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Papers

(The median citation count of Sleep and Biological Rhythms is 1. 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
Sleep disturbance among frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic	22
Sleep quality and mental health of medical workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic	20
The contribution of social isolation and loneliness to sleep disturbances among older adults: a systematic review	14
The impact of screen time changes on anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: sleep and physical activity as mediators	10
Bidirectional relationship between perceived stress and insomnia symptoms: the role of coping and quality of life	10
Typologies of individuals vulnerable to insomnia: a two-step cluster analysis	9
The quality and duration of sleep are related to hedonic hunger: a cross-sectional study in university students	8
A cross-sectional epidemiological study of the relationship between sleep duration, quality, and rhythm and presenteeism in workers	8
Changes in sleep patterns of college students in Israel during COVID-19 lockdown, a sleep diaries study	7
Is poor sleep quality related to disordered eating behavior and mental health among university students?	7
Association between smartphone addiction risk, sleep quality, and sleep duration among Korean school-age children: a population-based panel study	7
Genome-wide association study of idiopathic hypersomnia in a Japanese population	7
Acute sleep deprivation immediately increases serum GDNF, BDNF and VEGF levels in healthy subjects	7
Longitudinal associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with coronary heart disease risk among adult population: classical meta-analysis and Bayesian network meta-analysis	6
Association of total energy intake, diet quality and sleep disorders in university-term female students	6
Effects of different light incident angles via a head-mounted device on the magnitude of nocturnal melatonin suppression in healthy young subjects	6
Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) Clinical Practice Guidelines 2020	6
Sleep latency and sleep disturbances mediates the association between nighttime cell phone use and psychological well-being in college students	6
The relationship between sleep quality and breakfast, mid-morning snack, and dinner and physical activity habits among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Yazd, Iran	6
Subjective sleep assessments are correlated with EEG-related sleep measurements of the first sleep cycle in healthy young adults	5
Sleep disorders affect cognitive function in adults: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses	5
Associated factors of habitual midday napping among Chinese adolescents	5
Sleep quality according to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in over 7000 pregnant women in Poland	5
Sleep quality and sleep deprivation: relationship with academic performance in university students during examination period	5
Does engagement help to reduce insomnia when workers are emotionally exhausted?	5

Dysfunctional sleep insufficiency and reduced P3 attentional response to positive social information	4
Insomnia during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Korea: a National sleep survey	4
A prospective study of the association of weekend catch-up sleep and sleep duration with mortality in middle-aged adults	4
The effect of listening to Iranian pop and classical music, on mental and physiological drowsiness	4
Comparing in-lab full polysomnography for diagnosing sleep apnea in children to home sleep apnea tests (HSAT) with an online video attending technician	4
Paradoxical association between chronotype and academic achievement: eveningness reduces academic achievement through sleep disturbance and daytime sleepiness	4
Alexithymia, impulsiveness, emotion, and eating dyscontrol: similarities and differences between narcolepsy type 1 and type 2	4
Does poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness influence fear of falling among older adults? A cross-sectional study	4
Non-pharmacological methods used in coping with restless leg syndrome (RLS): A systematic review	4
Sleep disturbances and correlates among a sample of preschool children in rural China	4
Clarifying the factors affecting the implementation of the “early to bed, early to rise, and don’t forget your breakfast” campaign aimed at adolescents in Japan	4
Comparison of autonomic activity between N2 and N3 stages of NREM sleep: evaluation through heart rate variability metrics	4
The economic costs of insomnia comorbid with depression and anxiety disorders: an observational study at a sleep clinic in Mexico	4
Effects of stimulant treatment on sleep in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)	4
Effect of shift work on frontline doctors’ mood and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
The association between hand grip strenght and global PSQI score in the middleaged and elderly population	4
Prevalence, incidence, and medications of narcolepsy in Japan: a descriptive observational study using a health insurance claims database	4
The prevalence of restless legs syndrome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients	4
Oak extracts modulate circadian rhythms of clock gene expression in vitro and wheel-running activity in mice	4
Nighttime cell phone use and sleep quality in young adults	4
Insomnia is frequent in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the time of diagnosis	3
Association between the Pittsburgh sleep quality index and white matter integrity in healthy adults: a whole-brain magnetic resonance imaging study	3
The relationship between marital status and multifactorial sleep in Japanese day workers	3
Elevated perceived stress scale (PSS) scores are associated with increased risk of poor sleep assessed by global PSQI scores: cancer and hypnotics-stratified analysis in an adult population-based stud	3
The correlation between sleep quality and performance in football athlete	3
Risk factors for sleep disorders in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis	3
The relationship between social jetlag and subjective sleep quality: differences in young and middle-aged workers	3
Microstructural changes of basal ganglia in migraine with restless legs syndrome: findings from a neuroimaging study	3
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis of sleep apnea: an observational study of a hybrid virtual care clinical pathway	3
Assessment of sleep quality in spouses of patients with restless legs syndrome; Are they also restless at night?	3
Validity of clinical diagnostic criteria for sleep bruxism by comparison with a reference standard using masseteric electromyogram obtained with an ultraminiature electromyographic device	3
Orchestration of dreams: a possible tool for enhancement of mental productivity and efficiency	3
The association between type 2 diabetes and major depression in apnoeic individuals	3
Subjective sleep quality, quantitative sleep features, and their associations dependent on demographic characteristics, habitual sleep–wake patterns, and distinction of weekdays/weekends	3
Sleep-improving effects of a novel motion mattress	3
Longitudinal epidemiological study of subjective sleep quality in Japanese adolescents to investigate predictors of poor sleep quality	3
Sleep and social–emotional problems in preschool-age children with developmental delay	3
Long-term intermittent hypoxia induces anxiety-like behavior and affects expression of orexin and its receptors differently in the mouse brain	2
The effect of watching OTT late at night on the sleep pattern of users	2
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over pilot study to investigate the efficacy of Rest-ZZZ formula in healthy participants with occasional sleeplessness	2
The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Pre-sleep Arousal Scale	2
Effects of loneliness and social isolation on sleep health	2
Dietary intake, eating behavior and physical activity in individuals with and without obstructive sleep apnea	2
Effects of transdiagnostic group treatment for sleep disturbances in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders and autistic spectrum disorder: a pilot study	2
Management of chronic insomnia using hypnotics: a friend or a foe?	2
Effect of a digital patient motivation and support tool on CPAP/APAP adherence and daytime sleepiness: a randomized controlled trial	2
Changes in sleep patterns of patients undergoing general anesthesia for maxillofacial plastic surgery: a prospective cohort study	2
Comparison of the usability of an automatic sleep staging program via portable 1-channel electroencephalograph and manual sleep staging with traditional polysomnography	2
A school-based sleep education program to improve sleep duration, latency, and efficiency of Spanish children	2
Subjective sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in patients with restrictive type anorexia nervosa and effects on quality of life: a case–control study	2

Insomnia complaints correlated with higher risk of cognitive impairment in older adults following stroke: a National Representative Comparison Study	2
The effect of CPAP therapy on heart rate variability in patients with obstructive sleep apnea	2
Comparison of the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia between patients with primary insomnia and comorbid insomnia	2
Parasomnias related to shift work disorder among medical residents during the first year of training in Mexico	2
Relationship of night sleep duration with health lifestyle, depressive symptoms, internet addiction in Chinese High school Students	2
Alteration of sleep homeostasis and cognitive impairment in apneic obese adolescents	2
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea as risk factors in SARS-Cov-2: can nasal CPAP during sleep reduce pneumonia risk?	2
The effects of an exercise intervention on executive function among overweight adults with obstructive sleep apnea	2
Associations between sleep and body composition in older women and the potential role of physical function	2
The association between work burnout and insomnia: how to prevent workers’ insomnia	2
Effect of Yokukansan on sleep disturbance and neuropathic pain in chronic constriction injury using a rat model	2
Long-term use of CPAP in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective longitudinal cohort study	2
The relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and overall sleep quality in the adult population with asthma	2
Associations between daytime and nighttime plasma orexin A levels and cognitive function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea	2
Five-year mortality trends associated with sleep disorders in South Korea: a population-based cohort study	2
Relationship between sleep problems and dangerous driving behaviors in Japanese short-haul commercial truck drivers: a cross-sectional survey using digital tachograph data	2
Impact of Taiwan’s 2021 COVID-19 lockdown on the symptom severity and quality of life of patients with narcolepsy	2
Loss of disability-adjusted life years due to heat-related sleep disturbance in the Japanese	2
Association between social jetlag and weight and fat reduction in dieting	2
Rotigotine is effective for depressive symptoms accompanying periodic limb movement disorder or restless legs syndrome	2
Comprehensive effects of various nutrients on sleep	2
Examining the structure validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index among female workers during New Zealand’s initial COVID-19 lockdown	1
Prevalence of restless legs syndrome: a cross-sectional population-based study from northwest of Turkey	1
Effect of a short video on patients’ motivation for dose reduction or cessation of hypnotics	1
Combined and isolated effects of alcohol consumption and sleep deprivation on maximal strength, muscle endurance and aerobic exercise performance in healthy men: a cross-over randomized controlled tri	1
Snoring and aortic dimension in Marfan syndrome	1
Effects of multiple exposures to general anesthesia on the sleep quality of children after plastic surgery in Beijing, China: a cohort study	1
Association between weekend catch-up sleep and the risk of depression among Korean middle-aged adults	1
Huge laryngeal saccular cyst causing obstructive sleep apnea	1
Iris color and day–night changes in the sympathovagal ratio	1
Absence of multiple sleep-onset rapid eye movement periods (SOREMPs) is not a specific feature of patients with pathological sleep prolongation	1
Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of modified Freedman questionnaire for sleep quality	1
Regional variations in the utilization of adaptive servo-ventilation and continuous positive airway pressure in Japan: data from the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Ch	1
Impact of ovariectomy on neurotransmitter receptors BDNF/TrkB and endoplasmic reticulum molecular chaperones in rat hypoglossal nucleus	1
The effect of cognitive–behavioral counseling with or without Citrus aurantium essential oil on sleep quality in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial	1
Involvement of limbic structures in patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder	1
Associations between demographic and parental factors and infant sleep characteristics	1
Prevalence and predictors of REM sleep without atonia in a sleep clinic population	1
A longitudinal study on the change in sleep across three waves of the COVID-19 outbreaks in Hong Kong	1
One night of 10-h sleep restores vigilance after total sleep deprivation: the role of delta and theta power during recovery sleep	1
Association between sleep quality and living environment among Chinese older persons: a cross-sectional study	1
The association between beta-blocker therapy and daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea	1
The effect of chronotypes on follow-up outcomes of patients with substance use disorder	1
Poor false sleep feedback does not affect pre-sleep cognitive arousal or subjective sleep continuity in healthy sleepers: a pilot study	1
Sex differences in the effectiveness and affecting factors to adherence of continuous positive airway pressure therapy	1
The association between low-carbohydrate diet score and sleep duration among Iranian adults	1
Is gradual sleep extension effective for social jetlag in adolescents and college students?	1
The positional characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a single institute retrospective study in Japan	1
The effects of an exercise program on inflammation in adults who differ according to obstructive sleep apnea severity	1
Alterations in Per2, Bcl2 gene expression, and oxidative status in aged rats liver after light pulse at night	1
Effects of partial sleep deprivation on prefrontal cognitive functions in adolescents	1
Correlation of serum prolactin with sleep duration, wake-up hour, and phases of the menstrual cycle in healthy adult subjects	1
Evaluation of emotional dysregulation in patients with restless legs syndrome	1
Effect of physical activity on sleep problems in sedentary adults: a scoping systematic review	1
The effect of positive airway pressure therapy on intraocular pressure and retina in severe obstructive apnea syndrome	1
Sleep disorders in cancer patients	1
Floppy eyelids: sleeping patterns of spouses as indicators of laterality	1
Efficacy of sleep extension therapy using a remote support system in university students with increased social jetlag: a parallel, single-blind, randomized controlled trial	1
Restless leg syndrome prevalence in epilepsy patients and its impact on quality of sleep	1
Importance of sleep quality in functional abdominal pain disorder in pediatric patients	1
Heukharang (Lactuca sativa L.) extracts enhanced the sleep behavior of mice: potential involvement of adenosine A1 and A2A receptors	1
Associations between 24-h sleep–wake patterns and cardiometabolic risk factors in youth seeking mental health care	1
Microstructural changes in the basal ganglia in restless legs syndrome and migraine	1
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the insomnia catastrophizing scale	1
Interrelationship between sleep quality of 1-month old infants and their mothers’ corresponding activities	1
The eveningness chronotype is associated with nightmare distress and dream recall: a cross-sectional study	1
Prevalence and risk factors of poor subjective sleep quality in elite judo athletes	1
Association between Chronic kidney disease and restless leg syndrome (RLS): a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
The risk assessment by clinical background and cephalometry for obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP indication in Japanese	1
Dexmedetomidine prevents spatial learning and memory impairment induced by chronic REM sleep deprivation in rats	1
Sleep architecture and the absence of trapezius muscle atonia in women with chronic whiplash-associated disorder: a pilot study	1
Differential effects of AKT1 and AKT2 on sleep–wake activity under basal conditions and in response to LPS challenge in mice	1
A review for the impacts of circadian disturbance on urological cancers	1
Correction to: Comparison of the usability of an automatic sleep staging program via portable 1-channel electroencephalograph and manual sleep staging with traditional polysomnography	1
Effect of antihypertensive medications on sleep status in hypertensive patients	1
Restless legs syndrome after acute ıschemic stroke and ıts relation to lesion location	1
Reduced left lateralized functional connectivity of the thalamic subregions between short-term and chronic insomnia disorder	1