Yun Kwok Wing

20.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
355 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Yun Kwok Wing is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Yun Kwok Wing has authored 355 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 146 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 94 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Yun Kwok Wing's work include Sleep and related disorders (165 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (138 papers) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (56 papers). Yun Kwok Wing is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and related disorders (165 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (138 papers) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (56 papers). Yun Kwok Wing collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Yun Kwok Wing's co-authors include Jihui Zhang, Bin Zhang, Shirley Xin Li, Siu Ping Lam, Albert Martin Li, Chun Ting Au, Joey Wing Yan Chan, C. M. Leung, Mandy Wai Man Yu and Ngan Yin Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Yun Kwok Wing

339 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

Sex Differences in Insomnia: A Meta-Analysis 1993 2026 2004 2015 2006 1993 2021 2023 2023 250 500 750
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. Sex Differences in Insomnia: A Meta-Analysis
    2006 916 citations Yun Kwok Wing et al. SLEEP profile →
  2. Chinese elderly and the GDS Short Form A preliminary study
    1993 230 citations Helen Chiu, Yun Kwok Wing et al. Clinical Gerontologist profile →
  3. Causal associations of short and long sleep durations with 12 cardiovascular diseases: linear and nonlinear Mendelian randomization analyses in UK Biobank
    2021 166 citations Sizhi Ai, Jihui Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Gut microbiome dysbiosis across early Parkinson’s disease, REM sleep behavior disorder and their first-degree relatives
    2023 93 citations Bei Huang, Steven Wai Ho Chau et al. profile →
  5. Associations of timing of physical activity with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a prospective cohort study
    2023 86 citations Hongliang Feng, Lulu Yang 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
Yun Kwok Wing Hong Kong 64 5.9k 4.6k 3.1k 3.1k 1.9k 355 13.2k
Oliviero Bruni Italy 58 8.0k 1.3× 7.5k 1.6× 2.7k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 282 15.6k
Colin M. Shapiro Canada 47 5.2k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 3.4k 1.1× 3.9k 1.3× 933 0.5× 168 11.1k
Phyllis C. Zee United States 73 8.5k 1.4× 6.3k 1.4× 7.1k 2.3× 5.1k 1.7× 682 0.4× 329 17.5k
Jennifer L. Martin United States 49 7.0k 1.2× 4.0k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 196 11.6k
Martin Preisig Switzerland 53 2.5k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 3.2k 1.0× 3.1k 1.6× 286 13.8k
Joel E. Dimsdale United States 75 3.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 3.3k 1.1× 4.8k 1.6× 2.6k 1.4× 397 19.6k
Bjørn Bjorvatn Norway 64 7.9k 1.3× 3.9k 0.9× 2.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 362 13.7k
Hans Ivers Canada 47 9.0k 1.5× 5.4k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 901 0.3× 2.0k 1.0× 172 13.3k
Sharon L. Naismith Australia 65 3.9k 0.7× 5.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 386 15.2k
Martica H. Hall United States 74 10.5k 1.8× 5.3k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.0× 266 16.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Xiao, et al.. (2025). The relationship between NEO-five personality traits and sleep-related characteristics: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Medicine Reviews. 81. 102081–102081. 2 indexed citations
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Partinen, Eemil, Yuichi Inoue, Mariusz Siemiński, et al.. (2024). Restless legs symptoms increased during COVID-19 pandemic. International ICOSS-survey. Sleep Medicine. 119. 389–398. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Xinru, Jinyu Wang, Chao Wu, et al.. (2024). Associations of objective sleep duration and physical activity with risk of heart failure: A prospective cohort study. General Hospital Psychiatry. 90. 141–149. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Hongliang, Lulu Yang, Jing Wang, et al.. (2024). Circadian rhythm dysfunction and psychopathology in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a high-risk study in the Chinese population. General Psychiatry. 37(3). e101239–e101239. 3 indexed citations
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Chan, Joey Wing Yan, Steven Wai Ho Chau, Ngan Yin Chan, et al.. (2024). Attenuated melanopsin-mediated post-illumination pupillary response is associated with reduced actigraphic amplitude and mesor in older adults. SLEEP. 48(2). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Bei Huang, Li Zhou, et al.. (2024). Visuospatial dysfunction predicts dementia-first phenoconversion in isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 96(1). 76–84. 6 indexed citations
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Chan, Ngan Yin, Joey Wing Yan Chan, Yaping Liu, et al.. (2024). Multimodal digital assessment of depression with actigraphy and app in Hong Kong Chinese. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 150–150. 4 indexed citations
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Chan, Kate Ching Ching, et al.. (2023). Secular trends of sleep-wake patterns in Hong Kong preschoolers. Sleep Medicine. 104. 73–82. 3 indexed citations
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Feng, Hongliang, Lulu Yang, Sizhi Ai, et al.. (2023). Association between accelerometer-measured amplitude of rest–activity rhythm and future health risk: a prospective cohort study of the UK Biobank. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 4(5). e200–e210. 39 indexed citations
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Chan, Joey Wing Yan, Hongliang Feng, Jihui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Objective and subjective sleep in patients with non-seasonal major depressive disorder and eveningness – Results from a randomized controlled trial of bright light therapy. Sleep Medicine. 112. 132–140. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Priscilla Ming Yi, et al.. (2023). Association between matched chronotype and poor mental health among shift workers: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 77(8). 485–493. 8 indexed citations
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Lam, Siu Ping, Jihui Zhang, Joey Wing Yan Chan, et al.. (2022). Efficacy of Email-delivered Versus Face-to-face Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Youths: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Adolescent Health. 70(5). 763–773. 17 indexed citations
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Rao, Shitao, Xinyu Han, Mai Shi, et al.. (2018). Associations of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) with bipolar disorder and treatment response: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 89. 214–226. 18 indexed citations
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Wing, Yun Kwok, Siu Ping Lam, Jihui Zhang, et al.. (2015). Reduced striatal dopamine transmission in REM sleep behavior disorder comorbid with depression. Neurology. 84(5). 516–522. 44 indexed citations
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Zhou, Junying, Jihui Zhang, Yun Li, et al.. (2015). Gender differences in REM sleep behavior disorder: a clinical and polysomnographic study in China. Sleep Medicine. 16(3). 414–418. 48 indexed citations
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Wing, Yun Kwok, et al.. (2014). Noncontinuous use of antidepressant in adults with major depressive disorders – a retrospective cohort study. Brain and Behavior. 4(3). 390–397. 20 indexed citations
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Wing, Yun Kwok, et al.. (2005). Comparing MSLT and ESS in the measurement of excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 58(1). 55–60. 110 indexed citations
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Chiu, Helen, et al.. (1993). Chinese elderly and the GDS Short Form A preliminary study. Clinical Gerontologist. 14(2). 37–42. 230 indexed citations breakdown →

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