2026 James M. Krueger: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	97	9429	8846	4862	4493	375	27425

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Medicine

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27425

Overview

James M. Krueger is affiliated with Washington State University Spokane in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on the subfields of endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, immunology, and neurology.

Their work covers key topics including:

Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Sleep and related disorders
Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue

James M. Krueger has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

SLEEP
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Brain Behavior and Immunity
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

Some recent representative papers authored or coauthored by them are:

Sleep and circadian rhythms: Evolutionary entanglement and local regulation (2020), Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Tripping on the edge of consciousness (2023), SLEEP Advances

Additional recent papers include:

Night shift schedule alters endogenous regulation of circulating cytokines (2021), Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
A wake-like state in vitro induced by transmembrane TNF/soluble TNF receptor reverse signaling (2021), Brain Behavior and Immunity
Sleep- and time of day-linked RNA transcript expression in wild-type and IL1 receptor accessory protein-null mice (2020), Journal of Applied Physiology

Frequent collaborators of James M. Krueger include Cheryl Dykstra-Aiello, Erika English, Michael Garshick, Khia Min Sabrina Koh, and Joseph Nguyen.

Best Publications

Sleep-promoting effects of endogenous pyrogen (interleukin-1)

J. M. Krueger;J. Walter;C. A. Dinarello;S. M. Wolff

737
Citations
Sleep as a fundamental property of neuronal assemblies

James M. Krueger;David M. Rector;Sandip Roy;Hans P. A. Van Dongen

727
Citations
The Role of Cytokines in Sleep Regulation

James M. Krueger

567
Citations
Sleep function: Toward elucidating an enigma

James M. Krueger;Marcos G. Frank;Jonathan P. Wisor;Sandip Roy

505
Citations
The Role of Cytokines in Physiological Sleep Regulation

James M. Krueger;Ferenc J. Obál;Jidong Fang;Takeshi Kubota

505
Citations
Recombinant tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1 enhance slow-wave sleep

Shai Shoham;D. Davenne;A. B. Cady;C. A. Dinarello

405
Citations
Biochemical regulation of non-rapid-eye-movement sleep.

Ferenc Obal;James M Krueger

385
Citations
Links between the innate immune system and sleep

Jeannine A. Majde;James M. Krueger

357
Citations
A neuronal group theory of sleep function

James M. Krueger;Ferenc Obäl

355
Citations
Rhythms of ghrelin, leptin, and sleep in rats: effects of the normal diurnal cycle, restricted feeding, and sleep deprivation.

B. Bodosi;J. Gardi;I. Hajdu;E. Szentirmai

353
Citations
Extraction of sleep-promoting factor S from cerebrospinal fluid and from brains of sleep-deprived animals.

J. R. Pappenheimer;G. Koski;V. Fencl;M. L. Karnovsky

340
Citations
Interleukin 1 alters rat sleep: temporal and dose-related effects.

M. R. Opp;F. Obal;J. M. Krueger

288
Citations
Sleep. A physiologic role for IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha.

James M. Krueger;Jidong Fang;Ping Taishi;Zutang Chen

276
Citations
Vagotomy blocks the induction of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA in the brain of rats in response to systemic IL-1beta.

Michael K. Hansen;Ping Taishi;Zutang Chen;James M. Krueger

266
Citations
Sleep-promoting effects of muramyl peptides

J M Krueger;J R Pappenheimer;M L Karnovsky

261
Citations
Microbial Products and Cytokines in Sleep and Fever Regulation

James M Krueger;Jeannine A Majde

247
Citations
The composition of sleep-promoting factor isolated from human urine.

J M Krueger;J R Pappenheimer;M L Karnovsky

239
Citations
Humoral Links between Sleep and the Immune System

James M. Krueger;Jeannine A. Majde

232
Citations
Mice Lacking the TNF 55 kDa Receptor Fail to Sleep More After TNFα Treatment

Jidong Fang;Ying Wang;James M. Krueger

230
Citations
Cytokines and sleep

J. M. Krueger;M. R. Opp;L. A. Toth;L. Johanssen

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Opp University of Colorado Boulder

Jerome M. Seyer University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Manfred L. Karnovsky Harvard University

Arnold E. Postlethwaite University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Richard A. Brown The University of Texas at Austin

Hans P. A. Van Dongen Washington State University Spokane

Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Gregory Belenky Washington State University Spokane

Klaus Biemann MIT

Louis Chedid University of South Florida

External Links

Personal website of James M. Krueger

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