Torbjörn Åkerstedt

35.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
414 papers, 27.2k citations indexed

About

Torbjörn Åkerstedt is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Torbjörn Åkerstedt has authored 414 papers receiving a total of 27.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 320 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 106 papers in Social Psychology and 90 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Torbjörn Åkerstedt's work include Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (262 papers), Sleep and related disorders (178 papers) and Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (83 papers). Torbjörn Åkerstedt is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue (262 papers), Sleep and related disorders (178 papers) and Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (83 papers). Torbjörn Åkerstedt collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Torbjörn Åkerstedt's co-authors include Mats Gillberg, Göran Kecklund, Lars Torsvall, John Axelsson, Anders Knutsson, Anna Anund, Lars Alfredsson, Arne Löwden, Michael Ingre and Simon Folkard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Torbjörn Åkerstedt

400 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

Subjective and Objective ... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 2003 2006 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Subjective and Objective Sleepiness in the Active Individual
    1990 2.4k citations Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Mats Gillberg profile →
  2. Shift work and disturbed sleep/wakefulness
    2003 817 citations Torbjörn Åkerstedt profile →
  3. Validation of the Karolinska sleepiness scale against performance and EEG variables
    2006 711 citations Torbjörn Åkerstedt et al. profile →
  4. Sleep disturbances, work stress and work hours
    2002 560 citations Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Göran Kecklund et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Torbjörn Åkerstedt Sweden 84 18.5k 6.5k 5.9k 5.5k 4.3k 414 27.2k
David F. Dinges United States 88 24.8k 1.3× 5.4k 0.8× 14.5k 2.5× 2.3k 0.4× 8.1k 1.9× 274 38.2k
Göran Kecklund Sweden 58 7.3k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 1.9k 0.3× 2.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 209 10.2k
Maurice M. Ohayon United States 80 19.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.2× 12.9k 2.2× 2.1k 0.4× 5.1k 1.2× 208 27.6k
Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam Australia 58 6.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 3.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 4.1k 1.0× 250 14.5k
Hans P. A. Van Dongen United States 55 8.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.3× 5.1k 0.9× 648 0.1× 2.9k 0.7× 179 12.3k
Drew Dawson∥ Australia 57 6.2k 0.3× 2.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.4× 922 0.2× 3.1k 0.7× 228 10.3k
Simon Folkard United Kingdom 55 7.0k 0.4× 2.7k 0.4× 1.7k 0.3× 2.2k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 171 10.2k
Thomas Roth United States 93 24.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.2× 19.9k 3.4× 1.7k 0.3× 11.2k 2.6× 581 36.3k
Mary A. Carskadon United States 77 22.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.2× 14.8k 2.5× 1.4k 0.2× 7.6k 1.8× 220 29.4k
Steven W. Lockley United States 68 7.9k 0.4× 1.5k 0.2× 4.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.2× 8.9k 2.1× 254 18.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Torbjörn Åkerstedt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lynch, Kirsten M., Giuseppe Barisano, Megan M. Herting, et al.. (2025). Effects of one-night partial sleep deprivation on perivascular space volume fraction: Findings from the Stockholm Sleepy Brain Study. Sleep Medicine. 131. 106537–106537.
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Kaldo, Viktor, et al.. (2023). A comparison of sleep restriction and sleep compression on objective measures of sleep: A sub‐sample from a large randomised controlled trial. Journal of Sleep Research. 32(4). e13826–e13826. 8 indexed citations
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Schwarz, Johanna, et al.. (2023). Sleep in everyday life – relationship to mood and performance in young and older adults: a study protocol. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1264881–1264881. 1 indexed citations
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Ghilotti, Francesca, Rino Bellocco, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, et al.. (2020). Relationship between sleep characteristics and markers of inflammation in Swedish women from the general population. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(2). e13093–e13093. 21 indexed citations
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Ghilotti, Francesca, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Rino Bellocco, Hans‐Olov Adami, & Ylva Trolle Lagerros. (2020). Prospective study of job stress and risk of infections in Swedish adults. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 77(10). 681–690. 3 indexed citations
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Bergström, Ingrid, et al.. (2019). From being restrained to recapturing vitality: non-western immigrant women’s experiences of undergoing vitamin D treatment after childbirth. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being. 14(1). 1632111–1632111. 1 indexed citations
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Tamm, Sandra, Gustav Nilsonne, Johanna Schwarz, et al.. (2019). Sleep restriction caused impaired emotional regulation without detectable brain activation changes—a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Royal Society Open Science. 6(3). 181704–181704. 16 indexed citations
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Ropponen, Annina, Jurgita Narusyte, Lisa Mather, et al.. (2017). Night work as a risk factor of future disability pension due to musculoskeletal diagnoses: a prospective cohort study of Swedish twins. European Journal of Public Health. 27(4). 659–664. 8 indexed citations
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Rod, Naja Hulvej, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Jane E. Ferrie, et al.. (2017). Sleep Apnea, Disability Pensions, and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Swedish Nationwide Register Linkage Study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 186(6). 709–718. 18 indexed citations
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Kecklund, Göran, et al.. (2016). Comparing two versions of the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS). Sleep and Biological Rhythms. 14(3). 257–260. 58 indexed citations
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Hallvig, David, Anna Anund, Carina Fors, Göran Kecklund, & Torbjörn Åkerstedt. (2014). Real driving at night – Predicting lane departures from physiological and subjective sleepiness. Biological Psychology. 101. 18–23. 61 indexed citations
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Tamm, Sandra, Gustav Nilsonne, Johanna Schwarz, et al.. (2014). Effect of partial sleep deprivation on empathy for pain in an fMRI experiment. Journal of Sleep Research. 23. 62–62. 1 indexed citations
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Ingre, Michael, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Mirjam Ekstedt, & Göran Kecklund. (2012). Periodic self-rostering in shift work: correspondence between objective work hours, work hour preferences (personal fit), and work schedule satisfaction. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 38(4). 327–336. 16 indexed citations
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Sandberg, David, Anna Anund, Carina Fors, et al.. (2011). The Characteristics of Sleepiness During Real Driving at Night—A Study of Driving Performance, Physiology and Subjective Experience. SLEEP. 34(10). 1317–1325. 77 indexed citations
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Anund, Anna, Göran Kecklund, Björn Peters, et al.. (2008). Driver impairment at night and its relation to physiological sleepiness. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 34(2). 142–150. 68 indexed citations
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Söderström, Marie, Mirjam Ekstedt, & Torbjörn Åkerstedt. (2006). Weekday and weekend patterns of diurnal cortisol, activation and fatigue among people scoring high for burnout. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 35–40. 24 indexed citations
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Persson, Roger, Palle Ørbæk, Holger Ursin, et al.. (2003). Effects of the implementation of an 84-hour workweek on neurobehavioral test performance and cortisol responsiveness during testing. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 29(4). 261–269. 19 indexed citations
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Åkerstedt, Torbjörn, et al.. (1997). Objective components of individual differences in subjective sleep quality. Journal of Sleep Research. 6(4). 217–220. 180 indexed citations
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Åkerstedt, Torbjörn. (1990). Psychological and psychophysiological effects of shift work.. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 16. 67–73. 249 indexed citations
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Torsvall, Lars, Torbjörn Åkerstedt, & Mats Gillberg. (1981). Age, sleep and irregular workhours – a field study with electroencephalographic recordings, catecholamine excretion and self-ratings. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 7(3). 196–203. 72 indexed citations

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