Péter Vollenweider

105.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
363 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

Péter Vollenweider is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Péter Vollenweider has authored 363 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Physiology, 75 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Péter Vollenweider's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (31 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (26 papers). Péter Vollenweider is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (31 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (26 papers). Péter Vollenweider collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Péter Vollenweider's co-authors include Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Gérard Waeber, Martin Preisig, Pascal Nicod, Urs Scherrer, Vincent Mooser, Fred Paccaud, D Randin, Murielle Bochud and Raphaël Heinzer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Péter Vollenweider

347 papers receiving 14.2k 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 →
Nitric oxide release accounts for insulin's vascular effects in humans.

1994 604 citations Péter Vollenweider 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, Martin Preisig et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Péter Vollenweider	5.3k	2.6k	2.3k	2.1k	1.9k	363	14.6k
Gérard Waeber	4.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	3.3k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	389	15.3k
Pedro Marques‐Vidal	6.0k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	626	19.2k
Gary Wittert	6.1k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	4.8k 2.5×	488	18.6k
Michael G. Ziegler	4.2k 0.8×	4.6k 1.8×	2.0k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	407	17.0k
Tiina Laatikainen	3.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	894 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	527	15.7k
Vincent Mooser	3.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	170	10.2k
Tobias Kurth	2.8k 0.5×	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	350	20.3k
Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge	6.4k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	184	14.4k
Kamal Masaki	5.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	482 0.2×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	267	18.3k
Pasquale Strazzullo	2.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	287	14.1k

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Rodríguez, Elena González, Péter Vollenweider, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, et al.. (2025). Prediction of 10‐Year Fragility Fractures Using Muscle Health Indicators in Postmenopausal Women: The OsteoLaus Cohort. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 16(3). e13837–e13837.

Blanchard, Margaux, Geoffroy Solelhac, Sandrine Kerbrat, et al.. (2025). Heart rate response and cardiovascular risk during obstructive sleep apnoea: an easy biomarker derived from pulse oximetry. European Respiratory Journal. 65(5). 2401883–2401883. 2 indexed citations

Solelhac, Geoffroy, Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Abhishek Goyal, et al.. (2025). Prevalence and clinical significance of comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea (COMISA) in three population-based cohorts from Benin, Switzerland and India. Sleep Medicine. 131. 106526–106526. 3 indexed citations

Marchi, Nicola Andrea, Geoffroy Solelhac, José Haba‐Rubio, et al.. (2025). Periodic limb movements during sleep, restless legs syndrome, and cognitive changes in older adults: a population-based longitudinal study. SLEEP. 49(2).

Ridder, David De, Stéphane Joost, Péter Vollenweider, et al.. (2024). Spatial analysis of 10-year predicted risk and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: the CoLaus cohort. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 4752–4752. 1 indexed citations

Rossel, Jean‐Benoît, Nicolas Fournier, Péter Vollenweider, et al.. (2024). Correlates of chronic pain onset and recovery in the CoLaus cohort. European Journal of Pain. 29(2). e4712–e4712. 1 indexed citations

Solelhac, Geoffroy, Marie‐Pierre F. Strippoli, Nicola Andrea Marchi, et al.. (2024). Sleep disturbances and incident risk of major depressive disorder in a population-based cohort. Psychiatry Research. 338. 115934–115934. 5 indexed citations

Farhoumand, Pauline Darbellay, Tobias Tritschler, Péter Vollenweider, et al.. (2023). Overuse and underuse of thromboprophylaxis in medical inpatients. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 7(6). 102184–102184. 4 indexed citations

Rossel, Jean‐Benoît, et al.. (2023). Association of pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis with clinically relevant bleeding and hospital-acquired anemia in medical inpatients: the risk stratification for hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism in medical patients study. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 22(3). 765–774. 3 indexed citations

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Lechartier, Benoît, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of small airway dysfunction in the Swiss PneumoLaus Cohort. ERJ Open Research. 9(5). 381–2023. 3 indexed citations

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Gachoud, David, Trestan Pillonel, Γεράσιμος Τσιλιμιδός, et al.. (2022). Antibody response and intra‐host viral evolution after plasma therapy in COVID ‐19 patients pre‐exposed or not to B‐cell‐depleting agents. British Journal of Haematology. 199(4). 549–559. 5 indexed citations

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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

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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

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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

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Vollenweider, Péter, et al.. (2018). No association between vitamin C and E supplementation and grip strength over 5 years: the Colaus study. European Journal of Nutrition. 58(2). 609–617. 11 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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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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Langenberg, Claudia, Rachit K. Saxena, Marie‐France Hivert, et al.. (2009). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel genetic loci associated with OGTT-induced post-challenge glucose. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Vollenweider, Péter, Stuart S. Martin, Tetsuro Haruta, et al.. (1997). The Small Guanosine Triphosphate-Binding Protein Rab4 Is Involved in Insulin-Induced GLUT4 Translocation and Actin Filament Rearrangement in 3T3-L1 Cells*. Endocrinology. 138(11). 4941–4949. 64 indexed citations

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Vollenweider, Péter. (1997). The Small Guanosine Triphosphate-Binding Protein Rab4 Is Involved in Insulin-Induced GLUT4 Translocation and Actin Filament Rearrangement in 3T3-L1 Cells. Endocrinology. 138(11). 4941–4949. 19 indexed citations

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