Francesca Siclari

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Francesca Siclari is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Siclari has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Francesca Siclari's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (34 papers), Sleep and related disorders (22 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers). Francesca Siclari is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (34 papers), Sleep and related disorders (22 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (14 papers). Francesca Siclari collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Francesca Siclari's co-authors include Giulio Tononi, Giulio Bernardi, Joshua J. LaRocque, Brady A. Riedner, Bradley R. Postle, Jacinthe Cataldi, Monica Betta, Emiliano Ricciardi, Mélanie Boly and Pietro Pietrini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Siclari

46 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The neural correlates of dreaming

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Siclari Switzerland	24	1.7k	796	353	220	135	49	2.0k
Ursula Voss Germany	20	1.1k 0.7×	601 0.8×	157 0.4×	175 0.8×	96 0.7×	35	1.6k
Salomé Kurth Switzerland	28	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	549 1.6×	243 1.1×	190 1.4×	60	2.3k
Laure Peter‐Derex France	20	830 0.5×	522 0.7×	247 0.7×	178 0.8×	211 1.6×	77	1.2k
Renate Wehrle Germany	22	2.1k 1.2×	997 1.3×	330 0.9×	231 1.1×	92 0.7×	43	2.3k
Eric C. Landsness United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	484 0.6×	230 0.7×	227 1.0×	169 1.3×	38	1.5k
Dante Picchioni United States	22	1.6k 1.0×	614 0.8×	182 0.5×	184 0.8×	76 0.6×	39	2.1k
Joseph R. Winer United States	12	1.2k 0.7×	972 1.2×	421 1.2×	194 0.9×	435 3.2×	30	1.8k
Giulio Bernardi Italy	21	1.4k 0.8×	540 0.7×	214 0.6×	193 0.9×	100 0.7×	50	1.7k
David T. Plante United States	25	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	533 1.5×	105 0.5×	284 2.1×	89	1.9k
Fabio Moroni Italy	26	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	305 0.9×	213 1.0×	140 1.0×	41	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Siclari

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20 of 20 papers shown

Peter‐Derex, Laure, Hélène Bastuji, Benjamin Schoendorff, et al.. (2025). A narrative review of strategies for discontinuing long-term benzodiazepine use and methodological recommendations: Is a success rate of only one in three patients sufficient?. SERVAL (Université de Lausanne). 35(3). 100533–100533.

Castelnovo, Anna, et al.. (2024). Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 167. 105919–105919. 2 indexed citations

Siclari, Francesca. (2024). Consciousness in non‐ REM ‐parasomnia episodes. Journal of Sleep Research. 34(1). e14275–e14275. 5 indexed citations

Siclari, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Reconsidering sleep perception in insomnia: from misperception to mismeasurement. Journal of Sleep Research. 32(6). e14028–e14028. 28 indexed citations

Berger, Mathieu, Geoffroy Solelhac, Nicola Andrea Marchi, et al.. (2023). Effect of oxybutynin and reboxetine on obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover trial. SLEEP. 46(7). 6 indexed citations

Berger, Mathieu, Andrew Vakulin, Camila Hirotsu, et al.. (2022). Association Between Sleep Microstructure and Incident Hypertension in a Population‐Based Sample: The HypnoLaus Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(14). e025828–e025828. 12 indexed citations

Cataldi, Jacinthe, et al.. (2022). Abnormal timing of slow wave synchronization processes in non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias. SLEEP. 45(7). 19 indexed citations

Berger, Mathieu, Camila Hirotsu, José Haba‐Rubio, et al.. (2020). Risk factors of excessive daytime sleepiness in a prospective population‐based cohort. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(2). e13069–e13069. 42 indexed citations

Hirotsu, Camila, Monica Betta, Giulio Bernardi, et al.. (2020). Pulse wave amplitude drops during sleep: clinical significance and characteristics in a general population sample. SLEEP. 43(7). 27 indexed citations

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Betta, Monica, Giacomo Handjaras, Emiliano Ricciardi, et al.. (2020). Quantifying peripheral sympathetic activations during sleep by means of an automatic method for pulse wave amplitude drop detection. Sleep Medicine. 69. 220–232. 14 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Giulio, Monica Betta, Jacinthe Cataldi, et al.. (2019). Visual imagery and visual perception induce similar changes in occipital slow waves of sleep. Journal of Neurophysiology. 121(6). 2140–2152. 20 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Giulio, Monica Betta, Emiliano Ricciardi, et al.. (2019). Regional Delta Waves In Human Rapid Eye Movement Sleep. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(14). 2686–2697. 99 indexed citations

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Betta, Monica, Luca Cecchetti, Andrés Canales‐Johnson, et al.. (2019). EEG functional connectivity metrics wPLI and wSMI account for distinct types of brain functional interactions. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8894–8894. 85 indexed citations

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Siclari, Francesca, Giulio Bernardi, Jacinthe Cataldi, & Giulio Tononi. (2018). Dreaming in NREM Sleep: A High-Density EEG Study of Slow Waves and Spindles. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(43). 9175–9185. 92 indexed citations

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Nieminen, Jaakko O., Olivia Gosseries, Marcello Massimini, et al.. (2016). Consciousness and cortical responsiveness: a within-state study during non-rapid eye movement sleep. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30932–30932. 46 indexed citations

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Bernardi, Giulio, Francesca Siclari, Xiaoqian Yu, et al.. (2015). Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Extended Training during Sleep Deprivation in Humans: Evidence for Local, Task-Specific Effects. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(11). 4487–4500. 95 indexed citations

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Siclari, Francesca, Joshua J. LaRocque, Bradley R. Postle, & Giulio Tononi. (2013). Assessing sleep consciousness within subjects using a serial awakening paradigm. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 542–542. 121 indexed citations

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Siclari, Francesca, Lino Nobili, Giorgio Lo Russo, et al.. (2011). Stimulus-Induced, Sleep-Bound, Focal Seizures: A Case Report. SLEEP. 34(12). 1727–1730. 4 indexed citations

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Siclari, Francesca, Miriam Wienecke, Rositsa Poryazova, Claudio L. Bassetti, & Christian R. Baumann. (2011). Laughing as a manifestation of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 17(5). 382–385. 9 indexed citations

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Siclari, Francesca, Ramin Khatami, Frank Urbaniok, et al.. (2010). Violence in sleep. Brain. 133(12). 3494–3509. 68 indexed citations

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