Gunnar Naulaers

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
245 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Gunnar Naulaers is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Naulaers has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 82 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 56 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Naulaers's work include Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (97 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (74 papers) and Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (42 papers). Gunnar Naulaers is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (97 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (74 papers) and Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring (42 papers). Gunnar Naulaers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Gunnar Naulaers's co-authors include Sabine Van Huffel, Karel Allegaert, Frank van Bel, Alexander Caicedo, Maarten De Vos, Katrien Jansen, Hugo Devlieger, A Dereymaeker, Petra Lemmers and Jan de Hoon and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Naulaers

237 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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Neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm and very‐low‐birthweight infants born over the past decade: a meta‐analytic review

2018 243 citations Aurelie Pascal, Paul Govaert et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunnar Naulaers Belgium	43	3.3k	2.1k	987	931	860	245	5.8k
Nicola J. Robertson United Kingdom	47	4.6k 1.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.8×	386 0.4×	356 0.4×	200	7.1k
Jan Claassen United States	66	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	592 0.6×	398 0.4×	840 1.0×	305	19.0k
Robert R. Clancy United States	52	4.4k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	606 0.6×	828 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	133	8.9k
Lori Shutter United States	43	1.3k 0.4×	501 0.2×	1.0k 1.0×	363 0.4×	862 1.0×	137	9.9k
Paul B. Colditz Australia	41	3.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	393 0.4×	458 0.5×	369 0.4×	261	5.7k
Stephan A. Mayer United States	92	2.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.5×	726 0.7×	328 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	459	29.1k
Malcolm I. Levene United Kingdom	51	7.7k 2.3×	4.5k 2.1×	743 0.8×	224 0.2×	577 0.7×	179	9.7k
Janet M. Rennie United Kingdom	35	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	504 0.5×	198 0.2×	387 0.5×	104	4.2k
Denis Azzopardi United Kingdom	46	8.7k 2.6×	5.0k 2.4×	1.2k 1.2×	565 0.6×	233 0.3×	96	10.4k
Paul R. Hickey United States	37	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	380 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	2.2k 2.6×	99	7.7k

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Marlow, Neil, Keith J. Barrington, Jan Miletín, et al.. (2025). Outcomes of extremely preterm infants who participated in a randomised trial of dopamine for treatment of hypotension (the HIP trial) at 2 years corrected age. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 110(6). 542–547. 1 indexed citations

Dereymaeker, A, Luke Baxter, Katrien Jansen, et al.. (2024). Apnoea suppresses brain activity in infants. Imaging Neuroscience. 2. 5 indexed citations

Vears, Danya F., et al.. (2024). Doctor–Parent Disagreement for Preterm Infants Born in the Grey Zone: Do Ethical Frameworks Help?. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. 21(4). 723–734.

Tang, Tiffany Y., Stephanie Van der Donck, Jean Steyaert, et al.. (2024). Face Processing in Prematurely Born Individuals—A Systematic Review. Brain Sciences. 14(12). 1168–1168.

Ansari, Amir H., Kirubin Pillay, A Dereymaeker, et al.. (2024). Resting state electroencephalographic brain activity in neonates can predict age and is indicative of neurodevelopmental outcome. Clinical Neurophysiology. 163. 226–235. 3 indexed citations

Pascal, Aurelie, Nele De Bruyn, Gunnar Naulaers, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Periventricular Leukomalacia on Mortality and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Very Preterm and Very Low Birthweight Infants: A Prospective Population-based Cohort Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 262. 113600–113600. 13 indexed citations

Tamburro, Gabriella, Katrien Jansen, A Dereymaeker, et al.. (2022). Automated detection and removal of flat line segments and large amplitude fluctuations in neonatal electroencephalography. PeerJ. 10. e13734–e13734. 4 indexed citations

Pascal, Aurelie, Paul Govaert, Els Ortibus, et al.. (2020). Motor outcome after perinatal stroke and early prediction of unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 29. 54–61. 14 indexed citations

Rayyan, Maissa, Hans Van Veer, Raf Aerts, et al.. (2018). Neonatal factors predictive for respiratory and gastro-intestinal morbidity after esophageal atresia repair. Pediatrics & Neonatology. 60(3). 261–269. 12 indexed citations

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Thewissen, Liesbeth, Anne Smits, Gunnar Naulaers, et al.. (2018). Using Graph Theory to Assess the Interaction between Cerebral Function, Brain Hemodynamics, and Systemic Variables in Premature Infants. Complexity. 2018(1). 12 indexed citations

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Lavanga, Mario, Ofelie De Wel, Alexander Caicedo, et al.. (2018). A brain-age model for preterm infants based on functional connectivity. Physiological Measurement. 39(4). 44006–44006. 16 indexed citations

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Lavanga, Mario, Ofelie De Wel, Alexander Caicedo, et al.. (2017). Monitoring Effective Connectivity in the Preterm Brain: A Graph Approach to Study Maturation. Complexity. 2017. 1–13. 6 indexed citations

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Jiménez, Julio, Jute Richter, Siegrid De Baere, et al.. (2016). Caffeine Prevents Hyperoxia-Induced Functional and Structural Lung Damage in Preterm Rabbits. Neonatology. 109(4). 274–281. 42 indexed citations

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Amant, Frédéric, Tineke Vandenbroucke, Magali Verheecke, et al.. (2016). Pediatric Outcome After Maternal Cancer Diagnosed During Pregnancy. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 71(3). 144–146. 6 indexed citations

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Matić, Vladimir, Perumpillichira J. Cherian, Ninah Koolen, et al.. (2014). Holistic approach for automated background EEG assessment in asphyxiated full-term infants. Journal of Neural Engineering. 11(6). 66007–66007. 19 indexed citations

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Dempsey, Eugene, Keith J. Barrington, Neil Marlow, et al.. (2014). Management of Hypotension in Preterm Infants (The HIP Trial): A Randomised Controlled Trial of Hypotension Management in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns. Neonatology. 105(4). 275–281. 47 indexed citations

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Rooij, Linda G.M. van, Mona C. Toet, Alexander C. van Huffelen, et al.. (2010). Effect of Treatment of Subclinical Neonatal Seizures Detected With aEEG: Randomized, Controlled Trial. PEDIATRICS. 125(2). e358–e366. 177 indexed citations

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Pichler, Gerhard, Martin Wolf, Claudia Roll, et al.. (2008). Recommendations to Increase the Validity and Comparability of Peripheral Measurements by Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Neonates. Neonatology. 94(4). 320–322. 28 indexed citations

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Allegaert, Karel, et al.. (2005). Variability in pain expression characteristics in former preterm infants. Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 33(5). 442–8. 10 indexed citations

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Naulaers, Gunnar, Karel Allegaert, Anne Debeer, et al.. (2003). Effect of methohexital on the neonatal cerebral circulation: Measurement of the neurovascular coupling in a non-invasive way by near-infrared spectroscopy. Pediatric Research. 53(4). 4 indexed citations

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