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Papers

(The median citation count of Sleep Medicine Reviews is 5. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Having it both ways: The case of sleep & diet quality	267
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 recommendations	203
Commentary on Castelnovo et al the parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide	182
Oximetry at the crossroads of innovation and equity in sleep apnea diagnosis	150
Challenges in diagnosing NREM parasomnias: Implications for future diagnostic classifications	138
The effects of mandibular advancement devices on pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: An umbrella review	129
Management of primary snoring in adults: A scoping review examining interventions, outcomes and instruments used to assess clinical effects	125
Circadian preference and mental health outcomes in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis	122
How emotions impact sleep: A quantitative review of experiments	122
Associations between sleep variability and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review	113
Prevalence of poor sleep quality among stroke survivors: A meta-analysis and systematic review	108
Polysomnography parameters in typically development and neuropsychiatric children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	106
Sleep disturbances and sensory processing and integration in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review	103
A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms	101
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and restless leg syndrome across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis	101
Evaluating the endothelial and metabolic effects of CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients: Insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis	97
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Indian adults	94
Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	88
Cortisol and shiftwork: A scoping review	87
Response to Letter to Editor “Chronotype and circadian epidemiology” by T.C. Erren, P. Morfeld and P. Lewis	87
Perioperative adverse events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing ambulatory ENT surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	83
Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Can we make it work for shift work?	78
Beyond explainable AI: Enhancing trust and robustness in machine learning for sleep apnea diagnosis	75
Guest editorial: Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)	67
Implementing strategies to address the global burden of insomnia	66

How does the brain “know” when it has had enough sleep? A hypothesis	66
Effect of sleep on oral health: A scoping review	64
Behavioural sleep interventions for the management of non-respiratory sleep disorders in children with neurodisability	64
Comparative efficacy of exercise modalities on sleep quality in populations with sleep disorders: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	64
The role of ovarian hormones in the pathophysiology of perimenopausal sleep disturbances: A systematic review	59
Sleep after burn injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis	59
Objective sleep markers of suicidal behaviors in patients with psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	58
Erectile dysfunction and sleep related bruxism: An exploratory review of an improbable association	57
What is the prevalence of sleep disturbances among people with Huntington disease and pre-manifest genetic expansion carriers? A systematic review and meta-analysis	54
An evaluation of psychosocial sleep interventions for children with chronic health conditions: A systematic review	54
The impact of traumatic brain injury on sleep and associated neuroimaging changes: A systematic review	52
Should you get MAD with kids?	52
Botulinum toxin therapy for neurological disorders: Serendipitous benefits on sleep quality and underlying mechanisms	52
Respiratory event duration in obstructive sleep apnea: don't forget the chemical drive !	50
Handling Editor: Monica AndersenA global perspective of parent engagement with digital sleep health interventions for young children: A scoping review	50
A systematic review of Nightmare prevalence in children	49
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea in lower extremity orthopedic procedures: A review of evidence to inform the development of a clinical pathway	48
Designing sleep disruption: The digital persuasion underlying screen use and sleep	48
Bright light therapy in cancer: Evidence for future research and therapy	48
Time to take the Declaration of Helsinki seriously? A systematic review of comparison conditions in clinical trials on internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia	48
Editorial Board	48
Is the composite MACE outcome an optimal measure for assessing the impact of CPAP on cardiovascular disease?	48
Orthodontic appliances for the treatment of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	47
Measuring the invisible: Anosognosia and the paradox of sleep assessment in early Huntington's disease	47
Global prevalence of poor sleep quality in military personnel and veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies	46
The effects of daylight saving time and clock time transitions on sleep and sleepiness: a systematic review	46
Obstructive sleep apnea and memory impairments: Clinical characterization, treatment strategies, and mechanisms	45
Ru-SATED scale and Sleep Health Index: A systematic review of two leading multidimensional sleep health measures and frameworks across the globe	44
Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	43
Sleep quality and architecture in Idiopathic generalized epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Machine and deep learning in REM sleep behavior disorder: a scoping review and analysis of reporting quality	43
Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes	43
Sleep and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review and meta-analysis	43
Sleep medicine for older adults: Applying the age-friendly health systems framework to sleep medicine clinics	42
The interrelationship between sleep, diet, and glucose metabolism	42
Acupuncture: A beacon of hope for primary insomnia	42
Sleep interventions for adults admitted to psychiatric inpatient settings: A systematic scoping review	41
Rethinking clinical trials in restless legs syndrome: A roadmap	41
On the association of chemical pollutant exposures and disordered sleep outcomes	41
The association between couple relationships and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Editorial Board	40
Toward precision medicine in delayed sleep-wake phase disorder: Definitions, dimensions, and the path to personalised care	39
The effect of evening light on circadian-related outcomes: A systematic review	39
Obstructive sleep apnea and airway overlap syndromes in adults	38
The misclassification of periodic limb movement disorder: A systematic review applying research diagnostic criteria	38
Global occurrence rates of sleep disturbances among institutionalized older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	37
Associations of sleep with cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of observational and mendelian randomization studies	37
Daytime napping and cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: A systematic review	36
A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate	36
Gut microbiota alterations in sleep disturbances: A systematic review and meta-analysis	36

Pharmacologic treatment data from chronic insomnia studies and the application to individuals with acute insomnia, a narrative review	36
Effectiveness of cannabinoids on subjective sleep quality in people with and without insomnia or poor sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised studies	36
A narrative review of the relationship between head and neck cancer and obstructive sleep apnea: Clinical studies and statistical analysis	35
Broken clocks: The effects of delayed school start time on adolescent sleep in solar vs. standard time	35
Day-to-day associations between pain intensity and sleep outcomes in an adult chronic musculoskeletal pain population: A systematic review	35
Advances in sleep research based on the Caenorhabditis elegans: an intestinal microbiota perspective and cutting-edge technology applications	34
The association between periodontal disease, dementia, and mild cognitive Impairment: Assessing the contribution of sleep disturbances and sleep disorders	34
Comment on Niklasson et al. The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Sedative-hypnotics and osteoporotic fractures: A systematic review of observational studies with over six million individuals	33
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies, and their combination for the treatment of adult insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	33
Evaluating pharmacological treatments for excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea: A comprehensive network meta-analysis and systematic review	33
The impact of sleep loss on decision making: Opening the cognitive black box	32
Assessment tools for population sleep health surveillance in adults: A systematic review of validity and reliability	32
Convergent abnormality in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in insomnia disorder: A revisited neuroimaging meta-analysis of 39 studies	31
Efficacy of mandibular advancement appliances with varying designs in the management of obstructive sleep apnea in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Air pollution and sleep health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Neurobiological mechanisms of sleep state misperception in insomnia disorder: A theoretical review	31
A meta-analysis of the association between insomnia with objective short sleep duration and risk of hypertension	31
Reconsidering the hypotonic phenotype: From static anatomy to dynamic airway function in obstructive sleep apnea	30
Non-pharmacological and melatonin interventions for pediatric sleep initiation and maintenance problems: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	30
Unpacking sleep and mental health disparities across childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic and systematic review	30
Sleep apnea and stroke: A dynamic duo	30
Sleep apnea at the frontier— an integrated multidisciplinary functional framework	30
Treatment for behavioral insomnia in young children with neurotypical development under 6 years of age: A systematic review	29
Commentary on Yue et al. Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	29
Acupuncture for insomnia management: An international evidence-based guideline that integrates multidisciplinary consensus and regional adaptability	28
Comparison of the phenotypic characteristics between responders and non-responders to obstructive sleep apnea treatment using mandibular advancement devices in adult patients: Systematic review and me	28
Comment on Yang et al. Associations of sleep with cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of observational and mendelian randomization studies	28
Sensory aspects of restless legs syndrome: Clinical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging prospectives	28
Impact of one night of sleep restriction on sleepiness and cognitive function: A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Sleep-related breathing disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Prevalence of headaches and their relationship with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - Systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Editorial Board	26
Commentary on Xue et al. The efficacy and safety of dual orexin receptor antagonists in primary insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	26
Associations between parental relationship dissolution and child sleep: A systematic review	26
A new year, continuing high quality and impact	26
Delirium prevention with age consideration—Reply to “Comment on Yang et al., 2020: Melatonergic agents in the prevention of delirium: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials”	25
Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 sleep disturbances in adults at different follow-up time points: A systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Novel applications of sleep pharmacology as delirium therapeutics	24
Exosomes, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular disease: Implications for pathogenesis and promises for prevention	24
The relationship between sleep duration and arterial stiffness: A meta-analysis	23
Religious and culturally conscious sleep care for Muslim patients: Clinical considerations and recommendations	23
Sleep program efficacy across gender and racial/ethnic groups: A content review and meta-analysis	23
Sleep alterations in major depressive disorder and insomnia disorder: A network meta-analysis of polysomnographic studies	22
Neural correlates of insomnia with depression and anxiety from a neuroimaging perspective: A systematic review	22
Letter to the editor: Higher risk evidence underlying claims of therapist-delivered CBT-I superiority	22
Association between sleep duration and fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review	22
Effect of orthopedic and functional orthodontic treatment in children with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis	22
The PAP-RES algorithm: Defining who, why and how to use positive airway pressure therapy for OSA	22
Social determinants of health at multiple socio-ecological levels and sleep health in adolescents: A scoping review	22
Editorial Board	22
Dietary inflammatory index (DII) and sleep quality, duration, and timing: A systematic review	22
In defence of the arousal and sleep displacement hypotheses: Considering the role of automatic processes in pre-sleep technology use	22
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in sleep disorders	22
Winding down for sleep: How behavioral, cognitive, motivational, and emotional factors interact to influence sleep regulation and health	21
Guest editorial: Phrenic nerve stimulation for treatment of central sleep apnea	21
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea in cardiovascular risk in the pediatric population: A systematic review	21
Sleep and affect: A conceptual review	21
Chrono-nutrition and sleep: lessons from the temporal feature of eating patterns in human studies - A systematic scoping review	20
Nonobvious connections between napping and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
OSA, CPAP, and the impact on cardiometabolic parameters: what is next?	20
Challenging beliefs for quality sleep: A systematic review of maladaptive sleep beliefs and treatment outcomes following cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia	20
Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of insomnia: a systematic literature review-based analysis	20
Corpus callosum agenesis: does sleep matter?	20
A new chapter: Embracing the role of Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Medicine Reviews	19
Weighing the evidence for excess weight and weight loss in the management of obstructive sleep apnea.‘Fat’ or fiction?	19
A scoping review of self-help cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia	18
Impact of physical therapy techniques and common interventions on sleep quality in patients with chronic pain: A systematic review	18
The impact of pharmacotherapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder on sleep	18
Interventions to improve sleep in caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	18
The association of obstructive sleep apnea with blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s dementia - A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Learning during sleep in humans – A historical review	16
Connecting mechanistic evidence for depression, anxiety, and insomnia with neuroimaging	16
What is the nature of sleep and circadian rhythm health on gastrointestinal microbiota? A systematic review of studies in humans	16
Commentary on "The impact of maternal sleep during pregnancy on childhood health: A systematic review"	16
Negative health outcomes in long sleepers: The societal sleep restriction hypothesis	16
Complex nocturnal behaviour – issues with expert evidence and the duty to the court	16
Editorial Board	16
Ocular conditions associated with obstructive sleep apnea: Mechanisms and clinical implications	16
Editorial Board	16

Positive airway pressure therapies improve sleep architecture in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Personality traits and pre-treatment beliefs and cognitions predicting patient adherence to continuous positive airway pressure: A systematic review	15
Associations between childhood maltreatment and behavioral sleep disturbances across the lifespan: A systematic review	15
Classifying intervention components used in sleep duration interventions for children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Effect of phrenic nerve stimulation on patients with central sleep apnea: A meta-analysis	15
Bright light therapy has a positive effect on sleep quality in patients with cancer: A meta-analysis	15
The interplay between symptoms of insomnia and pain in people with osteoarthritis: A narrative review of the current evidence	15
Secondary RBD: Not just neurodegeneration	15
Editorial Board	15
Sleep duration trajectories and cognition in early childhood: A systematic review	14
Sleep, mental health and physical health in new shift workers transitioning to shift work: Systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Changes in parental sleep from pregnancy to postpartum: A meta-analytic review of actigraphy studies	14
Digital media use and sleep in late adolescence and young adulthood: A systematic review	14
Effects of sleep hygiene education for insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
The impairments of sleep loss on core executive functions: General and task-specific effects	14
The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Ambient chemical and physical approaches for the modulation of sleep and wakefulness	13
AI-enhanced imagery rehearsal therapy: A novel approach to treating nightmare disorder	13
Editorial Board	13
Clinicians should not avoid prescribing CPAP in older adults with cognitive impairment	13
Addressing the challenges and gaps in understanding pediatric periodic limb movement disorder	13
The effects of L-theanine consumption on sleep outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Sponsorship bias and control group composition in trials evaluating digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia – A comment on Grolig et al.	12
Reproducibility in sleep and circadian science systematic reviews and meta-analyses	12
Circadian immunometabolism: A future insight for targeted therapy in cancer	12
The acceptability of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia interventions: A mixed methods systematic review	12
Sleep well, feel well and vice versa? A meta-analysis of daily bidirectional within-person associations between sleep and affect	12
Corrigendum to “Artificial intelligence in sleep medicine I: Diagnosis, treatment, care, and research” [Sleep Med Rev 88 (2026) 102295]	12
Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)	12
Beyond sleepiness: Integrating metabolic health into narcolepsy care	12
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	11
Multidimensional sleep health and diabetic retinopathy: Systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Psychopathology and NREM sleep parasomnias: A systematic review	11
The complexities of the sleep-pain relationship in adolescents: A critical review	11
Review and perspective on sleep-disordered breathing research and translation to clinics	11
Eating disorders and sleep disorders: A bidirectional interaction?	11
Efficacy of melatonin for chronic insomnia: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses	11
Insomnia and emotion dysregulation: a meta-analytical perspective integrating regulatory strategies and dispositional difficulties	11
REM sleep in narcolepsy	11
Redefining sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder beyond broad constructs	10
Longitudinal risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review	10
Effects of acute exposure to hypoxia on sleep structure in healthy adults: A systematic review	10
Shedding light on microsleep episodes for comprehensive sleepiness assessment: a narrative review	10
Do sleepless nights turn into painful days? Opportunities and challenges in detecting and synthesising the day-to-day sleep-pain relationship	10
The importance of residential dusk and dawn light exposure for sleep quality, health, and well-being	10
Update on the treatment of idiopathic hypersomnia: Progress, challenges, and expert opinion	10
Duration of respiratory events in obstructive sleep apnea: In search of paradoxical results	10
Sex differences in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Influencing dreams through sensory stimulation: A systematic review	10
Artificial intelligence and sleep medicine II: A scoping review of applications, advancements, and future directions	9
Toward deeper understanding of maternal sleep during pregnancy and childhood health	9
Parental help-seeking for sleep in children aged 0–5 years: A systematic review	9
Which structure generates paradoxical (REM) sleep: The brainstem, the hypothalamus, the amygdala or the cortex?	9
Impact of sleep duration on daytime sleepiness in children: A meta-analysis	9
Sleep-related disorders in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension	9
Primary snoring: Bridging gaps in management and research	9
Sleep regularity in shiftwork: A missing metric for fatigue risk management?	9
Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Concordance of objective and subjective measures of sleep in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Variants of time in bed manipulation therapy for patients with insomnia: A scoping review	9
Current treatment strategies in managing side effects associated with domiciliary positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy for patients with sleep disordered breathing: A systematic review and meta-anal	9
Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea: A complex but treatable relationship	9
Rock-A-Bye Baby: A Proposal to conceptualize obstructive sleep apnea in infants	9
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia with objective short sleep duration phenotype: A systematic review with meta-analysis	9
Mixed or misaligned? Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia across the spectrum of alcohol use disorder	9
Integrating Sleep and Circadian Health into Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Narrative Review and Practical Framework for Implementation	9
Beyond the pulse and the pressure: human intelligence in the age of algorithmic Sleep Medicine	9
Substance use and sleep health in young adults: Implications for integrated treatment and harm reduction	8
Actigraphy-based sleep outcomes in substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Research progress on the role of exosomes in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome-related atherosclerosis	8
Napping and psychiatric disorders: A systematic review	8
Slow breathing techniques before bedtime and the effects on sleep: A systematic review	8
What you believe is what you get? A systematic review examining how beliefs and attitudes about sleep are associated with sleep duration in non-clinical samples	8
Diagnostic accuracy of machine learning algorithms in electrocardiogram-based sleep apnea detection: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Finding a balance between principles and practice in internet-delivered CBT-I trials	7
The dentofacial and upper airway morphology of adults with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Editorial Board	7
Nurturing care for early childhood sleep interventions with tailored care: the NEST Approach	7
Sleep hygiene – What do we mean? A bibliographic review	7
Interventions to increase sleep duration in young people: A systematic review	7
Which individually-directed non‐pharmacological interventions are effective at improving sleep outcomes in shift workers? A systematic review of systematic reviews	7
The parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide: A systematic review and a critical analysis of the medical literature	7
Chronotype and substance use disorder: A systematic review with meta-analysis on the impact of circadian misalignment on psychopathology and clinical course	6
When Stress Becomes Wakefulness: Stress–Arousal Circuitry and the State Control of Insomnia	6
The effect of physical exercise interventions on insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Editorial Board	6
Exploring the obstructive sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome comorbidity (Co-ROSA): A systematic review	6
Excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea: Indirect treatment comparison of wake-promoting agents in patients adherent/nonadherent to primary OSA therapy	6
The role of rapid maxillary expansion in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: Efficacy, mechanism and multidisciplinary collaboration	6
Chronotype and circadian epidemiology	6
Editorial Board	6
Reliability and validity of instruments containing reported sleep measures among children from birth to <5 years of age: A systematic review	6
Lamentations in the night: A systematic review on catathrenia	6
Editorial Board	6
Comment on Yang et al., 2020: Melatonergic agents in the prevention of delirium: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	6