France Légaré is internationally recognized for her research on population health, shared decision-making and best practices in health. She is one of the most frequently cited researchers in the world according to scientific research firm Clarivate Analytics.
Clarivate Analytics' ranking is based on the number of citations collected by researchers for scientific papers published over the past decade and listed in the Web of Science, a database that brings together the vast majority of global scientific publications. Each researcher's score is based on the number of articles credited to the top percentile of articles with the most citations during the period covered.