Simon D. Kyle

12.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
150 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Simon D. Kyle is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon D. Kyle has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 86 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 46 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Simon D. Kyle's work include Sleep and related disorders (125 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (80 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (46 papers). Simon D. Kyle is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (125 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (80 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (46 papers). Simon D. Kyle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Simon D. Kyle's co-authors include Colin A. Espie, Kevin Morgan, Kai Spiegelhalder, Peter Hames, Annemarie I. Luik, Dieter Riemann, Christopher B. Miller, Richard Emsley, John Cape and Jason C. Ong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon D. Kyle

143 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Sleep Condition Indicator: a clinical screening tool ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2018 2022 2024 100 200 300
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. The Sleep Condition Indicator: a clinical screening tool to evaluate insomnia disorder
    2014 369 citations Colin A. Espie, Simon D. Kyle et al. profile →
  2. Effect of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia on Health, Psychological Well-being, and Sleep-Related Quality of Life: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    2018 308 citations Colin A. Espie, Richard Emsley et al. profile →
  3. Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future
    2022 186 citations Dieter Riemann, Colin A. Espie et al. Journal of Sleep Research profile →
  4. The sleep–circadian interface: A window into mental disorders
    2024 51 citations Nicholas Meyer, Renske Lok et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon D. Kyle United Kingdom 48 5.6k 3.8k 1.9k 980 830 150 7.3k
Chiara Baglioni Germany 38 6.6k 1.2× 4.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.7× 576 0.7× 111 8.7k
Philip Gehrman United States 50 5.8k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 689 0.8× 178 8.2k
Colleen E. Carney Canada 33 4.4k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 761 0.8× 467 0.6× 83 5.3k
Christoph Nissen Germany 46 7.6k 1.4× 6.9k 1.8× 2.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 753 0.9× 185 10.7k
Anne Germain United States 53 7.0k 1.3× 5.5k 1.4× 2.3k 1.3× 2.4k 2.5× 954 1.1× 189 10.9k
Kai Spiegelhalder Germany 49 9.6k 1.7× 7.9k 2.1× 3.2k 1.7× 1.4k 1.4× 787 0.9× 185 12.3k
Jihui Zhang Hong Kong 47 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 573 0.7× 203 7.0k
Fritz Hohagen Germany 46 4.3k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 2.1k 2.1× 1.0k 1.3× 174 7.3k
Amy R. Wolfson United States 28 6.0k 1.1× 3.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 1.3× 713 0.9× 58 7.9k
Sean P. A. Drummond United States 47 4.7k 0.8× 4.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 643 0.7× 410 0.5× 185 7.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Feige, Bernd, Martin K. Rutter, Sandra Tamm, et al.. (2025). Sleep Health and White Matter Integrity in the UK Biobank. Journal of Sleep Research. 34(6). e70034–e70034. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, Shaun, et al.. (2025). Is it time to revisit the scoring of slow wave (N3) sleep?. SLEEP. 48(10). 1 indexed citations
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Rapaport, Penny, Gill Livingston, Sarah Amador, et al.. (2025). Cost–utility analysis of the DREAMS START intervention for people living with dementia and their carers: a within-trial economic evaluation. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 6(5). 100708–100708.
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Yuan, Hang, Elizabeth A. Hill, Simon D. Kyle, & Aiden Doherty. (2024). A systematic review of the performance of actigraphy in measuring sleep stages. Journal of Sleep Research. 33(5). e14143–e14143. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Hang, Tatiana Plekhanova, Rosemary Walmsley, et al.. (2024). Self-supervised learning of accelerometer data provides new insights for sleep and its association with mortality. npj Digital Medicine. 7(1). 86–86. 15 indexed citations
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Kyle, Simon D., Peter Bower, Ly‐Mee Yu, et al.. (2024). Nurse-delivered sleep restriction therapy to improve insomnia disorder in primary care: the HABIT RCT. Health Technology Assessment. 28(36). 1–107. 2 indexed citations
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Meyer, Nicholas, Renske Lok, Christina Schmidt, et al.. (2024). The sleep–circadian interface: A window into mental disorders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(9). e2214756121–e2214756121. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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Goodman, Matthew, Hassan S. Dashti, Jacqueline M. Lane, et al.. (2023). Causal Association Between Subtypes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(24). e030568–e030568. 7 indexed citations
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May, Dave A., Charles Ruetsch, Xin Yang, Simon D. Kyle, & Cary Fu. (2023). EPH83 Characteristics, Comorbid Gi Conditions, and Treatment Patterns Among Individuals Diagnosed with Rett Syndrome. Value in Health. 26(6). S179–S179.
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Feige, Bernd, Martin K. Rutter, Sandra Tamm, et al.. (2022). Associations between insomnia symptoms and functional connectivity in the UK Biobank cohort (n = 29,423). Journal of Sleep Research. 32(2). e13790–e13790. 17 indexed citations
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Maurer, Leonie, Colin A. Espie, Ximena Omlin, Richard Emsley, & Simon D. Kyle. (2021). The effect of sleep restriction therapy for insomnia on sleep pressure and arousal: a randomized controlled mechanistic trial. SLEEP. 45(1). 23 indexed citations
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McBeth, John, William G Dixon, Bruce Hellman, et al.. (2021). Sleep Disturbance and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prospective mHealth Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(4). e32825–e32825. 20 indexed citations
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Kyle, Simon D., Madeleine Hurry, Richard Emsley, et al.. (2020). The effects of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on cognitive function: a randomized controlled trial. SLEEP. 43(9). 48 indexed citations
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Luik, Annemarie I., Richard Emsley, Simon D. Kyle, et al.. (2018). The Impact of Treating Insomnia upon Functional Health, Psychological Wellbeing and Sleep-Related Quality of Life: A Randomised Controlled Trial with Mediation Analysis. Journal of Sleep Research. 27. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Mulligan, Lee D., Gillian Haddock, Richard Emsley, Sandra T. Neil, & Simon D. Kyle. (2016). High resolution examination of the role of sleep disturbance in predicting functioning and psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia: A novel experience sampling study.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 125(6). 788–797. 82 indexed citations
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Miller, Christopher B., et al.. (2016). Heart rate variability in insomnia patients: A critical review of the literature. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 33. 88–100. 91 indexed citations
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Lane, Jacqueline M., Jingjing Liang, Irma Vlasac, et al.. (2016). Genome-wide association analyses of sleep disturbance traits identify new loci and highlight shared genetics with neuropsychiatric and metabolic traits. Nature Genetics. 49(2). 274–281. 226 indexed citations
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Coulson, Neil, Sophie Bostock, Simon D. Kyle, et al.. (2016). The Pros and Cons of Getting Engaged in an Online Social Community Embedded Within Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: Survey Among Users. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(4). e88–e88. 32 indexed citations
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Kyle, Simon D., Colin A. Espie, & Kevin Morgan. (2008). A qualitative analysis of daytime functioning and quality of life in persistent insomnia using focus groups and audio-diaries. SLEEP. 31. 3 indexed citations

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