OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sleep is 31. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Performance of seven consumer sleep-tracking devices compared with polysomnography	225
Metrics of sleep apnea severity: beyond the apnea-hypopnea index	206
The effect of sleep deprivation and restriction on mood, emotion, and emotion regulation: three meta-analyses in one	102
Sleep and mental health in athletes during COVID-19 lockdown	80
Randomized clinical trials of cardiovascular disease in obstructive sleep apnea: understanding and overcoming bias	78
Obstructive sleep apnea treatment and dementia risk in older adults	76
Video-polysomnography procedures for diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and the identification of its prodromal stages: guidelines from the International RBD Study Group	76
Prospective examination of adolescent sleep patterns and behaviors before and during COVID-19	75
Measuring sleep regularity: theoretical properties and practical usage of existing metrics	73
Digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia promotes later health resilience during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic	68
The social and economic cost of sleep disorders	67
Prevalent, incident, and persistent insomnia in a population-based cohort tested before (2018) and during the first-wave of COVID-19 pandemic (2020)	66
Workshop report. Circadian rhythm sleep–wake disorders: gaps and opportunities	59
The natural history of insomnia: predisposing, precipitating, coping, and perpetuating factors over the early developmental course of insomnia	54
Changes of evening exposure to electronic devices during the COVID-19 lockdown affect the time course of sleep disturbances	46
Evening-types show highest increase of sleep and mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic—multinational study on 19 267 adults	43
Treating insomnia symptoms with medicinal cannabis: a randomized, crossover trial of the efficacy of a cannabinoid medicine compared with placebo	43
Changing school start times: impact on sleep in primary and secondary school students	41
Heart rate variability during wakefulness as a marker of obstructive sleep apnea severity	37
Meta-analysis of age and actigraphy-assessed sleep characteristics across the lifespan	37
Relationships between sleep traits and lung cancer risk: a prospective cohort study in UK Biobank	36
Modulating overnight memory consolidation by acoustic stimulation during slow-wave sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Late-in-life neurodegeneration after chronic sleep loss in young adult mice	33
Randomized controlled trial of an integrated approach to treating insomnia and improving the use of positive airway pressure therapy in veterans with comorbid insomnia disorder and obstructive sleep a	33
Randomized controlled trial of digital cognitive behavior therapy for prenatal insomnia symptoms: effects on postpartum insomnia and mental health	33

Cost-effectiveness of digital cognitive behavioral therapy (Sleepio) for insomnia: a Markov simulation model in the United States	33
Efficacy of a stepped care approach to deliver cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in cancer patients: a noninferiority randomized controlled trial	32
Residual, differential neurobehavioral deficits linger after multiple recovery nights following chronic sleep restriction or acute total sleep deprivation	32
Greatest changes in objective sleep architecture during COVID-19 lockdown in night owls with increased REM sleep	32
Brain function in children with obstructive sleep apnea: a resting-state fMRI study	32
Light at night in older age is associated with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension	32
Incidence of insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea in active duty United States military service members	31
Medical cannabis and cannabinoids for impaired sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	31
Continuous positive airway pressure and adverse cardiovascular events in obstructive sleep apnea: are participants of randomized trials representative of sleep clinic patients?	31
Predicting circadian phase across populations: a comparison of mathematical models and wearable devices	31
Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia has sustained effects on insomnia, fatigue, and function among people with chronic heart failure and insomnia: the HeartSleep Study	31