2026 Catherine Chiron: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	73	2229	2037	70	63	278	16689
Medicine	73	19703	18486	665	630	285	16692

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

2229

2037

278

16689

Medicine

19703

18486

665

630

285

16692

Neuroscience

D-Index

Citations

16689

World Ranking

2229

National Ranking

Medicine

D-Index

Citations

16692

World Ranking

19703

National Ranking

665

Overview

Catherine Chiron is affiliated with Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris in France. Their research primarily focuses on epilepsy and related neurological conditions, with an emphasis on pediatric populations and pharmacological interventions.

Their recent publications include:

Initiating stiripentol before 2 years of age in patients with Dravet syndrome is safe and beneficial against status epilepticus, 2023, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Comparative efficacy and safety of stiripentol, cannabidiol and fenfluramine as first-line add-on therapies for seizures in Dravet syndrome: A network meta-analysis, 2024, Epilepsia Open
Pharmacotherapy for Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, 2021, CNS Drugs
Fifteen years of real-world data on the use of vigabatrin in individuals with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, 2023, Epilepsia
Safety considerations selecting antiseizure medications for the treatment of individuals with Dravet syndrome, 2021, Expert Opinion on Drug Safety

Their work has been published in several notable venues, including:

Epilepsia
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Epilepsia Open
Neurology and Therapy
CNS Drugs

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Catherine Chiron include:

Rima Nabbout
Mathieu Kuchenbuch
Nicole Chémaly
Anna Kamińska
Jacques Laschet

The primary field of study is Medicine, with a substantial focus on related subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Physiology.

Main topics addressed in their research are:

Epilepsy research and treatment
Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
Pharmacological effects and toxicity studies
EEG and brain-computer interfaces
Advanced MRI techniques and applications
Tuberous sclerosis complex research
Polyomavirus and related diseases

Best Publications

Stiripentol in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a randomised placebo-controlled syndrome-dedicated trial

C Chiron;MC Marchand;A Tran;E Rey

715
Citations
The right brain hemisphere is dominant in human infants.

C Chiron;I Jambaque;R Nabbout;R Lounes

598
Citations
Changes in regional cerebral blood flow during brain maturation in children and adolescents.

Catherine Chiron;Claude Raynaud;Bernard Mazière;M. Zilbovicius

542
Citations
Randomized trial comparing vigabatrin and hydrocortisone in infantile spasms due to tuberous sclerosis

C Chiron;C Dumas;I Jambaqué;J Mumford

396
Citations
Late plasticity for language in a child's non-dominant hemisphere: a pre- and post-surgery fMRI study.

Lucie Hertz-Pannier;Catherine Chiron;Isabelle Jambaque;Virginie Renaux-Kieffer

395
Citations
Guidelines for imaging infants and children with recent-onset epilepsy.

William D. Gaillard;Catherine Chiron;J. Helen Cross;A. Simon Harvey

388
Citations
Spectrum of SCN1A mutations in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy

Rima Nabbout;E. Gennaro;B. Dalla Bernardina;O. Dulac

325
Citations
Migrating Partial Seizures in Infancy: A Malignant Disorder with Developmental Arrest

G. Coppola;P. Plouin;C. Chiron;O. Robain

325
Citations
Therapeutic trial of vigabatrin in refractory infantile spasms.

Catherine Chiron;Olivier Dulac;Daniel Beaumont;Leonardo Palacios

304
Citations
A conserved switch in sensory processing prepares developing neocortex for vision

Matthew T. Colonnese;Anna Kaminska;Anna Kaminska;Marat Minlebaev;Mathieu Milh

300
Citations
FDG-PET improves surgical outcome in negative MRI Taylor-type focal cortical dysplasias

F. Chassoux;S. Rodrigo;F. Semah;F. Beuvon

283
Citations
Mental and behavioural outcome of infantile epilepsy treated by vigabatrin in tuberous sclerosis patients.

I Jambaqué;C Chiron;C Dumas;J Mumford

275
Citations
Acute encephalopathy with inflammation-mediated status epilepticus

Rima Nabbout;Annamaria Vezzani;Olivier Dulac;Catherine Chiron;Catherine Chiron

250
Citations
Fenfluramine for Treatment-Resistant Seizures in Patients With Dravet Syndrome Receiving Stiripentol-Inclusive Regimens: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Rima Nabbout;Arun Mistry;Sameer Zuberi;Nathalie Villeneuve

239
Citations
Bumetanide for the treatment of seizures in newborn babies with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (NEMO) : an open-label, dose finding, and feasibility phase 1/2 trial

Ronit M Pressler;Geraldine B Boylan;Neil Marlow;Mats Blennow

239
Citations
Devastating epileptic encephalopathy in school-aged children (DESC): a pseudo encephalitis.

Y. Mikaeloff;I. Jambaqué;L. Hertz-Pannier;A. Zamfirescu

232
Citations
Clinical Heterogeneity of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD): Definition of Sub-Phenotypes and Predictive Criteria by Long-Term Follow-Up

Isabelle Desguerre;Isabelle Desguerre;Christo Christov;Michele Mayer;Reinhard Zeller

221
Citations
The three stages of epilepsy in patients with CDKL5 mutations.

Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Nadia Bahi-Buisson;Anna Kaminska;Anna Kaminska;Nathalie Boddaert;Nathalie Boddaert;Marlène Rio

220
Citations
Neuropsychiatric aspects of tuberous sclerosis.

P. Curatolo;R. Cusmai;F. Cortesi;C. Chiron

212
Citations
Type II focal cortical dysplasia: Electroclinical phenotype and surgical outcome related to imaging

Francine Chassoux;Elisabeth Landré;Charles Mellerio;Baris Turak

211
Citations
The pharmacologic treatment of Dravet syndrome.

Catherine Chiron;Olivier Dulac;Olivier Dulac

198
Citations