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Thomas V. Perneger

Thomas V. Perneger

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Medicine
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
49795
World Ranking
7232
National Ranking
100

Thomas V. Perneger 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 Thomas V. Perneger sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 447 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas V. Perneger 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 Thomas V. Perneger sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Thomas V. Perneger is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research mainly focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to general health professions, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, statistics and probability, as well as nephrology. Their work spans multiple subfields and topics, emphasizing both clinical and methodological aspects of medical research.

Their main research topics include meta-analysis and systematic reviews, statistical methods in clinical trials, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, COVID-19 clinical research studies, dialysis and renal disease management, chronic kidney disease and diabetes, and scientometrics and bibliometrics research.

The scientist has several recent notable papers, including:

  • Patient satisfaction and survey response in 717 hospital surveys in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study (2020), published in BMC Health Services Research
  • Prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review (2022), published in BMJ Open
  • How to use likelihood ratios to interpret evidence from randomized trials (2021), published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Study design factors influencing patients' willingness to participate in clinical research: a randomised vignette-based study (2020), published in BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • Prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence and associations with mental distress in Cambodia, Malawi and Nigeria: A cross-sectional study (2020), published in Child Abuse & Neglect

Their frequent coauthors include Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Mathieu Nendaz, Christophe Combescure, Sophie Favre, and Nadia M. Bajwa, with collaboration counts ranging from three to seven papers.

Publications are often featured in these venues:

  • BMC Medical Research Methodology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • BMJ Open
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • BMC Health Services Research

Thomas V. Perneger's research combines clinical insights with statistical expertise, contributing to fields such as clinical trial methodology, quality of health systems, and epidemiological research.

Best Publications

  • What's wrong with Bonferroni adjustments

    Thomas V Perneger

  • Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene

    Didier Pittet;Stéphane Hugonnet;Stephan Harbarth;Philippe Mourouga

  • Compliance with handwashing in a teaching hospital. Infection Control Program.

    Didier Pittet;Philippe Mourouga;Thomas V. Perneger

  • Hand Hygiene among Physicians: Performance, Beliefs, and Perceptions

    Didier Pittet;Anne Simon;Stéphane Hugonnet;Carmen Lúcia Pessoa-Silva

  • Assessing clinical probability of pulmonary embolism in the emergency ward: a simple score.

    Jacques Wicki;Thomas V. Perneger;Alain F. Junod;Henri Bounameaux

  • The French SF-36 Health Survey: Translation, Cultural Adaptation and Preliminary Psychometric Evaluation

    Alain Leplège;Emmanuel Ecosse;Angela Verdier;Thomas V. Perneger

  • Bacterial Contamination of the Hands of Hospital Staff During Routine Patient Care

    Didier Pittet;Sasi Dharan;Sylvie Touveneau;Valérie Sauvan

  • Risk of kidney failure associated with the use of acetaminophen, aspirin, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs.

    Thomas V. Perneger;Paul K. Whelton;Michael J. Klag

  • Adding a dialysis dose to continuous hemofiltration increases survival in patients with acute renal failure.

    P. Saudan;M. Niederberger;S. De Seigneux;J. Romand

  • Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by multidetector CT alone or combined with venous ultrasonography of the leg: a randomised non-inferiority trial

    Marc Righini;Grégoire Le Gal;Drahomir Aujesky;Pierre-Marie Roy

  • Validity of the Fagerström test for nicotine dependence and of the Heaviness of Smoking Index among relatively light smokers.

    Jean-Francois Etter;Trinh Vu Duc;Thomas V. Perneger

  • Predicting Adverse Outcome in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Risk Score

    Jacques Wicki;Arnaud Perrier;Thomas V. Perneger;Henri Bounameaux

  • Analysis of non-response bias in a mailed health survey

    Jean-François Etter;Thomas V. Perneger

  • Clinical prediction rules for pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    E. Ceriani;Christophe Combescure;G. Le Gal;Mathieu Nendaz

  • A self-administered questionnaire to measure dependence on cigarettes: the cigarette dependence scale

    Jean-François Etter;Jacques Le Houezec;Thomas V Perneger;Thomas V Perneger

  • Validation of a French-language version of the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in young healthy adults.

    Thomas V. Perneger;Alain Leplège;Jean-François Etter;André Rougemont

  • Alcohol-based handrub improves compliance with hand hygiene in intensive care units.

    Stéphane Hugonnet;Thomas V. Perneger;Didier Pittet

  • Perceived stress, internal resources, and social support as determinants of mental health among young adults

    Patrick A. Bovier;Eric Chamot;Thomas V. Perneger

  • Randomised trial of heroin maintenance programme for addicts who fail in conventional drug treatments

    T V Perneger;F Giner;M del Rio;A Mino

  • Patient-Centered Research : Assessing Clinical Probability of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Ward: A Simple Score

    J Wicki;TV Perneger;AF Junod;H Bounameaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnaud Perrier
Arnaud Perrier Geneva College
Stéphane Cullati
Stéphane Cullati University of Fribourg
Henri Bounameaux
Henri Bounameaux University of Geneva
Luc Perrin
Luc Perrin University of Geneva
Didier Pittet
Didier Pittet University of Geneva
Bernard Hirschel
Bernard Hirschel University of Geneva
Sabine Yerly
Sabine Yerly University of Geneva
Paul K. Whelton
Paul K. Whelton Tulane University
Michael J. Klag
Michael J. Klag Johns Hopkins University
François Herrmann
François Herrmann University of Geneva

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