Below are two lists that highlight noteworthy studies published in 2020 in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The first list includes the 10 articles with the highest Altmetric scores. Altmetric scores are calculated by adding the number of times the study is reported on in the news and shared on social media. The second list includes the 15 articles with the highest number of combined pageviews and PDF downloads. Both lists offer an interesting recap of topics that captured the attention of the public and sleep medicine providers in 2020.

Top 10 Altmetric Scores

  1. Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  2. A randomized controlled study of weighted chain blankets for insomnia in psychiatric disorders
  3. Artificial intelligence in sleep medicine: background and implications for clinicians
  4. Physical activity is associated with reduced prevalence of self-reported obstructive sleep apnea in a large, general population cohort study
  5. School start time change and motor vehicle crashes in adolescent drivers
  6. The COVID-19 pandemic: reflections for the field of sleep medicine
  7. Effect of wearables on sleep in healthy individuals: a randomized crossover trial and validation study
  8. Exercise as a treatment for sleep apnea
  9. Older adult US Medicare beneficiaries with untreated obstructive sleep apnea are heavier users of health care than matched control patients
  10. Sleep, fatigue and burnout among physicians: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement

Top 15 Combined Pageviews and PDF Downloads

  1. A randomized controlled study of weighted chain blankets for insomnia in psychiatric disorders
  2. Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  3. Effect of wearables on sleep in healthy individuals: a randomized crossover trial and validation study
  4. Narcolepsy risk and COVID-19
  5. Effects of saffron on sleep quality in healthy adults with self-reported poor sleep: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
  6. Home PAP devices in patients infected with COVID-19
  7. Narcolepsy and COVID-19: sleeping on an opportunity?
  8. Potential influences of obstructive sleep apnea and obesity on COVID-19 severity
  9. The COVID-19 pandemic: reflections for the field of sleep medicine
  10. Performance of peripheral arterial tonometry–based testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in a large sleep clinic cohort
  11. Artificial intelligence in sleep medicine: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  12. Early impact of COVID-19 lockdown on children’s sleep: a 4-week longitudinal study
  13. Insomnia and psychological reactions during the COVID-19 outbreak in China
  14. Sleep is essential: a new strategic plan for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  15. A century of adenotonsillectomy’s failure to fully resolve sleep-disordered breathing: mild malocclusions are maybe not so mild?

As the official, peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine is a monthly, online publication that features original scientific investigations, reviews, case reports and commentaries applicable to the clinical diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Read more sleep research on the website of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, including its COVID-19 collection.

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