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Mauricio Lima Barreto

Mauricio Lima Barreto

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
35498
World Ranking
9620
National Ranking
24

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
96
Citations
36483
World Ranking
120
National Ranking
3

Mauricio Lima Barreto publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mauricio Lima Barreto sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 657 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Mauricio Lima Barreto D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mauricio Lima Barreto sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Mauricio Lima Barreto is affiliated with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work emphasizes areas such as General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Health, and Public Health including Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research encompasses key topics including:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Mauricio Lima Barreto's recent publications highlight significant public health concerns. Notable papers include:

  • "Medidas de distanciamento social no controle da pandemia de COVID-19: potenciais impactos e desafios no Brasil" (2020), published in Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • "Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting" (2023), published in The Lancet
  • "A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat" (2022), published in Nature
  • "Implicações da pandemia COVID-19 para a segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil" (2020), published in Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • "O que é urgente e necessário para subsidiar as políticas de enfrentamento da pandemia de COVID-19 no Brasil?" (2020), published in Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

The venues where Mauricio Lima Barreto frequently publishes their work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal for Population Data Science
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
  • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Enny S. Paixão
  • Maria Yury Ichihara
  • Júlia Moreira Pescarini
  • Laura C. Rodrigues
  • Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva

Mauricio Lima Barreto was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Christopher Troeger;Brigette F Blacker;Ibrahim A Khalil;Puja C Rao

  • Social distancing measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: potential impacts and challenges in Brazil

    Estela M. L. Aquino;Ismael Henrique Silveira;Julia Moreira Pescarini;Rosana Aquino

  • The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move

    Ibrahim Abubakar;Robert W Aldridge;Delan Devakumar;Miriam Orcutt

  • Ambiente familiar e desenvolvimento cognitivo infantil: uma abordagem epidemiológica

    Susanne Anjos Andrade;Darci Neves Santos;Ana Cecília Bastos;Márcia Regina Marcondes Pedromônico

  • Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on childhood mortality: a nationwide analysis of Brazilian municipalities

    Davide Rasella;Rosana Aquino;Carlos A T Santos;Carlos A T Santos;Rômulo Paes-Sousa

  • International study of temperature,heat and urban mortality: the ‘ISOTHURM’ project

    Anthony J. McMichael;Paul Wilkinson;R. Sari Kovats;Sam Pattenden

  • Health conditions and health-policy innovations in Brazil: the way forward

    Cesar Gomes Victora;Maurício Lima Barreto;Maria do Carmo Leal;Carlos Augusto Monteiro

  • Impact of the family health program on infant mortality in Brazilian municipalities

    Rosana Aquino;Nelson F. de Oliveira;Mauricio L. Barreto

  • Successes and failures in the control of infectious diseases in Brazil: social and environmental context, policies, interventions, and research needs

    Mauricio L Barreto;M Gloria Teixeira;Francisco I Bastos;Ricardo A A Ximenes

  • Burden of disease in Brazil, 1990-2016: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Fatima Marinho;Valéria Maria de Azeredo Passos;Deborah Carvalho Malta;Elizabeth Barboza França

  • Impact of primary health care on mortality from heart and cerebrovascular diseases in Brazil: a nationwide analysis of longitudinal data.

    Davide Rasella;Michael O Harhay;Marina L Pamponet;Rosana Aquino

  • Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower-respiratory-tract infections in young children in Brazil

    Mauricio Lima Barreto;G. G. Farenzena;R. L. Fiaccone;L. M. P. Santos

  • Effect of BCG revaccination on incidence of tuberculosis in school-aged children in Brazil: the BCG-REVAC cluster-randomised trial

    Laura C Rodrigues;Susan M Pereira;Sergio S Cunha;Bernd Genser;Bernd Genser

  • Effect of city-wide sanitation programme on reduction in rate of childhood diarrhoea in northeast Brazil: assessment by two cohort studies

    Mauricio L Barreto;Bernd Genser;Agostino Strina;Ana Marlucia O Assis

  • Dengue: twenty-five years since reemergence in Brazil

    Maria Glória Teixeira;Maria da Conceição N. Costa;Florisneide Barreto;Maurício Lima Barreto

  • Challenges in administrative data linkage for research.

    Katie Harron;Chris Dibben;James Boyd;Anders Hjern

  • Epidemiologia e medidas de prevenção do Dengue

    Maria da Glória Teixeira;Maurício Lima Barreto;Zouraide Guerra

  • Improving responsiveness of health systems to non-communicable diseases

    Rifat Atun;Shabbar Jaffar;Sania Nishtar;Felicia M Knaul

  • HTLV-I in the general population of Salvador, Brazil: a city with African ethnic and sociodemographic characteristics.

    Inês Dourado;Luiz C J Alcantara;Maurício L Barreto;Maria da Gloria Teixeira

  • Dynamics of dengue virus circulation: a silent epidemic in a complex urban area

    Maria da Glória Lima Cruz Teixeira;Mauricio Lima Barreto;Maria da Conceição Nascimento Costa;Leila Denise Alves Ferreira

  • II Consenso Brasileiro de Tuberculose: Diretrizes Brasileiras para Tuberculose 2004

    Adauto Castelo Filho;Afrânio Lineu Kritski;Ângela Werneck Barreto;Antonio Carlos Moreira Lemos

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura C. Rodrigues
Laura C. Rodrigues London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Philip J. Cooper
Philip J. Cooper St George's, University of London
Alvaro A. Cruz
Alvaro A. Cruz Federal University of Bahia
Davide Rasella
Davide Rasella Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Mitermayer G. Reis
Mitermayer G. Reis Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Alexandre C. Pereira
Alexandre C. Pereira Universidade de São Paulo
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Bernardo L. Horta
Bernardo L. Horta Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Sandy Cairncross
Sandy Cairncross University of London
Alastair H. Leyland
Alastair H. Leyland University of Glasgow

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