OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is 29. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of sleep medicine fellowship program websites	349
Images: “Too much heat for my non–24-hour sleep-wake disorder!” A case report	134
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?	120
Philips leaving the United States: what does that mean for physicians, patients, and everyone in between?	111
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	81
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on sleep medicine fellowship telemedicine training: a follow-up survey of program directors	70
Automatic sleep staging system utilizing photoplethysmography: a validation study	64
Associations of frequent pain symptoms with excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents: a longitudinal study	59
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia presenting as a solitary pulmonary granuloma due to unclean continuous positive airway pressure equipment: a case report	57
A novel method for positive airway pressure delivery: vortical pulsating airflow	56
Beliefs about prescription sleep medications and interest in reducing hypnotic use: an examination of middle-aged and older adults with insomnia disorder	54
Effect of mandibular advancement device on plasticity in corticomotor control of tongue and jaw muscles	49
Delayed onset sleep-related stridor due to radiation for thyroid cancer	48
Positional sleep apnea revisited	44
Middle school start times and young adolescent sleep, behavioral health, and academic performance outcomes: a narrative review	42
Hallucinations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: report of 3 cases	40
Mandibular advancement device as treatment trial for catathrenia (nocturnal groaning)	40
Transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with chronic insomnia: a case report	38
Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea and its relation to disease severity	38
Insomnia symptoms and increased risk of all-cause mortality by age and sex	37
Nasal biomarker inflammatory profile in response to intranasal corticosteroids in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome	37
Equal effect of a noncustom vs a custom mandibular advancement device in treatment of obstructive sleep apnea	37
How we measure hypoglossal nerve stimulator outcome matters: titration vs single amplitude efficacy sleep studies	36
The Bordeaux Sleepiness Scale (BOSS): a new questionnaire to measure sleep-related driving risk	35
Ventilatory response to hypoxia is more crucial than hypercapnia in the mechanism of opioid-related central sleep apnea	34

Cannabis and sleep disorders: not ready for prime time? A qualitative scoping review	34
Pediatric sleep movements: a review of methodologies, normative data, disease associations and research gaps	33
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on adherence to noninvasive ventilation in children	33
Opioids and obstructive sleep apnea	30
Markers of cardiovascular disease risk in sleep-disordered breathing with or without comorbidities: the Nagahama study	29
Prevalence, incidence, and health care utilization of patients with narcolepsy: a population-representative study	29
Bright light therapy for CPAP-resistant OSA symptoms	29