Sleep Medicine Reviews

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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Having it both ways: The case of sleep & diet quality251
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 recommendations180
Commentary on Castelnovo et al the parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide150
Oximetry at the crossroads of innovation and equity in sleep apnea diagnosis139
Challenges in diagnosing NREM parasomnias: Implications for future diagnostic classifications122
Management of primary snoring in adults: A scoping review examining interventions, outcomes and instruments used to assess clinical effects114
Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials107
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and restless leg syndrome across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis106
The effects of mandibular advancement devices on pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: An umbrella review102
Prevalence of poor sleep quality among stroke survivors: A meta-analysis and systematic review100
Associations between sleep variability and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review99
Cortisol and shiftwork: A scoping review97
Circadian preference and mental health outcomes in youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis93
A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms93
Evaluating the endothelial and metabolic effects of CPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients: Insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis92
How emotions impact sleep: A quantitative review of experiments86
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in Indian adults86
Effect of sleep on oral health: A scoping review80
Sleep after burn injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis79
Behavioural sleep interventions for the management of non-respiratory sleep disorders in children with neurodisability79
Response to Letter to Editor “Chronotype and circadian epidemiology” by T.C. Erren, P. Morfeld and P. Lewis78
Perioperative adverse events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea undergoing ambulatory ENT surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis75
Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: Can we make it work for shift work?74
Beyond explainable AI: Enhancing trust and robustness in machine learning for sleep apnea diagnosis73
Guest editorial: Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)70
The role of ovarian hormones in the pathophysiology of perimenopausal sleep disturbances: A systematic review70
Implementing strategies to address the global burden of insomnia68
Comparative efficacy of exercise modalities on sleep quality in populations with sleep disorders: A systematic review and network meta-analysis64
How does the brain “know” when it has had enough sleep? A hypothesis64
A systematic review of Nightmare prevalence in children63
Should you get MAD with kids?62
Erectile dysfunction and sleep related bruxism: An exploratory review of an improbable association62
Respiratory event duration in obstructive sleep apnea: don't forget the chemical drive !62
The impact of traumatic brain injury on sleep and associated neuroimaging changes: A systematic review58
Objective sleep markers of suicidal behaviors in patients with psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis55
Botulinum toxin therapy for neurological disorders: Serendipitous benefits on sleep quality and underlying mechanisms53
Handling Editor: Monica AndersenA global perspective of parent engagement with digital sleep health interventions for young children: A scoping review52
What is the prevalence of sleep disturbances among people with Huntington disease and pre-manifest genetic expansion carriers? A systematic review and meta-analysis52
Designing sleep disruption: The digital persuasion underlying screen use and sleep50
An evaluation of psychosocial sleep interventions for children with chronic health conditions: A systematic review50
Is the composite MACE outcome an optimal measure for assessing the impact of CPAP on cardiovascular disease?50
Time to take the Declaration of Helsinki seriously? A systematic review of comparison conditions in clinical trials on internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia49
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea in lower extremity orthopedic procedures: A review of evidence to inform the development of a clinical pathway48
Obstructive sleep apnea and memory impairments: Clinical characterization, treatment strategies, and mechanisms47
Editorial Board47
Orthodontic appliances for the treatment of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and network meta-analysis47
Measuring the invisible: Anosognosia and the paradox of sleep assessment in early Huntington's disease46
The effects of daylight saving time and clock time transitions on sleep and sleepiness: a systematic review45
Sleep medicine for older adults: Applying the age-friendly health systems framework to sleep medicine clinics44
Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis44
Bright light therapy in cancer: Evidence for future research and therapy44
Global prevalence of poor sleep quality in military personnel and veterans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies43
Acupuncture: A beacon of hope for primary insomnia42
Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes42
Obstructive sleep apnea and airway overlap syndromes in adults42
Sleep quality and architecture in Idiopathic generalized epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis42
Sleep and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review and meta-analysis42
Sleep interventions for adults admitted to psychiatric inpatient settings: A systematic scoping review42
The interrelationship between sleep, diet, and glucose metabolism42
The effect of evening light on circadian-related outcomes: A systematic review41
The association between couple relationships and sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis41
Daytime napping and cardiovascular risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality: A systematic review39
Editorial Board38
Toward precision medicine in delayed sleep-wake phase disorder: Definitions, dimensions, and the path to personalised care38
On the association of chemical pollutant exposures and disordered sleep outcomes38
Pharmacologic treatment data from chronic insomnia studies and the application to individuals with acute insomnia, a narrative review38
Global occurrence rates of sleep disturbances among institutionalized older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis37
A narrative review of the relationship between head and neck cancer and obstructive sleep apnea: Clinical studies and statistical analysis37
Effectiveness of cannabinoids on subjective sleep quality in people with and without insomnia or poor sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised studies36
Day-to-day associations between pain intensity and sleep outcomes in an adult chronic musculoskeletal pain population: A systematic review36
Associations of sleep with cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of observational and mendelian randomization studies36
Comment on Niklasson et al. The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis35
A systematic review of ambient heat and sleep in a warming climate35
Broken clocks: The effects of delayed school start time on adolescent sleep in solar vs. standard time35
Efficacy of mandibular advancement appliances with varying designs in the management of obstructive sleep apnea in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis35
Rethinking clinical trials in restless legs syndrome: A roadmap35
Convergent abnormality in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex in insomnia disorder: A revisited neuroimaging meta-analysis of 39 studies34
Advances in sleep research based on the Caenorhabditis elegans: an intestinal microbiota perspective and cutting-edge technology applications34
Assessment tools for population sleep health surveillance in adults: A systematic review of validity and reliability34
Sedative-hypnotics and osteoporotic fractures: A systematic review of observational studies with over six million individuals34
Evaluating pharmacological treatments for excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea: A comprehensive network meta-analysis and systematic review34
The impact of sleep loss on decision making: Opening the cognitive black box33
A meta-analysis of the association between insomnia with objective short sleep duration and risk of hypertension33
The association between periodontal disease, dementia, and mild cognitive Impairment: Assessing the contribution of sleep disturbances and sleep disorders33
Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies, and their combination for the treatment of adult insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis33
Neurobiological mechanisms of sleep state misperception in insomnia disorder: A theoretical review33
Air pollution and sleep health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis32
Unpacking sleep and mental health disparities across childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic and systematic review32
Comment on Yang et al. Associations of sleep with cardiometabolic risk factors and cardiovascular diseases: An umbrella review of observational and mendelian randomization studies31
Sleep apnea at the frontier— an integrated multidisciplinary functional framework30
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 me30
Non-pharmacological and melatonin interventions for pediatric sleep initiation and maintenance problems: A systematic review and network meta-analysis30
Sleep apnea and stroke: A dynamic duo30
Sensory aspects of restless legs syndrome: Clinical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging prospectives29
Associations between parental relationship dissolution and child sleep: A systematic review29
Prevalence of headaches and their relationship with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) - Systematic review and meta-analysis29
Adolescent perspectives of bedtime social media use: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis29
Treatment for behavioral insomnia in young children with neurotypical development under 6 years of age: A systematic review29
The relationship between sleep duration and arterial stiffness: A meta-analysis29
Commentary on Yue et al. Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological treatments for insomnia in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis29
Sleep-related breathing disorders during pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis29
Impact of one night of sleep restriction on sleepiness and cognitive function: A systematic review and meta-analysis29
Reconsidering the hypotonic phenotype: From static anatomy to dynamic airway function in obstructive sleep apnea29
Editorial Board28
Exosomes, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular disease: Implications for pathogenesis and promises for prevention27
A new year, continuing high quality and impact27
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”27
Commentary on Xue et al. The efficacy and safety of dual orexin receptor antagonists in primary insomnia: A systematic review and network meta-analysis27
Global prevalence of post-COVID-19 sleep disturbances in adults at different follow-up time points: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
Effect of orthopedic and functional orthodontic treatment in children with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis26
Novel applications of sleep pharmacology as delirium therapeutics26
Sleep program efficacy across gender and racial/ethnic groups: A content review and meta-analysis26
Dietary inflammatory index (DII) and sleep quality, duration, and timing: A systematic review26
Neurocognitive outcomes of children with sleep disordered breathing: A systematic review with meta-analysis25
Religious and culturally conscious sleep care for Muslim patients: Clinical considerations and recommendations25
Editorial Board25
Sleep alterations in major depressive disorder and insomnia disorder: A network meta-analysis of polysomnographic studies25
Letter to the editor: Higher risk evidence underlying claims of therapist-delivered CBT-I superiority23
Association between sleep duration and fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review23
In defence of the arousal and sleep displacement hypotheses: Considering the role of automatic processes in pre-sleep technology use23
Social determinants of health at multiple socio-ecological levels and sleep health in adolescents: A scoping review23
Sleep and affect: A conceptual review23
Neural correlates of insomnia with depression and anxiety from a neuroimaging perspective: A systematic review23
Guest editorial: Phrenic nerve stimulation for treatment of central sleep apnea22
Challenging beliefs for quality sleep: A systematic review of maladaptive sleep beliefs and treatment outcomes following cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia22
Winding down for sleep: How behavioral, cognitive, motivational, and emotional factors interact to influence sleep regulation and health22
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea in cardiovascular risk in the pediatric population: A systematic review22
OSA, CPAP, and the impact on cardiometabolic parameters: what is next?21
Nonobvious connections between napping and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis21
The Potential of Clustering Methods for Pre-Test Triage in Sleep Medicine: A Systematic Review21
Corpus callosum agenesis: does sleep matter?21
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in sleep disorders21
The PAP-RES algorithm: Defining who, why and how to use positive airway pressure therapy for OSA21
Chrono-nutrition and sleep: lessons from the temporal feature of eating patterns in human studies - A systematic scoping review21
A scoping review of self-help cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia20
A new chapter: Embracing the role of Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Medicine Reviews20
Editorial Board20
Weighing the evidence for excess weight and weight loss in the management of obstructive sleep apnea.‘Fat’ or fiction?20
Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of insomnia: a systematic literature review-based analysis20
Interventions to improve sleep in caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis20
Longitudinal studies of sleep, physical activity and nutritional intake in shift workers: A scoping review20
Learning during sleep in humans – A historical review19
Negative health outcomes in long sleepers: The societal sleep restriction hypothesis19
The association of obstructive sleep apnea with blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s dementia - A systematic review and meta-analysis19
What is the nature of sleep and circadian rhythm health on gastrointestinal microbiota? A systematic review of studies in humans19
Connecting mechanistic evidence for depression, anxiety, and insomnia with neuroimaging19
The impact of pharmacotherapy for premenstrual dysphoric disorder on sleep19
Impact of physical therapy techniques and common interventions on sleep quality in patients with chronic pain: A systematic review19
Editorial Board18
Ocular conditions associated with obstructive sleep apnea: Mechanisms and clinical implications18
The interplay between symptoms of insomnia and pain in people with osteoarthritis: A narrative review of the current evidence18
Complex nocturnal behaviour – issues with expert evidence and the duty to the court18
Commentary on "The impact of maternal sleep during pregnancy on childhood health: A systematic review"18
Classifying intervention components used in sleep duration interventions for children: A systematic review and meta-analysis17
Editorial Board17
Bright light therapy has a positive effect on sleep quality in patients with cancer: A meta-analysis16
Personality traits and pre-treatment beliefs and cognitions predicting patient adherence to continuous positive airway pressure: A systematic review16
Sleep duration trajectories and cognition in early childhood: A systematic review16
Associations between childhood maltreatment and behavioral sleep disturbances across the lifespan: A systematic review16
Secondary RBD: Not just neurodegeneration15
Sleep, mental health and physical health in new shift workers transitioning to shift work: Systematic review and meta-analysis15
The association between objective measurements of sleep quality and postural control in adults: A systematic review15
The impairments of sleep loss on core executive functions: General and task-specific effects15
The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis15
Addressing the challenges and gaps in understanding pediatric periodic limb movement disorder14
Digital media use and sleep in late adolescence and young adulthood: A systematic review14
Effect of phrenic nerve stimulation on patients with central sleep apnea: A meta-analysis14
Editorial Board14
Changes in parental sleep from pregnancy to postpartum: A meta-analytic review of actigraphy studies14
Ambient chemical and physical approaches for the modulation of sleep and wakefulness14
Effects of sleep hygiene education for insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis14
Positive airway pressure therapies improve sleep architecture in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis14
The acceptability of digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia interventions: A mixed methods systematic review13
Reproducibility in sleep and circadian science systematic reviews and meta-analyses13
Review and perspective on sleep-disordered breathing research and translation to clinics13
AI-enhanced imagery rehearsal therapy: A novel approach to treating nightmare disorder13
Sleep well, feel well and vice versa? A meta-analysis of daily bidirectional within-person associations between sleep and affect13
Beyond sleepiness: Integrating metabolic health into narcolepsy care13
A systematic review and meta-analysis of sleep following mild traumatic brain injury: A synthesis of the literature according to age and time-since-injury13
Clinicians should not avoid prescribing CPAP in older adults with cognitive impairment13
Multidimensional sleep health and diabetic retinopathy: Systematic review and meta-analysis12
Insomnia and emotion dysregulation: a meta-analytical perspective integrating regulatory strategies and dispositional difficulties12
Circadian immunometabolism: A future insight for targeted therapy in cancer12
The complexities of the sleep-pain relationship in adolescents: A critical review12
Sponsorship bias and control group composition in trials evaluating digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia – A comment on Grolig et al.12
The effects of L-theanine consumption on sleep outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis12
Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)12
Efficacy of melatonin for chronic insomnia: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses11
Longitudinal risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review11
Shedding light on microsleep episodes for comprehensive sleepiness assessment: a narrative review11
Redefining sleep disturbances in bipolar disorder beyond broad constructs11
Duration of respiratory events in obstructive sleep apnea: In search of paradoxical results11
Psychopathology and NREM sleep parasomnias: A systematic review11
Do sleepless nights turn into painful days? Opportunities and challenges in detecting and synthesising the day-to-day sleep-pain relationship11
Eating disorders and sleep disorders: A bidirectional interaction?11
Artificial intelligence and sleep medicine II: A scoping review of applications, advancements, and future directions11
Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea: A complex but treatable relationship10
REM sleep in narcolepsy10
Effects of acute exposure to hypoxia on sleep structure in healthy adults: A systematic review10
The importance of residential dusk and dawn light exposure for sleep quality, health, and well-being10
Update on the treatment of idiopathic hypersomnia: Progress, challenges, and expert opinion10
Sex differences in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis10
Influencing dreams through sensory stimulation: A systematic review10
Sleep regularity in shiftwork: A missing metric for fatigue risk management?9
Concordance of objective and subjective measures of sleep in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Which structure generates paradoxical (REM) sleep: The brainstem, the hypothalamus, the amygdala or the cortex?9
Childhood maltreatment and sleep in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Primary snoring: Bridging gaps in management and research9
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-anal9
Toward deeper understanding of maternal sleep during pregnancy and childhood health9
Lifetime changes in the biological effects of light on non-visual brain functions9
Cannabis and sleep architecture: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Mixed or misaligned? Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia across the spectrum of alcohol use disorder9
Impact of sleep duration on daytime sleepiness in children: A meta-analysis9
Rock-A-Bye Baby: A Proposal to conceptualize obstructive sleep apnea in infants9
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia with objective short sleep duration phenotype: A systematic review with meta-analysis9
Variants of time in bed manipulation therapy for patients with insomnia: A scoping review9
Bidirectional associations between daily PTSD symptoms and sleep disturbances: A systematic review9
Hospital-based inpatient quality improvement initiatives on safe infant sleep: Systematic review and narrative synthesis9
Sleep deficiency as a driver of cellular stress and damage in neurological disorders8
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 samples8
Diagnostic accuracy of machine learning algorithms in electrocardiogram-based sleep apnea detection: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
Beyond the pulse and the pressure: human intelligence in the age of algorithmic Sleep Medicine8
Substance use and sleep health in young adults: Implications for integrated treatment and harm reduction8
Napping and psychiatric disorders: A systematic review8
Interventions to increase sleep duration in young people: A systematic review8
Sleep-related disorders in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension8
Slow breathing techniques before bedtime and the effects on sleep: A systematic review8
The dentofacial and upper airway morphology of adults with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis8
The parasomnia defense in sleep-related homicide: A systematic review and a critical analysis of the medical literature7
Editorial Board7
Which individually-directed non‐pharmacological interventions are effective at improving sleep outcomes in shift workers? A systematic review of systematic reviews7
Nurturing care for early childhood sleep interventions with tailored care: the NEST Approach7
Sleep hygiene – What do we mean? A bibliographic review7
Reliability and validity of instruments containing reported sleep measures among children from birth to <5 years of age: A systematic review7
Excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea: Indirect treatment comparison of wake-promoting agents in patients adherent/nonadherent to primary OSA therapy7
Research progress on the role of exosomes in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome-related atherosclerosis7
Chronotype and substance use disorder: A systematic review with meta-analysis on the impact of circadian misalignment on psychopathology and clinical course7
The role of rapid maxillary expansion in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: Efficacy, mechanism and multidisciplinary collaboration7
Finding a balance between principles and practice in internet-delivered CBT-I trials7
Role of heart rate variability analysis in differentiating patients with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorders from healthy subjects. A systematic review with meta-analysis6
The differential effects of sleep deprivation on pain perception in individuals with or without chronic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Editorial Board6
Comment on Yang et al., 2020: Melatonergic agents in the prevention of delirium: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials6
Exploring the obstructive sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome comorbidity (Co-ROSA): A systematic review6
Chronotype and circadian epidemiology6
Editorial Board6
The effect of physical exercise interventions on insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Lamentations in the night: A systematic review on catathrenia6
Editorial Board6
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