Alain Gagnon

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alain Gagnon is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Demography and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alain Gagnon has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 17 papers in Demography and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alain Gagnon's work include Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (11 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (11 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (8 papers). Alain Gagnon is often cited by papers focused on Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (11 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (11 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (8 papers). Alain Gagnon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Alain Gagnon's co-authors include Zoua M. Vang, Bertrand Desjardins, Paul‐Philippe Paré, Hélène Vézina, Matthew S. Miller, Évelyne Heyer, Joaquı́n Madrenas, Marc Adélard Tremblay, Robert Bourbeau and Ken R. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Alain Gagnon

57 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Are immigrants healthier than native-born Canadians? A systematic review of the healthy immigrant effect in Canada

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alain Gagnon Canada	22	453	401	334	328	230	63	1.7k
Ann Lalos Sweden	24	494 1.1×	243 0.6×	230 0.7×	236 0.7×	211 0.9×	66	1.6k
Mark R. Emerson United States	22	262 0.6×	660 1.6×	280 0.8×	225 0.7×	171 0.7×	35	1.6k
Tine Gammeltoft Denmark	26	488 1.1×	403 1.0×	335 1.0×	606 1.8×	56 0.2×	88	1.8k
Kenneth Hill United States	22	1.2k 2.7×	680 1.7×	228 0.7×	193 0.6×	175 0.8×	47	2.2k
Goleen Samari United States	20	259 0.6×	372 0.9×	465 1.4×	473 1.4×	64 0.3×	64	1.4k
Casey E. Copen United States	24	649 1.4×	968 2.4×	460 1.4×	618 1.9×	429 1.9×	52	2.8k
Elisabeth Meloni Vieira Brazil	22	174 0.4×	495 1.2×	183 0.5×	317 1.0×	111 0.5×	91	1.4k
Lisbeth B. Knudsen Denmark	24	563 1.2×	270 0.7×	107 0.3×	313 1.0×	375 1.6×	69	1.9k
Kyle G Jones United Kingdom	16	322 0.7×	528 1.3×	446 1.3×	272 0.8×	80 0.3×	26	1.7k
Kathleen Baird Australia	25	376 0.8×	448 1.1×	644 1.9×	463 1.4×	66 0.3×	112	1.8k

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Dillon, Lisa, Martin Dribe, Alain Gagnon, et al.. (2024). Human Evolutionary Demography. Open Book Publishers.

Acosta, Enrique, Lisa Dillon, Nadine Ouellette, et al.. (2019). Determinants of Influenza Mortality Trends: Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Influenza Mortality in the United States, 1959–2016. Demography. 56(5). 1723–1746. 11 indexed citations

Bruckner, Tim A., et al.. (2018). Epidemic cycles and environmental pressure in colonial Quebec. American Journal of Human Biology. 30(5). e23155–e23155. 5 indexed citations

Milot, Emmanuel, Claudia Moreau, Alain Gagnon, et al.. (2017). Mother’s curse neutralizes natural selection against a human genetic disease over three centuries. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(9). 1400–1406. 47 indexed citations

Gagnon, Alain, Enrique Acosta, Joaquı́n Madrenas, & Matthew S. Miller. (2015). Is Antigenic Sin Always “Original?” Re-examining the Evidence Regarding Circulation of a Human H1 Influenza Virus Immediately Prior to the 1918 Spanish Flu. PLoS Pathogens. 11(3). e1004615–e1004615. 39 indexed citations

Massoglia, Michael, Paul‐Philippe Paré, Jason Schnittker, & Alain Gagnon. (2014). The relationship between incarceration and premature adult mortality: Gender specific evidence. Social Science Research. 46. 142–154. 74 indexed citations

Gagnon, Alain, et al.. (2013). Survival advantage of siblings and spouses of centenarians in 20th-century Quebec. Canadian Studies in Population. 39(3-4). 67–67. 12 indexed citations

Gagnon, Alain. (2012). Effect of birth season on longevity: Thrifty and hopeful phenotypes in historical quebec. American Journal of Human Biology. 24(5). 654–660. 23 indexed citations

Gagnon, Alain, et al.. (2010). You can’t go home again. Independent living in Uruguay in the context of delayed transitions to adulthood. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 103–128. 3 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain, Ken R. Smith, Marc Adélard Tremblay, et al.. (2009). Is there a trade‐off between fertility and longevity? A comparative study of women from three large historical databases accounting for mortality selection. American Journal of Human Biology. 21(4). 533–540. 115 indexed citations

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Small, Rhonda, Alain Gagnon, Mika Gissler, et al.. (2008). Somali women and their pregnancy outcomes postmigration: data from six receiving countries. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 115(13). 1630–1640. 168 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain, et al.. (2007). Influence des facteurs familiaux et environnementaux sur la longévité au Québec ancien. Population. Vol. 62(2). 315–338. 8 indexed citations

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Wilson, R. Douglas, R. Douglas Wilson, Victoria M. Allen, et al.. (2007). Principes de tératologie humaine : Exposition aux médicaments aux produits chimiques et aux agents infectieux. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 29(11). 918–926. 1 indexed citations

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Allen, Victoria M., B. Anthony Armson, R. Douglas Wilson, et al.. (2007). RETIRED: Teratogenicity Associated With Pre-Existing and Gestational Diabete. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 29(11). 927–934. 90 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain, Bruno Toupance, Marc Adélard Tremblay, Jan Beise, & Évelyne Heyer. (2005). Transmission of migration propensity increases genetic divergence between populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129(4). 630–636. 15 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain, et al.. (2005). Familial and Environmental Influences on Longevity in a Pre-industrial Population. Scholarship@Western (Western University). 19(5). 1. 2 indexed citations

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Pavard, Samuel, Alain Gagnon, Bertrand Desjardins, & Évelyne Heyer. (2004). MOTHER’S DEATH AND CHILD SURVIVAL: THE CASE OF EARLY QUEBEC. Journal of Biosocial Science. 37(2). 209–227. 36 indexed citations

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Brooks, Stephen, et al.. (2003). Six penseurs en quête de liberté, d'égalité et de communauté : Grant, Innis, Laurendeau, Rioux, Taylor et Trudeau. Presses de l'Université Laval eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain & Évelyne Heyer. (2001). Fragmentation of the Qu�bec population genetic pool (Canada): Evidence from the genetic contribution of founders per region in the 17th and 18th centuries. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 114(1). 30–41. 37 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain & François Rocher. (1992). Répliques aux détracteurs de la souveraineté du Québec. 3 indexed citations

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