Stefan Buttigieg

624 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 319 citations indexed

About

Stefan Buttigieg is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Buttigieg has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 319 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Health Professions, 4 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 2 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Stefan Buttigieg's work include Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (5 papers), Ethics in Clinical Research (2 papers) and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (2 papers). Stefan Buttigieg is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (5 papers), Ethics in Clinical Research (2 papers) and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education (2 papers). Stefan Buttigieg collaborates with scholars based in Malta, United Kingdom and Portugal. Stefan Buttigieg's co-authors include Anna Odone, Natasha Azzopardi‐Muscat, Walter Ricciardi, Anthony Staines, Robin van Kessel, Brian Li Han Wong, Laura Maaß, David Novillo-Ortiz, Donatella Serio and Mario Cormaci and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Public Health, npj Digital Medicine and The Lancet Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Buttigieg

12 papers receiving 305 citations

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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.

Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions

2025 19 citations Димитра Пантели, Stefan Buttigieg et al. The Lancet Public Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Buttigieg Malta	7	122	68	49	35	32	14	319
Laura Maaß Germany	6	108 0.9×	48 0.7×	30 0.6×	5 0.1×	21 0.7×	18	209
Akiko Hemmi United Kingdom	7	96 0.8×	102 1.5×	31 0.6×	56 1.6×	6 0.2×	11	348
Sarah Albala United Kingdom	6	111 0.9×	49 0.7×	20 0.4×		18 0.6×	6	281
Christina Wadhwani Switzerland	4	133 1.1×	69 1.0×	20 0.4×		20 0.6×	4	317
Marwah Hassounah Saudi Arabia	7	81 0.7×	50 0.7×	27 0.6×		34 1.1×	12	325
Vera Lúcia Raposo Portugal	10	100 0.8×	89 1.3×	19 0.4×		16 0.5×	72	363
Mohammad Mehrtak Iran	11	95 0.8×	47 0.7×	17 0.3×		13 0.4×	26	351
Derrick Muneene Republic of the Congo	8	129 1.1×	45 0.7×	17 0.3×		14 0.4×	10	266
Francesc X Marín-Gomez Spain	13	66 0.5×	84 1.2×	34 0.7×		36 1.1×	22	299
Ruth Agbakoba United Kingdom	5	132 1.1×	79 1.2×	18 0.4×		14 0.4×	7	281

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Buttigieg

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14 of 14 papers shown

Пантели, Димитра, Stefan Buttigieg, Francisco Goiana-da-Silva, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions. The Lancet Public Health. 10(5). e428–e432. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Buttigieg, Stefan, Brian Li Han Wong, Mary Codd, et al.. (2025). Reflecting Digital Transformations in Public Health Curricula. Public health reviews. 46. 1608237–1608237.

Schutte, Nienke, Stefan Buttigieg, David Novillo-Ortiz, et al.. (2024). Mapping the regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence in health within the European Union. npj Digital Medicine. 7(1). 229–229. 34 indexed citations

Buttigieg, Stefan. (2023). Complementing traditional care with digital therapeutics for chronic non-communicable disease management. European Journal of Public Health. 33(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations

Buttigieg, Stefan, et al.. (2023). An evaluation of knowledge of circular economy among Therapeutic Radiographers/Radiation Therapists (TR/RTTs): Results of a European survey to inform curriculum design. Radiography. 29(2). 274–283. 12 indexed citations

Wong, Brian Li Han, et al.. (2022). The dawn of digital public health in Europe: Implications for public health policy and practice. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 14. 100316–100316. 78 indexed citations

Buttigieg, Stefan. (2022). Getting started with Podcasts. European Journal of Public Health. 32(Supplement_3).

Wong, Brian Li Han, et al.. (2021). Preparing the public health workforce for digital health futures: the case for digital Health training & capacity building. European Journal of Public Health. 31(Supplement_3). 2 indexed citations

Odone, Anna, Stefan Buttigieg, Walter Ricciardi, Natasha Azzopardi‐Muscat, & Anthony Staines. (2019). Public health digitalization in Europe. European Journal of Public Health. 29(Supplement_3). 28–35. 113 indexed citations

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Azzopardi‐Muscat, Natasha, et al.. (2019). Digitalization: potentials and pitfalls from a public health perspective. European Journal of Public Health. 29(Supplement_3). 1–2. 18 indexed citations

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Rosano, Aldo, Stefan Buttigieg, Marie Dauvrin, et al.. (2016). Access to preventive health services of migrants in five EU countries. European Journal of Public Health. 26(suppl_1). 2 indexed citations

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Buttigieg, Stefan. (2016). The power of social media - how can public health professionals make the best use of social media. European Journal of Public Health. 26(suppl_1). 1 indexed citations

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D’Ambrosio, A, et al.. (2014). Health 2.0 Workshop at the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations General Assembly: A Starting Point for Raising Awareness About the Relationship Between Information Communication Technology and Health Care Among Medical Students.. 2(1). 61–63. 1 indexed citations

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Cormaci, Mario, Edwin Lanfranco, Joseph A. Borg, et al.. (1997). Contribution to the Knowledge of Benthic Marine Algae on Rocky Substrata of the Maltese Islands (Mediterranean Sea). Botanica Marina. 40(1-6). 38 indexed citations

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