Valentina Simonetti

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Valentina Simonetti is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentina Simonetti has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Health Professions, 14 papers in Clinical Psychology and 13 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Valentina Simonetti's work include Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (11 papers), Nursing education and management (9 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (7 papers). Valentina Simonetti is often cited by papers focused on Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (11 papers), Nursing education and management (9 papers) and COVID-19 and Mental Health (7 papers). Valentina Simonetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Finland. Valentina Simonetti's co-authors include Giancarlo Cicolini, Dania Comparcini, Marco Tomietto, Maria Elena Flacco, Pamela Di Giovanni, Lamberto Manzoli, Lorenzo Capasso, Paola Arcadi, Ángela Durante and Gianluca Pucciarelli and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health and Journal of Advanced Nursing.

In The Last Decade

Valentina Simonetti

56 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

Anxiety, sleep disorders and self‐efficacy among nurses during COVID‐19 pandemic: A large cross‐sectional study

2021 135 citations Valentina Simonetti, Giancarlo Cicolini et al. Journal of Clinical Nursing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valentina Simonetti Italy	20	413	323	237	168	141	61	1.4k
Dania Comparcini Italy	18	308 0.7×	158 0.5×	203 0.9×	122 0.7×	122 0.9×	51	1.1k
Gianluca Catania Italy	22	587 1.4×	325 1.0×	163 0.7×	308 1.8×	167 1.2×	97	1.5k
Hanna Admi Israel	18	670 1.6×	318 1.0×	262 1.1×	168 1.0×	137 1.0×	42	1.5k
Trudy Dwyer Australia	28	989 2.4×	324 1.0×	296 1.2×	368 2.2×	172 1.2×	123	2.2k
Bonnie Mowinski Jennings United States	24	1.0k 2.5×	204 0.6×	325 1.4×	285 1.7×	130 0.9×	93	1.9k
Daniela Tartaglini Italy	18	351 0.8×	299 0.9×	167 0.7×	113 0.7×	89 0.6×	58	1.0k
Hamid Peyrovi Iran	24	493 1.2×	493 1.5×	168 0.7×	324 1.9×	154 1.1×	120	1.7k
Chenjuan Ma United States	20	802 1.9×	169 0.5×	189 0.8×	163 1.0×	89 0.6×	63	1.4k
Emily Cramer United States	17	339 0.8×	183 0.6×	97 0.4×	136 0.8×	213 1.5×	69	992
Carol Windsor Australia	18	487 1.2×	312 1.0×	191 0.8×	189 1.1×	141 1.0×	55	1.1k

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Comparcini, Dania, et al.. (2025). Influenza vaccination hesitancy and related factors among pregnant and breastfeeding women: A cross-sectional study. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 21(1). 2450858–2450858. 3 indexed citations

Comparcini, Dania, et al.. (2025). Impact of Traumatic Stress on Nurses' Work Ability, Job Satisfaction, Turnover and Intention to Leave: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81(10). 6504–6514. 2 indexed citations

Cicolini, Giancarlo, et al.. (2025). Digital Health Literacy in Patients With Hypertension: A Cross‐Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 35(1). 158–171. 2 indexed citations

Unsworth, John, Joanne Atkinson, Dania Comparcini, et al.. (2025). Development and Validation of the Family and Community Nursing Advanced Practice Scale. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 34(10). 4319–4339. 1 indexed citations

Comparcini, Dania, Valentina Simonetti, Silvio Tafuri, et al.. (2025). Clustering vaccine hesitancy and social media use of nurses and nursing students: a cross-sectional study. Applied Nursing Research. 84. 151976–151976.

Simonetti, Valentina, Giancarlo Cicolini, Marco Tomietto, et al.. (2025). The association between adolescents' knowledge and perception of HPV vaccination and parents' characteristics: A cross-sectional study. Applied Nursing Research. 81. 151899–151899.

Jarva, Erika, Dania Comparcini, Valentina Simonetti, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing nurses and nursing students' attitudes towards vaccinations: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 162. 104963–104963. 2 indexed citations

Unsworth, John, Dania Comparcini, Valentina Simonetti, et al.. (2024). Identifying patterns and profiles of vaccination hesitancy among nurses for tailoring healthcare policies in the UK: A cross‐sectional study. International Nursing Review. 72(2). e13035–e13035. 1 indexed citations

Comparcini, Dania, Valentina Simonetti, Marco Tomietto, et al.. (2024). The Relationship Between Nurses' Digital Health Literacy and Their Educational Levels, Professional Roles, and Digital Attitudes: A Cluster Analysis Based on a Cross‐Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 34(7). 2885–2897. 5 indexed citations

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Comparcini, Dania, Valentina Simonetti, Giancarlo Cicolini, et al.. (2024). Exploring the impact of socially assistive robots on health and wellbeing across the lifespan: An umbrella review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 153. 104730–104730. 19 indexed citations

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Tomietto, Marco, Valentina Simonetti, Dania Comparcini, Pasquale Stefanizzi, & Giancarlo Cicolini. (2022). A large cross‐sectional survey of COVID ‐19 vaccination willingness amongst healthcare students and professionals: Reveals generational patterns. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 78(9). 2894–2903. 35 indexed citations

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Comparcini, Dania, et al.. (2022). Pre-registration nursing students' anxiety and academic concerns after the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: A cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today. 118. 105520–105520. 13 indexed citations

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Comparcini, Dania, Valentina Simonetti, Marco Tomietto, et al.. (2021). Morality traits for an ideal nurse manager: A multicentre cross‐sectional study. Journal of Nursing Management. 29(6). 1465–1475. 1 indexed citations

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Comparcini, Dania, et al.. (2018). Pathological gambling and internet addiction among nursing students: a pilot study. 19–29. 1 indexed citations

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Simonetti, Valentina, et al.. (2018). Assessing nursing students' knowledge of evidence-based guidelines on the management of peripheral venous catheters: A multicentre cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today. 73. 77–82. 25 indexed citations

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Comparcini, Dania, et al.. (2017). [Cyberstalking among Italian nurses: a large multicentric study].. PubMed. 69(3). 150–158.

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Comparcini, Dania, Valentina Simonetti, Roberto Lupo, & Giancarlo Cicolini. (2015). Il fenomeno dello stalking in ambito infermieristico: una revisione narrativa della letteratura. 68(2).

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Cicolini, Giancarlo, et al.. (2015). Self-reported medication adherence and beliefs among elderly in multi-treatment: a cross-sectional study. Applied Nursing Research. 30. 131–136. 18 indexed citations

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Cicolini, Giancarlo, Dania Comparcini, & Valentina Simonetti. (2013). Workplace empowerment and nurses' job satisfaction: a systematic literature review. Journal of Nursing Management. 22(7). 855–871. 255 indexed citations

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Cicolini, Giancarlo, et al.. (2011). Comparison of blood samples values by direct venipuncture and Central Venous Catheters with 5 or 10 ml wasted blood. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 21(1-2). 281–284. 8 indexed citations

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