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Simon Archer 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 Simon Archer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 173 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon Archer 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 Simon Archer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Simon Archer is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a concentration on the physiological and cognitive aspects related to endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their scholarly contributions cover a range of subfields including:

  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Physiology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Surgery

Archer's main topics of research encompass:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Frequent publication venues for Archer include:

  • SLEEP
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Islamic accounting and business research
  • BMC Biology
  • npj Microgravity

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Archer cover diverse topics across biology, sleep research, and finance. These include:

  • Risk management and corporate governance failures in Islamic banks: a case study, 2020, Journal of Islamic accounting and business research
  • What are we measuring with the morningness-eveningness questionnaire? Exploratory factor analysis across four samples from two countries, 2020, Chronobiology International
  • Alzheimer's disease genetic risk and sleep phenotypes in healthy young men: association with more slow waves and daytime sleepiness, 2020, SLEEP
  • Diurnal and circadian rhythmicity of the human blood transcriptome overlaps with organ- and tissue-specific expression of a non-human primate, 2022, BMC Biology
  • A Topological Cluster of Differentially Regulated Genes in Mice Lacking PER3, 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Simon Archer's frequent collaborators include:

  • Derk-Jan Dijk
  • Carla S. Möller-Levet
  • Emma Laing
  • María-Ángeles Bonmatí-Carrión
  • Vincenzo Muto

Their work intersects several disciplines and contributes to understanding circadian biology, the effects of space environment on biology, and the mechanistic bases of sleep-related phenomena among other areas. Their engagement with Islamic Finance and Banking Studies also reflects a multidisciplinary approach incorporating sociological and economic fields alongside biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Circadian typology: a comprehensive review.

    Ana Adan;Simon N. Archer;Maria Paz Hidalgo;Lee Di Milia

  • A length polymorphism in the circadian clock gene Per3 is linked to delayed sleep phase syndrome and extreme diurnal preference.

    Simon N Archer;Donna L Robilliard;Debra J Skene;Marcel Smits

  • Effects of insufficient sleep on circadian rhythmicity and expression amplitude of the human blood transcriptome

    Carla S. Möller-Levet;Simon N. Archer;Giselda Bucca;Emma E. Laing

  • PER3 Polymorphism Predicts Sleep Structure and Waking Performance

    Antoine U. Viola;Simon N. Archer;Lynette M M. James;John A. Groeger

  • Meal Timing Regulates the Human Circadian System

    Sophie M.T. Wehrens;Skevoulla Christou;Cheryl Isherwood;Benita Middleton

  • Mistimed sleep disrupts circadian regulation of the human transcriptome.

    Simon N. Archer;Emma E. Laing;Carla S. Möller-Levet;Daan R. van der Veen

  • Effects of partial and acute total sleep deprivation on performance across cognitive domains, individuals and circadian phase.

    June C. Lo;John A. Groeger;John A. Groeger;Nayantara Santhi;Emma L. Arbon

  • Neurobiology of retinal dopamine in relation to degenerative states of the tissue

    M.B.A. Djamgoz;M.W. Hankins;J. Hirano;S.N. Archer

  • PERIOD3, circadian phenotypes, and sleep homeostasis

    Derk-Jan Dijk;Simon N. Archer

  • The spectral composition of evening light and individual differences in the suppression of melatonin and delay of sleep in humans.

    Nayantara Santhi;Helen C. Thorne;Daan R. Van Der Veen;Sigurd Johnsen

  • The 3111 Clock gene polymorphism is not associated with sleep and circadian rhythmicity in phenotypically characterized human subjects.

    Donna L. Robilliard;Simon N. Archer;Josephine Arendt;Steven W. Lockley

  • Circadian regulation of human cortical excitability

    Julien Q M Ly;Giulia Gaggioni;Sarah L. Chellappa;Soterios Papachilleos

  • Diurnal preference and sleep quality: same genes? A study of Young Adult twins

    Nicola L. Barclay;Thalia C. Eley;Daniel J. Buysse;Simon N. Archer

  • Local modulation of human brain responses by circadian rhythmicity and sleep debt

    Vincenzo Muto;Mathieu Jaspar;Christelle Meyer;Caroline Kussé

  • A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the 5¢-untranslated region of the hPER2 gene is associated with diurnal preference

    Jayshan D Carpen;Simon N Archer;Debra J Skene;Marcel Smits

  • Interspecific variation in the visual pigments of deep-sea fishes.

    J. C. Partridge;Julia Shand;S. N. Archer;J. N. Lythgoe

  • Inter-individual differences in habitual sleep timing and entrained phase of endogenous circadian rhythms of BMAL1, PER2 and PER3 mRNA in human leukocytes.

    Simon N. Archer;Antoine U. Viola;Vanessa Kyriakopoulou;Malcolm Von Schantz

  • A silent polymorphism in the PER1 gene associates with extreme diurnal preference in humans

    Jayshan D. Carpen;Malcolm von Schantz;Marcel Smits;Debra J. Skene

  • Light, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythms: Together Again

    Derk-Jan Dijk;Simon N. Archer

  • Early morning executive functioning during sleep deprivation is compromised by a PERIOD3 polymorphism.

    John A. Groeger;Antoine U. Viola;June C.Y. Lo;Malcolm Von Schantz

  • The visual pigment basis for cone polymorphism in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata.

    S.N. Archer;J.N. Lythgoe

  • A Length Polymorphism in the Circadian Clock Gene Per3 is Linked to Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome and Extreme Diurnal Preference CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

    Simon N Archer;Donna L Robilliard;Debra J Skene;Marcel Smits

Frequent Co-Authors

Derk-Jan Dijk
Derk-Jan Dijk University of Surrey
Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Christophe Phillips
Christophe Phillips University of Liège
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa
Sarah Laxhmi Chellappa University of Southampton
Christian Degueldre
Christian Degueldre University of Liège
Fabienne Collette
Fabienne Collette University of Liège
André Luxen
André Luxen University of Liège
Mario Rosanova
Mario Rosanova University of Milan
John A. Groeger
John A. Groeger Nottingham Trent University

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