Wayne A. Hening

15.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
72 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

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Wayne A. Hening is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne A. Hening has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Epidemiology, 55 papers in Neurology and 42 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wayne A. Hening's work include Restless Legs Syndrome Research (59 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (35 papers). Wayne A. Hening is often cited by papers focused on Restless Legs Syndrome Research (59 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (35 papers). Wayne A. Hening collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Wayne A. Hening's co-authors include Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters, Claudia Trenkwalder, Daniel L. Picchietti, Christopher J. Earley, Luigi Ferini‐Strambi, Sudhansu Chokroverty, R.C. Rosen, Barbara Phillips and Jacques Montplaisir and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Annals of Neurology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Wayne A. Hening

72 papers receiving 9.9k 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.

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 Prevalence and Impact

2005 864 citations Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →
Epidemiology of Restless Legs Symptoms in Adults

2000 553 citations Wayne A. Hening et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wayne A. Hening United States	45	8.6k	7.1k	6.8k	2.2k	1.1k	72	10.3k
Claudia Trenkwalder Germany	61	12.3k 1.4×	10.7k 1.5×	9.0k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	174	14.5k
Diego García‐Borreguero United States	49	6.2k 0.7×	5.2k 0.7×	5.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	909 0.8×	145	7.9k
Birgit Högl Austria	62	6.7k 0.8×	7.9k 1.1×	6.7k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	856 0.8×	267	11.6k
Michael H. Silber United States	53	4.1k 0.5×	4.8k 0.7×	5.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.3×	957 0.9×	163	9.3k
Mauro Manconi Italy	46	3.7k 0.4×	2.7k 0.4×	4.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	688 0.6×	217	6.9k
Marco Zucconi Italy	56	4.6k 0.5×	4.0k 0.6×	5.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	228	10.2k
Karin Stiasny‐Kolster Germany	36	2.8k 0.3×	3.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.3×	543 0.2×	386 0.4×	67	4.6k
Federica Provini Italy	42	1.7k 0.2×	2.1k 0.3×	3.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	232	6.4k
Magdolna Hornyak Germany	35	1.6k 0.2×	1.2k 0.2×	2.4k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	349 0.3×	87	3.6k
Christian R. Baumann Switzerland	45	1.6k 0.2×	1.9k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	551 0.5×	230	6.4k

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England, Sandra J., Daniel L. Picchietti, Barbara C. Fisher, et al.. (2011). l-Dopa improves Restless Legs Syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep but not Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder in a double-blind trial in children. Sleep Medicine. 12(5). 471–477. 49 indexed citations

Högl, Birgit, Diego García‐Borreguero, Claudia Trenkwalder, et al.. (2011). Efficacy and augmentation during 6months of double-blind pramipexole for restless legs syndrome. Sleep Medicine. 12(4). 351–360. 69 indexed citations

Hening, Wayne A., et al.. (2009). Pregnancy accounts for most of the gender difference in prevalence of familial RLS. Sleep Medicine. 11(3). 310–313. 66 indexed citations

Högl, Birgit, Diego García‐Borreguero, Ralf Kohnen, et al.. (2009). Progressive development of augmentation during long-term treatment with levodopa in restless legs syndrome: results of a prospective multi-center study. Journal of Neurology. 257(2). 230–237. 68 indexed citations

Picchietti, Matthew A., Daniel L. Picchietti, Sandra J. England, et al.. (2009). Children Show Individual Night-to-Night Variability of Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep. SLEEP. 32(4). 530–535. 41 indexed citations

Allen, Richard P., Brendan Burchell, Ben Macdonald, Wayne A. Hening, & Christopher J. Earley. (2009). Validation of the self-completed Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire (CH-RLSq) for ascertainment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a population survey. Sleep Medicine. 10(10). 1097–1100. 164 indexed citations

García‐Borreguero, Diego, Ralf Kohnen, Birgit Högl, et al.. (2007). Validation of the Augmentation Severity Rating Scale (ASRS): A multicentric, prospective study with levodopa on restless legs syndrome. Sleep Medicine. 8(5). 455–463. 76 indexed citations

Abetz, Linda, Robert Arbuckle, Richard P. Allen, et al.. (2006). The reliability, validity and responsiveness of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale and subscales in a clinical-trial setting. Sleep Medicine. 7(4). 340–349. 94 indexed citations

Hening, Wayne A.. (2006). Current Guidelines and Standards of Practice for Restless Legs Syndrome. The American Journal of Medicine. 120(1). S22–S27. 54 indexed citations

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Mathias, Rasika A., Wayne A. Hening, Richard P. Allen, et al.. (2006). Segregation Analysis of Restless Legs Syndrome: Possible Evidence for a Major Gene in a Family Study Using Blinded Diagnoses. Human Heredity. 62(3). 157–164. 20 indexed citations

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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 →

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Klein, Alison P., Ya-Yu Tsai, Priya Duggal, et al.. (2005). Investigation of altering single-nucleotide polymorphism density on the power to detect trait loci and frequency of false positive in nonparametric linkage analyses of qualitative traits. BMC Genetics. 6(S1). S20–S20. 5 indexed citations

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Silber, Michael H., Bruce L. Ehrenberg, Richard P. Allen, et al.. (2004). An Algorithm for the Management of Restless Legs Syndrome. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 79(7). 916–922. 204 indexed citations

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Hening, Wayne A., Richard P. Allen, Christopher J. Earley, Daniel L. Picchietti, & Michael H. Silber. (2004). An Update on the Dopaminergic Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder. SLEEP. 27(3). 560–583. 186 indexed citations

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Hening, Wayne A.. (2001). Circadian aspects of restless legs syndrome. 13(1). 55–59. 1 indexed citations

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Walters, Arthur S., Juliane Winkelmann, Claudia Trenkwalder, et al.. (2001). Long‐Term follow‐up on restless legs syndrome patients treated with opioids. Movement Disorders. 16(6). 1105–1109. 137 indexed citations

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Trenkwalder, C., et al.. (1999). Circadian rhythm of periodic limb movements and sensory symptoms of restless legs syndrome. Movement Disorders. 14(1). 102–110. 160 indexed citations

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LeWitt, Peter A., Arthur S. Walters, Wayne A. Hening, & Denise M. McHale. (1993). Persistent movement disorders induced by buspirone. Movement Disorders. 8(3). 331–334. 17 indexed citations

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Walters, Arthur S., Wayne A. Hening, & Sudhansu Chokroverty. (1991). Review and videotape recognition of idiopathic restless legs syndrome. Movement Disorders. 6(2). 105–110. 29 indexed citations

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Kavey, Neil B., et al.. (1988). Opioid treatment of periodic movements in sleep in patients without restless legs. Neuropeptides. 11(4). 181–184. 29 indexed citations

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