Paul Saskin

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Paul Saskin is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Saskin has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Paul Saskin's work include Sleep and related disorders (7 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (3 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (3 papers). Paul Saskin is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (7 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (3 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (3 papers). Paul Saskin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Paul Saskin's co-authors include Michael J. Thorpy, Arthur J. Spielman, Harvey Moldofsky, Franklin A. Lue, Alistair MacLean, G. Cynthia Fekken, John B. Knowles, W. J. Reynolds, Jeffrey Thompson and Charles M. Morin and has published in prestigious journals such as SLEEP, Psychosomatic Medicine and Journal of Sleep Research.

In The Last Decade

Paul Saskin

9 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Treatment of Chronic Insomnia by Restriction of Time in Bed 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 200 400 600
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.

  1. Treatment of Chronic Insomnia by Restriction of Time in Bed
    1987 679 citations Arthur J. Spielman, Paul Saskin et al. SLEEP profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Saskin Canada 8 826 685 235 218 148 10 1.1k
Michelle S. Smith United States 5 721 0.9× 530 0.8× 213 0.9× 146 0.7× 127 0.9× 6 898
Mark J. Muehlbach United States 16 801 1.0× 508 0.7× 314 1.3× 94 0.4× 62 0.4× 18 1.1k
Hugh Selsick United Kingdom 8 616 0.7× 504 0.7× 266 1.1× 104 0.5× 102 0.7× 14 759
Angela C. Randazzo United States 7 623 0.8× 513 0.7× 227 1.0× 91 0.4× 66 0.4× 7 799
Kristen C. Stone United States 8 462 0.6× 313 0.5× 116 0.5× 88 0.4× 27 0.2× 11 659
Alex B. Caldwell United States 9 381 0.5× 349 0.5× 200 0.9× 79 0.4× 40 0.3× 21 677
Salvatore Ottaviano Italy 8 631 0.8× 407 0.6× 301 1.3× 202 0.9× 116 0.8× 11 885
María Platón Spain 8 705 0.9× 544 0.8× 222 0.9× 100 0.5× 95 0.6× 11 857
Kateřina Červená Czechia 13 381 0.5× 379 0.6× 220 0.9× 61 0.3× 41 0.3× 29 657
Catherine Siengsukon United States 18 451 0.5× 414 0.6× 78 0.3× 123 0.6× 26 0.2× 82 937

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Saskin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Saskin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Saskin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul Saskin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul Saskin 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 Paul Saskin. Paul Saskin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Lettieri, Christopher J., Damien Léger, Pierre‐Philippe Luyet, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Daridorexant on Patients With Comorbid Insomnia Disorder and Untreated Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of a Phase 3, Randomised Clinical Trial. Journal of Sleep Research. 35(2). e70135–e70135.
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Luyet, Pierre‐Philippe, et al.. (2024). Daridorexant for patients with chronic insomnia disorder: number needed to treat, number needed to harm, and likelihood to be helped or harmed. Postgraduate Medicine. 136(4). 396–405. 3 indexed citations
3.
Saskin, Paul, et al.. (2023). The Associations between Insomnia Severity and Health Outcomes in the United States. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(6). 2438–2438. 8 indexed citations
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MacLean, Alistair, G. Cynthia Fekken, Paul Saskin, & John B. Knowles. (1992). Psychometric evaluation of the Stanford Sleepiness Scale. Journal of Sleep Research. 1(1). 35–39. 141 indexed citations
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Reynolds, W. J., Harvey Moldofsky, Paul Saskin, & Franklin A. Lue. (1991). The effects of cyclobenzaprine on sleep physiology and symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia.. PubMed. 18(3). 452–4. 74 indexed citations
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Moldofsky, Harvey, et al.. (1988). Sleep and symptoms in fibrositis syndrome after a febrile illness.. PubMed. 15(11). 1701–4. 43 indexed citations
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Spielman, Arthur J., Paul Saskin, & Michael J. Thorpy. (1987). Treatment of Chronic Insomnia by Restriction of Time in Bed. SLEEP. 10(1). 45–56. 679 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moldofsky, Harvey, Franklin A. Lue, & Paul Saskin. (1987). Sleep and morning pain in primary osteoarthritis.. PubMed. 14(1). 124–8. 34 indexed citations
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Saskin, Paul, Harvey Moldofsky, & Franklin A. Lue. (1986). Sleep and posttraumatic rheumatic pain modulation disorder (fibrositis syndrome).. Psychosomatic Medicine. 48(5). 319–323. 57 indexed citations
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Saskin, Paul, Harvey Moldofsky, & Franklin A. Lue. (1985). Periodic Movements in Sleep and Sleep-Wake Complaint. SLEEP. 8(4). 319–324. 26 indexed citations

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