Colin A. Espie

29.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
326 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Colin A. Espie is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin A. Espie has authored 326 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 240 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 175 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 65 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Colin A. Espie's work include Sleep and related disorders (230 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (167 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (60 papers). Colin A. Espie is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (230 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (167 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (60 papers). Colin A. Espie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Colin A. Espie's co-authors include Simon D. Kyle, Charles M. Morin, Richard R. Bootzin, Niall M. Broomfield, Daniel J. Buysse, Jack D. Edinger, Kevin Morgan, Linda Harvey, Kenneth Macmahon and Dieter Riemann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Colin A. Espie

318 papers receiving 17.7k 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.

Psychological And Behavioral Treatment Of Insomnia: Update Of The Recent Evidence (1998–2004)

2006 942 citations Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie et al. SLEEP profile →
Derivation of Research Diagnostic Criteria for Insomnia: Report of an American Academy of Sleep Medicine Work Group

2004 822 citations Colin A. Espie, Charles M. Morin et al. SLEEP profile →
Dealing with sleep problems during home confinement due to the COVID‐19 outbreak: Practical recommendations from a task force of the European CBT‐I Academy

2020 708 citations Ellemarije Altena, Colin A. Espie et al. Journal of Sleep Research profile →
Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Chronic Insomnia

1999 642 citations Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie et al. SLEEP profile →
The Sleep Condition Indicator: a clinical screening tool to evaluate insomnia disorder

2014 369 citations Colin A. Espie, Simon D. Kyle et al. profile →
Effect of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Health, Psychological Well-being, and Sleep-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial

2018 308 citations Colin A. Espie, Richard Emsley et al. profile →
Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future

2022 186 citations Colin A. Espie, Alasdair L. Henry et al. Journal of Sleep Research profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Effectiveness of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Insomnia Disorder in US Adults: Nationwide Decentralized Randomized Controlled Trial 2025 ·JMIR Mental Health ·Aric A. Prather, Andrew D. Krystal, Richard Emsley, Jenna R. Carl, Tali M. Ball, (unknown), Adrián Aguilera, Colin A. Espie, Alasdair L. Henry	1
2	PRO: CBT-I for insomnia treatment can be delivered by a range of healthcare providers 2025 ·SLEEP ·Colin A. Espie, Michael A. Grandner, Christopher L. Drake	0
3	Restless legs symptoms increased during COVID-19 pandemic. International ICOSS-survey 2024 ·Sleep Medicine ·Eemil Partinen, Yuichi Inoue, Mariusz Siemiński, Ilona Merikanto, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Courtney J. Bolstad, Frances Chung, Luigi De Gennaro, Colin A. Espie, Brigitte Holzinger, Kentaro Matsui, Sérgio Mota‐Rolim, Charles M. Morin, Michael R. Nadorff, Thomas Penzel, Giuseppe Plazzi, Yun Kwok Wing, Yves Dauvilliers, Markku Partinen	2
4	Nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy to improve insomnia disorder in primary care: the HABIT RCT 2024 ·Health Technology Assessment ·Simon D. Kyle, Peter Bower, Ly‐Mee Yu, A Niroshan Siriwardena, Yaling Yang, Stavros Petrou, Emma Ogburn, (unknown), Leonie Maurer, Barbara Robinson, Caroline Gardner, (unknown), (unknown), Colin A. Espie, Paul Aveyard	2
5	0365 The Effectiveness of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, Fatigue, and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients 2023 ·SLEEP ·Christopher B. Miller, Jeanette A. Waxmonsky, Alasdair L. Henry, Richard Emsley, Colin A. Espie	1
6	Revisiting the Psychobiological Inhibition Model: a conceptual framework for understanding and treating insomnia using cognitive and behavioural therapeutics (CBTx) 2023 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Colin A. Espie	20
7	Reducing cognitive arousal and sleep effort alleviates insomnia and depression in pregnant women with DSM-5 insomnia disorder treated with a mindfulness sleep program 2023 ·SLEEP Advances ·David A. Kalmbach, Philip Cheng, Anthony N. Reffi, Jason C. Ong, Leslie M. Swanson, Colin A. Espie, (unknown), (unknown), Olivia Walch, (unknown), Thomas Roth, Christopher L. Drake	7
8	Nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy in primary care for adults with insomnia disorder: a mixed-methods process evaluation 2023 ·British Journal of General Practice ·(unknown), (unknown), A Niroshan Siriwardena, Simon D. Kyle, Peter Bower, Ly‐Mee Yu, Yaling Yang, Emma Ogburn, (unknown), Leonie Maurer, Barbara Robinson, Caroline Gardner, Victoria Lee, Dimitri Gavriloff, Colin A. Espie, Paul Aveyard	3
9	The role of sleep and dreams in long‐COVID 2022 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Serena Scarpelli, A. De Santis, Valentina Alfonsi, Maurizio Gorgoni, Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie, Ilona Merikanto, Frances Chung, Thomas Penzel, Bjørn Bjorvatn, Yves Dauvilliers, Brigitte Holzinger, Yun Kwok Wing, Markku Partinen, Giuseppe Plazzi, Luigi De Gennaro	15
10	The effect of sleep restriction therapy for insomnia on sleep pressure and arousal: a randomized controlled mechanistic trial 2021 ·SLEEP ·Leonie Maurer, Colin A. Espie, Ximena Omlin, Richard Emsley, Simon D. Kyle	23
11	The natural history of insomnia: predisposing, precipitating, coping, and perpetuating factors over the early developmental course of insomnia 2021 ·SLEEP ·Jason Ellis, Michael L. Perlis, Colin A. Espie, Michael A. Grandner, Célyne Bastien, Nicola L. Barclay, Ellemarije Altena, Maria Gardani	57
12	The effects of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on cognitive function: a randomized controlled trial 2020 ·SLEEP ·Simon D. Kyle, Madeleine Hurry, Richard Emsley, Antonia Marsden, Ximena Omlin, (unknown), Kai Spiegelhalder, Lampros Bisdounis, Annemarie I. Luik, Colin A. Espie, Claire E. Sexton	48
13	Insomnia as a mediating therapeutic target for depressive symptoms: A sub‐analysis of participant data from two large randomized controlled trials of a digital sleep intervention 2020 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Alasdair L. Henry, Christopher B. Miller, Richard Emsley, Bryony Sheaves, Daniel Freeman, Annemarie I. Luik, Donna L. Littlewood, Kate Saunders, Jennifer C. Kanady, Jenna R. Carl, Michelle Davis, Simon D. Kyle, Colin A. Espie	46
14	Isolating the role of time in bed restriction in the treatment of insomnia: a randomized, controlled, dismantling trial comparing sleep restriction therapy with time in bed regularization 2020 ·SLEEP ·Leonie Maurer, Colin A. Espie, Ximena Omlin, (unknown), (unknown), Dimitri Gavriloff, Richard Emsley, Simon D. Kyle	37
15	Is digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia effective in treating sub-threshold insomnia: a pilot RCT 2019 ·Sleep Medicine ·Dan Denis, Thalia C. Eley, Frühling Rijsdijk, Helena M. S. Zavos, Robert Keers, Colin A. Espie, Annemarie I. Luik, (unknown), (unknown), John Hodsoll, Alice M. Gregory	39
16	Delivering digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia at scale: does using a wearable device to estimate sleep influence therapy? 2018 ·npj Digital Medicine ·Annemarie I. Luik, (unknown), Colin A. Espie	19
17	A manual-based intervention for carers of people with dementia and sleep disturbances: an acceptability and feasibility RCT 2018 ·Health Technology Assessment ·Kirsi M. Kinnunen, Penny Rapaport, Lucy Webster, Julie Barber, Simon D. Kyle, Brendan Hallam, Claudia Cooper, (unknown), James Pickett, (unknown), Colin A. Espie, Gill Livingston	7
18	The Sleep Condition Indicator: reference values derived from a sample of 200 000 adults 2017 ·Journal of Sleep Research ·Colin A. Espie, (unknown), Jenna R. Carl, Simon D. Kyle, John Cape, A Niroshan Siriwardena, Annemarie I. Luik	52
19	British Association for Psychopharmacology consensus statement on evidence-based treatment of insomnia, parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders 2010 ·Journal of Psychopharmacology ·SJ Wilson, DJ NUTT, Chris Alford, S. Argyropoulos, David S. Baldwin, (unknown), TC Britton, Catherine Crowe, Derk‐Jan Dijk, Colin A. Espie, Paul Gringras, G. Hajak, C. Idzikowski, (unknown), (unknown), Hugh Selsick, Ann L. Sharpley, (unknown)	467
20	Insomnia: A Clinical Guide to Assessment and Treatment (A Chinese translation) 2008 ·ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) ·Charles M. Morin, Colin A. Espie	0

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