Heather Woods

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Heather Woods is a scholar working on Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Woods has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Education, 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Heather Woods's work include Child Development and Digital Technology (10 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (9 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (9 papers). Heather Woods is often cited by papers focused on Child Development and Digital Technology (10 papers), Impact of Technology on Adolescents (9 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (9 papers). Heather Woods collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Heather Woods's co-authors include Holly Scott, Stephany M. Biello, Colin A. Espie, Kenneth Macmahon, Kamelia Harris, Simon D. Kyle, Kai Spiegelhalder, L M Marchetti, Lisa Morrison and Tracy Reibel and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Psychology Review, Behaviour Research and Therapy and SLEEP.

In The Last Decade

Heather Woods

28 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

#Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self‐esteem

2016 831 citations Heather Woods, Holly Scott Journal of Adolescence profile →
The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: A National Sleep Foundation consensus statement

2024 28 citations Lauren E. Hartstein, Gina Marie Mathew et al. Sleep Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Woods United Kingdom	12	934	607	462	328	269	29	1.5k
Holly Scott United Kingdom	8	909 1.0×	588 1.0×	309 0.7×	300 0.9×	264 1.0×	14	1.3k
Alessandro Musetti Italy	26	883 0.9×	411 0.7×	531 1.1×	1.2k 3.5×	291 1.1×	149	2.2k
Julia Dewald‐Kaufmann Germany	13	490 0.5×	397 0.7×	623 1.3×	377 1.1×	150 0.6×	25	1.4k
Nadine Perkinson‐Gloor Switzerland	10	516 0.6×	394 0.6×	416 0.9×	169 0.5×	109 0.4×	10	1.1k
Rachel Hershenberg United States	18	522 0.6×	178 0.3×	387 0.8×	532 1.6×	276 1.0×	46	1.4k
Jihye Choi South Korea	15	1.2k 1.3×	612 1.0×	259 0.6×	389 1.2×	216 0.8×	21	1.7k
Zsuzsanna Elekes Hungary	14	1.1k 1.2×	669 1.1×	121 0.3×	546 1.7×	324 1.2×	28	2.1k
Ming‐Jen Yang Taiwan	17	1.5k 1.7×	905 1.5×	208 0.5×	701 2.1×	289 1.1×	25	2.2k
Konstantinos Ioannidis United Kingdom	18	565 0.6×	268 0.4×	201 0.4×	873 2.7×	172 0.6×	60	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Woods

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Woods

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Woods

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Woods. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Woods based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heather Woods. Heather Woods is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Hartstein, Lauren E., Gina Marie Mathew, Nicholas B. Allen, et al.. (2024). The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: A National Sleep Foundation consensus statement. Sleep Health. 10(4). 373–384. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Creaven, Ann‐Marie, Katherine S. Button, Heather Woods, & Emily Nordmann. (2023). Maximising the Educational and Research Value of the Undergraduate Dissertation in Psychology. Collabra Psychology. 9(1). 2 indexed citations

Phillips, Carolyn S., Donna L. Berry, Elizabeth I. Buchbinder, et al.. (2023). Exploring Young Adults' Perspectives of Participation in a Mindfulness-Based Music Therapy Intervention Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. 12(4). 569–576. 5 indexed citations

Simmons, David R., et al.. (2021). Brief Report: Investigating the Motivations and Autistic Traits of Video Gamers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52(3). 1403–1407. 7 indexed citations

Scott, Holly, Stephany M. Biello, & Heather Woods. (2021). Nodding off but can't disconnect: development and validation of the iNOD index of Nighttime Offline Distress. Sleep Medicine. 81. 430–438. 4 indexed citations

Knoerl, Robert, et al.. (2021). Lessons learned from the delivery of virtual integrative oncology interventions in clinical practice and research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supportive Care in Cancer. 29(8). 4191–4194. 23 indexed citations

Knoerl, Robert, Emanuele Mazzola, Heather Woods, et al.. (2021). Exploring the Feasibility of a Mindfulness-Music Therapy Intervention to Improve Anxiety and Stress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 63(4). e357–e363. 22 indexed citations

Woods, Heather, et al.. (2020). La participation en ligne en Ontario français : pistes de réflexion et d’action pour redéfinir la francophonie avec et pour les jeunes. Éducation et francophonie. 48(1). 144–163. 1 indexed citations

Woods, Heather & Holly Scott. (2019). Merging the Biological and Cognitive Processes of Sleep and Screens. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 5(3). 150–155. 4 indexed citations

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Scott, Holly, Stephany M. Biello, & Heather Woods. (2019). Identifying drivers for bedtime social media use despite sleep costs: The adolescent perspective. Sleep Health. 5(6). 539–545. 62 indexed citations

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Scott, Holly & Heather Woods. (2019). Understanding Links Between Social Media Use, Sleep and Mental Health: Recent Progress and Current Challenges. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 5(3). 141–149. 64 indexed citations

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Scott, Holly, Heather Woods, & Stephany M. Biello. (2017). Bedtime social media use in adolescence: underlying motivations and impact on sleep. Sleep Medicine. 40. e298–e298. 1 indexed citations

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Woods, Heather & Holly Scott. (2016). #Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self‐esteem. Journal of Adolescence. 51(1). 41–49. 831 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bohan, Jason, et al.. (2015). Matching Student Expectations and Staff Practices in Producing and Engaging with High Quality Feedback. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations

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Harris, Kamelia, Kai Spiegelhalder, Colin A. Espie, et al.. (2015). Sleep-related attentional bias in insomnia: A state-of-the-science review. Clinical Psychology Review. 42. 16–27. 83 indexed citations

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Reibel, Tracy, et al.. (2014). Young Aboriginal women's voices on pregnancy care: Factors encouraging antenatal engagement. Women and Birth. 28(1). 47–53. 36 indexed citations

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Woods, Heather, L M Marchetti, Stephany M. Biello, & Colin A. Espie. (2009). The clock as a focus of selective attention in those with primary insomnia: An experimental study using a modified Posner paradigm. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 47(3). 231–236. 45 indexed citations

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Espie, Colin A., et al.. (2008). Information processing bias in insomnia: research evidence and implications for therapy. Journal of Sleep Research. 17. 87–87. 1 indexed citations

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Woods, Heather, et al.. (2008). Selective attention to sleep is not an artefact of sleep complaint in insomnia: a study with pregnant and postpartum women. Journal of Sleep Research. 17. 13–13. 1 indexed citations

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Marchetti, L M, Stephany M. Biello, Kristen Yule, Heather Woods, & Colin A. Espie. (2006). Attention bias in PI to 'negative' sleep stimuli. SLEEP. 29. 1 indexed citations

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