Véronique Pierrat

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
133 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Véronique Pierrat is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Véronique Pierrat has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 80 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 23 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Véronique Pierrat's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (79 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (74 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (55 papers). Véronique Pierrat is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (79 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (74 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (55 papers). Véronique Pierrat collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Véronique Pierrat's co-authors include Pierre‐Yves Ancel, Monique Kaminski, Stéphane Marret, Catherine Arnaud, Béatrice Larroque, Jean‐Christophe Rozé, Gérard Bréart, A. Burguet, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin and Gérard Thiriez and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Véronique Pierrat

122 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Neurodevelopmental disabilities and special care of 5-year-old children born before 33 weeks of gestation (the EPIPAGE study): a longitudinal cohort study

2008 634 citations Béatrice Larroque, Pierre‐Yves Ancel et al. profile →
Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years for preterm children born at 22 to 34 weeks’ gestation in France in 2011: EPIPAGE-2 cohort study

2017 319 citations Véronique Pierrat, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin et al. BMJ profile →
Neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 5 among children born preterm: EPIPAGE-2 cohort study

2021 147 citations Véronique Pierrat, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Véronique Pierrat France	29	3.6k	2.4k	650	396	374	133	4.4k
Fredrik Serenius Sweden	31	2.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	622 1.0×	326 0.8×	241 0.6×	102	3.7k
A. Burguet France	25	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	444 0.7×	237 0.6×	243 0.6×	69	3.0k
Lena Hellström‐Westas Sweden	48	6.0k 1.7×	4.0k 1.7×	765 1.2×	470 1.2×	875 2.3×	199	7.6k
Hans Ulrich Bucher Switzerland	34	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	389 0.6×	462 1.2×	168 0.4×	132	3.6k
Joke H. Kok Netherlands	39	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	327 0.5×	257 0.6×	189 0.5×	107	4.3k
Peter H. Gray Australia	33	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	352 0.5×	342 0.9×	204 0.5×	128	2.9k
Deanne Wilson-Costello United States	19	2.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	507 0.8×	287 0.7×	164 0.4×	32	3.1k
Susan R. Hintz United States	41	4.3k 1.2×	3.8k 1.6×	694 1.1×	1.1k 2.7×	294 0.8×	202	6.5k
Leena Haataja Finland	37	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	402 0.6×	114 0.3×	691 1.8×	149	4.2k
Petteri Hovi Finland	36	2.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	353 0.5×	285 0.7×	187 0.5×	108	3.7k

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Marchand‐Martin, Laetitia, Héloïse Torchin, Valérie Benhammou, et al.. (2025). Histological chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopment at 5 years of age among infants born very preterm: EPIPAGE-2 cohort study. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 111(2). F147–F154.

Mitha, Ayoub, Claire Zores, Monique Kaminski, et al.. (2025). Association between skin-to-skin contact and cognition and behaviour at 5 years in children born at 24–31 weeks’ gestation: a secondary analysis of a national population-based prospective cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 89. 103528–103528.

Morgan, Andreï S., Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, E. Sabrina Twilhaar, et al.. (2025). Intensity of perinatal care for extreme preterm births and neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 5½: the EPIPAGE-2 cohort study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 9(1). e003531–e003531.

Pierrat, Véronique, et al.. (2024). Gestational age, maternal smoking, neurological lesion and retinopathy predict strabismus at age 5.5 in preterm children. Acta Paediatrica. 114(1). 141–147.

Pierrat, Véronique, Anne Ego, Adrien M. Aubert, et al.. (2024). Variations in neonatal mortality of preterm infants with intraparenchymal haemorrhage in Europe: the EPICE cohort. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 109(5). 488–494. 1 indexed citations

Pierrat, Véronique, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, Valérie Benhammou, et al.. (2023). The interrelatedness of cognitive abilities in very preterm and full‐term born children at 5.5 years of age: a psychometric network analysis approach. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65(1). 18–30. 4 indexed citations

Goffinet, François, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, Pierre Delorme, et al.. (2023). Timing of antenatal corticosteroids and survival without neurologic disabilities at 5½ years in children born before 35 weeks of gestation. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 229(6). 675.e1–675.e18. 3 indexed citations

Benhammou, Valérie, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, Véronique Pierrat, et al.. (2023). Maternal health-related quality of life at 1 year after a preterm birth: role of socioeconomic status at birth. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 78(1). 25–32. 1 indexed citations

Aubert, Adrien M., Raquel Costa, Samantha Johnson, et al.. (2023). Developmental motor problems and health‐related quality of life in 5‐year‐old children born extremely preterm: A European cohort study. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 65(12). 1617–1628. 4 indexed citations

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Gire, Catherine, Stéphane Marret, Hugues Patural, et al.. (2023). Impact of Early Hemoglobin Levels on Neurodevelopment Outcomes of Two-Year-Olds in Very Preterm Children. Children. 10(2). 209–209. 4 indexed citations

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Torchin, Héloïse, Muriel Tafflet, Pierre‐Yves Ancel, et al.. (2022). Développement à 5 ans des enfants nés prématurés ayant bénéficié d’un dépistage à 2 ans par les questionnaires ASQ et M-CHAT : cohorte EPIPAGE-2. 5(1). 70–71. 1 indexed citations

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Debillon, Thierry, Loı̈c Sentilhes, Gilles Kayem, et al.. (2022). Risk factors for unfavorable outcome at discharge of newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in the era of hypothermia. Pediatric Research. 93(7). 1975–1982. 7 indexed citations

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Costa, Raquel, Adrien M. Aubert, Anna‐Veera Seppänen, et al.. (2022). Motor‐related health care for 5‐year‐old children born extremely preterm with movement impairments. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 64(9). 1131–1144. 5 indexed citations

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Pierrat, Véronique, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, Stéphane Marret, et al.. (2021). Neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 5 among children born preterm: EPIPAGE-2 cohort study. BMJ. 373. n741–n741. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chevallier, Marie, Thierry Debillon, Brian A. Darlow, et al.. (2021). Mortality and significant neurosensory impairment in preterm infants: an international comparison. Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal. 107(3). 317–323. 6 indexed citations

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Saurel‐Cubizolles, Marie‐Josèphe, Laetitia Marchand‐Martin, Véronique Pierrat, et al.. (2020). Maternal employment and socio‐economic status of families raising children born very preterm with motor or cognitive impairments: the EPIPAGE cohort study. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 62(10). 1182–1190. 8 indexed citations

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Courcol, René, et al.. (2015). Contamination du lait maternel par une flore aérobie : évaluation des pertes pour un lactarium. Archives de Pédiatrie. 22(5). 461–467. 23 indexed citations

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Pallás‐Alonso, Carmen Rosa, Alice Maraschini, Gorm Greisen, et al.. (2012). Parental involvement and kangaroo care in European neonatal intensive care units. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 13(5). 568–577. 70 indexed citations

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Béghin, Laurent, et al.. (2006). Nutritional Status at 2 Years in Former Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Influences Nutrition and Pulmonary Outcomes During Childhood. Pediatric Research. 60(3). 340–344. 30 indexed citations

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Ancel, Pierre‐Yves, Stéphane Marret, Béatrice Larroque, et al.. (2005). Are maternal hypertension and small-for-gestational age risk factors for severe intraventricular hemorrhage and cystic periventricular leukomalacia? Results of the EPIPAGE cohort study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 193(1). 178–184. 66 indexed citations

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