Giulia Zerbini

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Giulia Zerbini is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Giulia Zerbini has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 11 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Giulia Zerbini's work include Sleep and related disorders (18 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (11 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (9 papers). Giulia Zerbini is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (18 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (11 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (9 papers). Giulia Zerbini collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Giulia Zerbini's co-authors include Eva C. Winnebeck, Till Roenneberg, Luísa K. Pilz, Martha Merrow, Miriam Kunz, Philipp Reicherts, Alanna Ebigbo, Helmut Messman, Thomas Kantermann and Vincent van der Vinne and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and SLEEP.

In The Last Decade

Giulia Zerbini

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Chronotype and Social Jetlag: A (Self-) Critical Review

2019 462 citations Till Roenneberg, Luísa K. Pilz et al. Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giulia Zerbini Germany	13	814	578	318	278	217	30	1.3k
Håvard Kallestad Norway	18	638 0.8×	204 0.4×	328 1.0×	192 0.7×	78 0.4×	60	907
Maria Laura Nogueira Pires Brazil	18	472 0.6×	197 0.3×	241 0.8×	95 0.3×	79 0.4×	43	880
Hideki Tanaka Japan	18	528 0.6×	133 0.2×	445 1.4×	150 0.5×	92 0.4×	54	996
Takeshi Munezawa Japan	13	597 0.7×	125 0.2×	322 1.0×	123 0.4×	95 0.4×	17	855
D Touitou France	5	230 0.3×	339 0.6×	112 0.4×	93 0.3×	67 0.3×	13	757
Eirunn Thun Norway	16	461 0.6×	244 0.4×	179 0.6×	29 0.1×	126 0.6×	31	736
Kneginja Richter Germany	18	397 0.5×	120 0.2×	162 0.5×	299 1.1×	182 0.8×	65	968
Shenghui Li China	17	626 0.8×	191 0.3×	341 1.1×	123 0.4×	62 0.3×	32	1.1k
Nicholas Meyer United Kingdom	16	335 0.4×	187 0.3×	253 0.8×	115 0.4×	43 0.2×	31	801
Valentina Alfonsi Italy	19	614 0.8×	196 0.3×	497 1.6×	206 0.7×	91 0.4×	50	912

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giulia Zerbini

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zerbini, Giulia, et al.. (2025). Smiling doctor, satisfied patient—the impact of facial expressions on doctor-patient interactions. Frontiers in Medicine. 12. 1518517–1518517.

Reicherts, Philipp, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Sense of Dignity Among Informal Caregivers of Individuals With Dementia in a Psychiatric Hospital: A Qualitative Study. 7. 13–29.

Zerbini, Giulia, et al.. (2025). A novel multi-measure approach to study medical students’ communication performance and predictors of their communication quality - a cross-sectional study. BMC Medical Education. 25(1). 685–685. 2 indexed citations

Zerbini, Giulia, Philipp Reicherts, Martina Kadmon, et al.. (2024). Communication skills of medical students: Evaluation of a new communication curriculum at the University of Augsburg. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 41(3). Doc26–Doc26. 1 indexed citations

Román, Joan García, Pablo Gracia, & Giulia Zerbini. (2024). Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 29(1). 2 indexed citations

Zerbini, Giulia, et al.. (2023). Relationship between chronotype and pain threshold in a sample of young healthy adults. PAIN Reports. 8(4). e1085–e1085. 3 indexed citations

Reicherts, Philipp, et al.. (2023). What do healthcare workers need? A qualitative study on support strategies to protect mental health of healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 195–195. 11 indexed citations

Zerbini, Giulia, et al.. (2022). Sleep improvements on days with later school starts persist after 1 year in a flexible start system. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 2787–2787. 9 indexed citations

Zerbini, Giulia, et al.. (2022). A 4-year longitudinal study investigating the relationship between flexible school starts and grades. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3178–3178. 4 indexed citations

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Reicherts, Philipp, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 related psychological burden and potential benefits of vaccination - Data from a repeated cross-sectional survey in healthcare workers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 100054–100054. 5 indexed citations

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Meißner, Karin, et al.. (2021). School start times and academic achievement - A systematic review on grades and test scores. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 61. 101582–101582. 12 indexed citations

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Zerbini, Giulia, Eva C. Winnebeck, & Martha Merrow. (2021). Weekly, seasonal, and chronotype‐dependent variation of dim‐light melatonin onset. Journal of Pineal Research. 70(3). e12723–e12723. 54 indexed citations

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Cappadonia, Chiara, Edoardo Rotigliano, Paola Iacumin, et al.. (2020). Hydrogeological Behaviour and Geochemical Features of Waters in Evaporite-Bearing Low-Permeability Successions: A Case Study in Southern Sicily, Italy. Applied Sciences. 10(22). 8177–8177. 6 indexed citations

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Lok, Renske, Giulia Zerbini, Marijke C. M. Gordijn, Domien G. M. Beersma, & Roelof A. Hut. (2020). Gold, silver or bronze: circadian variation strongly affects performance in Olympic athletes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 16088–16088. 25 indexed citations

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Roenneberg, Till, Luísa K. Pilz, Giulia Zerbini, & Eva C. Winnebeck. (2019). Chronotype and Social Jetlag - a (self-)critical review. Preprints.org. 83 indexed citations

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Roenneberg, Till, Luísa K. Pilz, Giulia Zerbini, & Eva C. Winnebeck. (2019). Chronotype and Social Jetlag: A (Self-) Critical Review. Biology. 8(3). 54–54. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Winnebeck, Eva C., et al.. (2019). Later school start times in a flexible system improve teenage sleep. SLEEP. 43(6). 17 indexed citations

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Zerbini, Giulia, Thomas Kantermann, & Martha Merrow. (2018). Strategies to decrease social jetlag: Reducing evening blue light advances sleep and melatonin. European Journal of Neuroscience. 51(12). 2355–2366. 54 indexed citations

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Zerbini, Giulia, Vincent van der Vinne, Thomas Kantermann, et al.. (2017). Lower school performance in late chronotypes: underlying factors and mechanisms. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4385–4385. 48 indexed citations

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Vinne, Vincent van der, Giulia Zerbini, Martha Merrow, et al.. (2014). Timing of Examinations Affects School Performance Differently in Early and Late Chronotypes. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 30(1). 53–60. 79 indexed citations

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