Péter Vollenweider

105.3k citations

363 papers · 14.6k · 3 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.1%
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Physiology top 0.2%
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Diet and metabolism studies

Papers in

Physiology 101
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research 31
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism 20
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 75
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies 22

Co-authors: Pedro Marques‐Vidal (225 shared papers)Gérard Waeber (194 shared papers)Martin Preisig (96 shared papers)Pascal Nicod (13 shared papers)Urs Scherrer (13 shared papers)Vincent Mooser (39 shared papers)Fred Paccaud (54 shared papers)D Randin (8 shared papers)
Journals: PLoS ONE (18 papers)BMC Public Health (9 papers)Preventive Medicine (8 papers)European Respiratory Journal (7 papers)Sleep Medicine (7 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Péter Vollenweider

347 papers receiving 14.2k citations

Péter Vollenweider's Hit Papers

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Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study 2015 · 1.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2008 BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
1994 Journal of Clinical Investigation

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1	Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ·Raphaël Heinzer, Sopharat Vat, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Helena Martí-Soler, Daniela Andries, Nadia Tobback, Vincent Mooser, Martin Preisig, Atul Malhotra, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider, Mehdi Tafti, José Haba‐Rubio Hit paper breakdown →	2015	1729
2	Nitric oxide release accounts for insulin's vascular effects in humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Urs Scherrer, D Randin, Péter Vollenweider, L Vollenweider, Pascal Nicod Hit paper breakdown →	1994	604
3	The CoLaus study: a population-based study to investigate the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome BMC Cardiovascular Disorders ·Mathieu Firmann, Vladimir Mayor, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Murielle Bochud, Alain Pécoud, Daniel Hayoz, Fred Paccaud, Martin Preisig, Kijoung Song, Xin Yuan, Theodore M. Danoff, Heide A. Stirnadel, Dawn Waterworth, Vincent Mooser, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider Hit paper breakdown →	2008	520
4	Insulin Resistance, Hyperlipidemia, and Hypertension in Mice Lacking Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Circulation ·Hervé Duplain, Rémy Burcelin, Cláudio Sartori, Stéphane Cook, Marc Egli, Mattia Lepori, Péter Vollenweider, Thierry Pedrazzini, Pascal Nicod, Bernard Thorens, Urs Scherrer	2001	435
5	Body fat and sympathetic nerve activity in healthy subjects. Circulation ·Urs Scherrer, D Randin, Luc Tappy, Péter Vollenweider, E Jéquier, Pascal Nicod	1994	303
6	Differential effects of hyperinsulinemia and carbohydrate metabolism on sympathetic nerve activity and muscle blood flow in humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Péter Vollenweider, Luc Tappy, D Randin, Philippe Schneiter, E Jéquier, Pascal Nicod, Urs Scherrer	1993	278
7	Impaired insulin-induced sympathetic neural activation and vasodilation in skeletal muscle in obese humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Péter Vollenweider, D Randin, Luc Tappy, E Jéquier, Pascal Nicod, Urs Scherrer	1994	221
8	The NoSAS score for screening of sleep-disordered breathing: a derivation and validation study The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ·Helena Martí-Soler, Camila Hirotsu, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Péter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Martin Preisig, Mehdi Tafti, Sérgio Tufik, Lia Bittencourt, José Haba‐Rubio, Raphaël Heinzer	2016	198
9	Low birth weight leads to obesity, diabetes and increased leptin levels in adults: the CoLaus study Cardiovascular Diabetology ·François R. Jornayvaz, Péter Vollenweider, Murielle Bochud, Vincent Mooser, Gérard Waeber, Pedro Marques‐Vidal	2016	197
10	Elevated Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with High Circulating Inflammatory Cytokines in the Population-Based Colaus Study PLoS ONE ·Tanica Lyngdoh, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Fred Paccaud, Martin Preisig, Gérard Waeber, Murielle Bochud, Péter Vollenweider	2011	187
11	The PsyCoLaus study: methodology and characteristics of the sample of a population-based survey on psychiatric disorders and their association with genetic and cardiovascular risk factors BMC Psychiatry ·Martin Preisig, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider, Pascal Bovet, Stéphane Rothen, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Patrice Guex, Lefkos Middleton, Dawn Waterworth, Vincent Mooser, Federica Tozzi, Pierandrea Muglia	2009	186
12	Genome-wide association study of recurrent major depressive disorder in two European case–control cohorts Molecular Psychiatry ·Pierandrea Muglia, Federica Tozzi, N. W. Galwey, Clyde Francks, Ruchi Upmanyu, Xiangyang Kong, Άθως Αντωνιάδης, Enrico Domenici, J Perry, Stéphane Rothen, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Vincent Mooser, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider, Martin Preisig, Susanne Lucae, Bertram Müller‐Myhsok, (unknown), Lefkos Middleton, Allen D. Roses	2008	184
13	Metabolically healthy obesity: different prevalences using different criteria European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·S. Velho, Fred Paccaud, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider, Pedro Marques‐Vidal	2010	178
14	Plasma Dihydroceramides Are Diabetes Susceptibility Biomarker Candidates in Mice and Humans Cell Reports ·Leonore Wigger, Céline Cruciani‐Guglielmacci, Anthony Nicolas, Jessica Denom, Neïké Fernandez, Frédéric Fumeron, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Alain Ktorza, Werner Kramer, Anke M. Schulte, Hervé Le Stunff, Robin Liechti, Ioannis Xénarios, Péter Vollenweider, Gérard Waeber, Ingo Uphues, Ronan Roussel, Chr̀istophe Magnan, Mark Ibberson, Bernard Thorens	2017	173
15	Depression With Atypical Features and Increase in Obesity, Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Fat Mass JAMA Psychiatry ·Aurélie M. Lasserre, Jennifer Glaus, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Julien Vaucher, François Bastardot, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider, Martin Preisig	2014	170
16	Prevalence and determinants of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder in the general population SLEEP ·José Haba‐Rubio, Birgit Frauscher, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Jérôme Toriel, Nadia Tobback, Daniela Andries, Martin Preisig, Péter Vollenweider, Ronald B. Postuma, Raphaël Heinzer	2017	167
17	Determinants of the development of post-traumatic stress disorder, in the general population Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology ·Marc Perrin, Caroline L. Vandeleur, Enrique Castelao, Stéphane Rothen, Jennifer Glaus, Péter Vollenweider, Martin Preisig	2013	149
18	Effects of short- and long-term exposures to particulate matter on inflammatory marker levels in the general population Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Dai-Hua Tsai, Michael Riediker, Antoine Berchet, Fred Paccaud, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider, Murielle Bochud	2019	145
19	Dose-dependent positive association between cigarette smoking, abdominal obesity and body fat: cross-sectional data from a population-based survey BMC Public Health ·Carole Clair, Arnaud Chioléro, David Faeh, Jacques Cornuz, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Fred Paccaud, Vincent Mooser, Gérard Waeber, Péter Vollenweider	2011	139
20	G Alpha-q/11 Protein Plays a Key Role in Insulin-Induced Glucose Transport in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Takeshi Imamura, Péter Vollenweider, Katsuya Egawa, Martin Clodi, Kenichi Ishibashi, Naoki Nakashima, Satoshi Ugi, John W. Adams, Joan Heller Brown, Jerrold M. Olefsky	1999	136

About Péter Vollenweider

Péter Vollenweider is a scholar working on Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Epidemiology, having authored 363 papers that have together received 14.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (31 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers), Sleep and related disorders (26 papers), Nutritional Studies and Diet (26 papers), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (24 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (22 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (21 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.3k citations), Physiology (5.3k citations), Biological Psychiatry (479 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (441 citations) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (2.6k citations). Péter Vollenweider has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Pedro Marques‐Vidal, Gérard Waeber, Martin Preisig, Pascal Nicod, Urs Scherrer, Vincent Mooser, Fred Paccaud, D Randin, Murielle Bochud and Raphaël Heinzer. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, BMC Public Health, Preventive Medicine, European Respiratory Journal and Sleep Medicine.

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