Eugene Aserinsky

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Eugene Aserinsky is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eugene Aserinsky has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Eugene Aserinsky's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (12 papers), Sleep and related disorders (5 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers). Eugene Aserinsky is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (12 papers), Sleep and related disorders (5 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers). Eugene Aserinsky collaborates with scholars based in United States. Eugene Aserinsky's co-authors include Nathaniel Kleitman and S. P. Tzankoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Applied Physiology and Experimental Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Eugene Aserinsky

20 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomit... 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 1955 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep
    1953 1.4k citations Eugene Aserinsky, Nathaniel Kleitman Science profile →
  2. Two Types of Ocular Motility Occurring in Sleep
    1955 312 citations Eugene Aserinsky, Nathaniel Kleitman Journal of Applied Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eugene Aserinsky United States 13 1.9k 1.1k 919 293 167 20 2.3k
Daniel P. Brunner Switzerland 23 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 949 1.0× 277 0.9× 238 1.4× 25 2.5k
Ian G. Campbell United States 30 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 579 0.6× 387 1.3× 182 1.1× 52 2.2k
Edward A. Wolpert United States 13 1.1k 0.6× 747 0.7× 359 0.4× 82 0.3× 237 1.4× 33 1.7k
Renate Wehrle Germany 22 2.1k 1.1× 997 0.9× 330 0.4× 231 0.8× 92 0.6× 43 2.3k
Annabelle Darsaud Belgium 19 2.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 703 0.8× 600 2.0× 121 0.7× 26 3.0k
Gina R. Poe United States 25 1.7k 0.9× 518 0.5× 455 0.5× 887 3.0× 188 1.1× 54 2.3k
François Richer Canada 24 1.2k 0.6× 409 0.4× 391 0.4× 184 0.6× 526 3.1× 51 1.8k
Kimberly A. Côté Canada 23 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 309 0.3× 108 0.4× 122 0.7× 43 2.1k
Thomas C. Floyd United States 19 1.2k 0.6× 626 0.5× 330 0.4× 111 0.4× 76 0.5× 25 1.4k
Hélène Bastuji France 33 2.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 589 0.6× 387 1.3× 502 3.0× 78 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aserinsky, Eugene & Nathaniel Kleitman. (2003). Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep. Journal of Neuropsychiatry. 15(4). 454–455. 15 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1996). Memories of famous neuropsychologists. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. 5(3). 213–227. 22 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1986). Proportional Jerk: A New Measure of Motion as Applied to Eye Movements in Sleep and Waking. Psychophysiology. 23(3). 340–347. 3 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene, et al.. (1986). Developmental changes of oculomotor characteristics in infants when awake and in the ‘active state of sleep’. Behavioural Brain Research. 20(2). 175–183. 20 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene, et al.. (1985). Comparison of Eye Motion in Wakefulness and REM Sleep. Psychophysiology. 22(1). 1–10. 27 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene, et al.. (1981). Partial airway occlusion during sleep and waking in the dog. Respiration Physiology. 43(1). 77–88. 2 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1973). Relationship of Rapid Eye Movement Density to the Prior Accumulation of Sleep and Wakefulness. Psychophysiology. 10(6). 545–558. 56 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1971). RAPID EYE MOVEMENT DENSITY AND PATTERN IN THE SLEEP OF NORMAL YOUNG ADULTS. Psychophysiology. 8(3). 361–375. 64 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1969). The maximal capacity for sleep: rapid eye movement density as an index of sleep satiety.. PubMed. 1(2). 147–59. 116 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1969). Readings in Neurophysiology. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 287(1). 80–81. 1 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1967). Drugs and dreams, a synthesis.. PubMed. 25(1). 131–44. 2 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1967). Physiological activity associated with segments of the rapid eye movement period.. PubMed. 45. 338–50. 18 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1965). Periodic Respiratory Pattern Occurring in Conjunction with Eye Movements during Sleep. Science. 150(3697). 763–766. 4 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1965). Periodic Respiratory Pattern Occurring in Conjunction with Eye Movements during Sleep. Science. 150(3697). 763–766. 7 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene, et al.. (1963). Suppression of Oculocardiac Reflex by Artificial Respiration. Archives of Ophthalmology. 69(4). 484–491. 6 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1961). Effects of usage of a dormant respiratory nerve pathway upon its subsequent activity. Experimental Neurology. 3(5). 467–475. 24 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene & Nathaniel Kleitman. (1955). Two Types of Ocular Motility Occurring in Sleep. Journal of Applied Physiology. 8(1). 1–10. 312 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aserinsky, Eugene & Nathaniel Kleitman. (1955). A Motility Cycle in Sleeping Infants as Manifested by Ocular and Gross Bodily Activity. Journal of Applied Physiology. 8(1). 11–18. 130 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene. (1955). Effects of Illumination and Sleep upon Amplitude of Electro-Oculogram. Archives of Ophthalmology. 53(4). 542–546. 19 indexed citations
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Aserinsky, Eugene & Nathaniel Kleitman. (1953). Regularly Occurring Periods of Eye Motility, and Concomitant Phenomena, During Sleep. Science. 118(3062). 273–274. 1438 indexed citations breakdown →

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