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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The Bordeaux Sleepiness Scale (BOSS): a new questionnaire to measure sleep-related driving risk	132
Opioids and obstructive sleep apnea	117
Pediatric sleep movements: a review of methodologies, normative data, disease associations, and research gaps	101
Early objective adherence to hypoglossal nerve stimulation therapy	73
Markers of cardiovascular disease risk in sleep-disordered breathing with or without comorbidities: the Nagahama study	68
Associations of frequent pain symptoms with excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents: a longitudinal study	68
A novel method for positive airway pressure delivery: vortical pulsating airflow	67
Increasing access to evidence-based insomnia care in the United States: findings from an American Academy of Sleep Medicine stakeholder summit	58
Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in obstructive sleep apnea and its relation to disease severity	57
Positional sleep apnea revisited	49
Cannabis and sleep disorders: not ready for prime time? A qualitative scoping review	48
Beliefs about prescription sleep medications and interest in reducing hypnotic use: an examination of middle-aged and older adults with insomnia disorder	47
Transcranial magnetic stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with chronic insomnia: a case report	45
Middle school start times and young adolescent sleep, behavioral health, and academic performance outcomes: a narrative review	45
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	42
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on adherence to noninvasive ventilation in children	40
Prevalence, incidence, and health care utilization of patients with narcolepsy: a population-representative study	38
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia presenting as a solitary pulmonary granuloma due to unclean continuous positive airway pressure equipment: a case report	37
Equal effect of a noncustom vs a custom mandibular advancement device in treatment of obstructive sleep apnea	34
Ventilatory response to hypoxia is more crucial than hypercapnia in the mechanism of opioid-related central sleep apnea	33
Delayed onset sleep-related stridor due to radiation for thyroid cancer	33
Evaluation of sleep medicine fellowship program websites	32
The effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on intraocular pressure in patients with OSA: a systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Catch-up sleep on free days and body mass index: results from the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2016	31
Nasal biomarker inflammatory profile in response to intranasal corticosteroids in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome	31

Philips leaving the United States: what does that mean for physicians, patients, and everyone in between?	30
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?	30
Insomnia symptoms and increased risk of all-cause mortality by age and sex	30
Hallucinations in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: report of 3 cases	29
Automatic sleep staging system utilizing photoplethysmography: a validation study	29
Assessment and rehabilitation of tongue motor skills with myofunctional therapy in obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29