Charles A. Czeisler

70.1k citations

419 papers · 49.1k indexed · 26 hit papers · h-index 114

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.01%
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin 205
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.01%
- Sleep and related disorders 162
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue 143
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research 105
Physiology top 0.05%
- Spaceflight effects on biology 54
- Dietary Effects on Health 22
Aging top 0.5%
Emergency Medicine
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes 31
Global and Planetary Change
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health 27

Co-authors: Derk‐Jan Dijk Jeanne F. Duffy Richard E. Kronauer Steven W. Lockley Laura K. Barger Joseph M. Ronda Kenneth P. Wright Elizabeth B. Klerman
Cited by: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience
Partner nations: United States Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Charles A. Czeisler

403 papers receiving 47.1k citations

Hit Papers

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2023 The importance of sleep regularity: a consensus statement of the National Sleep Foundation sleep timing and variability panel
2022 Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults
2021 Follow-up Survey of US Adult Reports of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic, September 2020
2020 Delay or Avoidance of Medical Care Because of COVID-19–Related Concerns — United States, June 2020
2020 Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 24–30, 2020
2017 Irregular sleep/wake patterns are associated with poorer academic performance and delayed circadian and sleep/wake timing
2015 Influence of sleep deprivation and circadian misalignment on cortisol, inflammatory markers, and cytokine balance
2014 Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness
2013 Measuring and using light in the melanopsin age
2013 The Sleep and Technology Use of Americans: Findings from the National Sleep Foundation’s 2011 Sleep in America Poll
2012 Adverse Metabolic Consequences in Humans of Prolonged Sleep Restriction Combined with Circadian Disruption
2006 Short-Wavelength Sensitivity for the Direct Effects of Light on Alertness, Vigilance, and the Waking Electroencephalogram in Humans
2005 The Critical Care Safety Study: The incidence and nature of adverse events and serious medical errors in intensive care*
2005 Extended Work Shifts and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes among Interns
2004 Effect of Reducing Interns' Weekly Work Hours on Sleep and Attentional Failures
2004 Effect of Reducing Interns' Work Hours on Serious Medical Errors in Intensive Care Units
2003 A Phase Response Curve to Single Bright Light Pulses in Human Subjects
2003 High Sensitivity of the Human Circadian Melatonin Rhythm to Resetting by Short Wavelength Light
2000 Sensitivity of the human circadian pacemaker to nocturnal light: melatonin phase resetting and suppression
2000 Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness
1999 Stability, Precision, and Near-24-Hour Period of the Human Circadian Pacemaker
1995 Contribution of the circadian pacemaker and the sleep homeostat to sleep propensity, sleep structure, electroencephalographic slow waves, and sleep spindle activity in humans
1989 Bright Light Induction of Strong (Type 0) Resetting of the Human Circadian Pacemaker
1986 Bright Light Resets the Human Circadian Pacemaker Independent of the Timing of the Sleep-Wake Cycle
1985 Circadian Variation in the Frequency of Onset of Acute Myocardial Infarction
1980 Human Sleep: Its Duration and Organization Depend on Its Circadian Phase

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1	Obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for incident COVID-19 infection Stuart F. Quan,Matthew D. Weaver,Mark É. Czeisler,Laura K. Barger,Lauren A. Booker,Mark E. Howard,Melinda L. Jackson,Christine F. McDonald,Anna Ridgers,Rebecca Robbins,Prerna Varma,Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam,Charles A. Czeisler	2025	0
2	Comprehensive analysis of circadian protein expression patterns in healthy adults A. Specht,German Kolosov,Flávia Umpierre Bueno,Arturo Arrona‐Palacios,Enmanuelle Pardilla‐Delgado,N. Ruiz-Herrera,Kirsi‐Marja Zitting,Charles A. Czeisler,Jeanne F. Duffy,Emmanuel Mignot	2024	1
3	Association of Chronotype and Shiftwork With COVID-19 Infection Stuart F. Quan,Matthew D. Weaver,Mark É. Czeisler,Laura K. Barger,Lauren A. Booker,Mark E. Howard,Melinda L. Jackson,Rashon I. Lane,Christine F. McDonald,Anna Ridgers,Rebecca Robbins,Prerna Varma,Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam,Charles A. Czeisler	2024	3
4	Association between burnout and adherence with mask usage and additional COVID-19 prevention behaviours: findings from a large-scale, demographically representative survey of US adults Mark É. Czeisler,Alexander Wolkow,Charles A. Czeisler,Mark E. Howard,Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam,Rashon I. Lane	2023	1
5	The organization of sleep–wake patterns around daily schedules in college students S Lu,J. Stone,Elizabeth B. Klerman,Andrew W. McHill,Laura K. Barger,Rebecca Robbins,Dorothee Fischer,Akane Sano,Charles A. Czeisler,Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam,Andrew J. K. Phillips	2023	4
6	Circadian protein expression patterns in healthy young adults A. Specht,German Kolosov,Katie L.J. Cederberg,Flavia Bueno,Arturo Arrona‐Palacios,Enmanuelle Pardilla‐Delgado,Noelia Ruiz‐Herrera,Kirsi‐Marja Zitting,Achim Kramer,Jamie M. Zeitzer,Charles A. Czeisler,Jeanne F. Duffy,Emmanuel Mignot	2023	8
7	Entrainment to gradual vs. immediate 8-hour phase advance shifts with and without short-wavelength enriched polychromatic green light Anne‐Marie Chang,Clare Anderson,Sean W. Cain,David Reichenberger,Joseph M. Ronda,Steven W. Lockley,Charles A. Czeisler	2023	0
8	Evaluating the impact of a sleep health education and a personalised smartphone application on sleep, productivity and healthcare utilisation among employees: results of a randomised clinical trial Rebecca Robbins,Matthew D. Weaver,Stuart F. Quan,Jason P. Sullivan,Salim Qadri,Laura Glasner,Mairav Cohen‐Zion,Charles A. Czeisler,Laura K. Barger	2022	9
9	Effects of dynamic lighting on circadian phase, self‐reported sleep and performance during a 45‐day space analog mission with chronic variable sleep deficiency Shadab A. Rahman,Brianne A. Kent,Leilah K Grant,Toni Clark,John P. Hanifin,Laura K. Barger,Charles A. Czeisler,George C. Brainard,Melissa A. St. Hilaire,Steven W. Lockley	2022	13
10	Adverse impact of polyphasic sleep patterns in humans: Report of the National Sleep Foundation sleep timing and variability consensus panel Matthew D. Weaver,Tracey L. Sletten,F. Foster,David Gozal,Elizabeth B. Klerman,Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam,Till Roenneberg,Joseph S. Takahashi,Fred W. Turek,Michael V. Vitiello,Michael W. Young,Charles A. Czeisler	2021	17
11	Sleep difficulties, incident dementia and all‐cause mortality among older adults across 8 years: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study Rebecca Robbins,Matthew D. Weaver,Laura K. Barger,Wei Wang,Stuart F. Quan,Charles A. Czeisler	2021	27
12	The Association Between Resident Physician Work-Hour Regulations and Physician Safety and Health Matthew D. Weaver,Christopher P. Landrigan,Jason P. Sullivan,Conor S. O’Brien,Salim Qadri,Natalie Viyaran,Wei Wang,Céline Vetter,Charles A. Czeisler,Laura K. Barger	2020	46
13	Characterizing the temporal Dynamics of Melatonin and Cortisol Changes in Response to Nocturnal Light Exposure Shadab A. Rahman,Kenneth P. Wright,Steven W. Lockley,Charles A. Czeisler,Claude Gronfier	2019	40
14	Association of DAT1 genetic variants with habitual sleep duration in the UK Biobank Jessica A. Rhodes,Jacqueline M. Lane,Irma Vlasac,Martin K. Rutter,Charles A. Czeisler,Richa Saxena	2018	9
15	Sleep Duration and Disruption and Prostate Cancer Risk: a 23-Year Prospective Study Sarah C. Markt,Erin E. Flynn‐Evans,Unnur Valdimarsdóttir,Lára G. Sigurðardóttir,Rulla M. Tamimi,Julie L. Batista,Sebastien Haneuse,Steven W. Lockley,Meir J. Stampfer,Kathryn M. Wilson,Charles A. Czeisler,Jennifer R. Rider,Lorelei A. Mucci	2015	43
16	Reducing nighttime attentional failures with bright light exposure: timing it right Nayantara Santhi,TS Horowitz,Charles A. Czeisler	2008	1
17	The Gordon Wilson Lecture: work hours, sleep and patient safety in residency training. Charles A. Czeisler	2006	22
18	Circadian modulation of PLMS JF Duffy,(unknown),Eymard Riel,Derk‐Jan Dijk,Charles A. Czeisler	2001	1
19	Erratum: Nonphotic entrainment of the human circadian pacemaker (American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory and Integrative Physiology (April 1998) 274:43 (R991-R996)) (unknown),DW Rimmer,Derk‐Jan Dijk,(unknown),(unknown),Charles A. Czeisler	1998	2
20	BODY-TEMPERATURE IS ELEVATED DURING THE REBOUND OF SLOW-WAVE SLEEP FOLLOWING 40-H OF SLEEP-DEPRIVATION ON A CONSTANT ROUTINE (VOL 2, PG 117, 1993) Derk‐Jan Dijk,Charles A. Czeisler	1994	0

About Charles A. Czeisler

Charles A. Czeisler is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 419 papers that have together received 49.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (205 papers), Sleep and related disorders (162 papers), Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (143 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (105 papers), Spaceflight effects on biology (54 papers), Hospital Admissions and Outcomes (31 papers), Impact of Light on Environment and Health (27 papers) and Dietary Effects on Health (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (24.4k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (22.9k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (14.1k citations). Charles A. Czeisler has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent 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.

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