Ian M. Colrain

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
143 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Ian M. Colrain is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian M. Colrain has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 63 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 28 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Ian M. Colrain's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (65 papers), Sleep and related disorders (55 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (33 papers). Ian M. Colrain is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (65 papers), Sleep and related disorders (55 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (33 papers). Ian M. Colrain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Ian M. Colrain's co-authors include Fiona C. Baker, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Kate Crowley, John Trinder, Aimée Goldstone, Christian L. Nicholas, Kate E. Webster, Kenneth B. Campbell, Edith V. Sullivan and Adolf Pfefferbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Ian M. Colrain

139 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A review of the evidence for P2 being an independent component process: age, sleep and modality

2004 665 citations Kate Crowley, Ian M. Colrain Clinical Neurophysiology profile →
Wearable Sleep Technology in Clinical and Research Settings

2019 306 citations Massimiliano de Zambotti, Aimée Goldstone et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian M. Colrain United States	50	4.4k	3.7k	1.6k	1.5k	725	143	7.8k
Colin M. Shapiro Canada	41	2.2k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	2.3k 1.5×	413 0.6×	130	6.3k
John Peever Canada	29	3.3k 0.8×	4.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	268 0.4×	72	7.2k
Sérgio Tufik Brazil	50	3.6k 0.8×	3.9k 1.1×	2.5k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	314 0.4×	404	9.6k
Shawn D. Youngstedt United States	45	2.2k 0.5×	3.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.4×	371 0.5×	156	6.7k
Fiona C. Baker United States	50	3.0k 0.7×	4.1k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	625 0.9×	275	9.4k
Merrill S. Wise United States	35	3.8k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.8×	3.1k 2.0×	271 0.4×	62	8.3k
Timothy Roehrs United States	62	6.2k 1.4×	8.1k 2.2×	2.9k 1.8×	2.2k 1.4×	338 0.5×	243	12.1k
Adam P. Spira United States	44	2.6k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	301 0.4×	210	7.4k
Antonio Vela‐Bueno United States	41	3.9k 0.9×	5.2k 1.4×	3.2k 2.0×	3.1k 2.0×	383 0.5×	88	8.5k
John W. Winkelman United States	50	6.0k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	967 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	200 0.3×	179	9.9k

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Forouzanfar, Mohamad, et al.. (2025). Tone‐Evoked Sleep Electroencephalographic Slow Oscillations as a Function of Peripheral Rhythms: New Insights Into the Brain–Heart Integration. Journal of Sleep Research. e70212–e70212.

Kiss, Orsolya, Aimée Goldstone, Massimiliano de Zambotti, et al.. (2023). Effects of emerging alcohol use on developmental trajectories of functional sleep measures in adolescents. SLEEP. 46(9). 3 indexed citations

Sullivan, Edith V., Wesley K. Thompson, Ty Brumback, et al.. (2022). Prior test experience confounds longitudinal tracking of adolescent cognitive and motor development. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 22(1). 177–177.

Infante, M. Alejandra, Sonja Eberson, Ty Brumback, et al.. (2021). Adolescent Binge Drinking Is Associated With Accelerated Decline of Gray Matter Volume. Cerebral Cortex. 32(12). 2611–2620. 20 indexed citations

Goldstone, Aimée, Harold S. Javitz, Stephanie Claudatos, et al.. (2020). Sleep Disturbance Predicts Depression Symptoms in Early Adolescence: Initial Findings From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 66(5). 567–574. 77 indexed citations

Willoughby, Adrian R., Massimiliano de Zambotti, Fiona C. Baker, & Ian M. Colrain. (2019). Evoked K-complexes and altered interaction between the central and autonomic nervous systems during sleep in alcohol use disorder. Alcohol. 84. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

Sullivan, Edith V., Ty Brumback, Susan F. Tapert, et al.. (2017). Effects of prior testing lasting a full year in NCANDA adolescents: Contributions from age, sex, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, site, family history of alcohol or drug abuse, and baseline performance. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 24. 72–83. 15 indexed citations

Huang, Jingtao, Carole L. Marcus, Paul W. Davenport, et al.. (2013). Respiratory and Auditory Cortical Processing in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 188(7). 852–857. 16 indexed citations

Pfefferbaum, Adolf, Torsten Rohlfing, Margaret J. Rosenbloom, et al.. (2012). Variation in longitudinal trajectories of regional brain volumes of healthy men and women (ages 10 to 85years) measured with atlas-based parcellation of MRI. NeuroImage. 65. 176–193. 187 indexed citations

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Colrain, Ian M., Edith V. Sullivan, Torsten Rohlfing, et al.. (2011). Independent Contributions of Cortical Gray Matter, Aging, Sex and Alcoholism to K-Complex Amplitude Evoked During Sleep. SLEEP. 34(6). 787–795. 20 indexed citations

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Colrain, Ian M., Edith V. Sullivan, Judith M. Ford, et al.. (2010). Frontally mediated inhibitory processing and white matter microstructure: age and alcoholism effects. Psychopharmacology. 213(4). 669–679. 34 indexed citations

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Huang, Jingtao, Carole L. Marcus, Michael S. Schwartz, et al.. (2008). Cortical Processing of Respiratory Occlusion Stimuli in Children with Central Hypoventilation Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(7). 757–764. 12 indexed citations

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Colrain, Ian M., et al.. (2008). The Impact of Alcoholism on Sleep Evoked Δ Frequency Responses. Biological Psychiatry. 66(2). 177–184. 31 indexed citations

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Carmelli, Dorit, Ian M. Colrain, Gary E. Swan, & Donald L. Bliwise. (2004). Genetic and Environmental Influences in Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Older Male Twins. SLEEP. 27(5). 917–922. 33 indexed citations

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Crowley, Kate, John Trinder, & Ian M. Colrain. (2003). Evoked K-complex generation: the impact of sleep spindles and age. Clinical Neurophysiology. 115(2). 471–476. 28 indexed citations

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Trinder, John, et al.. (2002). Evidence of a Sleep-Specific Blunted Cortical Response to Inspiratory Occlusions in Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(9). 1225–1234. 48 indexed citations

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Webster, Kate E. & Ian M. Colrain. (2002). P3-Specific Amplitude Reductions to Respiratory and Auditory Stimuli in Subjects with Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(1). 47–52. 46 indexed citations

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Black, Jed, Christian Guilleminault, Ian M. Colrain, & Oscar Carrillo. (2000). Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(2). 406–411. 105 indexed citations

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Colrain, Ian M., et al.. (2000). The impact of prestimulus EEG frequency on auditory evoked potentials during sleep onset.. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale. 54(4). 243–254. 41 indexed citations

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Colrain, Ian M., et al.. (1991). A survey of local anaesthesia use in cataract surgery in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology. 19(1). 43–48. 9 indexed citations

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