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2023

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D-Index
106
Citations
48275
World Ranking
6445
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88

Olivier Devuyst 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 Olivier Devuyst sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 580 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Olivier Devuyst 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 Olivier Devuyst sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 106 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Olivier Devuyst is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, particularly nephrology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research activity spans multiple overlapping disciplines with a strong focus on kidney-related diseases and physiological processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields of study in which they have published include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Nephrology
  • Genetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine

The primary topics addressed in their work are:

  • Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes

Recent papers by Olivier Devuyst include the following:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 causes a specific dysfunction of the kidney proximal tubule", 2020, Kidney International
  • "Genetics in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference", 2022, Kidney International
  • "Impaired mitophagy links mitochondrial disease to epithelial stress in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Clinical and genetic spectra of autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease due to mutations in UMOD and MUC1", 2020, Kidney International
  • "An update on the use of tolvaptan for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: consensus statement on behalf of the ERA Working Group on Inherited Kidney Disorders, the European Rare Kidney Disease Reference Network and Polycystic Kidney Disease International", 2021, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Frequent coauthors contributing to their published research are:

  • Brad H. Rovin
  • Germaine Wong
  • P Coates
  • Tilman B. Drüeke
  • Christina Wyatt

Olivier Devuyst's work is regularly published in several key journals, including:

  • Kidney International
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Kidney International Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Tolvaptan in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

    Vicente E. Torres;Arlene B. Chapman;Olivier Devuyst;Olivier Devuyst;Ron T. Gansevoort

  • Evolving importance of kidney disease: from subspecialty to global health burden

    Kai Uwe Eckardt;Josef Coresh;Olivier Devuyst;Richard J. Johnson

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Tolvaptan in Later-Stage Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease

    Vicente E Torres;Arlene B Chapman;Olivier Devuyst;Olivier Devuyst;Ron T Gansevoort

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD): executive summary from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Arlene B. Chapman;Olivier Devuyst;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Ron T. Gansevoort

  • The Current State of Peritoneal Dialysis

    Rajnish Mehrotra;Olivier Devuyst;Olivier Devuyst;Simon J. Davies;David W. Johnson

  • Factors influencing success of clinical genome sequencing across a broad spectrum of disorders

    Jenny C. Taylor;Jenny C. Taylor;Hilary C. Martin;Stefano Lise;John Broxholme

  • Common noncoding UMOD gene variants induce salt-sensitive hypertension and kidney damage by increasing uromodulin expression

    Matteo Trudu;Sylvie Janas;Chiara Lanzani;Huguette Debaix;Huguette Debaix

  • NHE2 and NHE3 are human and rabbit intestinal brush-border proteins.

    W. A. Hoogerwerf;S. C. Tsao;O. Devuyst;S. A. Levine

  • Autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial kidney disease: diagnosis, classification, and management--A KDIGO consensus report.

    Kai Uwe Eckardt;Seth L. Alper;Corinne Antignac;Corinne Antignac;Anthony J. Bleyer

  • The Pathophysiology of the Peritoneal Membrane

    Olivier Devuyst;Peter J. Margetts;Nicholas Topley

  • Loss of chloride channel ClC-5 impairs endocytosis by defective trafficking of megalin and cubilin in kidney proximal tubules.

    Erik I Christensen;Olivier Devuyst;Geneviève Dom;Rikke Nielsen

  • Mutations in SEC63 cause autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease.

    Sonia Davila;Sonia Davila;Laszlo Furu;Ali G Gharavi;Xin Tian

  • Mice lacking renal chloride channel, CLC-5, are a model for Dent’s disease, a nephrolithiasis disorder associated with defective receptor-mediated endocytosis

    Sha Sha Wang;Olivier Devuyst;Pierre J. Courtoy;Xi Tao Wang

  • Intra-Renal and Subcellular Distribution of the Human Chloride Channel, CLC-5, Reveals a Pathophysiological Basis for Dent's Disease

    Olivier Devuyst;Paul P.T. Christie;Pierre Courtoy;Renaud Beauwens

  • Cubilin Is Essential for Albumin Reabsorption in the Renal Proximal Tubule

    Sabine Amsellem;Jakub Gburek;Ghislaine Hamard;Rikke Nielsen

  • Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels

    Adrienne Tin;Jonathan Marten;Victoria L. Halperin Kuhns;Yong Li

  • Gitelman Syndrome: Consensus and Guidance From a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference

    Anne Blanchard;Detlef Bockenhauer;Detlef Bockenhauer;Davide Bolignano;Lorenzo A. Calò

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron T. Gansevoort
Ron T. Gansevoort University Medical Center Groningen
Pierre J. Courtoy
Pierre J. Courtoy Université Catholique de Louvain
Michel Burnier
Michel Burnier University of Lausanne
Arlene B. Chapman
Arlene B. Chapman University of Chicago
Anna Köttgen
Anna Köttgen University of Freiburg
William B. Guggino
William B. Guggino Johns Hopkins University
Georg B. Ehret
Georg B. Ehret University of Geneva
Michel Jadoul
Michel Jadoul Université Catholique de Louvain
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine

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