Gérard Waeber

61.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
389 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Gérard Waeber is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gérard Waeber has authored 389 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Molecular Biology, 75 papers in Surgery and 71 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Gérard Waeber's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (25 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (22 papers). Gérard Waeber is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (25 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (22 papers). Gérard Waeber collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Gérard Waeber's co-authors include Péter Vollenweider, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Martin Preisig, Vincent Mooser, Fred Paccaud, Pascal Nicod, Christophe Bonny, Murielle Bochud, Raphaël Heinzer and José Haba‐Rubio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gérard Waeber

377 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study

2015 1.7k citations Raphaël Heinzer, Pedro Marques‐Vidal et al. profile →
The CoLaus study: a population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome

2008 520 citations Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Murielle Bochud et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gérard Waeber	4.4k	3.3k	2.8k	2.3k	2.1k	389	15.3k
Péter Vollenweider	5.3k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	363	14.6k
Vincent Mooser	3.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	170	10.2k
Braxton D. Mitchell	3.5k 0.8×	3.8k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	4.8k 2.1×	1.1k 0.5×	375	18.3k
Christian A. Drevon	5.7k 1.3×	4.0k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	312	17.2k
Hiroyuki Shimizu	2.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	3.4k 1.6×	431	16.6k
Hendrik Lehnert	2.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	5.4k 2.3×	2.4k 1.1×	411	18.0k
Joachim Spranger	3.2k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	2.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	244	11.3k
Pedro Marques‐Vidal	6.0k 1.4×	1.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	626	19.2k
Lucilla Poston	5.3k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	513	28.9k
Ian Macdonald	8.3k 1.9×	3.0k 0.9×	3.2k 1.1×	5.4k 2.3×	1.2k 0.6×	715	21.5k

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Marques‐Vidal, Pedro, et al.. (2022). The association between objective sleep duration and diet. The CoLaus|HypnoLaus study. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 48. 313–320. 4 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Elena González, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Bérengère Aubry‐Rozier, et al.. (2021). Diurnal Salivary Cortisol in Sarcopenic Postmenopausal Women: The OsteoLaus Cohort. Calcified Tissue International. 109(5). 499–509. 13 indexed citations

Abolhassani, Nazanin, et al.. (2021). Polypill eligibility and equivalent intake in a Swiss population-based study. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 6880–6880. 1 indexed citations

Perreau, Matthieu, Madeleine Suffiotti, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, et al.. (2021). The cytokines HGF and CXCL13 predict the severity and the mortality in COVID-19 patients. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4888–4888. 68 indexed citations

Truchard, Eve Rubli, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and Determinants of the Wish to Die among Elderly Patients Hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Ward: a Cross-sectional Study. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 2 indexed citations

Hirotsu, Camila, Monica Betta, Giulio Bernardi, et al.. (2020). Pulse wave amplitude drops during sleep: clinical significance and characteristics in a general population sample. SLEEP. 43(7). 27 indexed citations

Berger, Mathieu, Camila Hirotsu, José Haba‐Rubio, et al.. (2020). Risk factors of excessive daytime sleepiness in a prospective population‐based cohort. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(2). e13069–e13069. 42 indexed citations

Erhart, Gertraud, Claudia Lamina, Terho Lehtimäki, et al.. (2018). Genetic Factors Explain a Major Fraction of the 50% Lower Lipoprotein(a) Concentrations in Finns. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 38(5). 1230–1241. 32 indexed citations

Haba‐Rubio, José, Sami Ouanes, Yannick Franc, et al.. (2018). Do diurnal cortisol levels mediate the association between sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment?. Neurobiology of Aging. 69. 65–67. 4 indexed citations

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Khalatbari‐Soltani, Saman, Carlos de Mestral, Gérard Waeber, & Pedro Marques‐Vidal. (2018). Large regional disparities in prevalence, management and reimbursement of hospital undernutrition. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 73(1). 121–131. 4 indexed citations

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Rueedi, Rico, Roger Mallol, Johannes Raffler, et al.. (2017). Metabomatching: Using genetic association to identify metabolites in proton NMR spectroscopy. PLoS Computational Biology. 13(12). e1005839–e1005839. 13 indexed citations

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Jornayvaz, François R., Péter Vollenweider, Murielle Bochud, et al.. (2016). Low birth weight leads to obesity, diabetes and increased leptin levels in adults: the CoLaus study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 15(1). 73–73. 197 indexed citations

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Marques‐Vidal, Pedro, et al.. (2016). Impact of smoking on fertility and age of menopause: a population-based assessment. BMJ Open. 6(11). e012015–e012015. 16 indexed citations

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Joost, Stéphane, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Murielle Bochud, et al.. (2016). Persistent spatial clusters of high body mass index in a Swiss urban population as revealed by the 5-year GeoCoLaus longitudinal study. BMJ Open. 6(1). e010145–e010145. 21 indexed citations

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Antiochos, Panagiotis, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Aaron F. McDaid, Gérard Waeber, & Péter Vollenweider. (2015). Association between parental history and genetic risk scores for coronary heart disease prediction: The population-based CoLaus study. Atherosclerosis. 244. 59–65. 19 indexed citations

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Vandenberghe, Frederik, Lina Quteineh, Eva Choong, et al.. (2015). Association of PCK1 with Body Mass Index and Other Metabolic Features in Patients With Psychotropic Treatments. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 35(5). 544–552. 5 indexed citations

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Glaus, Jennifer, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Roland von Känel, et al.. (2014). Associations between mood, anxiety or substance use disorders and inflammatory markers after adjustment for multiple covariates in a population-based study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 58. 36–45. 61 indexed citations

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Niederhäuser, Guy, Valérie Plaisance, Florent Allagnat, et al.. (2011). Role for inducible cAMP early repressor in promoting pancreatic beta cell dysfunction evoked by oxidative stress in human and rat islets. Diabetologia. 54(9). 2337–2346. 30 indexed citations

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Bart, Pierre‐Alexandre, et al.. (2010). Sarcoïdose extrapulmonaire: entité méconnue?. Revue Médicale Suisse. 6(269). 2056–2060. 1 indexed citations

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Waeber, Gérard, et al.. (2009). [Perspectives and challenges to guarantee training and renewal in general internal medicine].. PubMed. 5(188). 232–6. 4 indexed citations

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