Robert Stickgold

10.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
60 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Stickgold is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Stickgold has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert Stickgold's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (51 papers), Sleep and related disorders (27 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (16 papers). Robert Stickgold is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (51 papers), Sleep and related disorders (27 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (16 papers). Robert Stickgold collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Robert Stickgold's co-authors include J. Allan Hobson, Matthew P. Walker, Alexandra Morgan, Edward F. Pace‐Schott, Jessica D. Payne, Erin J. Wamsley, Dara S. Manoach, Marilyn Walker, Matthew A. Tucker and Roar Fosse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Stickgold

58 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect

2002 941 citations Matthew P. Walker, Alexandra Morgan et al. Neuron profile →
Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

2003 777 citations Matthew P. Walker, J. Allan Hobson et al. Nature profile →
Dreaming and the brain: Toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states

2000 623 citations J. Allan Hobson, Edward F. Pace‐Schott et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Stickgold	6.2k	3.1k	1.0k	708	567	60	7.2k
Björn Rasch	6.5k 1.1×	3.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	385 0.7×	126	8.0k
Sophie Schwartz	7.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	500 0.5×	618 0.9×	772 1.4×	140	8.4k
Ken A. Paller	10.1k 1.6×	3.1k 1.0×	953 0.9×	424 0.6×	1.2k 2.2×	204	11.2k
Rebecca M. C. Spencer	4.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	325 0.3×	560 0.8×	701 1.2×	132	5.9k
Manuel Schabus	7.6k 1.2×	2.8k 0.9×	960 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	394 0.7×	144	9.3k
Steffen Gais	7.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	2.0k 2.0×	1.2k 1.6×	250 0.4×	77	8.7k
Susanne Diekelmann	5.1k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	916 1.3×	163 0.3×	51	5.8k
Edward F. Pace‐Schott	5.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	755 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	441 0.8×	115	6.4k
Gilles Vandewalle	4.8k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	2.1k 3.0×	478 0.8×	121	7.1k
Martin Desseilles	3.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	682 0.7×	658 0.9×	319 0.6×	104	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Stickgold

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Stickgold

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

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Durrant, Simon, et al.. (2022). A failure of sleep-dependent consolidation of visuoperceptual procedural learning in young adults with ADHD. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 4 indexed citations

Denis, Dan, et al.. (2020). The roles of item exposure and visualization success in the consolidation of memories across wake and sleep. Learning & Memory. 27(11). 451–456. 27 indexed citations

Gregory, Michael D., Edwin M. Robertson, Dara S. Manoach, & Robert Stickgold. (2015). Thinking About a Task Is Associated with Increased Connectivity in Regions Activated by Task Performance. Brain Connectivity. 6(2). 164–168. 8 indexed citations

Manoach, Dara S., Jen Q. Pan, Shaun Purcell, & Robert Stickgold. (2015). Reduced Sleep Spindles in Schizophrenia: A Treatable Endophenotype That Links Risk Genes to Impaired Cognition?. Biological Psychiatry. 80(8). 599–608. 143 indexed citations

Djonlagic, Ina, et al.. (2014). Untreated Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Links to Aging-Related Decline in Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85918–e85918. 46 indexed citations

Stickgold, Robert. (2013). Early to bed: how sleep benefits children's memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 17(6). 261–262. 9 indexed citations

Wamsley, Erin J., Matthew A. Tucker, Ann K. Shinn, et al.. (2011). Reduced Sleep Spindles and Spindle Coherence in Schizophrenia: Mechanisms of Impaired Memory Consolidation?. Biological Psychiatry. 71(2). 154–161. 348 indexed citations

Wamsley, Erin J., Matthew A. Tucker, Jessica D. Payne, & Robert Stickgold. (2010). A brief nap is beneficial for human route-learning: The role of navigation experience and EEG spectral power. Learning & Memory. 17(7). 332–336. 76 indexed citations

Wamsley, Erin J., et al.. (2010). Dreaming of a Learning Task Is Associated with Enhanced Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation. Current Biology. 20(9). 850–855. 161 indexed citations

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Tamminen, Jakke, Jessica D. Payne, Robert Stickgold, Erin J. Wamsley, & M. Gareth Gaskell. (2010). Sleep Spindle Activity is Associated with the Integration of New Memories and Existing Knowledge. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(43). 14356–14360. 332 indexed citations

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Stickgold, Robert & Matthew P. Walker. (2009). The neuroscience of sleep. Elsevier eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Manoach, Dara S., Katharine N. Thakkar, Alice V. Ely, et al.. (2009). Reduced overnight consolidation of procedural learning in chronic medicated schizophrenia is related to specific sleep stages. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 44(2). 112–120. 121 indexed citations

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Stickgold, Robert & Marilyn Walker. (2005). Memory consolidation and reconsolidation: what is the role of sleep?. Trends in Neurosciences. 28(8). 408–415. 257 indexed citations

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Kuriyama, Kenichi, Robert Stickgold, & Matthew P. Walker. (2004). Sleep-dependent learning and motor-skill complexity. Learning & Memory. 11(6). 705–713. 254 indexed citations

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Walker, Matthew P., et al.. (2003). Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation. Nature. 425(6958). 616–620. 777 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walker, Matthew P., et al.. (2003). Sleep and the Time Course of Motor Skill Learning. Learning & Memory. 10(4). 275–284. 338 indexed citations

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Walker, Matthew P., et al.. (2002). Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect. Neuron. 35(1). 205–211. 941 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walker, Matthew P., Conor Liston, J. Allan Hobson, & Robert Stickgold. (2002). Cognitive flexibility across the sleep–wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving. Cognitive Brain Research. 14(3). 317–324. 182 indexed citations

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Mednick, Sara C., Ken Nakayama, José L. Cantero, et al.. (2002). The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration. Nature Neuroscience. 5(7). 677–681. 245 indexed citations

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Hobson, J. Allan, Edward F. Pace‐Schott, & Robert Stickgold. (2000). Dreaming and the brain: Toward a cognitive neuroscience of conscious states. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 23(6). 793–842. 623 indexed citations breakdown →

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