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Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
H Jin
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2
Alejandro Osorio-Forero
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
3
Neil S. Zheng
Brigham and Women's Hospital
4
Di Sang
National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
5
Daniel P. Windred
Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health
6
Andawei Miao
UK Dementia Research Institute
7
Mathias Perslev
Glostrup Hospital
8
Paula Haynes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
9
Charles W. Dickey
Stanford University
10
Wannan Yang
New York University

Papers

1
A body–brain circuit that regulates body inflammatory responses
Nature|2024
324 cit.
2
Sleep patterns and risk of chronic disease as measured by long-term monitoring with commercial wearable devices in the All of Us Research Program
Nature Medicine|2024
172 cit.
3
Brain clearance is reduced during sleep and anesthesia
Nature Neuroscience|2024
140 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Neuroscience (2024) [131 citations, W4391843393]
Nature Neuroscience|2024
131 cit.
5
Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle
Nature Neuroscience|2024
103 cit.
6
Publication in Science (2024) [101 citations, W4393279565]
Science|2024
101 cit.
7
Brighter nights and darker days predict higher mortality risk: A prospective analysis of personal light exposure in >88,000 individuals
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
61 cit.
8
Personal light exposure patterns and incidence of type 2 diabetes: analysis of 13 million hours of light sensor data and 670,000 person-years of prospective observation
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe|2024
55 cit.
9
Higher central circadian temperature amplitude is associated with greater metabolite rhythmicity in humans
Scientific Reports|2024
19 cit.
10
Detection of Gastrointestinal Bleeding With Large Language Models to Aid Quality Improvement and Appropriate Reimbursement
Gastroenterology|2024
17 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Bernhard P. Staresina
University of Oxford
2
Linus Tsai
Broad Institute
3
Mazen A. Kheirbek
University of California, San Francisco
4
Raja Sekhar Nirujogi
University of Dundee
5
Luke Price
Public Health England
6
Ramalingam Vetrivelan
Hadassah Medical Center
7
Francesca Siclari
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
8
Kelly A. Carden
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
9
Shigeyoshi Fujisawa
RIKEN Center for Brain Science
10
Bassam V. Atallah
Champalimaud Foundation

Papers

1
How coupled slow oscillations, spindles and ripples coordinate neuronal processing and communication during human sleep
Nature Neuroscience|2023
124 cit.
2
Neural dynamics underlying associative learning in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus
Nature Neuroscience|2023
100 cit.
3
Shaping overnight consolidation via slow-oscillation closed-loop targeted memory reactivation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
72 cit.
4
Fronto-medial theta coordinates posterior maintenance of working memory content
Current Biology|2022
70 cit.
5
Sleep spindles track cortical learning patterns for memory consolidation
Current Biology|2022
60 cit.
6
Abnormal timing of slow wave synchronization processes in non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias
SLEEP|2022
33 cit.
7
Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia
Nature|2024
33 cit.
8
Shared EEG correlates between non-REM parasomnia experiences and dreams
Nature Communications|2024
32 cit.
9
Respiration modulates sleep oscillations and memory reactivation in humans
Nature Communications|2023
28 cit.
10
Predictive grid coding in the medial entorhinal cortex
Science|2024
25 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Giulio Tononi
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
2
Jan Born
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V.
3
Clifford B. Saper
Hadassah Medical Center
4
Edvard I Moser
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
5
György Buzsáki
New York University
6
Emmanuel Mignot
Palo Alto University
7
Charles A. Czeisler
Brigham and Women's Hospital
8
Jerome M. Siegel
University of California, Los Angeles
9
Masashi Yanagisawa
University of Tsukuba
10
Matthew P. Walker
University of California, Berkeley

Papers

1
A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells
Nature|1988
10.8k cit.
2
Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex
Nature|2005
4.2k cit.
3
Narcolepsy in orexin Knockout Mice
Cell|1999
3.1k cit.
4
The Sleep Disorder Canine Narcolepsy Is Caused by a Mutation in the Hypocretin (Orexin) Receptor 2 Gene
Cell|1999
2.6k cit.
5
Reduced Number of Hypocretin Neurons in Human Narcolepsy
Neuron|2000
2.1k cit.
6
Local sleep and learning
Nature|2004
1.9k cit.
7
Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory
Nature|2006
1.8k cit.
8
Effect of Reducing Interns' Work Hours on Serious Medical Errors in Intensive Care Units
New England Journal of Medicine|2004
1.8k cit.
9
Stability, Precision, and Near-24-Hour Period of the Human Circadian Pacemaker
Science|1999
1.7k cit.
10
An information integration theory of consciousness
BMC Neuroscience|2004
1.7k cit.

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