OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is 28. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of sleep medicine fellowship program websites	335
Images: “Too much heat for my non–24-hour sleep-wake disorder!” A case report	127
Acoustic stimulation as a promising technique to improve glymphatic clearance in the human brain?Response to Wostyn P, Goddaer P. Could immersive sound improve glymphatic function in the awake brain?	117
Philips leaving the United States: what does that mean for physicians, patients, and everyone in between?	108
Intravenous iron therapy alleviates symptoms of sleep-related movement disorders in children with minimal side effectsCommentary on Ingram DG, Al-Shawwa B, DelRosso LM, Sharma M. Intravenous iron ther	74
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on sleep medicine fellowship telemedicine training: a follow-up survey of program directors	66
Automatic sleep staging system utilizing photoplethysmography: a validation study	63
Associations of frequent pain symptoms with excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents: a longitudinal study	59
Markers of cardiovascular disease risk in sleep-disordered breathing with or without comorbidities: the Nagahama study	55
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia presenting as a solitary pulmonary granuloma due to unclean continuous positive airway pressure equipment: a case report	55
A novel method for positive airway pressure delivery: vortical pulsating airflow	51
Bright light therapy for CPAP-resistant OSA symptoms	48
Beliefs about prescription sleep medications and interest in reducing hypnotic use: an examination of middle-aged and older adults with insomnia disorder	45
Hallucinations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: report of 3 cases	43
Catch-up sleep on free days and body mass index: results from the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2016	40
Middle school start times and young adolescent sleep, behavioral health, and academic performance outcomes: a narrative review	39
Transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with chronic insomnia: a case report	38
Insomnia symptoms and increased risk of all-cause mortality by age and sex	37
Mandibular advancement device as treatment trial for catathrenia (nocturnal groaning)	37
Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea and its relation to disease severity	36
Delayed onset sleep-related stridor due to radiation for thyroid cancer	36
Effect of mandibular advancement device on plasticity in corticomotor control of tongue and jaw muscles	36
Positional sleep apnea revisited	35
Validation of home portable monitoring for the diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing in adolescents and adults with neuromuscular disorders	34
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on intraocular pressure in patients with OSA: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34

Increasing access to evidence-based insomnia care in the United States: findings from an American Academy of Sleep Medicine stakeholder summit	33
Early objective adherence to hypoglossal nerve stimulation therapy	33
Nasal biomarker inflammatory profile in response to intranasal corticosteroids in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome	31
How we measure hypoglossal nerve stimulator outcome matters: titration vs single amplitude efficacy sleep studies	28
Prevalence, incidence, and health care utilization of patients with narcolepsy: a population-representative study	28
Assessment and rehabilitation of tongue motor skills with myofunctional therapy in obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
The Bordeaux Sleepiness Scale (BOSS): a new questionnaire to measure sleep-related driving risk	28