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Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault

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2023

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
134
Citations
67468
World Ranking
298
National Ranking
14

Medicine

D-Index
141
Citations
72537
World Ranking
1630
National Ranking
43

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault 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 Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 841 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault 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 Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 141 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault is affiliated with Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University in France. Their research primarily centers on medicine, with a notable emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, genetics, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and physiology.

The research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Several recent papers authored with others reflect diverse areas within these topics:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Long term exposure to low level air pollution and mortality in eight European cohorts within the ELAPSE project: pooled analysis, 2021, BMJ
  • A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Co-benefits from sustainable dietary shifts for population and environmental health: an assessment from a large European cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Long-term low-level ambient air pollution exposure and risk of lung cancer - A pooled analysis of 7 European cohorts, 2020, Environment International

Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Anne Tjønneland (50 publications)
  • Gianluca Severi (48 publications)
  • Elisabete Weiderpass (43 publications)
  • Rosario Tumino (43 publications)
  • Marc J. Gunter (35 publications)

The scientist's work appears regularly in key journals, with notable publication venues including:

  • International Journal of Cancer (12 publications)
  • European Journal of Nutrition (10 publications)
  • Nutrients (8 publications)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention (6 publications)
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann

  • Functional food science and gastrointestinal physiology and function

    S Salminen;C Bouley;M C Boutron-Ruault;J H Cummings

  • Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

  • Dietary acid load and risk of type 2 diabetes: the E3N-EPIC cohort study

    Guy Fagherazzi;Guy Fagherazzi;Alice Vilier;Alice Vilier;Fabrice Bonnet;Martin Lajous

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Long-term survival and parenteral nutrition dependence in adult patients with the short bowel syndrome

    Bernard Messing;Pascal Crenn;Philippe Beau;Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault

  • Body Size and Risk of Colon and Rectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Christine Friedenreich

  • A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33

    Gloria M. Petersen;Laufey Amundadottir;Charles S. Fuchs;Peter Kraft

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Paolo Boffetta;Elisabeth Couto;Janine Wichmann;Janine Wichmann;Pietro Ferrari

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Meat consumption and mortality - results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Sabine Rohrmann;Kim Overvad;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Marianne U. Jakobsen

  • Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study

    Mazda Jenab;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Franzel J.B. van Duijnhoven

  • Dietary fiber intake and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in French adults.

    Denis Lairon;Nathalie Arnault;Sandrine Bertrais;Richard Planells

  • Animal Protein Intake and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The E3N Prospective Study

    Prévost Jantchou;Sophie Morois;Françoise Clavel-Chapelon;Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault

  • Cigarette smoking and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the pancreatic cancer cohort consortium.

    Shannon M. Lynch;Alina Vrieling;Jay H. Lubin;Peter Kraft

  • Dietary polyphenol intake in Europe: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

    Raul Zamora-Ros;Viktoria Knaze;Joseph A. Rothwell;Bertrand Hémon

  • Anthropometric measures, body mass index, and pancreatic cancer: a pooled analysis from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium (PanScan).

    Alan A. Arslan;Kathy J. Helzlsouer;Charles Kooperberg;Xiao Ou Shu

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon Institut Gustave Roussy
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Domenico Palli
Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (Istituto per lo Studio, la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica)

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