Sleep Medicine Reviews

Papers
(The H4-Index of Sleep Medicine Reviews is 46. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
How emotions impact sleep: A quantitative review of experiments469
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and restless leg syndrome across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis218
Review and perspective on sleep-disordered breathing research and translation to clinics212
Motor cortex excitability in restless legs syndrome: A systematic review and insights into pathophysiology via transcranial magnetic stimulation196
Addressing the challenges and gaps in understanding pediatric periodic limb movement disorder194
The difficult but crucial task of knowledge translation: The case of pre-sleep technology use. Reply to Reichenberger et al. and the National Sleep Foundation's screen use recommendations167
Sleep surgery improves blood pressure: How can it be?149
Persistence and prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing after delivery: A scoping review of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies148
Recommended timing of medications that impact sleep and wakefulness: A review of the American Prescribers’ Digital Reference137
Reproducibility in sleep and circadian science systematic reviews and meta-analyses136
Placebo response in objective and subjective measures of hypersomnia in randomized clinical trials on obstructive sleep apnea. A systematic review and meta-analysis132
Childhood maltreatment and sleep112
A systematic review of the validity of non-invasive sleep-measuring devices in mid-to-late life adults: Future utility for Alzheimer's disease research96
Commentary on Brupbacher et al.: The effects of exercise on sleep in unipolar depression: A systematic review and network meta-analysis92
Treatment for behavioral insomnia in young children with neurotypical development under 6 years of age: A systematic review90
Tobacco-induced sleep disturbances: A systematic review and meta-analysis88
Reply to Smolensky and Hermida: The potential role of internal circadian time in tailored anti-hypertensive medication dosing88
Commentary on Castelnovo et al the parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide82
Editorial Board82
Editorial Board79
Sleep Medicine Reviews “Stay hungry, stay foolish, stay tough and sleep well!”; why resilience and mental toughness and restoring sleep are associated77
Rapid maxillary expansion versus watchful waiting in pediatric OSA: A systematic review72
Management of primary snoring in adults: A scoping review examining interventions, outcomes and instruments used to assess clinical effects70
Salivary α-amylase as a marker of sleep disorders: A theoretical review68
Sleep apnea and stroke: A dynamic duo65
Sleep in times of crises: A scoping review in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis63
Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)63
A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep following mild traumatic brain injury: a synthesis of the literature according to age and time-since-injury.61
Commentary on Yue et al. Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis61
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Indian adults59
Psychological and pharmacological treatments for insomnia: Blending for patient benefit57
Seeing the Whole Elephant: a scoping review of behavioral treatments for pediatric insomnia57
Non-pharmacological and melatonin interventions for pediatric sleep initiation and maintenance problems: A systematic review and network meta-analysis56
Cortisol and shiftwork: A scoping review55
Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials52
The young and the restless: Carving out a novel diagnostic entity in pediatric sleep medicine52
The long road to precision pediatric sleep medicine50
Clinicians should not avoid prescribing CPAP in older adults with cognitive impairment50
Physiology during sleep in preterm infants: Implications for increased risk for the sudden infant death syndrome50
Challenges in diagnosing NREM parasomnias: Implications for future diagnostic classifications50
Circadian preference and mental health outcomes in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis49
The complexities of the sleep-pain relationship in adolescents: A critical review49
Prevalence of headaches and their relationship with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - Systematic review and meta-analysis48
A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms47
Sexual abuse and sleep in children and adolescents: A systematic review47
Impact of one night of sleep restriction on sleepiness and cognitive function: A systematic review and meta-analysis47
Multidimensional sleep health and diabetic retinopathy: Systematic review and meta-analysis46
Efficacy of melatonin for chronic insomnia: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses46
The relationship between multiple sleep dimensions and obesity in adolescents: A systematic review46
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