Discover the most impactful sleep research of 2025 in the following lists of the most-read and most-cited studies published in 2025 in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

Top 10 Most Accessed

The most accessed articles are determined by combining article pageviews and PDF downloads as measured from the journal’s website.

  1. Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
  2. Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment
  3. Lower slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep are associated with brain atrophy of Alzheimer’s disease-vulnerable regions
  4. Effects of a cannabidiol/terpene formulation on sleep in individuals with insomnia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover study
  5. Clinical significance of sleepiness: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  6. Performance of consumer wrist-worn sleep tracking devices compared to polysomnography: a meta-analysis
  7. Insights, recommendations, and research priorities for central sleep apnea: report from an expert panel
  8. Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea resolves with lower inspiratory pressure
  9. Recommendations for permanent sleep telehealth: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  10. Prospective crossover trial of positional and CPAP therapy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate positional obstructive sleep apnea

Top 10 Most Cited

These articles were the most cited by other research papers this year.

  1. Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
  2. Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment
  3. How we measure hypoglossal nerve stimulator outcome matters: titration vs single amplitude efficacy sleep studies
  4. Prospective crossover trial of positional and CPAP therapy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate positional obstructive sleep apnea
  5. Sleep and long COVID: preexisting sleep issues and the risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a large general population using 3 different model definitions
  6. Effects of a cannabidiol/terpene formulation on sleep in individuals with insomnia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, crossover study
  7. Validation of automated detection of REM sleep without atonia using in-laboratory and in-home recordings
  8. Evaluation of automated pediatric sleep stage classification using U-Sleep: a convolutional neural network
  9. Clinical characteristics and phenoconversion in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder: a prospective single-center study in Korea, compared with Montreal cohort
  10. Residual periodic limb movement index after CPAP therapy is associated with hypoxemia

Established in 2005, the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is the official peer-reviewed, scientific publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the leading professional society in the sleep field. The journal focuses on novel, high-impact human sleep and circadian science.

Springer Nature is the new publishing partner for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The journal will begin publishing under the Springer Nature imprint starting in January 2026.

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