Richard P. Allen

33.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
301 papers, 22.5k citations indexed

About

Richard P. Allen is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard P. Allen has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 22.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 217 papers in Epidemiology, 179 papers in Neurology and 162 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Richard P. Allen's work include Restless Legs Syndrome Research (210 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (172 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (159 papers). Richard P. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Restless Legs Syndrome Research (210 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (172 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (159 papers). Richard P. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Richard P. Allen's co-authors include Christopher J. Earley, Wayne A. Hening, Arthur S. Walters, Claudia Trenkwalder, Daniel L. Picchietti, James R. Connor, Diego García‐Borreguero, Daniel J. Safer, John W. Winkelman and Luigi Ferini‐Strambi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Richard P. Allen

295 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology

2003 2.2k citations Richard P. Allen, Daniel L. Picchietti et al. Sleep Medicine profile →
Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale for restless legs syndrome

2003 1.3k citations Arthur S. Walters, Wayne A. Hening et al. Sleep Medicine profile →
Restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria – history, rationale, description, and significance

2014 1.1k citations Richard P. Allen, Daniel L. Picchietti et al. Sleep Medicine profile →
Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence and Impact

2005 864 citations Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard P. Allen United States	76	17.6k	14.3k	13.2k	4.2k	2.8k	301	22.5k
Luigi Ferini‐Strambi Italy	68	6.5k 0.4×	5.8k 0.4×	9.1k 0.7×	4.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	431	16.3k
John W. Winkelman United States	50	5.6k 0.3×	4.1k 0.3×	6.0k 0.5×	3.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	179	9.9k
Giuseppe Plazzi Italy	66	3.7k 0.2×	3.3k 0.2×	10.3k 0.8×	8.2k 1.9×	1.7k 0.6×	444	15.7k
John Whyte United States	56	7.7k 0.4×	5.1k 0.4×	2.5k 0.2×	629 0.1×	2.4k 0.9×	230	12.4k
Vladimir Hachinski Canada	75	7.8k 0.4×	6.1k 0.4×	2.8k 0.2×	367 0.1×	7.7k 2.8×	371	26.4k
J. Eric Ahlskog United States	80	1.9k 0.1×	13.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.2×	434 0.1×	2.1k 0.8×	279	19.9k
Angelo Antonini Italy	78	2.1k 0.1×	15.8k 1.1×	3.5k 0.3×	374 0.1×	2.0k 0.7×	529	21.0k
Niall Quinn United Kingdom	93	1.6k 0.1×	24.9k 1.7×	3.1k 0.2×	245 0.1×	2.4k 0.9×	326	31.7k
William J. Weiner United States	59	1.3k 0.1×	9.2k 0.6×	2.0k 0.2×	304 0.1×	2.7k 0.9×	263	14.1k
Aron S. Buchman United States	69	840 0.0×	2.2k 0.1×	2.4k 0.2×	1.6k 0.4×	5.2k 1.9×	290	16.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard P. Allen

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Richard P. Allen's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Richard P. Allen with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Richard P. Allen more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Richard P. Allen

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard P. Allen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard P. Allen. The network helps show where Richard P. Allen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard P. Allen

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Short, Vanessa L., et al.. (2024). A randomized double‐blind pilot study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of intravenous iron versus oral iron for the treatment of restless legs syndrome in patients with iron deficiency anemia. American Journal of Hematology. 99(6). 1077–1083. 7 indexed citations

DelRosso, Lourdes M., Raffaele Ferri, Maida L. Chen, et al.. (2021). Clinical efficacy and safety of intravenous ferric carboxymaltose treatment of pediatric restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. Sleep Medicine. 87. 114–118. 22 indexed citations

Park, Hea Ree, Su Jung Choi, Eun Yeon Joo, & Richard P. Allen. (2020). Patient characteristics predicting responses to intravenous ferric carboxymaltose treatment of restless legs syndrome. Sleep Medicine. 75. 81–87. 6 indexed citations

Connor, James R., Kari A. Duck, Stephanie M. Patton, et al.. (2020). Evidence for communication of peripheral iron status to cerebrospinal fluid: clinical implications for therapeutic strategy. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 17(1). 28–28. 13 indexed citations

Allen, Richard P., Christopher J. Earley, Byron C. Jones, & Erica L. Unger. (2020). Iron-deficiency and dopaminergic treatment effects on RLS-Like behaviors of an animal model with the brain iron deficiency pattern of the restless legs syndrome. Sleep Medicine. 71. 141–148. 11 indexed citations

DelRosso, Lourdes M., Raffaele Ferri, Richard P. Allen, et al.. (2020). Consensus diagnostic criteria for a newly defined pediatric sleep disorder: restless sleep disorder (RSD). Sleep Medicine. 75. 335–340. 44 indexed citations

Gupta, Ravi, et al.. (2019). Development and Validation of RLS Diagnostic Questionnaire for Indian Population. Sleep and Vigilance. 3(1). 39–48. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Allan, et al.. (2019). Moderate to severe but not mild RLS is associated with greater sleep-related sympathetic autonomic activation than healthy adults without RLS. Sleep Medicine. 68. 89–95. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Allan, et al.. (2018). Assessment of change in restless legs syndrome symptoms during the acute drug-withdrawal period. Sleep Medicine. 52. 80–87. 5 indexed citations

10.

He, Qin, Jennifer A. Ruskey, Sirui Zhou, et al.. (2018). TOX3 Variants Are Involved in Restless Legs Syndrome and Parkinson’s Disease with Opposite Effects. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 64(3). 341–345. 8 indexed citations

11.

Didriksen, Maria, Richard P. Allen, Brendan Burchell, et al.. (2018). Restless legs syndrome is associated with major comorbidities in a population of Danish blood donors. Sleep Medicine. 45. 124–131. 21 indexed citations

12.

Didriksen, Maria, Andreas S. Rigas, Richard P. Allen, et al.. (2017). Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and associated factors in an otherwise healthy population: results from the Danish Blood Donor Study. Sleep Medicine. 36. 55–61. 52 indexed citations

13.

Gan‐Or, Ziv, Sirui Zhou, Jacques Montplaisir, et al.. (2016). Case–Control and Family‐Based Association Study of Specific PTPRD Variants in Restless Legs Syndrome. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 3(5). 460–464. 1 indexed citations

14.

Patton, Stephanie M., et al.. (2013). Proteomic analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 10(1). 20–20. 36 indexed citations

15.

Gamaldo, Charlene E., et al.. (2007). A further evaluation of the cognitive deficits associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS). Sleep Medicine. 9(5). 500–505. 49 indexed citations

16.

Picchietti, Daniel L., Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters, et al.. (2007). Restless legs syndrome : Prevalence and impact in children and adolescents-the peds REST study. Commentary. PEDIATRICS. 120(2). 18 indexed citations

17.

Dean, Terry, Richard P. Allen, Christopher P. O’Donnell, & Christopher J. Earley. (2006). The effects of dietary iron deprivation on murine circadian sleep architecture. Sleep Medicine. 7(8). 634–640. 36 indexed citations

18.

Allen, Richard P., Arthur S. Walters, Jacques Montplaisir, et al.. (2005). Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence and Impact. Archives of Internal Medicine. 165(11). 1286–1286. 864 indexed citations breakdown →

19.

Abetz, Linda, et al.. (2005). Validation of the Restless Legs Syndrome Quality of Life Questionnaire. Value in Health. 8(2). 157–167. 94 indexed citations

20.

Walsh, James K., et al.. (1984). A multi-center clinical investigation of estazolam: Short-term efficacy.. Current Therapeutic Research. 36(5). 866–874. 16 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact