 119 0.6× 130 0.7× 10 0.1× 47 0.5× 21 317

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastián Otero

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastián Otero

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sebastián Otero. 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 Sebastián Otero. The network helps show where Sebastián Otero may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastián Otero

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sebastián Otero. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sebastián Otero 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 Sebastián Otero. Sebastián Otero 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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Mithal, Leena B., Young Ah Goo, Sebastián Otero, et al.. (2025). Cord blood proteomics identifies biomarkers of early-onset neonatal sepsis. JCI Insight. 10(13).
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Mithal, Leena B., Nicola Lancki, Young Ah Goo, et al.. (2025). Evolution of the umbilical cord blood proteome across gestational development. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 2233–2233. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Hanyin, Yikuan Li, Meghan R. Hutch, et al.. (2023). Patterns of diverse and changing sentiments towards COVID-19 vaccines: a sentiment analysis study integrating 11 million tweets and surveillance data across over 180 countries. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 30(5). 923–931. 3 indexed citations
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Shanes, Elisheva D., Emily S. Miller, Sebastián Otero, et al.. (2022). Placental Pathology After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Pre-Variant of Concern, Alpha / Gamma, Delta, or Omicron Eras. International Journal of Surgical Pathology. 31(4). 387–397. 28 indexed citations
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Otero, Sebastián, Emily S. Miller, Elisheva D. Shanes, et al.. (2022). Maternal Antibody Response and Transplacental Transfer Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection or Vaccination in Pregnancy. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(2). 220–228. 13 indexed citations
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Mithal, Leena B., Sebastián Otero, Lacy M. Simons, et al.. (2022). Low-level SARS-CoV-2 viremia coincident with COVID placentitis and stillbirth. Placenta. 121. 79–81. 13 indexed citations
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Sukhanova, Madina, Leena B. Mithal, Sebastián Otero, et al.. (2021). Maternal vs Fetal Origin of Placental Intervillous Thrombi. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 157(3). 365–373. 2 indexed citations
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Shanes, Elisheva D., et al.. (2021). Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Vaccination in Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 138(2). 281–283. 46 indexed citations
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Fisher, Stephanie A., Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Leena B. Mithal, et al.. (2021). Laboratory analysis of symptomatic and asymptomatic pregnant patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 3(6). 100458–100458. 4 indexed citations
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Shanes, Elisheva D., Leena B. Mithal, Sebastián Otero, et al.. (2020). Placental Pathology in COVID-19. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 154(1). 23–32. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arora, Vineet M., et al.. (2020). Evaluating the Need to Address Digital Literacy Among Hospitalized Patients: Cross-Sectional Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(6). e17519–e17519. 40 indexed citations
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Arora, Vineet M., et al.. (2020). Measuring eHealth Literacy in Urban Hospitalized Patients: Implications for the Post-COVID World. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(1). 251–253. 15 indexed citations
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Otero, Sebastián, et al.. (2017). The effects of drinking and driving laws on car crashes, injuries, and deaths: Evidence from Chile. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 106. 262–274. 20 indexed citations
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González, Arturo, et al.. (2016). Actitudes éticas de los pediatras de Cuidados Intensivos ante pacientes con atrofia muscular espinal tipo 1. Anales de Pediatría. 86(3). 151–157. 2 indexed citations
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Otero, Sebastián, et al.. (2011). Obstruction iatrogène sévère de la voie aérienne par un lymphangiome lingual. Archives de Pédiatrie. 18(9). 983–986. 3 indexed citations
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Otero, Sebastián, et al.. (2005). Síndrome de Lemierre. La enfermedad olvidada. Medicina Intensiva. 29(8). 437–440.
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Otero, Sebastián, et al.. (2000). Uso de isoflurano inhalado en el status asmático en el niño. Medicina Intensiva. 24(5). 237–239.
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Otero, Sebastián, et al.. (1996). Valoración de 200 traslados de niños críticos en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos. Anales de Pediatría. 45(3). 249–252. 3 indexed citations
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González, Arturo, et al.. (1995). Magill forceps. Pediatric Emergency Care. 11(5). 302–303. 12 indexed citations
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Otero, Sebastián, et al.. (1990). Shock séptico causado por Neisseria flavescens. Anales de Pediatría. 33(1). 64–65.

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