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Louis Pérusse

Louis Pérusse

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
114
Citations
54262
World Ranking
4687
National Ranking
181

Louis Pérusse 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 Louis Pérusse sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 464 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Louis Pérusse 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 Louis Pérusse sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 114 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Louis Pérusse is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada. Their research spans several fields, chiefly Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable focus on Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The scientist's main topics of study include Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease; Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet; Nutritional Studies and Diet; Genetic Associations and Epidemiology; Genetics and Physical Performance; Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology; and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Louis Pérusse has coauthored multiple works with Angelo Tremblay, Claude Bouchard, Vicky Drapeau, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, and Raphaëlle Jacob.

Their recent papers reflect a range of interests related to genetics, nutrition, and exercise physiology:

  • Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Precision nutrition: A review of current approaches and future endeavors, 2022, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • The HERITAGE Family Study: A Review of the Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiometabolic Health, with Insights into Molecular Transducers, 2022, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Dietary Mediators of the Genetic Susceptibility to Obesity-Results from the Quebec Family Study, 2021, Journal of Nutrition
  • Reprint of: Precision nutrition: A review of current approaches and future endeavors, 2022, Trends in Food Science & Technology

Louis Pérusse frequently publishes in venues such as UNC Libraries, Trends in Food Science & Technology, Lifestyle Genomics, Nutrients, and Nature Genetics.

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • The human obesity gene map: the 2005 update.

    Tuomo Rankinen;Aamir Zuberi;Yvon C. Chagnon;S. John Weisnagel

  • Familial aggregation of VO(2max) response to exercise training: results from the HERITAGE Family Study.

    Claude Bouchard;Ping An;Treva Rice;James S. Skinner

  • A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance.

    Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Alisa K. Manning;Robert A. Scott;Jonna L. Grimsby

  • The human gene map for performance and health-related fitness phenotypes: the 2005 update.

    Molly S. Bray;James M. Hagberg;Louis Pérusse;Tuomo Rankinen

  • Genetics of fitness and physical performance

    Claude Bouchard;Robert M. Malina;Louis Pérusse

  • Waist and hip circumferences have independent and opposite effects on cardiovascular disease risk factors: the Quebec Family Study

    Jacob C Seidell;Louis Pérusse;Jean-Pierre Després;Claude Bouchard

  • Familial resemblance for VO2max in the sedentary state: the HERITAGE family study.

    Claude Bouchard;E. Daw;Treva Rice;Louis Pérusse

  • Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: A meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

    Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen;Lu Qi;Soren Brage;Stephen J. Sharp

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • The prediction of abdominal visceral fat level from body composition and anthropometry: ROC analysis.

    T Rankinen;S Y Kim;L Pérusse;J P Després

  • Inheritance of the amount and distribution of human body fat.

    C Bouchard;L Pérusse;C Leblanc;A Tremblay

  • Aerobic performance in brothers, dizygotic and monozygotic twins

    Claude Bouchard;Ren Ae Lesage;Gilles Lortie;Jean-Aim A Simoneau

  • The human obesity gene map: the 2003 update.

    Eric E. Snyder;Brandon Walts;Louis Pérusse;Yvon C. Chagnon

  • GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON LEVEL OF HABITUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE PARTICIPATION

    Louis Pérusse;Angelo Tremblay;Claude Leblanc;Claude Bouchard

  • The human obesity gene map: the 2004 update.

    Louis Pérusse;Tuomo Rankinen;Aamir Zuberi;Yvon C. Chagnon

  • Acute and chronic effects of exercise on leptin levels in humans

    Louis Pérusse;Gregory Collier;Jacques Gagnon;Arthur S. Leon

  • The Human Obesity Gene Map: The 2002 Update

    Yvon C. Chagnon;Tuomo Rankinen;Eric E. Snyder;S. John Weisnagel

  • Stability of indicators of the metabolic syndrome from childhood and adolescence to young adulthood: the Québec Family Study.

    Peter T Katzmarzyk;Louis Pérusse;Robert M Malina;Jean Bergeron

Frequent Co-Authors

Claude Bouchard
Claude Bouchard Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Treva Rice
Treva Rice Washington University in St. Louis
Jean-Pierre Després
Jean-Pierre Després Université Laval
Tuomo Rankinen
Tuomo Rankinen Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Angelo Tremblay
Angelo Tremblay Université Laval
Arthur S. Leon
Arthur S. Leon University of Minnesota
Ruth J. F. Loos
Ruth J. F. Loos University of Copenhagen
Jack H. Wilmore
Jack H. Wilmore Texas A&M University
Dabeeru C. Rao
Dabeeru C. Rao Washington University in St. Louis
James S. Skinner
James S. Skinner Indiana University

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