OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Sleep quality and mental health of medical workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic	20
Sleep disturbance among frontline nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic	17
An Australasian Commentary on the AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events	10
Trends in insomnia research for the next decade: a narrative review	9
Trajectories of sleep quality and associations with excessive gestational weight gain during pregnancy	8
The contribution of social isolation and loneliness to sleep disturbances among older adults: a systematic review	8
Evaluation of sleep disorders, anxiety and depression in women with dysmenorrhea	8
A cross-sectional epidemiological study of the relationship between sleep duration, quality, and rhythm and presenteeism in workers	7
Bidirectional relationship between perceived stress and insomnia symptoms: the role of coping and quality of life	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
Sleep disturbances and risk of sick leave: systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Association between smartphone addiction risk, sleep quality, and sleep duration among Korean school-age children: a population-based panel study	6
Advanced psychometric testing on a clinical screening tool to evaluate insomnia: sleep condition indicator in patients with advanced cancer	6
The quality and duration of sleep are related to hedonic hunger: a cross-sectional study in university 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
Typologies of individuals vulnerable to insomnia: a two-step cluster analysis	6
Genome-wide association study of idiopathic hypersomnia in a Japanese population	6
Changes in sleep patterns of college students in Israel during COVID-19 lockdown, a sleep diaries study	6
Associated factors of habitual midday napping among Chinese adolescents	5
Sleep latency and sleep disturbances mediates the association between nighttime cell phone use and psychological well-being in college students	5
Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) Clinical Practice Guidelines 2020	5
The impact of screen time changes on anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: sleep and physical activity as mediators	5
The impact of sleep duration on frailty in community-dwelling Turkish older adults	5
Sleep quality according to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in over 7000 pregnant women in Poland	5
Acute sleep deprivation immediately increases serum GDNF, BDNF and VEGF levels in healthy subjects	5

Effects of stimulant treatment on sleep in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)	4
Sleep disorders affect cognitive function in adults: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses	4
Is poor sleep quality related to disordered eating behavior and mental health among university students?	4
Decreased sustained attention, processing speed and verbal learning memory in patients with insomnia in Chinese young and middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional study	4
Dysfunctional sleep insufficiency and reduced P3 attentional response to positive social information	4
Effects of different light incident angles via a head-mounted device on the magnitude of nocturnal melatonin suppression in healthy young subjects	4
Nighttime cell phone use and sleep quality in young adults	4
Does poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness influence fear of falling among older adults? A cross-sectional study	3
Effect of shift work on frontline doctors’ mood and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Prevalence, incidence, and medications of narcolepsy in Japan: a descriptive observational study using a health insurance claims database	3
Subjective sleep quality, quantitative sleep features, and their associations dependent on demographic characteristics, habitual sleep–wake patterns, and distinction of weekdays/weekends	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
Subjective sleep assessments are correlated with EEG-related sleep measurements of the first sleep cycle in healthy young adults	3
Sleep disturbances and correlates among a sample of preschool children in rural China	3
Does engagement help to reduce insomnia when workers are emotionally exhausted?	3
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	3
Comparing in-lab full polysomnography for diagnosing sleep apnea in children to home sleep apnea tests (HSAT) with an online video attending technician	3
Comparison of autonomic activity between N2 and N3 stages of NREM sleep: evaluation through heart rate variability metrics	3
Alexithymia, impulsiveness, emotion, and eating dyscontrol: similarities and differences between narcolepsy type 1 and type 2	3
The association between hand grip strenght and global PSQI score in the middleaged and elderly population	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
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
Relationship between sleep problems and dangerous driving behaviors in Japanese short-haul commercial truck drivers: a cross-sectional survey using digital tachograph data	2
Alteration of sleep homeostasis and cognitive impairment in apneic obese adolescents	2
Alteration in REM sleep and sleep spindles’ characteristics by a model of immobilization stress in rat	2
The association between type 2 diabetes and major depression in apnoeic individuals	2
Non-pharmacological methods used in coping with restless leg syndrome (RLS): A systematic review	2
Microstructural changes of basal ganglia in migraine with restless legs syndrome: findings from a neuroimaging study	2
Localization of international standards	2
The relationship between marital status and multifactorial sleep in Japanese day workers	2
How the large-scale blackout following the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake impacted adolescents’ sleep patterns	2
The economic costs of insomnia comorbid with depression and anxiety disorders: an observational study at a sleep clinic in Mexico	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
Risk factors for sleep disorders in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis	2
The relationship between social jetlag and subjective sleep quality: differences in young and middle-aged workers	2
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea as risk factors in SARS-Cov-2: can nasal CPAP during sleep reduce pneumonia risk?	2
A prospective study of the association of weekend catch-up sleep and sleep duration with mortality in middle-aged adults	2
Comprehensive effects of various nutrients on sleep	2
The prevalence of restless legs syndrome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients	2
Association of total energy intake, diet quality and sleep disorders in university-term female students	2
Five-year mortality trends associated with sleep disorders in South Korea: a population-based cohort study	2
Paradoxical association between chronotype and academic achievement: eveningness reduces academic achievement through sleep disturbance and daytime sleepiness	2
Associations between daytime and nighttime plasma orexin A levels and cognitive function in patients with obstructive sleep apnea	2
Consistency index of daily activity pattern and its correlations with subjective ratings of QOL	2
Orchestration of dreams: a possible tool for enhancement of mental productivity and efficiency	2
Management of chronic insomnia using hypnotics: a friend or a foe?	2
The effects of sleepiness, time of day, and 12-h shifts on affective and cognitive empathy in emergency medical technicians	2

The association between work burnout and insomnia: how to prevent workers’ insomnia	2
Sleep-improving effects of a novel motion mattress	2
A school-based sleep education program to improve sleep duration, latency, and efficiency of Spanish children	2
The correlation between sleep quality and performance in football athlete	2
Comparison of the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia between patients with primary insomnia and comorbid insomnia	2
The effect of CPAP therapy on heart rate variability in patients with obstructive sleep apnea	2
Effect of antihypertensive medications on sleep status in hypertensive patients	1
One night of 10-h sleep restores vigilance after total sleep deprivation: the role of delta and theta power during recovery sleep	1
Sleep disorders in cancer patients	1
Floppy eyelids: sleeping patterns of spouses as indicators of laterality	1
Subjective sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in patients with restrictive type anorexia nervosa and effects on quality of life: a case–control study	1
Prevalence of restless legs syndrome: a cross-sectional population-based study from northwest of Turkey	1
Long-term use of CPAP in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective longitudinal cohort study	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
Associations between 24-h sleep–wake patterns and cardiometabolic risk factors in youth seeking mental health care	1
Poor false sleep feedback does not affect pre-sleep cognitive arousal or subjective sleep continuity in healthy sleepers: a pilot study	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
Determinants of the changes in positive airway pressure for the retitration in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome	1
Interrelationship between sleep quality of 1-month old infants and their mothers’ corresponding activities	1
Associations between sleep and body composition in older women and the potential role of physical function	1
Prevalence and predictors of REM sleep without atonia in a sleep clinic population	1
The psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Pre-sleep Arousal Scale	1
The effect of positive airway pressure therapy on intraocular pressure and retina in severe obstructive apnea syndrome	1
The relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and overall sleep quality in the adult population with asthma	1
Parasomnias related to shift work disorder among medical residents during the first year of training in Mexico	1
Comparison of the usability of an automatic sleep staging program via portable 1-channel electroencephalograph and manual sleep staging with traditional polysomnography	1
Sleep quality and sleep deprivation: relationship with academic performance in university students during examination period	1
Who will desire upper airway stimulation as a treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in the Japanese patient population?	1
Reduced left lateralized functional connectivity of the thalamic subregions between short-term and chronic insomnia disorder	1
Effect of Yokukansan on sleep disturbance and neuropathic pain in chronic constriction injury using a rat model	1
Restless legs syndrome and arterial stiffness in pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease	1
Importance of sleep quality in functional abdominal pain disorder in pediatric patients	1
Insomnia is frequent in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the time of diagnosis	1
Snoring and aortic dimension in Marfan syndrome	1
The effect of OSAS risk, excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia severity and sleep quality on dry eye syndrome	1
Sex differences in the effectiveness and affecting factors to adherence of continuous positive airway pressure therapy	1
Relationship of night sleep duration with health lifestyle, depressive symptoms, internet addiction in Chinese High school Students	1
Rotigotine is effective for depressive symptoms accompanying periodic limb movement disorder or restless legs syndrome	1
The effect of listening to Iranian pop and classical music, on mental and physiological drowsiness	1
Prevalence and risk factors of poor subjective sleep quality in elite judo athletes	1
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis of sleep apnea: an observational study of a hybrid virtual care clinical pathway	1
Insomnia complaints correlated with higher risk of cognitive impairment in older adults following stroke: a National Representative Comparison Study	1
Sleep architecture and the absence of trapezius muscle atonia in women with chronic whiplash-associated disorder: a pilot study	1
Gender differences in the preference for upper airway stimulation therapy among Japanese patients with obstructive sleep apnea already treated with continuous positive airway pressure	1
Effects of transdiagnostic group treatment for sleep disturbances in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders and autistic spectrum disorder: a pilot study	1
Several new treatment strategies have become available for patients with sleep disordered breathing	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
The effect of chronotypes on follow-up outcomes of patients with substance use disorder	1
An evaluation of the effects of video modelling on the first-night effect in polysomonography examination of patients with obstructive sleep apnea	1
Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the insomnia catastrophizing scale	1
Insomnia during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Korea: a National sleep survey	1
Sleep patterns and sleep problems in a sample of Spanish schoolchildren	1
The effects of an exercise intervention on executive function among overweight adults with obstructive sleep apnea	1
The positional characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a single institute retrospective study in Japan	1
Effect of a digital patient motivation and support tool on CPAP/APAP adherence and daytime sleepiness: a randomized controlled trial	1
Iris color and day–night changes in the sympathovagal ratio	1
Changes in sleep patterns of patients undergoing general anesthesia for maxillofacial plastic surgery: a prospective cohort study	1
A longitudinal study on the change in sleep across three waves of the COVID-19 outbreaks in Hong Kong	1
The effect of watching OTT late at night on the sleep pattern of users	1
Involvement of limbic structures in patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder	1
The risk assessment by clinical background and cephalometry for obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP indication in Japanese	1