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Christian Cajochen

Christian Cajochen

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
88
Citations
29105
World Ranking
1203
National Ranking
19

Christian Cajochen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Cajochen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 334 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Christian Cajochen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christian Cajochen is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields within neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with a strong emphasis on the intersection between circadian rhythms, sleep, and environmental factors affecting human health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to research on circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and related disorders, as well as sleep and wakefulness research. Additional topics in their work include the impact of light on environment and health, coffee research and impacts, sleep and work-related fatigue, and noise effects and management.

Christian Cajochen's work covers major subfields such as endocrine and autonomic systems, experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, global and planetary change, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their publications have appeared frequently in prominent venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Sleep Medicine, SLEEP, Clocks & Sleep, and the Journal of Pineal Research.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults (2022, PLoS Biology)
  • Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms (2020, Current Biology)
  • Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Peripheral Blood and Long-Term Exposure to Source-Specific Transportation Noise and Air Pollution: The SAPALDIA Study (2020, Environmental Health Perspectives)
  • The sleep-circadian interface: A window into mental disorders (2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Incidence of depression in relation to transportation noise exposure and noise annoyance in the SAPALDIA study (2020, Environment International)

Christian Cajochen has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Manuel Spitschan, Oliver Stefani, Carolin Reichert, Corrado Garbazza, and Janine Weibel. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in sleep research, circadian biology, and environmental health effects.

Best Publications

  • A Phase Response Curve to Single Bright Light Pulses in Human Subjects

    Sat Bir S. Khalsa;Megan E. Jewett;Christian Cajochen;Charles A. Czeisler

  • High sensitivity of human melatonin, alertness, thermoregulation, and heart rate to short wavelength light.

    Christian Cajochen;Mirjam Münch;Szymon Kobialka;Kurt Kräuchi

  • Role of Melatonin in the Regulation of Human Circadian Rhythms and Sleep

    C. Cajochen;K. Kräuchi;A. Wirz-Justice

  • A time to think: Circadian rhythms in human cognition

    Christina Schmidt;Fabienne Collette;Christian Cajochen;Philippe Peigneux

  • Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness

    Christian Cajochen;Jamie M Zeitzer;Charles A Czeisler;Derk-Jan Dijk

  • Evening exposure to a light-emitting diodes (LED)-backlit computer screen affects circadian physiology and cognitive performance

    Christian Cajochen;Sylvia Frey;Doreen Anders;Jakub Späti

  • Alerting effects of light.

    Christian Cajochen

  • Non-visual effects of light on melatonin, alertness and cognitive performance: can blue-enriched light keep us alert?

    Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa;Roland Steiner;Peter Blattner;Peter Oelhafen

  • Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults

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  • The human circadian metabolome.

    Robert Dallmann;Antoine U. Viola;Leila Tarokh;Christian Cajochen

  • Warm feet promote the rapid onset of sleep

    Kurt Kräuchi;Christian Cajochen;Esther Werth;Anna Wirz-Justice

  • Power density in theta/alpha frequencies of the waking EEG progressively increases during sustained wakefulness.

    Christian Cajochen;Daniel P. Brunner;Kurt Krauchi;Peter Graw

  • EEG and ocular correlates of circadian melatonin phase and human performance decrements during sleep loss.

    Christian Cajochen;Sat Bir S. Khalsa;James K. Wyatt;Charles A. Czeisler

  • Functional link between distal vasodilation and sleep-onset latency?

    Kurt Kräuchi;Christian Cajochen;Esther Werth;Anna Wirz-Justice

  • Circadian rhythms in cognitive performance: methodological constraints, protocols, theoretical underpinnings.

    Katharina Blatter;Christian Cajochen

  • Frontal predominance of a relative increase in sleep delta and theta EEG activity after sleep loss in humans.

    Christian Cajochen;Rebecca Foy;Derk-Jan Dijk

  • Age-related changes in the circadian and homeostatic regulation of human sleep.

    Christian Cajochen;Mirjam Münch;Vera Knoblauch;Katharina Blatter

  • Blue Blocker Glasses as a Countermeasure for Alerting Effects of Evening Light-Emitting Diode Screen Exposure in Male Teenagers

    Stéphanie van der Lely;Silvia Frey;Corrado Garbazza;Anna Wirz-Justice

  • Acute exposure to evening blue-enriched light impacts on human sleep.

    Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa;Roland Steiner;Peter Oelhafen;Dieter Lang

  • Encoding Difficulty Promotes Postlearning Changes in Sleep Spindle Activity during Napping

    Christina Schmidt;Philippe Peigneux;Vincenzo Muto;Maja Schenkel

  • Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on human sleep and rest-activity rhythms.

    Christine Blume;Marlene H. Schmidt;Christian Cajochen

  • Melatonin and the circadian regulation of sleep initiation, consolidation, structure, and the sleep EEG

    Derk-Jan Dijk;Christian Cajochen

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna Wirz-Justice
Anna Wirz-Justice University of Basel
Martin Röösli
Martin Röösli Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Nicole Probst-Hensch
Nicole Probst-Hensch Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa University of Southampton
Danielle Vienneau
Danielle Vienneau Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Mirjam Münch
Mirjam Münch University of Basel
Hans-Peter Landolt
Hans-Peter Landolt University of Zurich
Derk-Jan Dijk
Derk-Jan Dijk University of Surrey
Philippe Peigneux
Philippe Peigneux Université Libre de Bruxelles
Fabienne Collette
Fabienne Collette University of Liège

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