Sonia Azzopardi

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 968 citations indexed

About

Sonia Azzopardi is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Azzopardi has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 968 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 3 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 1 paper in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sonia Azzopardi's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (17 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (14 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (8 papers). Sonia Azzopardi is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (17 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (14 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (8 papers). Sonia Azzopardi collaborates with scholars based in Australia, India and United Kingdom. Sonia Azzopardi's co-authors include Peter M. Kistler, Jonathan M. Kalman, Andrew J. Taylor, G. Wong, Sandeep Prabhu, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, Liang‐Han Ling, C. Nalliah, Hariharan Sugumar and A. McLellan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Azzopardi

18 papers receiving 944 citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Catheter Ablation Versus Medical Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation and Systolic Dysfunction

2017 389 citations Sandeep Prabhu, Andrew J. Taylor et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Alcohol Abstinence in Drinkers with Atrial Fibrillation

2020 244 citations Aleksandr Voskoboinik, Jonathan M. Kalman et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonia Azzopardi Australia	12	918	70	58	55	36	20	968
Tushar Tuliani United States	6	486 0.5×	88 1.3×	24 0.4×	13 0.2×	76 2.1×	16	537
Francisco Pérez-Gómez Spain	8	519 0.6×	46 0.7×	130 2.2×	97 1.8×	125 3.5×	14	663
Maribel González‐Del‐Hoyo Spain	10	280 0.3×	108 1.5×	19 0.3×	14 0.3×	67 1.9×	30	348
Neil Pearce Canada	5	229 0.2×	20 0.3×	55 0.9×	14 0.3×	37 1.0×	10	383
Nebojša Mujović Serbia	11	418 0.5×	31 0.4×	30 0.5×	5 0.1×	47 1.3×	33	463
Melanie Hemmrich Germany	7	380 0.4×	32 0.5×	51 0.9×	11 0.2×	17 0.5×	9	419
Andrew B. Hughey United States	8	181 0.2×	42 0.6×	19 0.3×	14 0.3×	64 1.8×	12	254
J. Cairns Canada	9	358 0.4×	62 0.9×	22 0.4×	4 0.1×	56 1.6×	14	440
Younos Abdulsattar United States	9	283 0.3×	16 0.2×	47 0.8×	8 0.1×	22 0.6×	14	338
S Moulopoulos New Zealand	4	339 0.4×	117 1.7×	36 0.6×	11 0.2×	108 3.0×	8	406

Countries citing papers authored by Sonia Azzopardi

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Sonia Azzopardi's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Sonia Azzopardi with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sonia Azzopardi more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Sonia Azzopardi

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Azzopardi

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Azzopardi, Sonia, Louise Segan, Jeremy William, et al.. (2025). Yoga vs regular exercise for atrial fibrillation: Design of the yoga-AF randomized controlled trial. American Heart Journal. 292. 107278–107278.

Segan, Louise, David Chieng, Hariharan Sugumar, et al.. (2023). The impact of age on ablation outcomes in AF‐mediated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 34(10). 2065–2075.

Al‐Kaisey, Ahmed, Ramanathan Parameswaran, Christina Bryant, et al.. (2023). Impact of Catheter Ablation on Cognitive Function in Atrial Fibrillation. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 9(7). 1024–1034. 11 indexed citations

Chieng, David, Hariharan Sugumar, David M. Kaye, et al.. (2021). Prone and Supine 12-Lead ECG Comparisons. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 7(11). 1348–1357. 3 indexed citations

Voskoboinik, Aleksandr, Jonathan M. Kalman, Anurika De Silva, et al.. (2020). Alcohol Abstinence in Drinkers with Atrial Fibrillation. New England Journal of Medicine. 382(1). 20–28. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

Sugumar, Hariharan, Sandeep Prabhu, Ben Costello, et al.. (2020). Catheter Ablation Versus Medication in Atrial Fibrillation and Systolic Dysfunction. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 6(13). 1721–1731. 22 indexed citations

Sugumar, Hariharan, Shane Nanayakkara, David Chieng, et al.. (2019). Arrhythmia recurrence is more common in females undergoing multiple catheter ablation procedures for persistent atrial fibrillation: Time to close the gender gap. Heart Rhythm. 17(5). 692–698. 27 indexed citations

Prabhu, Sandeep, Ben Costello, Andrew J. Taylor, et al.. (2018). Regression of Diffuse Ventricular Fibrosis Following Restoration of Sinus Rhythm With Catheter Ablation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Systolic Dysfunction. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 4(8). 999–1007. 44 indexed citations

Prabhu, Sandeep, Manish Kalla, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, et al.. (2018). Pulmonary vein activity does not predict the outcome of catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation: A long-term multicenter prospective study. Heart Rhythm. 15(7). 980–986. 9 indexed citations

10.

Prabhu, Sandeep, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, A. McLellan, et al.. (2017). Biatrial Electrical and Structural Atrial Changes in Heart Failure. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 4(1). 87–96. 17 indexed citations

11.

Prabhu, Sandeep, Andrew J. Taylor, Ben Costello, et al.. (2017). Catheter Ablation Versus Medical Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation and Systolic Dysfunction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 70(16). 1949–1961. 389 indexed citations breakdown →

12.

Prabhu, Sandeep, Aleksandr Voskoboinik, A. McLellan, et al.. (2017). A comparison of the electrophysiologic and electroanatomic characteristics between the right and left atrium in persistent atrial fibrillation: Is the right atrium a window into the left?. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 28(10). 1109–1116. 25 indexed citations

13.

Prabhu, Sandeep, A. McLellan, Tuong Phan, et al.. (2016). Determining the Optimal Dose of Adenosine for Unmasking Dormant Pulmonary Vein Conduction Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Electrophysiological and Hemodynamic Assessment. DORMANT‐AF Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 28(1). 13–22. 5 indexed citations

14.

McLellan, A., Liang‐Han Ling, Sonia Azzopardi, et al.. (2015). A minimal or maximal ablation strategy to achieve pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective multi-centre randomized controlled trial (the Minimax study). European Heart Journal. 36(28). 1812–1821. 32 indexed citations

15.

Ling, Liang‐Han, A. McLellan, Andrew J. Taylor, et al.. (2014). Magnetic resonance post-contrast T1 mapping in the human atrium: Validation and impact on clinical outcome after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 11(9). 1551–1559. 32 indexed citations

16.

McLellan, A., Liang‐Han Ling, Sonia Azzopardi, et al.. (2014). Diffuse Ventricular Fibrosis Measured by T ₁ Mapping on Cardiac MRI Predicts Success of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 7(5). 834–840. 27 indexed citations

17.

McLellan, A., Liang‐Han Ling, Diego Ruggiero, et al.. (2013). Pulmonary vein isolation: The impact of pulmonary venous anatomy on long-term outcome of catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 11(4). 549–556. 62 indexed citations

18.

McLellan, A., Liang‐Han Ling, A. Ellims, et al.. (2013). Diffuse Ventricular Fibrosis Measured by T1 Mapping on Cardiac MRI Predicts Success of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Heart Lung and Circulation. 22. S111–S111. 1 indexed citations

19.

McLellan, A., Liang‐Han Ling, A. Ellims, et al.. (2013). Diffuse Atrial Fibrosis Measured by T1 Mapping on Cardiac MRI Predicts Success of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Heart Lung and Circulation. 22. S110–S110. 1 indexed citations

20.

Azzopardi, Sonia & Geraldine Lee. (2009). Health-Related Quality of Life 2 Years After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 24(3). 232–240. 17 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact