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D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
75
Citations
29379
World Ranking
18989
National Ranking
9464

Arthur S. Walters publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 250 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Arthur S. Walters D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arthur S. Walters sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Arthur S. Walters is primarily affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses on multiple interconnected fields within medicine and neuroscience, with an emphasis on disorders related to sleep and movement.

The main fields of study covered in Walters's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, Walters has contributed extensively to subfields involving:

  • Epidemiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

The scientist's research topics center largely on sleep and movement disorders as well as neurological conditions, notably:

  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Stuttering Research and Treatment
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders

Walters has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to ongoing dialogue in clinical sleep medicine and neurology. Representative recent publications include:

  • "Mast cell activation symptoms are prevalent in Long-COVID" (2021), published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "The Management of Restless Legs Syndrome: An Updated Algorithm" (2021), published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • "Treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline" (2024), published in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • "We need to do better: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy of restless legs syndrome screening instruments" (2021), published in Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • "Scoring of large muscle group movements during sleep: an International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group position statement" (2021), published in SLEEP

Frequent publication venues for Walters include:

  • SLEEP
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews

Walters collaborates regularly with several co-authors, indicating a network of research partnerships. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Karen Spruyt
  • Lourdes M. DelRosso
  • Kanika Bagai
  • Elias G. Karroum
  • Leonard B. Weinstock

Best Publications

  • Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology. A report from the restless legs syndrome diagnosis and epidemiology workshop at the National Institutes of Health.

    Richard P Allen;Daniel Picchietti;Wayne A Hening;Claudia Trenkwalder

  • Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale for restless legs syndrome

    Jun Horiguchi;Magdolna Hornyak;Ulrich Voderholzer;Meir Kryger

  • Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease diagnostic criteria: updated International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) consensus criteria--history, rationale, description, and significance.

    Richard P. Allen;Daniel L. Picchietti;Diego Garcia-Borreguero;William G. Ondo

  • Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome

    Arthur S. Walters;Michael S. Aldrich;Richard Allen;Sonia Ancoli‐Israel

  • Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence and Impact: REST General Population Study

    Richard P. Allen;Arthur S. Walters;Jacques Montplaisir;Wayne Hening

  • Atlas, rules, and recording techniques for the scoring of cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in human sleep.

    Mario Giovanni Terzano;Liborio Parrino;Adriano Sherieri;Ronald Chervin

  • Impact, diagnosis and treatment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a primary care population: The REST (RLS epidemiology, symptoms, and treatment) primary care study

    Wayne Hening;Arthur S Walters;Arthur S Walters;Richard P Allen;Jacques Montplaisir

  • Review of the relationship of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep to hypertension, heart disease, and stroke.

    Arthur S. Walters;David B. Rye

  • The restless legs syndrome

    Claudia Trenkwalder;Walter Paulus;Arthur S Walters

  • Restless Legs Syndrome: Prevalence and Impact in Children and Adolescents—The Peds REST Study

    Daniel Picchietti;Richard P. Allen;Arthur S. Walters;Julie E. Davidson

  • A questionnaire study of 138 patients with restless legs syndrome: the 'Night-Walkers' survey.

    A. S. Walters;K. Hickey;J. Maltzman;T. Verrico

  • Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and Restless Legs Syndrome in Children With Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

    Daniel L. Picchietti;Sandra J. England;Arthur S. Walters;Kevin Willis

  • Further studies on periodic limb movement disorder and restless legs syndrome in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Daniel L. Picchietti;Donna J. Underwood;Donna J. Underwood;William A. Farris;William A. Farris;Arthur S. Walters

  • Dopaminergic therapy in children with restless legs/periodic limb movements in sleep and ADHD

    Arthur S Walters;David E Mandelbaum;Daniel S Lewin;Daniel S Lewin;Steven Kugler

  • Circadian rhythm of motor restlessness and sensory symptoms in the idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome

    W. A. Hening;A. S. Walters;A. S. Walters;M. Wagner;R. Rosen

  • Successful treatment of the idiopathic restless legs syndrome in a randomized double-blind trial of oxycodone versus placebo.

    Arthur S. Walters;Mary L. Wagner;Mary L. Wagner;Wayne A. Hening;Wayne A. Hening;Kenneth Grasing

  • Diagnostic standards for dopaminergic augmentation of restless legs syndrome: report from a World Association of Sleep Medicine-International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group consensus conference at the Max Planck Institute.

    Diego García-Borreguero;Richard P. Allen;Ralf Kohnen;Birgit Högl

  • Treatment of restless legs syndrome: an evidence-based review and implications for clinical practice.

    Claudia Trenkwalder;Wayne A. Hening;Pasquale Montagna;Wolfgang H. Oertel

  • Ropinirole is effective in the treatment of restless legs syndrome. TREAT RLS 2: A 12-week, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study

    Arthur S Walters;William G Ondo;Tilman Dreykluft;Ron Grunstein

  • Bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis: clinical characteristics of patients seen in a registry.

    Bala V. Manyam;Arthur S. Walters;Koteswara R. Narla

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne A. Hening
Wayne A. Hening Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Sudhansu Chokroverty
Sudhansu Chokroverty Seton Hall University
Richard P. Allen
Richard P. Allen Johns Hopkins University
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen
Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Wolfgang H. Oertel
Wolfgang H. Oertel Philipp University of Marburg
Diego Garcia-Borreguero
Diego Garcia-Borreguero Instituto de Investigaciones del Sueño
Pablo Martinez-Martin
Pablo Martinez-Martin Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Luigi Ferini-Strambi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
David B. Rye
David B. Rye Emory University

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