OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Sleep Research is 30. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy	658
Dealing with sleep problems during home confinement due to the COVID‐19 outbreak: Practical recommendations from a task force of the European CBT‐I Academy	606
On the rise and fall of the apnea−hypopnea index: A historical review and critical appraisal	164
Covid‐19 health crisis and lockdown associated with high level of sleep complaints and hypnotic uptake at the population level	118
Sleep of preschoolers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak	103
Profiles of sleep changes during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Demographic, behavioural and psychological factors	98
Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future	74
Insomnia symptoms during pregnancy: A meta‐analysis	63
Gender‐specific estimates of sleep problems during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	60
Maternal perceptions of sleep problems among children and mothers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic in Israel	58
Sleeping under the waves: A longitudinal study across the contagion peaks of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Italy	55
Pandemic nightmares: Effects on dream activity of the COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy	54
Sleep, insomnia and mental health	53
COVID‐19 lockdown and poor sleep quality: Not the whole story	47
Heart rate variability and obstructive sleep apnea: Current perspectives and novel technologies	47
Sleep and circadian problems during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic: the International COVID‐19 Sleep Study (ICOSS)	46
European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children	43
Pharmacological and non‐pharmacological interventions to enhance sleep in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review	42
Obstructive sleep apnea: transition from pathophysiology to an integrative disease model	40
Severe effects of the COVID‐19 confinement on young children’s sleep: A longitudinal study identifying risk and protective factors	39
Research routes on improved sleep bruxism metrics: Toward a standardised approach	38
Temporal associations between morningness/eveningness, problematic social media use, psychological distress and daytime sleepiness: Mediated roles of sleep quality and insomnia among young adults	37
Insomnia as a mediating therapeutic target for depressive symptoms: A sub‐analysis of participant data from two large randomized controlled trials of a digital sleep intervention	37
Sleep structure in sleep bruxism: A polysomnographic study including bruxism activity phenotypes across sleep stages	35
Telehealth‐delivered CBT‐I programme enhanced by acceptance and commitment therapy for insomnia and hypnotic dependence: A pilot randomized controlled trial	35

The two‐process model of sleep regulation: Beginnings and outlook^†	33
Adenosine, caffeine, and sleep–wake regulation: state of the science and perspectives	32
Actigraphy in sleep research with infants and young children: Current practices and future benefits of standardized reporting	32
Maladaptive coping with the infodemic and sleep disturbance in the COVID‐19 pandemic	32
Association between morningness‐eveningness, sleep duration, weekend catch‐up sleep and depression among Korean high‐school students	30
Sleep patterns and insomnia in a large population‐based study of middle‐aged and older adults: The Tromsø study 2015–2016	30