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Christian Guilleminault

Christian Guilleminault

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
167
Citations
102569
World Ranking
594
National Ranking
346

Christian Guilleminault 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 Christian Guilleminault sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,031 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Christian Guilleminault 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 Christian Guilleminault sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 167 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Christian Guilleminault was a researcher affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their work primarily focused on the intersection of medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Throughout their career, they addressed key areas in physiology, genetics, endocrine and autonomic systems, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research centered on several interconnected topics:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Research
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies

Christian Guilleminault's publication record included multiple papers in notable venues such as L Orthodontie Française, Sleep Medicine, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, and the Journal of Clinical Medicine. The most frequent venue for their publications was L Orthodontie Française. Key recent papers included:

  • "Objective and subjective long term outcome of maxillomandibular advancement in obstructive sleep apnea" (2020), published in Sleep Medicine
  • "Automated Apnea-Hypopnea Index from Oximetry and Spectral Analysis of Cardiopulmonary Coupling" (2021), published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society
  • "Inflammatory Factors: Nonobese Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Adenotonsillectomy" (2020), published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Surgical and non-surgical maxillary expansion: expansion patterns, complications and failures" (2022), published in L Orthodontie Française
  • "Persistent pediatric obstructive sleep apnea treated with skeletally anchored transpalatal distraction" (2022), published in L Orthodontie Française

The scientist collaborated frequently with several researchers, highlighting a pattern of co-authorship with:

  • Kasey Li
  • Eileen Leary
  • Stacey Quo
  • Connor Li
  • Yu-Shu Huang

The scope of Christian Guilleminault's work included both clinical and physiological aspects of sleep disorders, particularly obstructive sleep apnea across various age groups. This extended to surgical interventions and the study of craniofacial anatomy in relation to airway function. Their research contributed to understanding the mechanisms and treatment outcomes of respiratory and sleep-related disorders.

Best Publications

  • EEG arousals: Scoring rules and examples. A preliminary report from the Sleep Disorders Atlas Task Force of the American Sleep Disorder Association

    M. Bonnet;David W. Carley;M. Carskadon;P. Easton

  • Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Sleep Parameters From Childhood to Old Age in Healthy Individuals: Developing Normative Sleep Values Across the Human Lifespan

    Maurice M. Ohayon;Mary A. Carskadon;Christian Guilleminault;Michael V. Vitiello

  • The sleep apnea syndromes.

    C Guilleminault;and A Tilkian;W C Dement

  • Comparison of actigraphic, polysomnographic, and subjective assessment of sleep parameters in sleep-disordered patients

    Clete A Kushida;Arthur Chang;Chirag Gadkary;Christian Guilleminault

  • A Cause of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: The Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome

    Christian Guilleminault;Riccardo Stoohs;Alex Clerk;Mindy Cetel

  • Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disturbances during sleep in 400 patients with sleep apnea syndrome.

    Christian Guilleminault;Stuart J. Connolly;Roger A. Winkle

  • Atlas, rules, and recording techniques for the scoring of cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in human sleep.

    Mario Giovanni Terzano;Liborio Parrino;Adriano Sherieri;Ronald Chervin

  • Long-term Outcome for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Patients: Mortality

    Markku Partinen;Andrew Jamieson;Christian Guilleminault

  • Cyclical variation of the heart rate in sleep apnoea syndrome. Mechanisms, and usefulness of 24 h electrocardiography as a screening technique.

    Christian Guilleminault;Roger Winkle;Stuart Connolly;Kenneth Melvin

  • Risk Factors for Sleep Bruxism in the General Population

    Maurice M. Ohayon;Kasey K. Li;Christian Guilleminault

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: A Review of 306 Consecutively Treated Surgical Patients

    Robert W. Riley;Nelson B. Powell;Christian Guilleminault

  • Self-reports versus sleep laboratory findings in 122 drug-free subjects with complaints of chronic insomnia.

    Mary A Carskadon;W. C. Dement;M. M. Mitler;C. Guilleminault

  • Sleep apnea in eight children.

    C Guilleminault;F L Eldridge;F B Simmons;W C Dement

  • Inattention, hyperactivity, and symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing.

    Ronald D. Chervin;Kristen Hedger Archbold;James E. Dillon;Parviz Panahi

  • The Sleep Disorders Questionnaire I: Creation and Multivariate Structure of SDQ

    A. B. Douglass;R. Bornstein;G. Nino-Murcia;Sharon Keenan

  • A review of 50 children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

    C. Guilleminault;R. Korobkin;R. Winkle

  • Prevalence of insomnia in a survey of 12,778 adults in France.

    Damien Leger;Christian Guilleminault;Jean Pierre Dreyfus;Chantal Delahaye

  • Hemodynamics in Sleep-Induced Apnea: Studies during Wakefulness and Sleep

    A G Tilkian;C Guilleminault;J S Schroeder;K L Lehrman

  • Medical and socio-professional impact of insomnia.

    Damien Léger;Christian Guilleminault;Gary Bader;Emile Lévy

  • Cephalometric analyses and flow-volume loops in obstructive sleep apnea patients.

    Robert Riley;Christian Guilleminault;Juan Herran;Nelson Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Dement
William C. Dement Stanford University
Pierre Philip
Pierre Philip University of Bordeaux
Maurice M. Ohayon
Maurice M. Ohayon Stanford University
Emmanuel Mignot
Emmanuel Mignot Stanford University
Damien Leger
Damien Leger Université Paris Cité
Clete A. Kushida
Clete A. Kushida Stanford University
Markku Partinen
Markku Partinen University of Helsinki
Sergio Tufik
Sergio Tufik Federal University of Sao Paulo
Bernard Bioulac
Bernard Bioulac University of Bordeaux
Donald L. Bliwise
Donald L. Bliwise Emory University

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