2026 Maurice M. Ohayon: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	99	8451	7941	4369	4042	259	47649

Overview

Maurice M. Ohayon is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on psychology and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Their work also spans clinical psychology, education, and epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the field of sleep research. Main research topics include:

Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Sleep and related disorders
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Restless Legs Syndrome Research
Digital Mental Health Interventions
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

Frequent publication venues where Maurice M. Ohayon's work appears include:

SLEEP
Sleep Medicine
Neurology
Sleep Medicine Reviews
Healthcare

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Maurice M. Ohayon include:

Sleep problems during COVID-19 pandemic and its' association to psychological distress: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
Fear of COVID-19 and its association with mental health-related factors: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, BJPsych Open
Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Sleep Medicine Reviews
Gender-specific estimates of sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Journal of Sleep Research
Longitudinal Relationships between Nomophobia, Addictive Use of Social Media, and Insomnia in Adolescents, 2021, Healthcare

Maurice M. Ohayon has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

Amir H. Pakpour
Chung-Ying Lin
Marie-Lise Cote
Anders Broström
Zainab Alimoradi

Best Publications

Epidemiology of insomnia: what we know and what we still need to learn

Maurice M. Ohayon

4445
Citations
National Sleep Foundation’s sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary

Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Kaitlyn Whiton;Steven M. Albert;Cathy Alessi

4136
Citations
Meta-Analysis of Quantitative Sleep Parameters From Childhood to Old Age in Healthy Individuals: Developing Normative Sleep Values Across the Human Lifespan

Maurice M. Ohayon;Mary A. Carskadon;Christian Guilleminault;Michael V. Vitiello

3606
Citations
National Sleep Foundation's updated sleep duration recommendations: final report ☆

Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Kaitlyn Whiton;Steven M. Albert;Cathy Alessi

1964
Citations
National Sleep Foundation's sleep quality recommendations: first report.

Maurice Ohayon;Emerson M. Wickwire;Max Hirshkowitz;Max Hirshkowitz;Steven M. Albert

1341
Citations
Place of chronic insomnia in the course of depressive and anxiety disorders.

Maurice M Ohayon;Thomas Roth

1178
Citations
Prevalence of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder in the general population.

Maurice M Ohayon;Thomas Roth

910
Citations
Using chronic pain to predict depressive morbidity in the general population

Maurice M. Ohayon;Alan F. Schatzberg

819
Citations
Risk Factors for Sleep Bruxism in the General Population

Maurice M. Ohayon;Kasey K. Li;Christian Guilleminault

778
Citations
Epidemiology of restless legs syndrome: A synthesis of the literature

Maurice M. Ohayon;Ruth O’Hara;Michael V. Vitiello

666
Citations
Sleep disturbances and psychiatric disorders associated with posttraumatic stress disorder in the general population.

Maurice M. Ohayon;Colin M. Shapiro

598
Citations
Prevalence of hallucinations and their pathological associations in the general population.

Maurice M. Ohayon

538
Citations
Prevalence of DSM-IV diagnostic criteria of insomnia: Distinguishing insomnia related to mental disorders from sleep disorders.

Maurice M. Ohayon

537
Citations
Epidemiological study on insomnia in the general population

M Ohayon

533
Citations
Prevalence of narcolepsy symptomatology and diagnosis in the European general population.

M. M. Ohayon;R. G. Priest;J. Zulley;S. Smirne

519
Citations
Epidemiological and clinical relevance of insomnia diagnosis algorithms according to the DSM-IV and the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD).

Maurice M. Ohayon;Charles F. Reynolds

497
Citations
Night terrors, sleepwalking, and confusional arousals in the general population: their frequency and relationship to other sleep and mental disorders.

Maurice M. Ohayon;Christian Guilleminault;Robert G. Priest

456
Citations
Prevalence and patterns of problematic sleep among older adolescents.

Maurice M. Ohayon;Robert E. Roberts;Jurgen Zulley;Salvatore Smirne

446
Citations
Snoring and breathing pauses during sleep: telephone interview survey of a United Kingdom population sample

Maurice M Ohayon;Christian Guilleminault;Robert G Priest;Malijai Caulet

420
Citations
Violent behavior during sleep.

M M Ohayon;M Caulet;R G Priest

406
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Guilleminault Stanford University

Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier

Salvatore Smirne University of Milan

Damien Leger Université Paris Cité

Alan F. Schatzberg Stanford University

Charles F. Reynolds University of Pittsburgh

Pierre Philip University of Bordeaux

Amir H. Pakpour Jönköping University

Andrew D. Krystal University of California, San Francisco

Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna

External Links

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