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Sally A. Ferguson publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sally A. Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 258 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Sally A. Ferguson D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sally A. Ferguson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sally A. Ferguson is affiliated with Central Queensland University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology, alongside contributions to general health professions, social psychology, occupational therapy, and clinical psychology.

Their main fields of study encompass the following subfields:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Clinical Psychology

The core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Occupational Health and Performance
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies

Frequent publication venues for Ferguson's work include:

  • SLEEP Advances
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • BMJ Open
  • Sleep Health

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Sleep and physical activity in university students: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Sleep hygiene in shift workers: A systematic literature review, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes, 2022, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Safety implications of fatigue and sleep inertia for emergency services personnel, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • A Time to Rest, a Time to Dine: Sleep, Time-Restricted Eating, and Cardiometabolic Health, 2022, Nutrients

Their research collaborations often involve several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Grace E. Vincent
  • Charlotte Gupta
  • Madeline Sprajcer
  • Amy C. Reynolds
  • Jessica L. Paterson

Best Publications

  • What women value in the midwifery continuity of care model: A systematic review with meta-synthesis

    Noelyn Perriman;Deborah Lee Davis;Sally Ferguson

  • Thermoregulation as a sleep signalling system

    Saul S Gilbert;Cameron J van den Heuvel;Sally A Ferguson;Drew Dawson

  • Does antenatal education affect labour and birth? A structured review of the literature.

    Sally Ferguson;Deborah Davis;Jenny Browne

  • Working Time Society consensus statements: Evidence-based effects of shift work on physical and mental health.

    Claudia R.C. Moreno;Claudia R.C. Moreno;Elaine C. Marqueze;Charli Sargent;Kenneth P. Wright

  • The shift work and health research agenda: Considering changes in gut microbiota as a pathway linking shift work, sleep loss and circadian misalignment, and metabolic disease.

    Amy C. Reynolds;Jessica L. Paterson;Sally A. Ferguson;Dragana Stanley

  • Sleep and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

    Jessica L. Paterson;Amy C. Reynolds;Sally A. Ferguson;Drew Dawson

  • “Awake, smoky, and hot”: Providing an evidence-base for managing the risks associated with occupational stressors encountered by wildland firefighters

    Brad Aisbett;A. Wolkow;M. Sprajcer;M. Sprajcer;Sally A Ferguson;Sally A Ferguson

  • Sleep and physical activity in university students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Aamir R. Memon;Charlotte C. Gupta;Meagan E. Crowther;Sally A. Ferguson

  • Perceptions of labour pain by mothers and their attending midwives.

    Angela Baker;Sally A. Ferguson;Gregory D. Roach;Drew Dawson

  • Mismatch between subjective alertness and objective performance under sleep restriction is greatest during the biological night

    Xuan Zhou;Sally A. Ferguson;Raymond W. Matthews;Charli Sargent

  • The effect of sleep restriction on snacking behaviour during a week of simulated shiftwork

    Georgina Heath;Gregory D. Roach;Jillian Dorrian;Sally Anne Ferguson

  • The dynamics of neurobehavioural recovery following sleep loss

    Nicole Lamond;Sarah M. Jay;Jillian Dorrian;Sally A. Ferguson

  • Sleep, wake and phase dependent changes in neurobehavioral function under forced desynchrony.

    Xuan Zhou;Sally A Ferguson;Raymond W Matthews;Charli Sargent

  • The etiology of delayed sleep phase disorder

    Gorica Micic;Nicole Lovato;Michael Gradisar;Sally A. Ferguson

  • Melatonin as a hypnotic: con.

    Cameron J. van den Heuvel;Sally A. Ferguson;M. Mila Macchi;Drew Dawson

  • The sensitivity of a palm-based psychomotor vigilance task to severe sleep loss.

    Nicole Lamond;Sarah M. Jay;Jillian Dorrian;Sally A. Ferguson

  • Changes in structural aspects of mood during 39-66 h of sleep loss using matched controls.

    J.L. Paterson;J. Dorrian;S.A. Ferguson;S.M. Jay

  • The endogenous circadian temperature period length (tau) in delayed sleep phase disorder compared to good sleepers

    Gorica Micic;Amanda de Bruyn;Nicole Lovato;Helen Wright

  • 12-h or 8-h shifts? It depends

    Sally A. Ferguson;Drew Dawson

  • Chronic occupational exposures can influence the rate of PTSD and depressive disorders in first responders and military personnel

    Anthony Walker;Andrew McKune;Sally Ferguson;David B. Pyne

  • Sleep and circadian rhythms in mining operators: limited evidence of adaptation to night shifts

    Sally Anne Ferguson;David J. Kennaway;Angela Baker;Nicole Lamond

Frequent Co-Authors

Drew Dawson
Drew Dawson Central Queensland University
Gregory D. Roach
Gregory D. Roach Central Queensland University
Charli Sargent
Charli Sargent Central Queensland University
Leon Lack
Leon Lack Flinders University
Nicole Lovato
Nicole Lovato Flinders University
Jillian Dorrian
Jillian Dorrian University of South Australia
Helen J. Burgess
Helen J. Burgess University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Gradisar
Michael Gradisar Flinders University
Robert J. Adams
Robert J. Adams Flinders University
Ronald R. Grunstein
Ronald R. Grunstein Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

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