Sofia Castro Lopes

715 total citations
22 papers, 442 citations indexed

About

Sofia Castro Lopes is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofia Castro Lopes has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 442 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 10 papers in General Health Professions and 6 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in Sofia Castro Lopes's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (6 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 papers). Sofia Castro Lopes is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (17 papers), Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (6 papers) and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (5 papers). Sofia Castro Lopes collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Portugal and Australia. Sofia Castro Lopes's co-authors include Andrea Nove, Caroline Homer, Petra ten Hoope‐Bender, Francisco Pozo-Martin, James Buchan, Nester Moyo, Michaela Michel‐Schuldt, Deborah Constant, Luc de Bernis and Nafissa Osman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sofia Castro Lopes

19 papers receiving 427 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofia Castro Lopes South Africa 11 262 154 117 98 59 22 442
Senga Pemba Tanzania 10 277 1.1× 181 1.2× 55 0.5× 85 0.9× 114 1.9× 17 474
Dickson Ally Mkoka Tanzania 10 217 0.8× 99 0.6× 73 0.6× 37 0.4× 64 1.1× 35 330
Loubna Belaid Canada 13 237 0.9× 175 1.1× 85 0.7× 29 0.3× 138 2.3× 36 507
Wanangwa Chimwaza Malawi 6 231 0.9× 152 1.0× 72 0.6× 50 0.5× 89 1.5× 9 330
Thandiwe Ngoma United States 11 306 1.2× 95 0.6× 124 1.1× 22 0.2× 75 1.3× 28 399
Helen Prytherch Switzerland 13 224 0.9× 196 1.3× 38 0.3× 83 0.8× 100 1.7× 43 484
Krystyna Makowiecka United Kingdom 9 337 1.3× 143 0.9× 94 0.8× 32 0.3× 21 0.4× 17 401
Chandni Joshi Australia 11 319 1.2× 272 1.8× 66 0.6× 57 0.6× 90 1.5× 21 600
Jeanette L. Kaiser United States 10 274 1.0× 86 0.6× 115 1.0× 21 0.2× 26 0.4× 32 323
Richard Mangwi Ayiasi Uganda 10 233 0.9× 180 1.2× 26 0.2× 39 0.4× 110 1.9× 16 384

Countries citing papers authored by Sofia Castro Lopes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofia Castro Lopes

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, Louise Holly, & Ilona Kickbusch. (2025). Mapping Policies and Regulations for Safe and Healthy Digital Environments for Children and Adolescents. Global Policy. 16(2). 380–384. 1 indexed citations
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Akilimali, Pierre, et al.. (2024). Women’s Empowerment and Associated Factors in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Performance Monitoring Assessment Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(7). 943–943. 1 indexed citations
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Nabirye, Rose Chalo, Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Andrea Nove, et al.. (2024). Perceptions of quality of care in Midwife-led Birth Centres (MLBCs) in Uganda: Why do women choose MLBCs over other options?. Women and Birth. 37(4). 101612–101612. 4 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, Deborah Constant, Sílvia Fraga, & Jane Harries. (2024). Women's voices and meanings of empowerment for reproductive decisions: a qualitative study in Mozambique. Reproductive Health. 21(1). 16–16. 5 indexed citations
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Rahman, Fazlur, Sabera Turkmani, Kirsty Hughes, et al.. (2024). Midwife-led birthing centre in the humanitarian setup: An experience from the Rohingya camp, Bangladesh. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(12). e0004033–e0004033.
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, Deborah Constant, Sílvia Fraga, & Jane Harries. (2022). How women’s empowerment influences fertility-related outcomes and contraceptive practices: A cross-sectional study in Mozambique. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(9). e0000670–e0000670. 8 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, Deborah Constant, Sílvia Fraga, Nafissa Osman, & Jane Harries. (2022). “There Are Things We Can Do and There Are Things We Cannot Do.” A Qualitative Study About Women's Perceptions on Empowerment in Relation to Fertility Intentions and Family Planning Practices in Mozambique. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 824650–824650. 8 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, Deborah Constant, Sílvia Fraga, et al.. (2021). Socio-economic, demographic, and behavioural determinants of women’s empowerment in Mozambique. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0252294–e0252294. 13 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, et al.. (2019). Chitosan-cellulose particles as delivery vehicles for limonene fragrance. Industrial Crops and Products. 139. 111407–111407. 36 indexed citations
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Dussault, Gilles, et al.. (2018). Building the primary health care workforce of the 21st century: Background paper to the Global Conference on Primary Health Care: From Alma-Ata Towards Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. 14 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, et al.. (2017). A rapid review of the rate of attrition from the health workforce. Human Resources for Health. 15(1). 21–21. 70 indexed citations
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Pozo-Martin, Francisco, Andrea Nove, Sofia Castro Lopes, et al.. (2017). Health workforce metrics pre- and post-2015: a stimulus to public policy and planning. Human Resources for Health. 15(1). 14–14. 27 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, Andrea Nove, Petra ten Hoope‐Bender, et al.. (2016). A descriptive analysis of midwifery education, regulation and association in 73 countries: the baseline for a post-2015 pathway. Human Resources for Health. 14(1). 37–37. 54 indexed citations
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Ruktanonchai, Corrine W., Nick Ruktanonchai, Andrea Nove, et al.. (2016). Equality in Maternal and Newborn Health: Modelling Geographic Disparities in Utilisation of Care in Five East African Countries. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0162006–e0162006. 56 indexed citations
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Hoope‐Bender, Petra ten, Sofia Castro Lopes, Andrea Nove, et al.. (2015). Midwifery 2030: a woman’s pathway to health. What does this mean?. Midwifery. 32. 1–6. 32 indexed citations
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Duysburgh, Els, Séni Kouanda, Peter Gichangi, et al.. (2015). Opportunities to improve postpartum care for mothers and infants: design of context-specific packages of postpartum interventions in rural districts in four sub-Saharan African countries. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 15(1). 131–131. 47 indexed citations
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Lopes, Sofia Castro, et al.. (2015). The involvement of midwives associations in policy and planning about the midwifery workforce: A global survey. Midwifery. 31(11). 1096–1103. 19 indexed citations
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Mann, Sue, Tim Colbourn, Henrique Barros, Sofia Castro Lopes, & Els Duysburgh. (2012). Post-partum mother and child care: a comparison of four African countries. The Lancet. 380. S17–S17. 1 indexed citations

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