Ulf Kallweit

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ulf Kallweit is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulf Kallweit has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 30 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ulf Kallweit's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (42 papers), Sleep and related disorders (29 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (16 papers). Ulf Kallweit is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (42 papers), Sleep and related disorders (29 papers) and Restless Legs Syndrome Research (16 papers). Ulf Kallweit collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands. Ulf Kallweit's co-authors include Claudio L. Bassetti, Ramin Khatami, Gert Jan Lammers, Geert Mayer, Yves Dauvilliers, Federica Sallusto, Mehdi Tafti, Mauro Manconi, Thomas Pollmächer and Michael Linnebank and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ulf Kallweit

59 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Narcolepsy — clinical spectrum, aetiopathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

2019 387 citations Claudio L. Bassetti, Ulf Kallweit et al. Nature Reviews Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ulf Kallweit Switzerland	20	1.1k	895	477	286	181	67	1.5k
Bertrand Carlander France	23	1.2k 1.1×	954 1.1×	547 1.1×	369 1.3×	151 0.8×	62	1.7k
Anna Heidbreder Austria	25	630 0.6×	379 0.4×	222 0.5×	383 1.3×	177 1.0×	100	1.4k
Andrea Galbiati Italy	20	734 0.7×	563 0.6×	269 0.6×	311 1.1×	217 1.2×	96	1.4k
June M. Fry United States	21	774 0.7×	372 0.4×	209 0.4×	570 2.0×	246 1.4×	39	1.5k
Anna Losurdo Italy	18	310 0.3×	226 0.3×	143 0.3×	101 0.4×	145 0.8×	59	824
Elisa Testani Italy	16	341 0.3×	258 0.3×	112 0.2×	92 0.3×	155 0.9×	57	763
Panagiotis Bargiotas Cyprus	19	360 0.3×	217 0.2×	141 0.3×	158 0.6×	233 1.3×	55	1.4k
J Pellat France	15	724 0.7×	207 0.2×	296 0.6×	73 0.3×	422 2.3×	47	1.4k
Valentina Gnoni Italy	16	350 0.3×	286 0.3×	102 0.2×	69 0.2×	132 0.7×	66	801
Christine M. Walsh United States	18	448 0.4×	219 0.2×	100 0.2×	73 0.3×	136 0.8×	39	1.2k

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Reis, J., Alain Buguet, Zeliha Tülek, et al.. (2025). Climate-related challenges to brain health: A European perspective review. Revue Neurologique. 181(8). 713–724.

Bargiotas, Panagiotis, Gülçin Benbir Şenel, Christian Sturzenegger, et al.. (2023). SPHYNCS: The Use of the Swiss Narcolepsy Scale in a New Cohort of Patients with Narcolepsy and Its Borderland and Review of the Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 2–2.

Lammers, Gert Jan & Ulf Kallweit. (2023). The evolving diagnosis and classification of CNS hypersomnolence disorders. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 9(2). 110–114.

Kallweit, Ulf, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological Treatments of Sleep–Wake Disorders: Update 2023. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(4). 42–42. 1 indexed citations

Bourke, Ashley M., et al.. (2023). Complementary and alternative medicine use in narcolepsy. Sleep Medicine. 103. 100–105. 4 indexed citations

Kallweit, Ulf & Anthony G Marson. (2023). Neurology beyond big data — the ninth Congress of the EAN. Nature Reviews Neurology. 19(8). 445–446. 1 indexed citations

Kallweit, Ulf, et al.. (2023). Narcolepsy type 1 and Sydenham chorea – Report of 3 cases and review of the literature. Sleep Medicine. 112. 234–238. 3 indexed citations

Winter, Yaroslav, Geert Mayer, Sylvia Kotterba, et al.. (2023). Solriamfetol real world experience study (SURWEY): Initiation, titration, safety, effectiveness, and experience during follow-up for patients with narcolepsy from Germany. Sleep Medicine. 103. 138–143. 7 indexed citations

Kallweit, Ulf, et al.. (2022). Prevalence, incidence, and health care utilization of patients with narcolepsy: a population-representative study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 18(6). 1531–1537. 8 indexed citations

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Bassetti, Claudio L., Ulf Kallweit, Luca Vignatelli, et al.. (2021). European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children. European Journal of Neurology. 28(9). 2815–2830. 106 indexed citations

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Bassetti, Claudio L., Ulf Kallweit, Luca Vignatelli, et al.. (2021). European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(6). e13387–e13387. 63 indexed citations

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Kallweit, Ulf, et al.. (2021). Pitolisant for the treatment of cataplexy in adults with narcolepsy. Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs. 9(11-12). 237–246. 2 indexed citations

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Davis, Craig W., Ulf Kallweit, J. Schwartz, et al.. (2021). Efficacy of pitolisant in patients with high burden of narcolepsy symptoms: pooled analysis of short-term, placebo-controlled studies. Sleep Medicine. 81. 210–217. 9 indexed citations

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Kellmann, Michael, Ulf Kallweit, Annika Gieselmann, et al.. (2019). Portable PSG for sleep stage monitoring in sports: Assessment of SOMNOwatch plus EEG. European Journal of Sport Science. 20(6). 713–721. 22 indexed citations

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Kallweit, Ulf, Johannes Mathis, Oskar G. Jenni, et al.. (2016). Post-H1N1 Flu Vaccination Narcolepsy in Switzerland: A Retrospective Survey in the 30 Sleep-Certified Swiss Centers. European Neurology. 75(3-4). 105–108. 5 indexed citations

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Sturzenegger, Christian, Christian R. Baumann, Ulf Kallweit, Gert Jan Lammers, & Claudio L. Bassetti. (2014). Swiss Narcolepsy Scale : a valid tool for the identification of hypocretin-1 deficient patients with narcolepsy. Journal of Sleep Research. 23. 297–297. 3 indexed citations

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Kallweit, Ulf, Kosuke Aritake, Claudio L. Bassetti, et al.. (2013). Elevated CSF histamine levels in multiple sclerosis patients. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 10(1). 19–19. 23 indexed citations

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Linnebank, Michael, Susanna Moskau, Alexander Semmler, et al.. (2012). A Possible Genetic Link between MTHFR Genotype and Smoking Behavior. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e53322–e53322. 10 indexed citations

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Kallweit, Ulf, Ilijas Jelčić, Nathalie Braun, et al.. (2012). Sustained Efficacy of Natalizumab in the Treatment of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Independent of Disease Activity and Disability at Baseline. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 35(2). 77–80. 20 indexed citations

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Kallweit, Ulf, Ramin Khatami, & Claudio L. Bassetti. (2007). Exploding head syndrome – More than “snapping of the brain”?. Sleep Medicine. 9(5). 589–589. 9 indexed citations

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