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Isabelle Boutron

Isabelle Boutron

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
85
Citations
226718
World Ranking
14321
National Ranking
460

Isabelle Boutron 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 Isabelle Boutron sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 333 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Isabelle Boutron 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 Isabelle Boutron sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Isabelle Boutron is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France, with a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Economics and Econometrics; Sociology and Political Science; and Infectious Diseases.

The main topics covered in Boutron's research include Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, and Quality of Life, as well as the Delphi Technique in Research. Additional areas of study include Academic Publishing and Open Access, Health and Medical Research Impacts, Ethics in Clinical Research, and Clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Among the frequent collaborators are Philippe Ravaud, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Anna Chaimani, Joerg J Meerpohl, and David Tovey, each of whom has coauthored numerous publications with Boutron.

The researcher has published significantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), BMJ, and BMJ Open.

Recent notable publications include:

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, Systematic Reviews
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, International Journal of Surgery
  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, BMJ
  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews, 2021, PLoS Medicine

Best Publications

  • The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    Matthew J Page;Joanne E McKenzie;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

    Jonathan A. C. Sterne;Miguel A Hernan;Barnaby C Reeves;Jelena Savovic;Jelena Savovic

  • RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

    Jonathan A.C. Sterne;Jelena Savović;Jelena Savović;Matthew J. Page;Roy G. Elbers

  • Better reporting of interventions: Template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide

    Tammy C Hoffmann;Paul P Glasziou;Isabelle Boutron;Ruairidh Milne

  • PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews.

    Matthew J Page;David Moher;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • The PRISMA Extension Statement for Reporting of Systematic Reviews Incorporating Network Meta-analyses of Health Care Interventions: Checklist and Explanations

    Brian Hutton;Georgia Salanti;Deborah M Caldwell;Anna Chaimani

  • Extending the CONSORT statement to randomized trials of nonpharmacologic treatment: explanation and elaboration.

    Isabelle Boutron;David Moher;Douglas G Altman;Kenneth F Schulz

  • No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations.

    Peter McCulloch;Douglas G Altman;W Bruce Campbell;David R Flum

  • Updating guidance for reporting systematic reviews: development of the PRISMA 2020 statement

    Matthew J Page;Joanne E McKenzie;Patrick M Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • Reducing waste from incomplete or unusable reports of biomedical research

    Paul Glasziou;Douglas G Altman;Patrick Bossuyt;Isabelle Boutron

  • CONSORT Statement for Randomized Trials of Nonpharmacologic Treatments: A 2017 Update and a CONSORT Extension for Nonpharmacologic Trial Abstracts

    Isabelle Boutron;Douglas G Altman;David Moher;Kenneth F Schulz

  • A revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomized trials

    Julian Pt Higgins;Jonathan Ac Sterne;Jelena Savovic;Matthew J Page

  • Reporting and interpretation of randomized controlled trials with statistically nonsignificant results for primary outcomes.

    Isabelle Boutron;Susan Dutton;Philippe Ravaud;Douglas G. Altman

  • Comparison of registered and published primary outcomes in randomized controlled trials.

    Sylvain Mathieu;Isabelle Boutron;David Moher;Douglas G. Altman

  • Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation.

    P L Ergina;P L Ergina;J A Cook;J M Blazeby;I Boutron

  • Methods and Processes of the CONSORT Group: Example of an Extension for Trials Assessing Nonpharmacologic Treatments

    Isabelle Boutron;David Moher;Douglas G Altman;Kenneth F Schulz

  • Influence of trial sample size on treatment effect estimates: meta-epidemiological study

    Agnes Dechartres;Agnes Dechartres;Ludovic Trinquart;Ludovic Trinquart;Isabelle Boutron;Philippe Ravaud

  • CONSORT 2010 Statement: Updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials

    K F Schulz;D G Altman;D Moher;D Moher;V Barbour

  • Extending the CONSORT statement to randomized trials of nonpharmacologic treatment: Explanation and elaboration

    I Boutron;D Moher;D G Altman;K F Schulz

  • WITHDRAWN: Methods and processes of the CONSORT group: Example of an extension for trials assessing nonpharmacologic treatments

    Isabelle Boutron;David Moher;Douglas G. Altman;Kenneth F. Schulz

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Ravaud
Philippe Ravaud Université Paris Cité
Douglas G. Altman
Douglas G. Altman University of Oxford
Raphaël Porcher
Raphaël Porcher Université Paris Cité
Sally Hopewell
Sally Hopewell University of Oxford
David Moher
David Moher Ottawa Hospital
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt
Patrick M.M. Bossuyt University of Amsterdam
Julian P T Higgins
Julian P T Higgins University of Bristol
Jonathan A C Sterne
Jonathan A C Sterne University of Bristol
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Luc Mouthon
Luc Mouthon Université Paris Cité

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