O Lapierre

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

O Lapierre is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, O Lapierre has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in O Lapierre's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (9 papers), Restless Legs Syndrome Research (6 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers). O Lapierre is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (9 papers), Restless Legs Syndrome Research (6 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers). O Lapierre collaborates with scholars based in Canada. O Lapierre's co-authors include Jacques Montplaisir, Gilles Lavigne, J. Montplaisir, Gaétan Poirier, Paul Lespérance, Sylvie Boucher, Marc‐André Bédard, Geneviève Pelletier, J. Montplaisir and Hector Warnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Biological Psychiatry and SLEEP.

In The Last Decade

O Lapierre

9 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Clinical, polysomnographic, and genetic characteristics of restless legs syndrome: A study of 133 patients diagnosed with new standard criteria

1997 678 citations J. Montplaisir, Sylvie Boucher et al. Movement Disorders profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
O Lapierre Canada	8	996	953	754	370	115	9	1.3k
Oscar Larrosa Spain	12	642 0.6×	622 0.7×	565 0.7×	230 0.6×	74 0.6×	13	905
Thomas Mitterling Austria	20	742 0.7×	503 0.5×	559 0.7×	385 1.0×	117 1.0×	34	1.1k
Cheryl Purvis United States	7	414 0.4×	505 0.5×	400 0.5×	161 0.4×	128 1.1×	11	765
Mélanie Vendette Canada	12	818 0.8×	640 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	203 0.5×	53 0.5×	15	1.4k
Smaranda Leu France	7	513 0.5×	338 0.4×	428 0.6×	229 0.6×	76 0.7×	8	748
M. Vendette Canada	4	550 0.6×	539 0.6×	877 1.2×	127 0.3×	28 0.2×	8	1.1k
Sheng-Huang Lin United States	4	465 0.5×	355 0.4×	610 0.8×	159 0.4×	60 0.5×	5	878
MH Silber United States	5	495 0.5×	338 0.4×	554 0.7×	178 0.5×	67 0.6×	8	827
Nancy L. Slocumb United States	17	786 0.8×	358 0.4×	301 0.4×	563 1.5×	375 3.3×	19	1.1k
T. Pollmächer Germany	10	351 0.4×	323 0.3×	260 0.3×	154 0.4×	98 0.9×	13	693

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of O Lapierre

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Montplaisir, J., Sylvie Boucher, Gaétan Poirier, et al.. (1997). Clinical, polysomnographic, and genetic characteristics of restless legs syndrome: A study of 133 patients diagnosed with new standard criteria. Movement Disorders. 12(1). 61–65. 678 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lapierre, O, et al.. (1995). Melatonin treatment of a non-24-hour sleep-wake cycle in a blind retarded child. Biological Psychiatry. 38(2). 119–122. 46 indexed citations

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Montplaisir, J., O Lapierre, & Gilles Lavigne. (1994). Les troubles moteurs au cours du sommeil: essai de classification. Neurophysiologie Clinique. 24(2). 155–159. 3 indexed citations

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Montplaisir, Jacques, O Lapierre, & Gilles Lavigne. (1994). Le syndrome d'impatiences musculaires: une maladie associée au ralentissement périodique ou apériodique de l'EEG. Neurophysiologie Clinique. 24(2). 131–140. 20 indexed citations

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Lapierre, O & Jacques Montplaisir. (1992). Polysomnographic features of REM sleep behavior disorder. Neurology. 42(7). 1371–1371. 387 indexed citations

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Montplaisir, Jacques, O Lapierre, Hector Warnes, & Geneviève Pelletier. (1992). The treatment of the restless leg syndrome with or without periodic leg movements in sleep.. PubMed. 15(5). 391–5. 47 indexed citations

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Montplaisir, J., et al.. (1992). Controversies in Sleep Medicine. SLEEP. 15(5). 391–395. 33 indexed citations

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Lapierre, O, et al.. (1990). The Effect of Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate on Nocturnal and Diurnal Sleep of Normal Subjects: Further Considerations on REM Sleep-Triggering Mechanisms. SLEEP. 13(1). 24–30. 67 indexed citations

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Bédard, Marc‐André, J. Montplaisir, Roger Godbout, & O Lapierre. (1989). Nocturnal gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Effect on periodic leg movements and sleep organization of narcoleptic patients.. PubMed. 12(1). 29–36. 29 indexed citations

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