Richard Debigaré

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Debigaré is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Debigaré has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Richard Debigaré's work include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (23 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (14 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (12 papers). Richard Debigaré is often cited by papers focused on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (23 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (14 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (12 papers). Richard Debigaré collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Richard Debigaré's co-authors include François Maltais, Pierre Leblanc, Claude H. Côté, François Maltais, Jean Jobin, Karine Marquis, S. Russ Price, Yves Lacasse, G Carrier and Bin Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Richard Debigaré

42 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Midthigh Muscle Cross-Sectional Area Is a Better Predictor of Mortality than Body Mass Index in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

2002 621 citations Karine Marquis, Richard Debigaré et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Activation of caspase-3 is an initial step triggering accelerated muscle proteolysis in catabolic conditions

2004 575 citations Jie Du, Xiaonan Wang et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Exploring if and how evidence-based practice of occupational and physical therapists evolves over time: A longitudinal mixed methods national study 2023 ·PLoS ONE ·Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Annie Rochette, Nancy E. Mayo, Marie‐France Valois, André Bussières, Sara Ahmed, Richard Debigaré, Lori Letts, Joy C. MacDermid, Tatiana Ogourtsova, Helene J. Polatajko, Susan Rappolt, Nancy M. Salbach, Aliki Thomas	7
2	CD34 regulates the skeletal muscle response to hypoxia 2019 ·Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility ·Melissa M. Page, (unknown), Anick Langlois, (unknown), (unknown), Sandra Martineau, Cyndi Henry, (unknown), Ynuk Bossé, Mathieu C. Morissette, Richard Debigaré, Marie‐Renée Blanchet	4
3	Preserved function and reduced angiogenesis potential of the quadriceps in patients with mild COPD 2014 ·Respiratory Research ·Philippe Gagnon, Bruno B. Lemire, (unknown), Didier Saey, (unknown), (unknown), Steeve Provencher, Richard Debigaré, François Maltais	17
4	Autophagy in Locomotor Muscles of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2013 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Yeting Guo, Harry R. Gosker, Annemie M.W.J. Schols, Sophia Kapchinsky, Jean Bourbeau, Marco Sandri, R. Thomas Jagoe, Richard Debigaré, François Maltais, Tanja Taivassalo, Sabah N. A. Hussain	89
5	Alterations in Skeletal Muscle Cell Homeostasis in a Mouse Model of Cigarette Smoke Exposure 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Marc‐André Caron, Mathieu C. Morissette, (unknown), Jake K. Nikota, Martin R. Stämpfli, Richard Debigaré	41
6	Functional and Muscular Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Severe COPD 2011 ·CHEST Journal ·Isabelle Vivodtzev, Richard Debigaré, Philippe Gagnon, Vincent Mainguy, Didier Saey, (unknown), Marie‐Ève Paré, (unknown), François Maltais	118
7	Expression and Functional Significance of Nicotinamide N-methyl Transferase in Skeletal Muscles of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2010 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Ho Cheol Kim, Mahroo Mofarrahi, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, François Maltais, Ioanna Sigala, Richard Debigaré, (unknown), Sabah N. A. Hussain	51
8	Atrophy and hypertrophy signalling of the quadriceps and diaphragm in COPD 2010 ·Thorax ·Mariève Doucet, (unknown), Denis R. Joanisse, Richard Debigaré, Annie Michaud, Marie‐Ève Paré, R. Vaillancourt, Éric Fréchette, F. Maltais	36
9	Comparative assessment of the quadriceps and the diaphragm in patients with COPD 2009 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Marc‐André Caron, Richard Debigaré, P.N.R. Dekhuijzen, François Maltais	54
10	Profiling of mRNA Expression in Quadriceps of Patients with COPD and Muscle Wasting 2008 ·COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ·Richard Debigaré, François Maltais, Claude H. Côté, Annie Michaud, Marc‐André Caron, Mahroo Mofarrahi, Pierre Leblanc, Sabah N. A. Hussain	40
11	The major limitation to exercise performance in COPD is lower limb muscle dysfunction 2008 ·Journal of Applied Physiology ·Richard Debigaré, François Maltais	87
12	Hypoxia induces proteolysis through the ubiquitin proteasome pathway in L6 myotubes 2007 ·The FASEB Journal ·Marc‐André Caron, Marie‐Ève Paré, François Maltais, Richard Debigaré	1
13	Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy Signaling in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2007 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Mariève Doucet, Aaron P. Russell, Bertrand Léger, Richard Debigaré, Denis R. Joanisse, Marc‐André Caron, Pierre Leblanc, François Maltais	179
14	Activation of caspase-3 is an initial step triggering accelerated muscle proteolysis in catabolic conditions 2004 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Jie Du, Xiaonan Wang, (unknown), James L. Bailey, Richard Debigaré, Bin Zheng, S. Russ Price, William E. Mitch	45
15	Activation of caspase-3 is an initial step triggering accelerated muscle proteolysis in catabolic conditions breakdown → 2004 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Jie Du, Xiaonan Wang, (unknown), James L. Bailey, Richard Debigaré, Bin Zheng, S. Russ Price, William E. Mitch	575
16	Contractile Leg Fatigue after Cycle Exercise 2003 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Didier Saey, Richard Debigaré, Pierre Leblanc, M. Jeffery Mador, Claude H. Côté, Jean Jobin, François Maltais	210
17	Exercise-induced Quadriceps Oxidative Stress and Peripheral Muscle Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2003 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·A. Couillard, François Maltais, Didier Saey, Richard Debigaré, Annie Michaud, Christelle Koechlin‐Ramonatxo, Pierre Leblanc, Christian Préfaut	194
18	Catabolic/Anabolic Balance and Muscle Wasting in Patients With COPD 2003 ·CHEST Journal ·Richard Debigaré, Karine Marquis, Claude H. Côté, Roland R. Tremblay, Annie Michaud, Pierre Leblanc, François Maltais	176
19	Midthigh Muscle Cross-Sectional Area Is a Better Predictor of Mortality than Body Mass Index in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease breakdown → 2002 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Karine Marquis, Richard Debigaré, Yves Lacasse, Pierre Leblanc, Jean Jobin, G Carrier, François Maltais	621
20	Peripheral Muscle Wasting in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2001 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Richard Debigaré, Claude H. Côté, François Maltais	174

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