Below are two lists that highlight noteworthy studies published in 2021 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 10 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 2021.

Top 10 Altmetric Scores

  1. Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  2. Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement
  3. Guiding principles for determining work shift duration and addressing the effects of work shift duration on performance, safety, and health: guidance from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society
  4. A school-based health and mindfulness curriculum improves children’s objectively measured sleep: a prospective observational cohort study
  5. Incremental health care utilization and expenditures for sleep disorders in the United States
  6. Behavioral and psychological treatments for chronic insomnia disorder in adults: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
  7. Google Trends reveals increases in internet searches for insomnia during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic
  8. CPAP increases physical activity in obstructive sleep apnea with cardiovascular disease
  9. Sleep education improves knowledge but not sleep quality among medical students
  10. The (mis)perception of sleep: factors influencing the discrepancy between self-reported and objective sleep parameters

Top 10 Combined Pageviews and PDF Downloads

  1. Behavioral and psychological treatments for chronic insomnia disorder in adults: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
  2. Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  3. Recommended protocols for the Multiple Sleep Latency Test and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test in adults: guidance from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  4. Escalation of sleep disturbances amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional international study
  5. Treatment of central disorders of hypersomnolence: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline
  6. The effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home order on sleep, health, and working patterns: a survey study of US health care workers
  7. Use of polysomnography and home sleep apnea tests for the longitudinal management of obstructive sleep apnea in adults: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical guidance statement
  8. COVID-19 pandemic impact on sleep habits, chronotype, and health-related quality of life among high school students: a longitudinal study
  9. Behavioral and psychological treatments for chronic insomnia disorder in adults: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment
  10. Google Trends reveals increases in internet searches for insomnia during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic

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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