Anna Wirz‐Justice

25.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
258 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Anna Wirz‐Justice is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Wirz‐Justice has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 92 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 79 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Anna Wirz‐Justice's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (174 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (76 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (68 papers). Anna Wirz‐Justice is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (174 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (76 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (68 papers). Anna Wirz‐Justice collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Slovenia. Anna Wirz‐Justice's co-authors include Kurt Kräuchi, Christian Cajochen, Till Roenneberg, Martha Merrow, Alexander A. Borbély, Mirjam Münch, Peter Graw, Vera Knoblauch, Thomas A. Wehr and Tom Deboer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anna Wirz‐Justice

252 papers receiving 18.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Life between Clocks: Daily Temporal Patterns of Human Chronotypes

2003 1.9k citations Anna Wirz‐Justice et al. profile →
The two‐process model of sleep regulation: a reappraisal

2016 991 citations Anna Wirz‐Justice et al. Journal of Sleep Research profile →
High Sensitivity of Human Melatonin, Alertness, Thermoregulation, and Heart Rate to Short Wavelength Light

2005 719 citations Christian Cajochen, Mirjam Münch et al. profile →
Role of Melatonin in the Regulation of Human Circadian Rhythms and Sleep

2003 542 citations Christian Cajochen, Kurt Kräuchi et al. profile →
Evening exposure to a light-emitting diodes (LED)-backlit computer screen affects circadian physiology and cognitive performance

2011 512 citations Christian Cajochen, Sylvia R. Frey et al. Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Wirz‐Justice Switzerland	70	10.9k	8.6k	7.0k	3.1k	2.3k	258	18.9k
Joséphine Arendt United Kingdom	75	12.6k 1.2×	6.1k 0.7×	5.0k 0.7×	4.1k 1.3×	1.9k 0.8×	204	16.7k
Debra J. Skene United Kingdom	64	10.4k 1.0×	6.0k 0.7×	4.5k 0.6×	3.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	242	15.7k
Alfred J. Lewy United States	56	9.4k 0.9×	5.0k 0.6×	4.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	115	11.5k
Derk‐Jan Dijk United Kingdom	100	17.0k 1.6×	17.6k 2.0×	16.9k 2.4×	4.7k 1.5×	2.6k 1.1×	322	31.0k
Christian Cajochen Switzerland	68	9.1k 0.8×	7.9k 0.9×	7.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	265	17.3k
Till Roenneberg Germany	62	10.3k 0.9×	10.0k 1.2×	4.6k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	187	17.7k
Eus J.W. Van Someren Netherlands	72	6.2k 0.6×	9.3k 1.1×	9.3k 1.3×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	309	18.1k
Daniel F. Kripke United States	71	7.0k 0.6×	10.1k 1.2×	6.8k 1.0×	4.4k 1.4×	615 0.3×	232	18.3k
Thomas A. Wehr United States	59	6.5k 0.6×	3.9k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	139	11.4k
Jeanne F. Duffy United States	60	9.7k 0.9×	8.3k 1.0×	5.6k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	937 0.4×	143	15.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Wirz‐Justice

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Garbazza, Corrado, Fabio Cirignotta, Armando D’Agostino, et al.. (2022). Sustained remission from perinatal depression after bright light therapy: A pilot randomised, placebo‐controlled trial. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 146(4). 350–356. 23 indexed citations

Geoffroy, Pierre A., Francesco Benedetti, Carmen Schröder, Anna Wirz‐Justice, & Patrice Bourgin. (2020). Lightening depression. Bipolar Disorders. 22(8). 872–873. 2 indexed citations

Knoop, Martine, Oliver Stefani, Bruno Bueno, et al.. (2019). Daylight: What makes the difference?. Lighting Research & Technology. 52(3). 423–442. 153 indexed citations

Wirz‐Justice, Anna, Vladeta Ajdacic‐Gross, Wulf Rössler, Hans‐Christoph Steinhausen, & Jules Angst. (2018). Prevalence of seasonal depression in a prospective cohort study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 269(7). 833–839. 39 indexed citations

Muench, Maxwell, et al.. (2016). Effects of light on sleep, emotions and immunological variables in demented patients. Journal of Sleep Research. 25. 202–202. 1 indexed citations

Lely, Stéphanie van der, Anna Wirz‐Justice, Corrado Garbazza, et al.. (2014). Blue blocker glasses as a countermeasure for alerting effects of evening LED - screen exposure in teenagers. Journal of Sleep Research. 23. 2 indexed citations

Frey, Sylvia R., Patrick M. Brunner, Thomas Götz, et al.. (2012). Young Women With Major Depression Live on Higher Homeostatic Sleep Pressure Than Healthy Controls. Chronobiology International. 29(3). 278–294. 29 indexed citations

Cajochen, Christian, et al.. (2012). Evidence for a circalunar rhythm in human sleep structure, melatonin and cortisol levels. Journal of Sleep Research. 21. 210–211. 1 indexed citations

Frey, Sylvia R., Sarah L. Chellappa, Thomas Götz, et al.. (2011). Higher Frontal EEG Synchronization in Young Women with Major Depression: A Marker for Increased Homeostatic Sleep Pressure?. SLEEP. 34(12). 1699–1706. 12 indexed citations

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Cajochen, Christian, Sylvia R. Frey, Doreen Anders, et al.. (2011). Evening exposure to a light-emitting diodes (LED)-backlit computer screen affects circadian physiology and cognitive performance. Journal of Applied Physiology. 110(5). 1432–1438. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wirz‐Justice, Anna. (2009). From the basic neuroscience of circadian clock function to light therapy for depression: On the emergence of chronotherapeutics. Journal of Affective Disorders. 116(3). 159–160. 44 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Christina, Philippe Peigneux, Vincenzo Muto, et al.. (2006). Encoding Difficulty Promotes Postlearning Changes in Sleep Spindle Activity during Napping. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(35). 8976–8982. 176 indexed citations

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Graw, Peter, Esther Werth, Kurt Kräuchi, et al.. (2001). Early morning melatonin administration impairs psychomotor vigilance. Behavioural Brain Research. 121(1-2). 167–172. 37 indexed citations

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Kräuchi, Kurt, Christian Cajochen, Esther Werth, & Anna Wirz‐Justice. (2000). Functional link between distal vasodilation and sleep-onset latency?. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 278(3). R741–R748. 274 indexed citations

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Cajochen, Christian, Daniel P. Brunner, Kurt Kräuchi, Peter Graw, & Anna Wirz‐Justice. (2000). EEG and subjective sleepiness during extended wakefulness in seasonal affective disorder: circadian and homeostatic influences. Biological Psychiatry. 47(7). 610–617. 59 indexed citations

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Graw, Peter, et al.. (1999). Winter and summer outdoor light exposure in women with and without seasonal affective disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 56(2-3). 163–169. 37 indexed citations

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Emser, W., et al.. (1993). Melatonin decreases the amplitude of the b-wave of the human electroretinogram. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 49(8). 686–687. 25 indexed citations

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Wirz‐Justice, Anna, et al.. (1990). Disk-shedding in the rat retina: lithium dampens the circadian rhythm but potentiates the light response. Brain Research. 523(1). 167–170. 18 indexed citations

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Wirz‐Justice, Anna, et al.. (1988). Static magnetic fields decrease nocturnal pineal cAMP in the rat. Brain Research. 446(1). 159–160. 71 indexed citations

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Wirz‐Justice, Anna, et al.. (1978). [Simultaneous improvement of mood and release of growth hormone by L-5-hydroxytryptophan (Ro 3-5940) in normal subjects (author's transl)].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 28(8). 1291–2.

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