Charles A. Czeisler

70.1k total citations · 26 hit papers
419 papers, 49.1k citations indexed

About

Charles A. Czeisler is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles A. Czeisler has authored 419 papers receiving a total of 49.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 239 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 216 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 112 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Charles A. Czeisler's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (205 papers), Sleep and related disorders (162 papers) and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (143 papers). Charles A. Czeisler is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (205 papers), Sleep and related disorders (162 papers) and Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (143 papers). Charles A. Czeisler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Charles A. Czeisler's co-authors include Derk‐Jan Dijk, Jeanne F. Duffy, Richard E. Kronauer, Steven W. Lockley, Laura K. Barger, Joseph M. Ronda, Kenneth P. Wright, Elizabeth B. Klerman, Emery N. Brown and Jamie M. Zeitzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Charles A. Czeisler

403 papers receiving 47.1k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 24–30, 2020
    2020 1.9k citations Mark É. Czeisler, Rashon I. Lane et al. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report profile →
  2. Circadian Variation in the Frequency of Onset of Acute Myocardial Infarction
    1985 1.4k citations Charles A. Czeisler et al. profile →
  3. Effect of Reducing Interns' Work Hours on Serious Medical Errors in Intensive Care Units
    2004 1.3k citations Christopher P. Landrigan, Steven W. Lockley et al. profile →
  4. Stability, Precision, and Near-24-Hour Period of the Human Circadian Pacemaker
    1999 1.2k citations Charles A. Czeisler, Jeanne F. Duffy et al. profile →
  5. Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19–Related Concerns — United States, June 2020
    2020 1.0k citations Mark É. Czeisler, Kristie E.N. Clarke et al. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report profile →
  6. Contribution of the circadian pacemaker and the sleep homeostat to sleep propensity, sleep structure, electroencephalographic slow waves, and sleep spindle activity in humans
    1995 966 citations Derk‐Jan Dijk, Charles A. Czeisler profile →
  7. Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: melatonin phase resetting and suppression
    2000 929 citations Jamie M. Zeitzer, Derk‐Jan Dijk et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  8. Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age
    2013 898 citations Robert J. Lucas, Stuart N. Peirson et al. profile →
  9. Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness
    2014 863 citations Jeanne F. Duffy, Charles A. Czeisler et al. profile →
  10. A Phase Response Curve to Single Bright Light Pulses in Human Subjects
    2003 790 citations Christian Cajochen, Charles A. Czeisler et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  11. Bright Light Induction of Strong (Type 0) Resetting of the Human Circadian Pacemaker
    1989 718 citations Charles A. Czeisler, Richard E. Kronauer et al. profile →
  12. Adverse Metabolic Consequences in Humans of Prolonged Sleep Restriction Combined with Circadian Disruption
    2012 711 citations Jeanne F. Duffy, Wei Wang et al. profile →
  13. Human Sleep: Its Duration and Organization Depend on Its Circadian Phase
    1980 685 citations Charles A. Czeisler et al. profile →
  14. The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care*
    2005 667 citations Christopher P. Landrigan, Steven W. Lockley et al. profile →
  15. Extended Work Shifts and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes among Interns
    2005 654 citations Laura K. Barger, Charles A. Czeisler et al. profile →
  16. Effect of Reducing Interns' Weekly Work Hours on Sleep and Attentional Failures
    2004 648 citations Steven W. Lockley, Christopher P. Landrigan et al. profile →
  17. High Sensitivity of the Human Circadian Melatonin Rhythm to Resetting by Short Wavelength Light
    2003 620 citations Steven W. Lockley, George C. Brainard et al. profile →
  18. Bright Light Resets the Human Circadian Pacemaker Independent of the Timing of the Sleep-Wake Cycle
    1986 563 citations Charles A. Czeisler, Joseph M. Ronda et al. profile →
  19. Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness
    2000 509 citations Christian Cajochen, Jamie M. Zeitzer et al. profile →
  20. Short-Wavelength Sensitivity for the Direct Effects of Light on Alertness, Vigilance, and the Waking Electroencephalogram in Humans
    2006 502 citations Steven W. Lockley, Frank A. J. L. Scheer et al. SLEEP profile →
  21. Influence of sleep deprivation and circadian misalignment on cortisol, inflammatory markers, and cytokine balance
    2015 394 citations Kenneth P. Wright, Charles A. Czeisler et al. profile →
  22. Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing
    2017 391 citations Conor S. O’Brien, Laura K. Barger et al. Scientific Reports profile →
  23. The Sleep and Technology Use of Americans: Findings from the National Sleep Foundation’s 2011 Sleep in America Poll
    2013 347 citations Michael Gradisar, Amy R. Wolfson et al. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine profile →
  24. Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults
    2022 301 citations Timothy M. Brown, George C. Brainard et al. PLoS Biology profile →
  25. Follow-up Survey of US Adult Reports of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, September 2020
    2021 150 citations Mark É. Czeisler, Rashon I. Lane et al. profile →
  26. The importance of sleep regularity: a consensus statement of the National Sleep Foundation sleep timing and variability panel
    2023 92 citations Matthew D. Weaver, Elizabeth B. Klerman et al. Sleep Health profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles A. Czeisler United States 114 24.4k 22.9k 14.1k 8.8k 4.7k 419 49.1k
David F. Dinges United States 88 8.1k 0.3× 24.8k 1.1× 14.5k 1.0× 7.8k 0.9× 509 0.1× 274 38.2k
Sonia Ancoli‐Israel United States 109 14.1k 0.6× 24.6k 1.1× 19.5k 1.4× 14.8k 1.7× 331 0.1× 497 46.5k
Steven W. Lockley United States 68 8.9k 0.4× 7.9k 0.3× 4.5k 0.3× 2.5k 0.3× 3.0k 0.6× 254 18.4k
Eve Van Cauter United States 87 11.5k 0.5× 14.2k 0.6× 9.2k 0.6× 9.5k 1.1× 229 0.0× 248 32.8k
Torbjörn Åkerstedt Sweden 84 4.3k 0.2× 18.5k 0.8× 5.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.3× 868 0.2× 414 27.2k
Daniel J. Buysse United States 99 9.6k 0.4× 32.4k 1.4× 20.2k 1.4× 5.5k 0.6× 156 0.0× 507 43.1k
Charles F. Reynolds United States 112 6.2k 0.3× 29.1k 1.3× 19.5k 1.4× 7.7k 0.9× 222 0.0× 907 76.7k
George P. Chrousos Greece 147 9.9k 0.4× 7.0k 0.3× 5.3k 0.4× 15.4k 1.8× 177 0.0× 1.4k 96.8k
Ian J. Deary United Kingdom 131 2.5k 0.1× 14.8k 0.6× 10.8k 0.8× 11.8k 1.3× 209 0.0× 1.3k 72.0k
Jan Born Germany 113 9.6k 0.4× 15.6k 0.7× 29.7k 2.1× 5.1k 0.6× 148 0.0× 759 50.3k

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Arrona‐Palacios, Arturo, Enmanuelle Pardilla‐Delgado, Kirsi‐Marja Zitting, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive analysis of circadian protein expression patterns in healthy adults. Sleep Medicine. 115. S50–S51. 1 indexed citations
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Quan, Stuart F., Matthew D. Weaver, Mark É. Czeisler, et al.. (2024). Association of Chronotype and Shiftwork With COVID-19 Infection. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 66(7). 548–555. 3 indexed citations
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Robbins, Rebecca, Matthew D. Weaver, Jason P. Sullivan, et al.. (2024). Accuracy of Three Commercial Wearable Devices for Sleep Tracking in Healthy Adults. Sensors. 24(20). 6532–6532. 17 indexed citations
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Cederberg, Katie L.J., Arturo Arrona‐Palacios, Enmanuelle Pardilla‐Delgado, et al.. (2023). Circadian protein expression patterns in healthy young adults. Sleep Health. 10(1). S41–S51. 8 indexed citations
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Brown, Timothy M., George C. Brainard, Christian Cajochen, et al.. (2022). Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults. PLoS Biology. 20(3). e3001571–e3001571. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weaver, Matthew D., Christopher P. Landrigan, Jason P. Sullivan, et al.. (2022). National improvements in resident physician-reported patient safety after limiting first-year resident physicians’ extended duration work shifts: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies. BMJ Quality & Safety. 32(2). 81–89. 11 indexed citations
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Rahman, Shadab A., Brianne A. Kent, Leilah K Grant, et al.. (2022). Effects of dynamic lighting on circadian phase, self‐reported sleep and performance during a 45‐day space analog mission with chronic variable sleep deficiency. Journal of Pineal Research. 73(4). e12826–e12826. 13 indexed citations
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Czeisler, Mark É., Emily R. Capodilupo, Matthew D. Weaver, et al.. (2022). Prior sleep-wake behaviors are associated with mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic among adult users of a wearable device in the United States. Sleep Health. 8(3). 311–321. 16 indexed citations
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Czeisler, Mark É., Amy Board, JoAnn M. Thierry, et al.. (2021). Mental Health and Substance Use Among Adults with Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, February–March 2021. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 70(34). 1142–1149. 26 indexed citations
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Wyatt, James K., Todd S. Horowitz, Wei Wang, et al.. (2021). Efficacy of intermittent exposure to bright light for treating maladaptation to night work on a counterclockwise shift work rotation. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 47(5). 356–366. 10 indexed citations
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McHill, Andrew W., Cassie J. Hilditch, Dorothee Fischer, et al.. (2020). Stability of the timing of food intake at daily and monthly timescales in young adults. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 20849–20849. 15 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Jessica A., Jacqueline M. Lane, Irma Vlasac, et al.. (2018). Association of DAT1 genetic variants with habitual sleep duration in the UK Biobank. SLEEP. 42(1). 9 indexed citations
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Hull, Joseph T., Charles A. Czeisler, & Steven W. Lockley. (2018). Suppression of Melatonin Secretion in Totally Visually Blind People by Ocular Exposure to White Light. Ophthalmology. 125(8). 1160–1171. 43 indexed citations
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Sullivan, Jason P., Conor S. O’Brien, Laura K. Barger, et al.. (2016). Randomized, Prospective Study of the Impact of a Sleep Health Program on Firefighter Injury and Disability. SLEEP. 40(1). 58 indexed citations
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Markt, Sarah C., Erin E. Flynn‐Evans, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, et al.. (2015). Sleep Duration and Disruption and Prostate Cancer Risk: a 23-Year Prospective Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 25(2). 302–308. 43 indexed citations
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Gradisar, Michael, Amy R. Wolfson, Allison G. Harvey, et al.. (2013). The Sleep and Technology Use of Americans: Findings from the National Sleep Foundation’s 2011 Sleep in America Poll. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 9(12). 1291–1299. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elliott, Ann R., Steven A. Shea, Derk‐Jan Dijk, et al.. (2001). Microgravity Reduces Sleep-disordered Breathing in Humans. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(3). 478–485. 48 indexed citations
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Zeitzer, Jamie M., Derk‐Jan Dijk, Richard E. Kronauer, Emery N. Brown, & Charles A. Czeisler. (2000). Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: melatonin phase resetting and suppression. The Journal of Physiology. 526(3). 695–702. 929 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dijk, Derk‐Jan, et al.. (1998). Erratum: Nonphotic entrainment of the human circadian pacemaker (American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory and Integrative Physiology (April 1998) 274:43 (R991-R996)). Surrey Research Insight Open Access (The University of Surrey). 2 indexed citations
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Czeisler, Charles A., Marie Dumont, Jeanne F. Duffy, et al.. (1992). Association of sleep-wake habits in older people with changes in output of circadian pacemaker. The Lancet. 340(8825). 933–936. 332 indexed citations

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