Léon Dontigny

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 982 citations indexed

About

Léon Dontigny is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Léon Dontigny has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 982 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 2 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Léon Dontigny's work include Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (4 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (4 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (3 papers). Léon Dontigny is often cited by papers focused on Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (4 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (4 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (3 papers). Léon Dontigny collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Léon Dontigny's co-authors include J. Donald Hill, Thomas G. O’Brien, Frank Gerbode, John J. Osborn, M.L. Bramson, J. J. Murray, Richard Baillot, R Cossette, A Verdant and A Pagé and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and Journal of Vascular Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Léon Dontigny

10 papers receiving 938 citations

Hit Papers

Prolonged Extracorporeal Oxygenation for Acute Post-Traum... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 200 400 600
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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. Prolonged Extracorporeal Oxygenation for Acute Post-Traumatic Respiratory Failure (Shock-Lung Syndrome)
    1972 713 citations J. Donald Hill, Thomas G. O’Brien et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Léon Dontigny Canada 8 679 532 504 410 172 10 982
M.L. Bramson United States 10 883 1.3× 631 1.2× 491 1.0× 372 0.9× 140 0.8× 15 1.1k
Lisen E. Hockings Australia 9 656 1.0× 615 1.2× 449 0.9× 205 0.5× 139 0.8× 13 916
Pierre Demondion France 13 612 0.9× 399 0.8× 487 1.0× 188 0.5× 207 1.2× 51 827
Leen Vercaemst Belgium 11 422 0.6× 342 0.6× 260 0.5× 153 0.4× 130 0.8× 21 730
Chun Woo Choi United States 16 685 1.0× 458 0.9× 494 1.0× 102 0.2× 199 1.2× 73 923
Raymond Rector United States 14 657 1.0× 366 0.7× 337 0.7× 180 0.4× 188 1.1× 39 780
Andrzej Sosnowski United Kingdom 13 404 0.6× 151 0.3× 535 1.1× 226 0.6× 483 2.8× 24 833
Brian Mejak United States 11 251 0.4× 181 0.3× 276 0.5× 105 0.3× 180 1.0× 19 523
Meng‐Yu Wu Taiwan 14 454 0.7× 377 0.7× 335 0.7× 162 0.4× 188 1.1× 35 643
P. Pappas United States 12 565 0.8× 256 0.5× 628 1.2× 149 0.4× 354 2.1× 29 907

Countries citing papers authored by Léon Dontigny

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Fields of papers citing papers by Léon Dontigny

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Léon Dontigny

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Verdant, A, R Cossette, A Pagé, et al.. (1995). Aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta: Three hundred sixty-six consecutive cases resected without paraplegia. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 21(3). 385–391. 73 indexed citations
2.
Dontigny, Léon, et al.. (1992). SURGICAL REPAIR OF TRAUMATIC TRICUSPID INSUFFICIENCY. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 33(2). 266–269. 15 indexed citations
3.
Baillot, Richard, Léon Dontigny, A Verdant, et al.. (1989). Intrapericardial Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 29(6). 736–740. 7 indexed citations
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Verdant, A, A Pagé, R Cossette, et al.. (1988). Surgery of the Descending Thoracic Aorta: Spinal Cord Protection with the Gott Shunt. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 46(2). 147–154. 67 indexed citations
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Baillot, Richard, Léon Dontigny, A Verdant, et al.. (1987). Penetrating Chest Trauma. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 27(9). 994–997. 9 indexed citations
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Verdant, A, R Cossette, Léon Dontigny, et al.. (1985). Acute and Chronic Traumatic Aneurysms of the Descending Thoracic Aorta. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 25(7). 601–607. 14 indexed citations
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Dupuis, Pierre, et al.. (1983). UNSTABLE FRACTURES OF THE THORACO-LUMBAR SPINE. A TEN-YEAR EXPERIENCE AT SACRE-COEUR HOSPITAL. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 23(7). 637–637. 15 indexed citations
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Dontigny, Léon, et al.. (1983). TRAUMA AT THE CURRICULUM LEVEL. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 23(7). 634–634. 1 indexed citations
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Hill, J. Donald, Léon Dontigny, Marc De Leval, & C. Harold Mielke. (1974). A Simple Method of Heparin Management During Prolonged Extracorporeal Circulation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 17(2). 129–134. 68 indexed citations
10.
Hill, J. Donald, Thomas G. O’Brien, J. J. Murray, et al.. (1972). Prolonged Extracorporeal Oxygenation for Acute Post-Traumatic Respiratory Failure (Shock-Lung Syndrome). New England Journal of Medicine. 286(12). 629–634. 713 indexed citations breakdown →

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