OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sleep Medicine is 33. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Study of associations between chronotype, binge eating disorder and obesity	255
Efficacy of Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansor (MARPE) treatment to increase nasal cavity dimensions and redirect facial growth in conjunction with otorhinolaryngology and myofunctional therapy	137
Sleep quality is associated with sedentary behavior in older adults: a quantile regression analysis	120
Phenotypic interindividual differences in the dynamic structure of sleep in healthy young adults	89
Learning during sleep – a historical review	72
Nursing interventions for sleep derangements in the postoperative period: a systematic review	71
Sleep quality of patients being followed up at the geriatric outpatient clinic	70
Sleep-wake state discrepancy: clinical characteristics and effect of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi)	69
Sodium intake and health outcomes: a systematic review of systematic reviews	69
A narcolepsy detection paradigm: automated nocturnal detection and notification of sleep onset rapid eye movement periods	68
Behavioral prevention and treatment for bedtime problems and night wakings in children aged 0-5 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	66
Response to medical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in children assessed using sleep questionnaire	59
Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) and natural sleep endoscopy (NSE)	52
Composite response with once-nightly sodium oxybate: symptom improvement in participants with narcolepsy type 1 in REST-ON	46
Consistent efficacy of once-nightly sodium oxybate regardless of patient demographic and baseline disease characteristics	46
NARCAPA: Benefits of physical activity in children with narcolepsy	46
Race differences in estimates of in-home sleep architecture in diverse populations with and without cognitive impairment	45
Sleep spindle dynamics in stroke patients and controls: an exploratory analysis	43
Clinical features, polysomnography, and genetics association study of Restless Legs syndrome in a Chinese population: a multicenter observational study	42
Sleep lab at home: evaluation of oximetry to provide at-home sleep screening of children	42
The prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Gestational Hypertension: a systematic review	42
Two different interpretations of heterogeneity: one justifies and the other limits meta-analysis	41
Plasma IL-22 and Claudin-4 in obstructive sleep apnea: A pilot observational study linking mucosal barrier biomarkers to disease severity	41
Adapting the athlete sleep behavior questionnaire (ASBQ) for Arabic-speaking populations: Translation, reliability testing, and validation using classical theory and item response theory	40
Trajectory of sleep patterns across adolescence in autistic and neurotypical youth	40

Editorial Board	39
Impact of circadian misalignment based on mediating role of chronotype on impulsivity, depression, anxiety, stress, addiction potential, and boredom: a randomized clinical trial and fMRI study	39
Search filters for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in sleep medicine	38
Latent profiles of multi-dimensional sleep characteristics and association with overweight/obesity in Chinese preschool children	38
Quality assessment of clinical practice guidelines for adult obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review	36
The influence of transcranial alternating current stimulation on EEG spectral power during subsequent sleep: A randomized crossover study	35
Sleep disturbances in subjects with autism spectrum disorder: A parental perspective	34
Bedtime procrastination in the relationship between self-control and depressive symptoms in medical students: From the perspective of sex differences	33
Nicotine as target-therapy in Sleep-Related Hypermotor Epilepsy due to nAChR genes mutation: case report and systematic review of literature	33
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with worse cognitive outcomes in acute moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A TBI Model Systems study	33