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Carole Dufouil publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carole Dufouil sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 305 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Carole Dufouil D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carole Dufouil sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 97 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Carole Dufouil is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and is active in the field of medicine with a particular focus on dementia and cognitive impairment research. Their work spans a range of topics including Alzheimer's disease treatments, genetic associations and epidemiology, neurological disease mechanisms, frailty in older adults, health systems evaluation, and nutritional studies.

Their recent publications address significant issues relevant to neurodegenerative diseases and public health. Notable papers include:

  • Twenty-seven-year time trends in dementia incidence in Europe and the United States, 2020, published in Neurology
  • Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis for Alzheimer's disease cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, 2022, published in Acta Neuropathologica
  • Correlates of intended COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across time and countries: results from a series of cross-sectional surveys, 2021, published in BMJ Open
  • New insights on the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's and related dementia, 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Dufouil frequently collaborates with several researchers, reflecting a networked approach to scientific investigation. Their frequent co-authors include Geneviève Chêne, Vincent Bouteloup, Stéphanie Debette, Bruno Vellas, and Sophie Guyonnet.

Their research has been published predominantly in journals focusing on dementia and neurology, including:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neurology
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy

Dufouil's expertise covers several subfields within medicine, with publications concentrated in psychiatry and mental health, physiology, neurology, genetics, and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • A conceptual framework for research on subjective cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    Frank Jessen;Frank Jessen;Rebecca E. Amariglio;Martin van Boxtel;Monique Breteler

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Incidence of Dementia over Three Decades in the Framingham Heart Study

    Claudia L. Satizabal;Alexa S. Beiser;Vincent Chouraki;Geneviève Chêne

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Effect of long-term omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation with or without multidomain intervention on cognitive function in elderly adults with memory complaints (MAPT): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

    Sandrine Andrieu;Sandrine Andrieu;Sophie Guyonnet;Sophie Guyonnet;Nicola Coley;Nicola Coley;Christelle Cantet;Christelle Cantet

  • Effects of blood pressure lowering on cerebral white matter hyperintensities in patients with stroke: the PROGRESS (Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Substudy.

    Carole Dufouil;John Chalmers;Oghuzham Coskun;Véronique Besancon

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Cognitive decline in individuals with high blood pressure: A longitudinal study in the elderly

    Christophe Tzourio;Carole Dufouil;Pierre Ducimetière;Annick Alpérovitch

  • Longitudinal study of blood pressure and white matter hyperintensities: the EVA MRI Cohort.

    C Dufouil;A de Kersaint-Gilly;V Besançon;C Levy

  • Gender and incidence of dementia in the Framingham Heart Study from mid-adult life

    Geneviève Chêne;Alexa Beiser;Rhoda Au;Sarah R. Preis

  • Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53 949)

    G. Davies;N. Armstrong;J. C. Bis;J. Bressler

  • The Association Between Blood Pressure, Hypertension, and Cerebral White Matter Lesions Cardiovascular Determinants of Dementia Study

    Ewoud J. van Dijk;Monique M.B. Breteler;Reinhold Schmidt;Klaus Berger

  • Long-term benzodiazepine use and cognitive decline in the elderly: the Epidemiology of Vascular Aging Study.

    Sabrina Paterniti;Carole Dufouil;Annick Alpérovitch

  • Severity of Dilated Virchow-Robin Spaces Is Associated With Age, Blood Pressure, and MRI Markers of Small Vessel Disease: A Population-Based Study

    Yi-Cheng Zhu;Christophe Tzourio;Aïcha Soumaré;Bernard Mazoyer

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in diabetes: the Cardiovascular Determinants of Dementia (CASCADE) Study.

    Reinhold Schmidt;Lenore J. Launer;Lars-Göran Nilsson;Andrzej Pajak

  • Depressive symptoms and cognitive decline in elderly people. Longitudinal study.

    Sabrina Paterniti;Marie-Hélène Verdier-Taillefer;Carole Dufouil;Annick Alpérovitch

  • Homocysteine, white matter hyperintensities, and cognition in healthy elderly people.

    Carole Dufouil;Annick Alpérovitch;Véronique Ducros;Christophe Tzourio

  • Circulating IL-6 and CRP are associated with MRI findings in the elderly: The 3C-Dijon Study

    C. L. Satizabal;Y. C. Zhu;B. Mazoyer;C. Dufouil;C. Dufouil

Frequent Co-Authors

Christophe Tzourio
Christophe Tzourio University of Bordeaux
Bernard Mazoyer
Bernard Mazoyer University of Bordeaux
Jean-François Dartigues
Jean-François Dartigues University of Bordeaux
Geneviève Chêne
Geneviève Chêne University of Bordeaux
Sudha Seshadri
Sudha Seshadri The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Florence Pasquier
Florence Pasquier University of Lille
Bruno Dubois
Bruno Dubois Université Paris Cité
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

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