Eric J. Olson

18.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
160 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Eric J. Olson is a scholar working on Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Olson has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Physiology, 38 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Olson's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (53 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (38 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (22 papers). Eric J. Olson is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (53 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (38 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (22 papers). Eric J. Olson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Eric J. Olson's co-authors include Apoor S. Gami, Virend K. Somers, Michael H. Silber, Bradley F. Boeve, Daniel E. Howard, Kannan Ramar, Edriss S. Titi, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, Dave Hodge and Regina M. Herges and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Olson

154 papers receiving 11.6k citations

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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.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Obesity, and the Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation

2007 762 citations Apoor S. Gami, Dave Hodge et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Day–Night Pattern of Sudden Death in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

2005 723 citations Apoor S. Gami, Daniel E. Howard et al. profile →
Pathophysiology of REM sleep behaviour disorder and relevance to neurodegenerative disease

2007 647 citations Eric J. Olson et al. profile →
Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: demographic, clinical and laboratory findings in 93 cases

2000 580 citations Eric J. Olson et al. profile →
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death

2013 424 citations Apoor S. Gami, Eric J. Olson et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement

2021 265 citations Kannan Ramar, Raman K. Malhotra et al. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eric J. Olson	3.9k	2.5k	2.2k	2.0k	1.6k	160	12.1k
Alan J. Fischman	1.7k 0.4×	470 0.2×	4.0k 1.8×	3.3k 1.6×	2.4k 1.5×	410	20.3k
Ramón Farré	5.9k 1.5×	3.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	4.9k 2.4×	1.2k 0.8×	334	12.4k
Anthony Gamst	7.5k 1.9×	441 0.2×	4.9k 2.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	191	27.7k
Márk Vangel	1.4k 0.3×	493 0.2×	4.0k 1.8×	1.4k 0.7×	452 0.3×	215	13.2k
James T. Becker	4.8k 1.2×	324 0.1×	6.9k 3.1×	1.1k 0.6×	2.7k 1.7×	525	27.0k
Mark A. van Buchem	3.8k 1.0×	438 0.2×	4.0k 1.8×	2.8k 1.4×	947 0.6×	473	24.7k
Niels A. Lassen	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.8k 1.3×	3.8k 1.9×	2.6k 1.7×	305	22.5k
Jeffry R. Alger	1.1k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	3.1k 1.5×	492 0.3×	185	13.9k
Peter Boesiger	1.1k 0.3×	330 0.1×	4.2k 1.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	395	25.9k
Michael L. Johnson	2.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	300 0.1×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	352	14.8k

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Gurubhagavatula, Indira, Lynn Marie Trotti, Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg, et al.. (2025). Clinical significance of sleepiness: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 21(6). 1103–1107. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Karin G., Vidya Krishnan, Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg, et al.. (2024). Recommendations for permanent sleep telehealth: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 21(2). 401–404. 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Kimberly, Sherri A. Braksick, Erik K. St. Louis, et al.. (2023). 0291 Attending Physician Perceptions of Nightshift Work in the ICU: Results from a Large Tertiary Medical Center. SLEEP. 46(Supplement_1). A129–A129. 1 indexed citations

Lloyd, Robin M., Carol L. Rosen, Raman K. Malhotra, et al.. (2022). Age and weight considerations for the use of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in pediatric populations: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 18(8). 2041–2043. 5 indexed citations

Olson, Eric J., et al.. (2021). Contralateral Rerouting of Hypoglossal Nerve Implant Pulse Generator and Stimulation Lead. The Laryngoscope. 131(7). 2 indexed citations

Kassab, Lena L., et al.. (2021). Does testing for sleep-disordered breathing predischarge vs postdischarge result in different treatment outcomes?. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 17(12). 2451–2460. 2 indexed citations

Ramar, Kannan, Raman K. Malhotra, Kelly A. Carden, et al.. (2021). Sleep is essential to health: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 17(10). 2115–2119. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

Rico-Jimenez, Jose J., Aneesh Alex, Salma Musaad, et al.. (2020). Non-invasive monitoring of pharmacodynamics during the skin wound healing process using multimodal optical microscopy. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 8(1). e000974–e000974. 16 indexed citations

Goldstein, Cathy, Richard B. Berry, David T. Kent, et al.. (2020). Artificial intelligence in sleep medicine: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 16(4). 605–607. 60 indexed citations

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Patel, Salma, Peter C. Gay, Timothy I. Morgenthaler, et al.. (2018). Practical Implementation of a Single-Night Split-Titration Protocol With BPAP-ST and AVAPS in Patients With Neuromuscular Disease. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 14(12). 2031–2035. 7 indexed citations

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Lepore, John J., Eric J. Olson, Laura A. Demopoulos, et al.. (2016). Effects of the Novel Long-Acting GLP-1 Agonist, Albiglutide, on Cardiac Function, Cardiac Metabolism, and Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Failure. 4(7). 559–566. 108 indexed citations

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Gami, Apoor S., Eric J. Olson, Win K. Shen, et al.. (2013). Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(7). 610–616. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Olson, Eric J., Gregory L. Pearce, Nigel C. Jones, & Dennis L. Sprecher. (2012). Lipid Effects of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Δ Agonist GW501516 in Subjects With Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 32(9). 2289–2294. 59 indexed citations

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Weingarten, Toby N., Antolin S. Flores, Loan Nguyen, et al.. (2010). Obstructive sleep apnoea and perioperative complications in bariatric patients. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 106(1). 131–139. 99 indexed citations

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Olson, Eric J. & James C. Robinson. (2009). Almost bi-Lipschitz embeddings and almost homogeneous sets. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 362(1). 145–168. 12 indexed citations

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Sekiguchi, Hiroshi, Rodrigo Cartin‐Ceba, Eric J. Olson, Nicholas M. Wetjen, & John J. Mullon. (2009). RECURRENT CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) PLEURAL EFFUSION AFTER VENTRICULOPERITONEAL (VP) SHUNT REVISION: BRIEF REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW. CHEST Journal. 136(4). 61S–61S.

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Gami, Apoor S., Dave Hodge, Regina M. Herges, et al.. (2007). Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Obesity, and the Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 49(5). 565–571. 762 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ryu, Jay H., Joel Moss, Gerald J. Beck, et al.. (2005). The NHLBI Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Registry. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 173(1). 105–111. 305 indexed citations

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Olson, Eric J., James P. Utz, & Udaya B. S. Prakash. (1999). Therapeutic Bronchoscopy in Broncholithiasis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 160(3). 766–770. 48 indexed citations

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Olson, Eric J. & Peggy M. Simon. (1996). Sleep-wake cycles and the management of respiratory failure.. PubMed. 2(6). 500–6. 13 indexed citations

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