François Coutlée

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

François Coutlée is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, François Coutlée has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Epidemiology, 55 papers in Surgery and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in François Coutlée's work include Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (113 papers), Genital Health and Disease (50 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (30 papers). François Coutlée is often cited by papers focused on Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (113 papers), Genital Health and Disease (50 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (30 papers). François Coutlée collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. François Coutlée's co-authors include Eduardo L. Franco, Alex Ferenczy, Patti E. Gravitt, Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, James A. Hanley, Catherine Hankins, Cosette M. Wheeler, Sam Ratnam, Stephen D. Walter and R. Apple and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

François Coutlée

136 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Improved Amplification of Genital Human Papillomaviruses 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2007 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. Improved Amplification of Genital Human Papillomaviruses
    2000 968 citations François Coutlée et al. profile →
  2. Human Papillomavirus DNA versus Papanicolaou Screening Tests for Cervical Cancer
    2007 809 citations Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, Isabel Rodrigues et al. profile →

Peers

François Coutlée
Kate Cuschieri United Kingdom
Ola Forslund Sweden
Silvia de Sanjosé Spain
Rachel L. Winer United States
Silvia de Sanjosé Spain
Mark Schiffman United States
Ethel-Michele de Villiers Germany
Nubia Muñóz Spain
Ana Cecilia Rodríguez United States
Hans Ikenberg Germany
Kate Cuschieri United Kingdom
François Coutlée
Citations per year, relative to François Coutlée François Coutlée (= 1×) peers Kate Cuschieri

Countries citing papers authored by François Coutlée

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Coutlée

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Coutlée

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of François Coutlée. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of François Coutlée 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 François Coutlée. François Coutlée 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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Carceller, Ana, Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, Jacques Lacroix, et al.. (2025). Viral Load of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) During Pregnancy and Its Association With HPV Vertical Transmission. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(2). e70221–e70221. 2 indexed citations
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El‐Zein, Mariam, et al.. (2025). Impact of HPV vaccination on the incidence and clearance of HPV infections in sexually active young women. Vaccine. 63. 127632–127632. 1 indexed citations
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El‐Zein, Mariam, Joseph E. Tota, Pierre‐Paul Tellier, et al.. (2024). Use of a carrageenan‐based gel had no impact on anal HPVs 16 and 18 viral loads in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(3). e29562–e29562. 1 indexed citations
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El‐Zein, Mariam, Joseph E. Tota, Pierre‐Paul Tellier, et al.. (2024). Impact of a carrageenan gel on viral load of genital human papillomavirus infections in sexually active women: Findings from the Carrageenan‐gel Against Transmission of Cervical Human papillomavirus (CATCH) trial. Journal of Medical Virology. 96(4). e29604–e29604. 1 indexed citations
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El‐Zein, Mariam, et al.. (2023). Detection and Clearance of Type-Specific and Phylogenetically Related Genital Human Papillomavirus Infections in Young Women in New Heterosexual Relationships. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229(3). 691–706. 5 indexed citations
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Benoit, Patrick, Chantal Soucy, Simon Gagnon, et al.. (2023). On-demand, hospital-based, severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomic epidemiology to support nosocomial outbreak investigations: A prospective molecular epidemiology study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e45–e45. 2 indexed citations
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Mayrand, Marie‐Hélène, François Audibert, Patricia Monnier, et al.. (2023). Human Papillomavirus Transmission and Persistence in Pregnant Women and Neonates. JAMA Pediatrics. 177(7). 684–684. 5 indexed citations
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Wissing, Michel D., Farzin Khosrow‐Khavar, Mariam El‐Zein, et al.. (2022). Male Circumcision and Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Males and Their Female Sexual Partners: Findings From the HPV Infection and Transmission Among Couples Through Heterosexual Activity (HITCH) Cohort Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 226(7). 1184–1194. 3 indexed citations
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Volesky, Karena D., Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, Sandra D. Isidean, et al.. (2022). Clinical Performance of the BD Onclarity Extended Genotyping Assay for the Management of Women Positive for Human Papillomavirus in Cervical Cancer Screening. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 31(4). 851–857. 5 indexed citations
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Benoit, Patrick, Simon Gagnon, Daniel E. Kaufmann, et al.. (2021). Impact of cobas PCR Media freezing on SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA integrity and whole genome sequencing analyses. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 101(4). 115521–115521. 2 indexed citations
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Madathil, Sreenath, Nicolas F. Schlecht, Geneviève Castonguay, et al.. (2019). Increased risk of oropharyngeal cancers mediated by oral human papillomavirus infection: Results from a Canadian study. Head & Neck. 41(3). 678–685. 8 indexed citations
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Tota, Joseph E., Mariam El‐Zein, Ann N. Burchell, et al.. (2018). Efficacy of a Carrageenan gel Against Transmission of Cervical HPV (CATCH): interim analysis of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2B trial. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 25(2). 210–216. 37 indexed citations
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Isidean, Sandra D., Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, Agnihotram V. Ramanakumar, et al.. (2017). Comparison of Triage Strategies for HPV-Positive Women: Canadian Cervical Cancer Screening Trial Results. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(6). 923–929. 22 indexed citations
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Laprise, Claudie, Sreenath Madathil, Nicolas F. Schlecht, et al.. (2017). Human papillomavirus genotypes and risk of head and neck cancers: Results from the HeNCe Life case-control study. Oral Oncology. 69. 56–61. 23 indexed citations
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Trottier, Helen, Marie‐Hélène Mayrand, François Coutlée, et al.. (2016). Human papillomavirus (HPV) perinatal transmission and risk of HPV persistence among children: Design, methods and preliminary results of the HERITAGE study. Papillomavirus Research. 2. 145–152. 50 indexed citations
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Richardson, L, Mariam El‐Zein, Agnihotram V. Ramanakumar, et al.. (2015). HPV DNA testing with cytology triage in cervical cancer screening: Influence of revealing HPV infection status. Cancer Cytopathology. 123(12). 745–754. 37 indexed citations
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Rodier, Caroline, Annie Lapointe, François Coutlée, et al.. (2013). Juvenile respiratory papillomatosis: Risk factors for severity. Journal of Medical Virology. 85(8). 1447–1458. 15 indexed citations
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Ramanakumar, Agnihotram V., et al.. (2011). Human leukocyte antigen G polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of invasive cancer of the uterine cervix. International Journal of Cancer. 131(3). E312–9. 65 indexed citations

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