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Ruth E. Grunau 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 Ruth E. Grunau sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 277 publications — 12th percentile

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Ruth E. Grunau 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 Ruth E. Grunau sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 95 D-Index — 51st percentile

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

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Overview

Ruth E. Grunau is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and focuses research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Grunau has contributed extensively to the academic literature with notable recent papers such as:

  • "Mechanical Ventilation Duration, Brainstem Development, and Neurodevelopment in Children Born Preterm" (2020) published in The Journal of Pediatrics
  • "Family Integrated Care (FICare): Positive impact on behavioural outcomes at 18 months" (2020) published in Early Human Development
  • "Association of early skin breaks and neonatal thalamic maturation" (2020) published in Neurology
  • "Location and Size of Preterm Cerebellar Hemorrhage and Childhood Development" (2020) published in Annals of Neurology
  • "Pain Exposure and Brain Connectivity in Preterm Infants" (2024) published in JAMA Network Open

Their publications appear frequently in several key venues, including:

  • The Journal of Pediatrics (10 publications)
  • Neurology (5 publications)
  • JAMA Network Open (4 publications)
  • Annals of Neurology (4 publications)
  • Developmental Psychobiology (4 publications)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Grunau's research activities, with frequent co-authors comprising Steven P. Miller, Anne Synnes, Vann Chau, Ting Guo, and Steven Ufkes, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Prenatal exposure to maternal depression, neonatal methylation of human glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) and infant cortisol stress responses

    Tim F Oberlander;Joanne Weinberg;Michael Papsdorf;Ruth Grunau

  • Pain expression in neonates: facial action and cry☆

    Ruth V.E. Grunau;Kenneth D. Craig

  • Procedural pain and brain development in premature newborns

    Susanne Brummelte;Ruth E. Grunau;Vann Chau;Kenneth J. Poskitt

  • BrainNetCNN: Convolutional neural networks for brain networks; towards predicting neurodevelopment.

    Jeremy Kawahara;Colin J. Brown;Steven P. Miller;Brian G. Booth

  • Pain in the preterm neonate: behavioural and physiological indices.

    Kenneth D. Craig;Michael F. Whitfield;Ruth V.E. Grunau;Julie Linton

  • Long-term consequences of pain in human neonates.

    Ruth E. Grunau;Liisa Holsti;Jeroen W.B. Peters

  • Neonatal pain, parenting stress and interaction, in relation to cognitive and motor development at 8 and 18 months in preterm infants

    Ruth E. Grunau;Michael F. Whitfield;Michael F. Whitfield;Julianne Petrie-Thomas;Anne R. Synnes

  • Bedside application of the Neonatal Facial Coding System in pain assessment of premature neonates

    Ruth Eckstein Grunau;Tim Oberlander;Liisa Holsti;Michael F. Whitfield;Michael F. Whitfield

  • Survival Without Disability to Age 5 Years After Neonatal Caffeine Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity

    Barbara Schmidt;Peter J. Anderson;Lex W. Doyle;Lex W. Doyle;Deborah Dewey

  • Neonatal procedural pain exposure predicts lower cortisol and behavioral reactivity in preterm infants in the NICU

    Ruth E. Grunau;Liisa Holsti;David W. Haley;Tim Oberlander

  • Neonatal facial and cry responses to invasive and non-invasive procedures

    Ruth V.E. Grunau;C.Celeste Johnston;Kenneth D. Craig

  • Early pain experience, child and family factors, as precursors of somatization: a prospective study of extremely premature and fullterm children

    Ruth V.E. Grunau;Michael F. Whitfield;Julie H. Petrie;E.Louise Fryer

  • Neonatal pain in very preterm infants: long-term effects on brain, neurodevelopment and pain reactivity.

    Ruth Eckstein Grunau

  • Early pain in preterm infants: A model of long-term effects

    Ruth Eckstein Grunau

  • Pain sensitivity and temperament in extremely low-birth-weight premature toddlers and preterm and full-term controls.

    Ruth V.E. Grunau;Michael F. Whitfield;Julianne H. Petrie

  • Impact of repeated procedural pain-related stress in infants born very preterm.

    Jillian Vinall;Ruth E. Grunau

  • Developmental changes in pain expression in premature, full-term, two- and four-month-old infants.

    C.Celeste Johnston;C.Celeste Johnston;Bonnie Stevens;Bonnie Stevens;Kenneth D. Craig;Ruth V.E. Grunau

  • Neonatal procedural pain and preterm infant cortisol response to novelty at 8 months.

    Ruth E. Grunau;Joanne Weinberg;Michael F. Whitfield

  • Long-term effects of pain in infants

    Fran Lang Porter;Ruth Eckstein Grunau;K. J. S. Anand

  • Extremely premature (< or = 800 g) schoolchildren: multiple areas of hidden disability.

    Michael F Whitfield;Ruth V Eckstein Grunau;Liisa Holsti

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven P. Miller
Steven P. Miller University of Toronto
Joanne Weinberg
Joanne Weinberg University of British Columbia
Rollin Brant
Rollin Brant University of British Columbia
Kenneth D. Craig
Kenneth D. Craig University of British Columbia
Urs Ribary
Urs Ribary Simon Fraser University
Sam M. Doesburg
Sam M. Doesburg Simon Fraser University
M. Mallar Chakravarty
M. Mallar Chakravarty McGill University
Lex W. Doyle
Lex W. Doyle University of Melbourne
Peter G Davis
Peter G Davis University of Melbourne
Peter J. Anderson
Peter J. Anderson Monash University

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