Jonathan S. Emens

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Jonathan S. Emens is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan S. Emens has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 21 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jonathan S. Emens's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (33 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (19 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (18 papers). Jonathan S. Emens is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (33 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (19 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (18 papers). Jonathan S. Emens collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jonathan S. Emens's co-authors include Alfred J. Lewy, Charles A. Czeisler, Theresa L. Shanahan, David W. Rimmer, Helen J. Burgess, Jeanne F. Duffy, Emery N. Brown, Derk‐Jan Dijk, Jude F. Mitchell and Richard E. Kronauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan S. Emens

39 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Stability, Precision, and Near-24-Hour Period of the Human Circadian Pacemaker

1999 1.2k citations Charles A. Czeisler, Theresa L. Shanahan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan S. Emens United States	24	2.9k	1.8k	1.5k	695	431	40	3.6k
Theresa L. Shanahan United States	15	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	771 1.1×	412 1.0×	15	3.2k
Marie Dumont Canada	38	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	511 0.7×	266 0.6×	75	3.4k
Nayantara Santhi United Kingdom	25	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	647 0.9×	163 0.4×	46	3.0k
Katharina Wulff United Kingdom	30	1.7k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	406 0.6×	376 0.9×	72	4.2k
Victoria L. Revell United Kingdom	30	2.5k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	899 1.3×	411 1.0×	70	3.7k
Sarah L. Chellappa Switzerland	31	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	614 0.9×	233 0.5×	73	3.6k
Mireille L’Hermite‐Balériaux Belgium	29	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	987 1.4×	219 0.5×	49	3.8k
Gary S. Richardson United States	29	2.4k 0.8×	3.1k 1.8×	2.2k 1.5×	811 1.2×	253 0.6×	46	4.8k
Stuart M. Armstrong Australia	29	1.9k 0.7×	740 0.4×	942 0.6×	665 1.0×	569 1.3×	58	3.1k
Antoine Viola Switzerland	24	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	864 0.6×	600 0.9×	146 0.3×	40	2.6k

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Thosar, Saurabh S., Megan Jones, Andrew W. McHill, et al.. (2025). Bedtime regularization as a potential adjunct therapy for hypertension: a proof-of-concept study. SLEEP Advances. 6(4). zpaf082–zpaf082. 1 indexed citations

McHill, Andrew W., Saurabh S. Thosar, Nicole Bowles, et al.. (2023). Obesity alters the circadian profiles of energy metabolism and glucose regulation in humans. Obesity. 32(2). 315–323. 5 indexed citations

Emens, Jonathan S. & Alfred J. Lewy. (2023). Mood correlates with circadian alignment in healthy individuals. Sleep Health. 10(1). S154–S156. 5 indexed citations

Brito, Leandro C., Nicole Bowles, Andrew W. McHill, et al.. (2023). Chronological distribution of readings in ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring exams affects the nighttime average and the magnitude of blood-pressure dipping. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 325(6). H1394–H1399. 1 indexed citations

Bowles, Nicole, Saurabh S. Thosar, Matthew P. Butler, et al.. (2022). The circadian system modulates the cortisol awakening response in humans. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 995452–995452. 23 indexed citations

Emens, Jonathan S., Melissa A. St. Hilaire, Elizabeth B. Klerman, et al.. (2021). Behaviorally and environmentally induced non–24-hour sleep-wake rhythm disorder in sighted patients. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 18(2). 453–459. 5 indexed citations

Burgess, Helen J. & Jonathan S. Emens. (2020). Drugs Used in Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disturbances. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 15(2). 301–310. 10 indexed citations

Emens, Jonathan S., Saurabh S. Thosar, Matthew P. Butler, et al.. (2020). Circadian rhythm in negative affect: Implications for mood disorders. Psychiatry Research. 293. 113337–113337. 28 indexed citations

Thosar, Saurabh S., Jose Rueda, Michael Lasarev, et al.. (2018). Separate and interacting effects of the endogenous circadian system and behaviors on plasma aldosterone in humans. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 316(2). R157–R164. 29 indexed citations

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Thosar, Saurabh S., Sally Roberts, Andrew W. McHill, et al.. (2018). Lowest perceived exertion in the late morning due to effects of the endogenous circadian system. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 52(15). 1011–1012. 7 indexed citations

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Burgess, Helen J. & Jonathan S. Emens. (2018). Drugs Used in Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disturbances. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 13(2). 231–241. 19 indexed citations

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Emens, Jonathan S. & Charmane I. Eastman. (2017). Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-24-h Sleep–Wake Disorder in the Blind. Drugs. 77(6). 637–650. 34 indexed citations

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Burgess, Helen J. & Jonathan S. Emens. (2016). Circadian-Based Therapies for Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 2(3). 158–165. 27 indexed citations

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Auger, R. Robert, Helen J. Burgess, Jonathan S. Emens, et al.. (2015). Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Intrinsic Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders: Advanced Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder (ASWPD), Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder (DSWPD), Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disorder (N24SWD), and Irregular Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disorder (ISWRD). An Update for 2015. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 11(10). 1199–1236. 250 indexed citations

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Emens, Jonathan S. & Helen J. Burgess. (2015). Effect of Light and Melatonin and Other Melatonin Receptor Agonists on Human Circadian Physiology. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 10(4). 435–453. 75 indexed citations

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Lewy, Alfred J., Jonathan S. Emens, Angela R. Jackman, & Krista Yuhas. (2006). Circadian Uses of Melatonin in Humans. Chronobiology International. 23(1-2). 403–412. 93 indexed citations

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Lewy, Alfred J., et al.. (2005). Melatonin Entrains Free‐running Blind People According to a Physiological Dose‐response Curve. Chronobiology International. 22(6). 1093–1106. 91 indexed citations

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Lewy, Alfred J., Jonathan S. Emens, Robert L. Sack, Brant P. Hasler, & Rebecca A. Bernert. (2003). Zeitgeber Hierarchy in Humans: Resetting the Circadian Phase Positions of Blind People Using Melatonin. Chronobiology International. 20(5). 837–852. 28 indexed citations

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Lewy, Alfred J., Brant P. Hasler, Jonathan S. Emens, & Robert L. Sack. (2001). Pretreatment circadian period in free-running blind people may predict the phase angle of entrainment to melatonin. Neuroscience Letters. 313(3). 158–160. 29 indexed citations

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Czeisler, Charles A., Theresa L. Shanahan, Elizabeth B. Klerman, et al.. (1995). Suppression of Melatonin Secretion in Some Blind Patients by Exposure to Bright Light. New England Journal of Medicine. 332(1). 6–11. 462 indexed citations

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