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Denis Fouque 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 Denis Fouque sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 524 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Denis Fouque 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 Denis Fouque sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Denis Fouque is affiliated with Hôpital Édouard-Herriot in France and has published extensively within the field of Medicine, focusing particularly on Nephrology. Their research encompasses several subfields including Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers numerous key topics relevant to kidney health and disease management. These include:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Potassium and Related Disorders
  • Electrolyte and Hormonal Disorders

Denis Fouque has published research in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Clinical Kidney Journal
  • Néphrologie & Thérapeutique
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International Reports

Notable recent publications include:

  • KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD: 2020 Update (2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases)
  • Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference (2020, Kidney International)
  • Chronic kidney disease is a key risk factor for severe COVID-19: a call to action by the ERA-EDTA (2020, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation)
  • Plant-based diets to manage the risks and complications of chronic kidney disease (2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology)
  • Nutritional status and the risk of malnutrition in older adults with chronic kidney disease - implications for low protein intake and nutritional care: A critical review endorsed by ERN-ERA and ESPEN (2023, Clinical Nutrition)

Denis Fouque collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Ziad A. Massy
  • Christian Combe
  • Luc Frimat
  • Sophie Liabeuf
  • Christian Jacquelinet

Their publication record indicates a strong emphasis on clinical nephrology topics, particularly related to nutrition, kidney disease classification, and complications arising from chronic kidney disease.

Best Publications

  • A proposed nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for protein–energy wasting in acute and chronic kidney disease

    D. Fouque;K. Kalantar-Zadeh;J. Kopple;N. Cano

  • Terminal Complement Inhibitor Eculizumab in Atypical Hemolytic–Uremic Syndrome

    C.M. Legendre;C. Licht;P. Muus;L.A. Greenbaum

  • KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD: 2020 Update

    T. Alp Ikizler;Jerrilynn D. Burrowes;Laura D. Byham-Gray;Katrina L. Campbell

  • EBPG on Vascular Access

    Jan Tordoir;Bernard Canaud;Patrick Haage;Klaus Konner

  • EBPG Guideline on Nutrition

    Denis Fouque;Marianne Vennegoor;Piet Ter Wee;Christoph Wanner

  • Prevention and treatment of protein energy wasting in chronic kidney disease patients: a consensus statement by the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism

    T. Alp Ikizler;Noel J. Cano;Harold Franch;Denis Fouque

  • Nomenclature for kidney function and disease: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference.

    Andrew S. Levey;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Nijsje M. Dorman;Stacy L. Christiansen

  • A European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) position statement on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute Kidney Injury: Part 1: definitions, conservative management and contrast-induced nephropathy

    Danilo Fliser;Maurice Laville;Adrian Covic

  • Low protein diets for chronic kidney disease in non diabetic adults

    Denis Fouque;Maurice Laville

  • Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Denis Fouque

  • Epidemiology, contributors to, and clinical trials of mortality risk in chronic kidney failure

    Alberto Ortiz;Adrian Covic;Danilo Fliser;Denis Fouque

  • ESPEN Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition: Adult Renal Failure

    N.J.M. Cano;M. Aparicio;G. Brunori;J.J. Carrero

  • Nutritional status in dialysis patients: a European consensus

    Francesco Locatelli;Denis Fouque;Olof Heimburger;Tilman B. Drüeke

  • Associations of body fat and its changes over time with quality of life and prospective mortality in hemodialysis patients

    Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh;Noriko Kuwae;Dennis Y Wu;Ronney S Shantouf

  • EBPG guideline on haemodynamic instability

    Jeroen Kooman;Ali Basci;Francesco Pizzarelli;Bernard Canaud

  • The systemic nature of CKD

    Carmine Zoccali;Raymond Vanholder;Ziad A. Massy;Alberto Ortiz

  • Management of disturbances of calcium and phosphate metabolism in chronic renal insufficiency, with emphasis on the control of hyperphosphataemia.

    Francesco Locatelli;Jorge B. Cannata‐Andía;Tilman B. Drüeke;Walter H. Hörl

  • EBPG guideline on dialysis strategies

    James Tattersall;Alejandro Martin-Malo;Luciano Pedrini;Ali Basci

  • Chronic kidney disease is a key risk factor for severe COVID-19: a call to action by the ERA-EDTA.

    A. Ortiz;M. Cozzolino;R. Duivenvoorden;D. Fliser

  • Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition Does Not Improve Survival in Malnourished Hemodialysis Patients: A 2-Year Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Study

    Noël J M Cano;Denis Fouque;Hubert Roth;Michel Aparicio

Frequent Co-Authors

Ziad A. Massy
Ziad A. Massy Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Gérard M. London
Gérard M. London Grenoble Alpes University
Raymond Vanholder
Raymond Vanholder Ghent University
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh University of California, Irvine
Christoph Wanner
Christoph Wanner University of Würzburg
Juan Jesus Carrero
Juan Jesus Carrero Karolinska Institute
Roland Chapurlat
Roland Chapurlat Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Tilman B. Drüeke
Tilman B. Drüeke University of Paris-Saclay
Adrian Covic
Adrian Covic Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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