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Best Female Scientists

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112
Citations
56852
World Ranking
800
National Ranking
486

Medicine

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112
Citations
59787
World Ranking
5070
National Ranking
2743

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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Catherine Rivier is affiliated with the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the United States. Their research intersects multiple disciplines, primarily within medicine, with a focus on oncology and education. Their work extends to statistical and probabilistic methods and developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of topics, including:

  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • French Language Learning Methods
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness

Their recent publications cover a range of subjects from oncology treatments to educational psychology and mathematics teaching. Notable papers include:

  • Efficacy of administration sequence: Sacituzumab Govitecan and Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, 2024, British Journal of Cancer
  • Études des types de problèmes arithmétiques à énoncés verbaux proposés dans 12 manuels scolaires français de cycle 2: concordance et discordance par rapport à trois formes d'analogies, 2022, Revue française de pédagogie
  • Effects of two types of numerical problems on the emotions experienced in adults and in 9-year-old children, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • Enseigner la résolution de problèmes aux élèves de 6-9 ans via des problèmes "non applicatifs", 2022, Revue de Mathématiques pour l'école
  • Roger Guillemin (1924-2024), 2024, Science

Frequent collaborators include:

  • François Poumeaud
  • Mathilde Morisseau
  • E. Volant
  • Sylvain Ladoire
  • Mathieu Jamelot

Publication venues for their work highlight both the medical and educational domains. These journals include:

  • British Journal of Cancer
  • Revue française de pédagogie
  • PLoS ONE
  • Revue de Mathématiques pour l'école
  • Science

Best Publications

  • Characterization of a 41-residue ovine hypothalamic peptide that stimulates secretion of corticotropin and beta-endorphin

    Wylie Vale;Joachim Spiess;Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier

  • Interleukin-1 stimulates the secretion of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor.

    Robert Sapolsky;Catherine Rivier;Gayle Yamamoto;Paul Plotsky

  • beta-Endorphin and adrenocorticotropin are selected concomitantly by the pituitary gland

    Roger Guillemin;Therese Vargo;Jean Rossier;Scott Minick

  • Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis by Cytokines: Actions and Mechanisms of Action

    Andrew V. Turnbull;Catherine L. Rivier

  • Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

    Joan Vaughan;Cynthia Donaldson;Jackson Bittencourt;Marilyn H. Perrin

  • Effect of stress on the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis: peripheral and central mechanisms.

    Catherine Rivier;Serge Rivest

  • Corticotropin-Releasing Factor: Actions on the Sympathetic Nervous System and Metabolism*

    Marvin R. Brown;Laurel A. Fisher;Joachim Spiess;Catherine Rivier

  • Effects of synthetic ovine corticotropin-releasing factor, glucocorticoids, catecholamines, neurohypophysial peptides, and other substances on cultured corticotropic cells.

    W Vale;J Vaughan;M Smith;G Yamamoto

  • Gonadal and extragonadal expression of inhibin alpha, beta A, and beta B subunits in various tissues predicts diverse functions

    Helene Meunier;Catherine Rivier;Ronald M. Evans;Wylie Vale

  • Modulation of stress-induced ACTH release by corticotropin-releasing factor, catecholamines and vasopressin

    Catherine Rivier;Wylie Vale

  • Stress-induced inhibition of reproductive functions: role of endogenous corticotropin-releasing factor

    Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier;Wylie Vale

  • Foot-shock induced stress increases β-endorphin levels in blood but not brain

    Jean Rossier;Edward D. French;Catherine Rivier;Nicholas Ling

  • Synthetic Competitive Antagonists of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor: Effect on ACTH Secretion in the Rat

    Jean Rivier;Catherine Rivier;Wylie Vale

  • In Vivo Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Induced Secretion of Adrenocorticotropin, β-Endorphin, and Corticosterone*

    C. Rivier;M. Brownstein;J. Spiess;J. Rivier

  • Differential regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor mRNA in rat brain regions by glucocorticoids and stress

    Toshihiro Imaki;Jean-Louis Nahan;Catherine Rivier;P. E. Sawchenko

  • Chemical and biological characterization of the inhibin family of protein hormones.

    W Vale;C Rivier;A Hsueh;C Campen

  • Interaction of corticotropin-releasing factor and arginine vasopressin on adrenocorticotropin secretion in vivo.

    Catherine Rivier;Wylie Vale

  • Mediation by corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) of adenohypophysial hormone secretion.

    Catherine L. Rivier;Paul M. Plotsky

  • STIMULATION IN VIVO OF THE SECRETION OF PROLACTIN AND GROWTH HORMONE BY β-ENDORPHIN

    C. Rivier;W. Vale;N. Ling;M. Brown

  • Characterization of a 41-Residue Ovine Hypothalamic Peptide that Stimulates Secretion of Corticotropin and β-Endorphin

    Wylie Vale;Joachim Spiess;Catherine Rivier;Jean Rivier

Frequent Co-Authors

Wylie Vale
Wylie Vale Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Soon Lee
Soon Lee Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Marvin R. Brown
Marvin R. Brown University of California, San Diego
George F. Koob
George F. Koob National Institute on Drug Abuse
Roger Guillemin
Roger Guillemin Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Paul E. Sawchenko
Paul E. Sawchenko Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Yvette Taché
Yvette Taché University of California, Los Angeles
Jean Rossier
Jean Rossier Sorbonne University

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