OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sleep Medicine is 42. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
The enemy who sealed the world: effects quarantine due to the COVID-19 on sleep quality, anxiety, and psychological distress in the Italian population	492
Efficacy of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	345
Sleep problems among Chinese adolescents and young adults during the coronavirus-2019 pandemic	206
Insomnia, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international collaborative study	202
The immediate impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on subjective sleep status	161
Sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: not one size fits all	134
Sleep deprivation and its association with diseases- a review	124
Sleep quality in times of Covid-19 pandemic	122
Changes in sleep patterns and disturbances in children and adolescents in Italy during the Covid-19 outbreak	120
Perceived stress and sleep quality among the non-diseased general public in China during the 2019 coronavirus disease: a moderated mediation model	106
The acute effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on insomnia and psychological symptoms	104
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sleep in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	100
Changes in sleep timing and subjective sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy and Belgium: age, gender and working status as modulating factors	97
Sleep disorders and COVID-19	93
Sleep quality and mental health in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Morocco	90
School closure during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – Impact on children's sleep	82
The association between sleep quality and quality of life: a population-based study	81
Sleep disturbances, fear, and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 shut down phase in Germany: relation to infection rates, deaths, and German stock index DAX	74
The impact of COVID-19 related school shutdown on sleep in adolescents: a natural experiment	72
Validation of sleep stage classification using non-contact radar technology and machine learning (Somnofy®)	70
Sleep characteristics in health workers exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic	69
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	69
International study of the prevalence and factors associated with insomnia in the general population	69
The associations of insomnia symptoms and chronotype with daytime sleepiness, mood symptoms and suicide risk in adolescents	67
Psychological correlates of poor sleep quality among U.S. young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	65

Associations of sleep duration and quality with incident cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality: a prospective cohort study of 407,500 UK biobank participants	60
Prevalence of sleep disturbances during COVID-19 outbreak in an urban Chinese population: a cross-sectional study	58
The endless quarantine: the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on healthcare workers after three months of mandatory social isolation in Argentina	55
Gut microbiota composition in children with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a pilot study	52
Pandemic dreams: quantitative and qualitative features of the oneiric activity during the lockdown due to COVID-19 in Italy	51
The prevalence and severity of insomnia symptoms during COVID-19: A global systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis	50
Glymphatic system dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea evidenced by DTI-ALPS	50
Circadian disturbances, sleep difficulties and the COVID-19 pandemic	49
Sleep behaviours and multimorbidity occurrence in middle-aged and older adults: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)	49
A meta-analysis of the first-night effect in healthy individuals for the full age spectrum	49
Consensus diagnostic criteria for a newly defined pediatric sleep disorder: restless sleep disorder (RSD)	48
The prevalence of sleep problems among children in mainland China: a meta-analysis and systemic-analysis	48
A year in review: sleep dysfunction and psychological distress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	48
COVID-19 and sleep patterns in adolescents and young adults	47
The importance of sleep and physical activity on well-being during COVID-19 lockdown: reunion island as a case study	46
Associations between sleep bruxism and other sleep-related disorders in adults: a systematic review	45
Relationship between sleep disorders and gut dysbiosis: what affects what?	43
Association of insomnia disorder with sociodemographic factors and poor mental health in COVID-19 inpatients in China	42
Long-term effectiveness and safety of lemborexant in adults with insomnia disorder: results from a phase 3 randomized clinical trial	42
Napping and weekend catchup sleep do not fully compensate for high rates of sleep debt and short sleep at a population level (in a representative nationwide sample of 12,637 adults)	42