Jacques Donnez

32.2k total citations · 9 hit papers
435 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

Jacques Donnez is a scholar working on Reproductive Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacques Donnez has authored 435 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 325 papers in Reproductive Medicine, 194 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 171 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Jacques Donnez's work include Endometriosis Research and Treatment (227 papers), Uterine Myomas and Treatments (170 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (143 papers). Jacques Donnez is often cited by papers focused on Endometriosis Research and Treatment (227 papers), Uterine Myomas and Treatments (170 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (143 papers). Jacques Donnez collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Italy. Jacques Donnez's co-authors include Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans, Anne Van Langendonckt, Jean Squifflet, Olivier Donnez, Pascale Jadoul, Françoise Casanas‐Roux, Michelle Nisolle, Christiani A. Amorim, Belén Martínez-Madrid and Céline Pirard and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Jacques Donnez

425 papers receiving 22.1k 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.

  1. Livebirth after orthotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue
    2004 1.1k citations Jacques Donnez, Belén Martínez-Madrid et al. profile →
  2. Fertility Preservation in Women
    2017 573 citations Jacques Donnez, Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans profile →
  3. Ulipristal Acetate versus Placebo for Fibroid Treatment before Surgery
    2012 478 citations Jacques Donnez, Elke Bestel et al. profile →
  4. Uterine fibroid management: from the present to the future
    2016 477 citations Jacques Donnez, Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans profile →
  5. Ulipristal Acetate versus Leuprolide Acetate for Uterine Fibroids
    2012 415 citations Jacques Donnez, Elke Bestel et al. profile →
  6. Restoration of ovarian activity and pregnancy after transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue: a review of 60 cases of reimplantation
    2013 394 citations Jacques Donnez, Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans et al. Fertility and Sterility profile →
  7. Deep endometriosis: definition, diagnosis, and treatment
    2012 340 citations Jacques Donnez et al. Fertility and Sterility profile →
  8. Pathogenesis of uterine adenomyosis: invagination or metaplasia?
    2018 226 citations Jacques Donnez, Olivier Donnez et al. Fertility and Sterility profile →
  9. Transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue in a series of 285 women: a review of five leading European centers
    2021 185 citations Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans, Luciana Cacciottola et al. Fertility and Sterility profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jacques Donnez 17.6k 11.4k 9.3k 4.2k 3.1k 435 23.0k
Paola Viganò 13.0k 0.7× 3.5k 0.3× 8.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.4× 5.2k 1.7× 429 16.4k
Jan J. Brosens 8.4k 0.5× 3.5k 0.3× 6.7k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 9.9k 3.2× 252 17.2k
Charles Chapron 15.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.2× 13.1k 1.4× 488 0.1× 4.0k 1.3× 414 18.3k
Herman Tournaye 17.6k 1.0× 13.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.1× 4.9k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 497 22.3k
Massimo Candiani 6.6k 0.4× 2.5k 0.2× 4.7k 0.5× 653 0.2× 1.8k 0.6× 408 10.5k
James H. Segars 4.4k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 3.6k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 985 0.3× 282 9.0k
Howard W. Jones 4.9k 0.3× 3.6k 0.3× 2.5k 0.3× 1.9k 0.5× 945 0.3× 325 9.9k
David L. Olive 6.3k 0.4× 1.8k 0.2× 4.6k 0.5× 382 0.1× 2.1k 0.7× 165 8.2k
Michael D. Mueller 5.0k 0.3× 1.0k 0.1× 4.2k 0.5× 896 0.2× 2.1k 0.7× 257 7.8k
K. Diedrich 6.6k 0.4× 5.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.1× 806 0.2× 785 0.3× 457 9.1k

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All Works

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Stratopoulou, Christina Anna, et al.. (2024). Expression of Endometrial Receptivity Markers throughout the Menstrual Cycle in Women with and without Uterine Adenomyosis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(17). 5016–5016. 3 indexed citations
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Dolmans, Marie‐Madeleine, Felice Petraglia, William H. Catherino, & Jacques Donnez. (2024). Pathogenesis of uterine fibroids: current understanding and future directions. Fertility and Sterility. 122(1). 6–11. 7 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques, Hugh S. Taylor, Louis Marcellin, & Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans. (2024). Uterine fibroid–related infertility: mechanisms and management. Fertility and Sterility. 122(1). 31–39. 14 indexed citations
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Rossi, Margherita, et al.. (2024). Refining endometrial assembloids: a novel approach to 3-dimensional culture of the endometrium. PubMed. 5(4). 331–334. 1 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques, Christian M. Becker, Hugh S. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Linzagolix therapy versus a placebo in patients with endometriosis-associated pain: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, Phase 3 study (EDELWEISS 3). Human Reproduction. 39(6). 1208–1221. 15 indexed citations
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Peek, Ronald, Dominique Smeets, Alessandra Camboni, et al.. (2023). Assessment of folliculogenesis in ovarian tissue from young patients with Turner syndrome using a murine xenograft model. Fertility and Sterility. 120(2). 371–381. 11 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques, Luciana Cacciottola, Jean-Luc Squifflet, & Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans. (2023). Profile of Linzagolix in the Management of Endometriosis, Including Design, Development and Potential Place in Therapy: A Narrative Review. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 17. 369–380. 7 indexed citations
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Cacciottola, Luciana, et al.. (2023). Importance of oxygen tension in human ovarian tissue in vitro culture. Human Reproduction. 38(8). 1538–1546. 9 indexed citations
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Dolmans, Marie‐Madeleine & Jacques Donnez. (2022). Emerging Drug Targets for Endometriosis. Biomolecules. 12(11). 1654–1654. 21 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques, Olivier Donnez, Elke Bestel, et al.. (2021). Uterine Adenomyosis Treated by Linzagolix, an Oral Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Antagonist: A Pilot Study with a New ’Hit Hard First and then Maintain’ Regimen of Administration. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(24). 5794–5794. 16 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques & Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans. (2021). GnRH Antagonists with or without Add-Back Therapy: A New Alternative in the Management of Endometriosis?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 11342–11342. 32 indexed citations
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Stratopoulou, Christina Anna, Jacques Donnez, & Marie‐Madeleine Dolmans. (2021). Conservative Management of Uterine Adenomyosis: Medical vs. Surgical Approach. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(21). 4878–4878. 39 indexed citations
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Cacciottola, Luciana, et al.. (2020). Adipose tissue–derived stem cells protect the primordial follicle pool from both direct follicle death and abnormal activation after ovarian tissue transplantation. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 38(1). 151–161. 24 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques, et al.. (2019). Fibroid management in premenopausal women. Climacteric. 22(1). 27–33. 26 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques, et al.. (2018). Molecular mechanisms responsible for myoma volume reduction after ulipristal acetate. Fertility and Sterility. 110(4). e140–e141. 3 indexed citations
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Dolmans, Marie‐Madeleine, Cristina Marinescu, Pascale Saussoy, et al.. (2010). Reimplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is potentially unsafe. Blood. 116(16). 2908–2914. 317 indexed citations
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Dolmans, Marie‐Madeleine, Alessandra Camboni, Belén Martínez-Madrid, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of Liberase, a purified enzyme blend, for the isolation of human primordial and primary ovarian follicles. Human Reproduction. 21(2). 413–420. 109 indexed citations
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Nisolle, Michelle, et al.. (1993). Laparoscopic Myolysis with the Nd:YAG Laser. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery. 9(2). 95–99. 68 indexed citations
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Donnez, Jacques & Michelle Nisolle. (1991). Laparoscopic Management of Large Ovarian Endometrial Cyst: Use of Fibrin Sealant. Journal of Gynecologic Surgery. 7(3). 163–166. 15 indexed citations

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