Aleksandra Wierzbicka

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Aleksandra Wierzbicka is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Aleksandra Wierzbicka has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Aleksandra Wierzbicka's work include Sleep and related disorders (17 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (13 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (8 papers). Aleksandra Wierzbicka is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (17 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (13 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (8 papers). Aleksandra Wierzbicka collaborates with scholars based in Poland, Switzerland and Germany. Aleksandra Wierzbicka's co-authors include Adam Wichniak, Wojciech Jernajczyk, Rafał Rola, Danuta Ryglewicz, P Richter, Dominik Golicki, Małgorzata M Bała, Maciej Niewada, Alexander Malafeev and Peter Achermann and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Psychiatric Research and Current Pharmaceutical Design.

In The Last Decade

Aleksandra Wierzbicka

35 papers receiving 996 citations

Hit Papers

Effects of Antidepressants on Sleep 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Effects of Antidepressants on Sleep
    2017 332 citations Adam Wichniak, Aleksandra Wierzbicka et al. Current Psychiatry Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aleksandra Wierzbicka Poland 15 526 488 245 244 171 38 1.0k
Wojciech Jernajczyk Poland 17 852 1.6× 564 1.2× 237 1.0× 288 1.2× 203 1.2× 56 1.5k
P. Schüssler Germany 25 422 0.8× 415 0.9× 316 1.3× 647 2.7× 103 0.6× 47 1.4k
K. Held Germany 17 412 0.8× 350 0.7× 258 1.1× 582 2.4× 55 0.3× 39 1.2k
Waldemar Szelenberger Poland 20 681 1.3× 346 0.7× 91 0.4× 127 0.5× 113 0.7× 46 1.1k
R. Lund Germany 16 429 0.8× 406 0.8× 151 0.6× 313 1.3× 121 0.7× 30 866
Eric Vuurman Netherlands 17 461 0.9× 298 0.6× 125 0.5× 95 0.4× 129 0.8× 28 857
Zoë Terpening Australia 21 585 1.1× 496 1.0× 182 0.7× 244 1.0× 180 1.1× 37 992
Annemiek Vermeeren Netherlands 29 870 1.7× 1.1k 2.3× 224 0.9× 256 1.0× 201 1.2× 86 2.2k
Judy Caron United States 11 843 1.6× 982 2.0× 77 0.3× 460 1.9× 133 0.8× 14 1.2k
Amna Zehra United States 9 364 0.7× 238 0.5× 171 0.7× 201 0.8× 107 0.6× 10 979

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aleksandra Wierzbicka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cudna, Agnieszka, et al.. (2025). Blood-brain barrier-associated serum proteins as potential diagnostic biomarkers of epilepsy aetiology. Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska. 59(3). 221–230.
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Sobstyl, Michał, et al.. (2024). Deep brain stimulation of hippocampus in treatment of refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska. 58(4). 393–404. 4 indexed citations
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Sobstyl, Michał, et al.. (2024). Deep brain stimulation of anterior nucleus and centromedian nucleus of thalamus in treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska. 58(3). 256–273. 6 indexed citations
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Cudna, Agnieszka, et al.. (2023). Blood-Brain Barrier-Associated Proteins Are Elevated in Serum of Epilepsy Patients. Cells. 12(3). 368–368. 20 indexed citations
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Cudna, Agnieszka, et al.. (2022). Serum Proteins Associated with Blood–Brain Barrier as Potential Biomarkers for Seizure Prediction. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(23). 14712–14712. 9 indexed citations
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Wierzbicka, Aleksandra, et al.. (2020). Sleep among primary care physicians–Association with overtime, night duties and strategies to counteract poor sleep quality. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(1). e13031–e13031. 6 indexed citations
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Malafeev, Alexander, Dmitry Laptev, Stefan Bauer, et al.. (2018). Automatic Human Sleep Stage Scoring Using Deep Neural Networks. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 781–781. 107 indexed citations
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Wierzbicka, Aleksandra, et al.. (2018). Sertindole: EEG Analysis, Tolerability, and Clinical Efficacy. Pharmacopsychiatry. 51(4). 144–147. 3 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, et al.. (2017). Effects of Antidepressants on Sleep. Current Psychiatry Reports. 19(9). 63–63. 332 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wichniak, Adam, et al.. (2015). Low Risk for Switch to Mania during Treatment with Sleep Promoting Antidepressants. Pharmacopsychiatry. 48(3). 83–88. 17 indexed citations
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Pływaczewski, Robert, et al.. (2015). Obstructive sleep apnea in severe mental disorders.. Psychiatria Polska. 49(5). 883–895. 31 indexed citations
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Okruszek, Łukasz, et al.. (2014). Daytime sleepiness and EEG abnormalities in patients treated with second generation antipsychotic agents. Pharmacological Reports. 66(6). 1077–1082. 6 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, & Wojciech Jernajczyk. (2013). Sleep as a biomarker for depression. International Review of Psychiatry. 25(5). 632–645. 84 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, & Wojciech Jernajczyk. (2012). Sleep and Antidepressant Treatment. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 18(36). 5802–5817. 88 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, et al.. (2011). Actigraphic monitoring of activity and rest in schizophrenic patients treated with olanzapine or risperidone. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 45(10). 1381–1386. 57 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, & Wojciech Jernajczyk. (2011). Patients with insomnia and subthreshold depression show marked worsening of insomnia after discontinuation of sleep promoting medication. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 35(7). 1671–1676. 13 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, et al.. (2007). [The effectiveness of treatment with trazodone in patients with primary insomnia without and with prior history of hypnotics use].. PubMed. 23(133). 41–6. 7 indexed citations
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Rola, Rafał, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, Adam Wichniak, et al.. (2007). Sleep related breathing disorders in patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks: respiratory and clinical correlations.. PubMed. 58 Suppl 5(Pt 2). 575–82. 30 indexed citations
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Wichniak, Adam, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, & Wojciech Jernajczyk. (2004). [Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep: pathophysiology and treatment].. PubMed. 37(3). 633–43.
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Wichniak, Adam, Jakub Antczak, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, & Wojciech Jernajczyk. (2002). Alterations in pattern of rapid eye movement activity during REM sleep in depression. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 62(4). 243–250. 15 indexed citations

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