D. Villers

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

D. Villers is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Villers has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Epidemiology, 13 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in D. Villers's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (5 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (5 papers). D. Villers is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), Organ Donation and Transplantation (5 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (5 papers). D. Villers collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. D. Villers's co-authors include A Alpérovitch, Daniel Mathieu, Philippe Mercier, Paul E.A. Glaser, C. Granthil, Jean‐Roger Le Gall, F Nicolás, Annick Legras, Cédric Bretonnière and René Robert and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, CHEST Journal and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

D. Villers

41 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

A simplified acute physiology score for ICU patients 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 250 500 750
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.

  1. A simplified acute physiology score for ICU patients
    1984 954 citations D. Villers et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Villers France 17 983 630 520 417 384 41 2.2k
Brian H. Nathanson United States 32 1.2k 1.3× 693 1.1× 419 0.8× 796 1.9× 641 1.7× 159 3.5k
Giuseppe Bello Italy 25 759 0.8× 696 1.1× 1.0k 1.9× 339 0.8× 372 1.0× 71 2.5k
Arnaud de Lassence France 25 1.1k 1.1× 768 1.2× 763 1.5× 221 0.5× 370 1.0× 37 2.5k
Dinis Reis Miranda Netherlands 32 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.7× 927 1.8× 943 2.3× 599 1.6× 71 3.6k
Murat Yılmaz Türkiye 24 754 0.8× 749 1.2× 918 1.8× 554 1.3× 570 1.5× 76 2.6k
Christophe Clec’h France 24 1.1k 1.1× 859 1.4× 575 1.1× 315 0.8× 339 0.9× 30 2.2k
Stéphane Ruckly France 30 967 1.0× 827 1.3× 607 1.2× 246 0.6× 369 1.0× 111 2.8k
Samir Jamali France 26 809 0.8× 823 1.3× 789 1.5× 344 0.8× 463 1.2× 45 2.4k
Silvio A. Ñamendys‐Silva Mexico 18 950 1.0× 475 0.8× 355 0.7× 217 0.5× 344 0.9× 68 2.0k
Jean-François Timsit France 33 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 820 1.6× 394 0.9× 308 0.8× 57 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Villers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Villers

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Demiselle, Julien, Jean‐François Hamel, Anne Renault, et al.. (2021). Determinants of hospital and one-year mortality among older patients admitted to intensive care units: results from the multicentric SENIOREA cohort. Annals of Intensive Care. 11(1). 35–35. 12 indexed citations
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Bretonnière, Cédric, Mathieu Jozwiak, Christophe Girault, et al.. (2015). Rifampin use in acute community-acquired meningitis in intensive care units: the French retrospective cohort ACAM-ICU study. Critical Care. 19(1). 303–303. 16 indexed citations
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Kentish‐Barnes, Nancy, et al.. (2014). Contribution of the ethics committee of the French society of intensive care medicine to a scenario for the implementation of organ donation after Maastricht III-type cardiac death in France. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 33(2). 128–134. 13 indexed citations
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Fischer, Marc-Olivier, P. Jarno, D. Villers, et al.. (2013). Enquête multicentrique sur l’application des recommandations de prévention des pneumopathies acquises sous ventilation mécanique en réanimation. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 32(12). 833–837. 1 indexed citations
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Bollaert, Pierre‐Édouard, Nancy Kentish‐Barnes, Gérard Nitenberg, et al.. (2012). Contribution of the ethics committee of the French Intensive Care Society to describing a scenario for implementing organ donation after Maastricht type III cardiocirculatory death in France. Annals of Intensive Care. 2(1). 23–23. 17 indexed citations
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Cuquemelle, É., D. Villers, Ferran Roche‐Campo, et al.. (2011). Can procalcitonin help identify associated bacterial infection in patients with severe influenza pneumonia? A multicentre study. Intensive Care Medicine. 37(5). 796–800. 81 indexed citations
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Guitton, Christophe, Nathalie Gérard, Véronique Sebille, et al.. (2011). Early rise in circulating endothelial protein C receptor correlates with poor outcome in severe sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine. 37(6). 950–956. 20 indexed citations
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Darmon, Michaël, Élie Azoulay, B. Garrigues, et al.. (2010). Procedure volume is one determinant of centre effect in mechanically ventilated patients. European Respiratory Journal. 37(2). 364–370. 10 indexed citations
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Guitton, Christophe, Patrick Latour, Jean‐Christophe Rigal, et al.. (2010). Propofol Infusion Syndrome During Refractory Status Epilepticus in a Young Adult: Successful ECMO Resuscitation. Neurocritical Care. 15(1). 139–145. 15 indexed citations
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Guillouzouic, A., Pascale Bémer, Françoise Gay‐Andrieu, et al.. (2007). Fatal coinfection with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 8 and Aspergillus fumigatus. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 60(2). 193–195. 11 indexed citations
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Giral, Magali, Yohann Foucher, D. Villers, et al.. (2007). Effect of Brain-Dead Donor Resuscitation on Delayed Graft Function: Results of a Monocentric Analysis. Transplantation. 83(9). 1174–1181. 43 indexed citations
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Robert, R., Valérie Gissot, Marc Pierrot, et al.. (2006). Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with an increased hemorrhagic risk in patients in the intensive care unit. Critical Care. 10(3). R77–R77. 7 indexed citations
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Villers, D., F. Hémery, B. Garrigues, et al.. (2006). Performance en réanimation : résultats du PHRC Sfar–SRLF. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 25(11-12). 1111–1118. 4 indexed citations
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Gall, Jean Le, Anke Neumann, F. Hémery, et al.. (2005). Mortality prediction using SAPS II: an update for French intensive care units. Critical Care. 9(6). R645–52. 117 indexed citations
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Moine, Pierre, F. Hémery, B. Garrigues, et al.. (2004). Exhaustivité des résumés d’unité médicale adressés aux départements d’information médicale. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 23(1). 15–20. 3 indexed citations
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Legras, Annick, Denis Malvy, D. Villers, et al.. (1998). Nosocomial infections: prospective survey of incidence in five French intensive care units. Intensive Care Medicine. 24(10). 1040–1046. 121 indexed citations
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Rigal, Eve, et al.. (1990). Prospective evaluation of the protected specimen brush for the diagnosis of pulmonary infections in ventilated newborns. Pediatric Pulmonology. 8(4). 268–272. 7 indexed citations
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Desjars, P, et al.. (1980). [A prognostic study of 238 cases of chest trauma. Influence of the delay in admission in an intensive care unit (author's transl)].. PubMed. 56(21-24). 1060–6. 1 indexed citations

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