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Francis H. Glorieux

Francis H. Glorieux

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
52959
World Ranking
6150
National Ranking
241

Francis H. Glorieux 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 Francis H. Glorieux sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 402 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Francis H. Glorieux 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 Francis H. Glorieux sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 107 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Francis H. Glorieux is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a substantial body of research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans 52 publications in Medicine and 24 in Genetics as a major subfield. Other notable subfields include Surgery, Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics focus heavily on connective tissue disorders research and bone-related conditions. Key topics within their publications include:

  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Bone and Dental Protein Studies
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Muscle and Compartmental Disorders
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francis H. Glorieux include:

  • Frank Rauch (19 coauthored works)
  • V. Reid Sutton (8 coauthored works)
  • Leanne M. Ward (7 coauthored works)
  • Erik A. Imel (7 coauthored works)
  • Anthony A. Portale (6 coauthored works)

Their publications are regularly featured in journals with a concentration in bone and mineral research disciplines. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • Bone (7 publications)
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (4 publications)
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2 publications)
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society (2 publications)
  • Calcified Tissue International (1 publication)

Selected recent papers by Francis H. Glorieux include:

  • Effect of Burosumab Compared With Conventional Therapy on Younger vs Older Children With X-linked Hypophosphatemia, 2022, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes from a Randomized, Active-Controlled, Open-Label, Phase 3 Trial of Burosumab Versus Conventional Therapy in Children with X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, 2021, Calcified Tissue International
  • Malocclusion traits and oral health-related quality of life in children with osteogenesis imperfecta, 2020, The Journal of the American Dental Association
  • Musculoskeletal phenotype in two unrelated individuals with a recurrent nonsense variant in SGMS2, 2020, Bone
  • Increased Osteocyte Lacunae Density in the Hypermineralized Bone Matrix of Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type I, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Bone histomorphometry: Standardization of nomenclature, symbols, and units: Report of the asbmr histomorphometry nomenclature committee

    A. Michael Parfitt;Marc K. Drezner;Francis H. Glorieux;John A. Kanis

  • Bone Histomorphometry : Standardization of Nomenclature, Symbols, and Units

    A. M. Parfitt;M. K. Drezner;F. H. Glorieux;J. A. Kanis

  • Standardized nomenclature, symbols, and units for bone histomorphometry: A 2012 update of the report of the ASBMR Histomorphometry Nomenclature Committee

    David W Dempster;Juliet E Compston;Marc K Drezner;Francis H Glorieux

  • LDL Receptor-Related Protein 5 (LRP5) Affects Bone Accrual and Eye Development

    Y. Q. Gong;R. B. Slee;N. Fukai;G. Rawadi

  • Cyclic administration of pamidronate in children with severe osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Francis H. Glorieux;Nicholas J. Bishop;Horacio Plotkin;Gilles Chabot

  • Lrp5 Controls Bone Formation by Inhibiting Serotonin Synthesis in the Duodenum

    Vijay K. Yadav;Je Hwang Ryu;Nina Suda;Kenji F. Tanaka

  • Consortium for osteogenesis imperfecta mutations in the helical domain of type I collagen: regions rich in lethal mutations align with collagen binding sites for integrins and proteoglycans

    Joan C. Marini;Antonella Forlino;Antonella Forlino;Wayne A. Cabral;Aileen M. Barnes

  • Type V osteogenesis imperfecta: a new form of brittle bone disease.

    Francis H. Glorieux;Francis H. Glorieux;Frank Rauch;Horacio Plotkin;Leanne Ward

  • Hypophosphatemia: mouse model for human familial hypophosphatemic (vitamin D-resistant) rickets

    Eva M. Eicher;Janice L. Southard;Charles R. Scriver;Francis H. Glorieux

  • CRTAP is required for prolyl 3- hydroxylation and mutations cause recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Roy Morello;Terry K. Bertin;Yuqing Chen;Yuqing Chen;John Hicks

  • Targeted inactivation of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3)-1(alpha)-hydroxylase gene (CYP27B1) creates an animal model of pseudovitamin D-deficiency rickets.

    Olivier Dardenne;Josée Prud’homme;Alice Arabian;Francis H. Glorieux;Francis H. Glorieux

  • DMP1 mutations in autosomal recessive hypophosphatemia implicate a bone matrix protein in the regulation of phosphate homeostasis

    Bettina Lorenz-Depiereux;Murat Bastepe;Anna Benet-Pagès;Mustapha Amyere

  • Osteoblasts Isolated from Mouse Calvaria Initiate Matrix Mineralization in Culture

    B Ecarot-Charrier;F H Glorieux;M van der Rest;G Pereira

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta type VI: a form of brittle bone disease with a mineralization defect.

    Francis H. Glorieux;Francis H. Glorieux;Leanne M. Ward;Frank Rauch;Frank Rauch;Ljiljana Lalic

  • Deficient mineralization of intramembranous bone in vitamin D-24-hydroxylase-ablated mice is due to elevated 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and not to the absence of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.

    René St-Arnaud;Alice Arabian;Rose Travers;Frank Barletta

  • Pamidronate treatment of severe osteogenesis imperfecta in children under 3 years of age.

    Horacio Plotkin;Frank Rauch;Nicholas J. Bishop;Kathleen Montpetit

  • Static and dynamic bone histomorphometry in children with osteogenesis imperfecta.

    F Rauch;R Travers;A.M Parfitt;F.H Glorieux

  • Perinatal metabolism of vitamin D.

    Bernard L Salle;Edgar E Delvin;Alexandre Lapillonne;Nicholas J Bishop

  • The effects of intravenous pamidronate on the bone tissue of children and adolescents with osteogenesis imperfecta.

    Frank Rauch;Rose Travers;Horacio Plotkin;Francis H. Glorieux

  • Osteogenesis imperfecta type VII: an autosomal recessive form of brittle bone disease.

    L.M Ward;F Rauch;F Rauch;R Travers;G Chabot

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Rauch
Frank Rauch McGill University
Brendan Lee
Brendan Lee Baylor College of Medicine
René St-Arnaud
René St-Arnaud Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie
Peter J. Roughley
Peter J. Roughley McGill University
Klaus Klaushofer
Klaus Klaushofer University of Vienna
Peter H. Byers
Peter H. Byers University of Washington
Charles R. Scriver
Charles R. Scriver McGill University
V. Reid Sutton
V. Reid Sutton Baylor College of Medicine
Karl L. Insogna
Karl L. Insogna Yale University
Jeffrey P. Krischer
Jeffrey P. Krischer University of South Florida

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