Nicola Cellini

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Nicola Cellini is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Cellini has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 63 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 15 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nicola Cellini's work include Sleep and related disorders (53 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (46 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (14 papers). Nicola Cellini is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (53 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (46 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (14 papers). Nicola Cellini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Nicola Cellini's co-authors include Giovanna Mioni, Sebastiano Costa, Natale Canale, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Michela Sarlo, Fiona C. Baker, Sara C. Mednick, Aimée Goldstone, Elizabeth A. McDevitt and Daniela Di Riso and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Cellini

95 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy

2020 744 citations Nicola Cellini, Natale Canale et al. Journal of Sleep Research profile →
Wearable Sleep Technology in Clinical and Research Settings

2019 306 citations Massimiliano de Zambotti, Nicola Cellini et al. profile →

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Jean‐Arthur Micoulaud‐Franchi France

Yu Jin Lee South Korea

June J. Pilcher United States

Ilse Van Diest Belgium

Seong‐Jin Cho South Korea

Melinda L. Jackson Australia

Julian Lim Singapore

Frank Andrasik United States

Michela Sarlo Italy

Kelly Glazer Baron United States

Jean‐Arthur Micoulaud‐Franchi France

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1.7k ×1.4

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317 ×0.9

Citations per year, relative to Nicola Cellini Nicola Cellini (= 1×) peers Jean‐Arthur Micoulaud‐Franchi

Countries citing papers authored by Nicola Cellini

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicola Cellini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicola Cellini

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sella, Enrico, et al.. (2025). Restorative psychophysiological effects of biophilic virtual environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 105. 102639–102639. 1 indexed citations

Cellini, Nicola, et al.. (2025). In the heart of time: investigating the link between cardiac activity and interoception in explicit and implicit timing. Physiology & Behavior. 301. 115072–115072. 1 indexed citations

Conte, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Sleep and False Memory Production: The Modulating Role of Immediate Testing and Type of Retrieval. Journal of Sleep Research. 35(1). e70051–e70051.

Cellini, Nicola, et al.. (2024). Lifetime prevalence and characteristics of sleep paralysis in Italian university students population. Sleep Medicine. 122. 106–112.

Prete, Michela Del, Nicola Cellini, Lucia Ronconi, & Elisa Di Rosa. (2023). Cognitive reserve moderates the relationship between sleep difficulties and executive functions in patients with Parkinson's disease. Sleep Medicine. 111. 82–85. 4 indexed citations

Bruno, Giovanni, Andrea Spoto, Lorella Lotto, et al.. (2023). Framing self-sacrifice in the investigation of moral judgment and moral emotions in human and autonomous driving dilemmas. Motivation and Emotion. 47(5). 781–794. 8 indexed citations

Conte, Francesca, et al.. (2023). False memories formation after a retention period spent asleep or awake in individuals with insomnia and good sleepers: a polysomnographic study. Journal of Sleep Research. 32(5). e13896–e13896. 2 indexed citations

Cellini, Nicola, Giovanni Bruno, Federico Orsini, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Partial Sleep Deprivation and Time-on-Task on Young Drivers’ Subjective and Objective Sleepiness. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(5). 4003–4003. 6 indexed citations

Bruno, Giovanni, Michela Sarlo, Lorella Lotto, et al.. (2022). Moral judgment, decision times and emotional salience of a new developed set of sacrificial manual driving dilemmas. Current Psychology. 42(15). 13159–13172. 4 indexed citations

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Cellini, Nicola, et al.. (2021). Time Perspective predicts levels of Anxiety and Depression during the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-cultural study. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 4 indexed citations

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Sella, Enrico, Nicola Cellini, & Erika Borella. (2021). How Elderly People’s Quality of Life Relates to Their Sleep Quality and Sleep-Related Beliefs. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 20(1). 112–124. 11 indexed citations

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Cellini, Nicola, Natale Canale, Giovanna Mioni, & Sebastiano Costa. (2020). Changes in sleep pattern, sense of time and digital media use during COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy. Journal of Sleep Research. 29(4). e13074–e13074. 744 indexed citations breakdown →

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Giorgio, Elisa Di, Daniela Di Riso, Giovanna Mioni, & Nicola Cellini. (2020). The interplay between mothers’ and children behavioral and psychological factors during COVID-19: an Italian study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 30(9). 1401–1412. 197 indexed citations

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Cellini, Nicola, et al.. (2020). Comparing the effect of daytime sleep and wakefulness on mnemonic discrimination. Physiology & Behavior. 224. 113078–113078. 5 indexed citations

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Zambotti, Massimiliano de, Nicola Cellini, Luca Menghini, Michela Sarlo, & Fiona C. Baker. (2020). Sensors Capabilities, Performance, and Use of Consumer Sleep Technology. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 15(1). 1–30. 59 indexed citations

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Cellini, Nicola, Francesca Conte, Fiorenza Giganti, et al.. (2020). Changes in sleep timing and subjective sleep quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy and Belgium: age, gender and working status as modulating factors. Sleep Medicine. 77. 112–119. 87 indexed citations

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Connolly, Patrick, Nicola Cellini, Rolando Estrada, et al.. (2018). Closed-Loop Targeted Memory Reactivation during Sleep Improves Spatial Navigation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 12. 28–28. 40 indexed citations

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Cellini, Nicola, et al.. (2016). Sleep before and after learning promotes the consolidation of both neutral and emotional information regardless of REM presence. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 133. 136–144. 57 indexed citations

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Cellini, Nicola, et al.. (2015). Heart rate variability helps tracking time more accurately. Brain and Cognition. 101. 57–63. 28 indexed citations

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Covassin, Naima, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Nicola Cellini, Michela Sarlo, & Luciano Stegagno. (2012). Nocturnal Cardiovascular Activity in Essential Hypotension. Psychosomatic Medicine. 74(9). 952–960. 12 indexed citations

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