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74
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2071
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76

Oliviero Bruni 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 Oliviero Bruni sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 337 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.

Oliviero Bruni 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 Oliviero Bruni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Oliviero Bruni is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily centers on sleep and related disorders, contributing extensively to the understanding of sleep patterns, disturbances, and neurological aspects related to sleep.

The main fields of study covered in their work include Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Within these broad areas, the subfields of Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Epidemiology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems are prominently represented.

Their principal research topics encompass:

  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Oliviero Bruni has published numerous articles in notable venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • SLEEP
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews

Among recent papers featuring Oliviero Bruni as an author are:

  • Changes in sleep patterns and disturbances in children and adolescents in Italy during the Covid-19 outbreak, 2021, Sleep Medicine
  • Herbal Remedies and Their Possible Effect on the GABAergic System and Sleep, 2021, Nutrients

Other notable recent papers relevant to this research domain, though authored by collaborators, include:

  • Sleep disorders and cancer: State of the art and future perspectives, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Phenolic Acids and Prevention of Cognitive Decline: Polyphenols with a Neuroprotective Role in Cognitive Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, Nutrients
  • Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Management, 2020, CNS Drugs

Their frequent co-authors consist of researchers such as Raffaele Ferri, Maria P. Mogavero, Lourdes M. DelRosso, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, and Giuseppe Lanza. Collaborative work with these co-authors spans various studies in sleep medicine and neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • The Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) Construct ion and validation of an instrument to evaluate sleep disturbances in childhood and adolescence

    Oliviero Bruni;Salvatore Ottaviano;Vincenzo Guidetti;Manuela Romoli

  • The official World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) standards for recording and scoring periodic leg movements in sleep (PLMS) and wakefulness (PLMW) developed in collaboration with a task force from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG)

    Marco Zucconi;Raffaele Ferri;Richard Allen;Paul Christian Baier

  • Headache and psychiatric comorbidity: clinical aspects and outcome in an 8-year follow-up study

    V Guidetti;F Galli;P Fabrizi;AS Giannantoni

  • Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP): The marker of sleep instability

    Liborio Parrino;Raffaele Ferri;Oliviero Bruni;Mario G. Terzano

  • Sleep habits and circadian preference in Italian children and adolescents

    Paolo M. Russo;Oliviero Bruni;Fabio Lucidi;Raffaele Ferri

  • Current role of melatonin in pediatric neurology: clinical recommendations

    Oliviero Bruni;Daniel Alonso-Alconada;Daniel Alonso-Alconada;Frank Besag;Valerie Biran

  • Sleep disorders and cancer: State of the art and future perspectives

    Maria Paola Mogavero;Lourdes M. DelRosso;Francesco Fanfulla;Oliviero Bruni

  • Prevalence of Sleep Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence with Headache: A Case-Control Study

    O Bruni;P Fabrizi;S Ottaviano;F Cortesi

  • Sleep disorders in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) recorded overnight by video-polysomnography.

    Rosalia Silvestri;Antonella Gagliano;Irene Aricò;Tiziana Calarese

  • Sleep hygiene and migraine in children and adolescents.

    O Bruni;F Galli;V Guidetti

  • Sleep in children with autistic spectrum disorder: a questionnaire and polysomnographic study.

    Silvia Miano;Oliviero Bruni;Maurizio Elia;Alessia Trovato

  • World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) 2016 standards for recording and scoring leg movements in polysomnograms developed by a joint task force from the International and the European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Groups (IRLSSG and EURLSSG).

    R Ferri;S Fulda;R P Allen;M Zucconi

  • Complex movement disorders at disease onset in childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy

    Giuseppe Plazzi;Fabio Pizza;Vincenzo Palaia;Christian Franceschini

  • A quantitative statistical analysis of the submentalis muscle EMG amplitude during sleep in normal controls and patients with REM sleep behavior disorder

    Raffaele Ferri;Mauro Manconi;Giuseppe Plazzi;Oliviero Bruni

  • Pediatric restless legs syndrome diagnostic criteria: an update by the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group

    Daniel L. Picchietti;Oliviero Bruni;Al de Weerd;Jeffrey S. Durmer

  • Sleep in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

    Marco Angriman;Barbara Caravale;Luana Novelli;Raffaele Ferri

  • High Prevalence of Precocious Puberty and Obesity in Childhood Narcolepsy with Cataplexy

    Francesca Poli;Fabio Pizza;Emmanuel Mignot;Raffaele Ferri

  • Changes in sleep patterns and disturbances in children and adolescents in Italy during the Covid-19 outbreak.

    Oliviero Bruni;Emanuela Malorgio;Mattia Doria;Elena Finotti

  • Sleep characteristics in healthy children from birth to 6 years of age in the urban area of Rome

    S Ottaviano;F Giannotti;F Cortesi;O Bruni

  • Longitudinal study of sleep behavior in normal infants during the first year of life.

    Oliviero Bruni;Emma Baumgartner;Stefania Sette;Mario Ancona

  • Small-world network organization of functional connectivity of EEG slow-wave activity during sleep

    Raffaele Ferri;Francesco Rundo;Oliviero Bruni;Mario G. Terzano

  • Improved computation of the atonia index in normal controls and patients with REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Raffaele Ferri;Francesco Rundo;Mauro Manconi;Giuseppe Plazzi

  • NREM sleep instability is reduced in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Silvia Miano;Renato Donfrancesco;Oliviero Bruni;Raffaele Ferri

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaele Ferri
Raffaele Ferri I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
Giuseppe Plazzi
Giuseppe Plazzi University of Bologna
Marco Zucconi
Marco Zucconi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Luigi Ferini-Strambi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Mauro Manconi
Mauro Manconi University of Bern
Mario Giovanni Terzano
Mario Giovanni Terzano University of Parma
Fabio Pizza
Fabio Pizza University of Bologna
Paolo Curatolo
Paolo Curatolo University of Rome Tor Vergata
Samuele Cortese
Samuele Cortese University of Southampton
Lino Nobili
Lino Nobili University of Genoa

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