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Overview

Simon Folkard is affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology. Other subfields include endocrine and autonomic systems, social psychology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and occupational therapy.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Occupational Health and Performance

Simon Folkard has published research articles in several scientific venues, including:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Safety Science
  • Chronobiology International

Their recent papers include:

  • "Night shift work and immune response to the meningococcal conjugate vaccine in healthy workers: a proof of concept study" (2020, Sleep Medicine)
  • "More Than Morningness: The Effect of Circadian Rhythm Amplitude and Stability on Resilience, Coping, and Sleep Duration" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Estimating hourly work schedule risk in railway traffic controllers" (2022, Safety Science)
  • "The association between vigour and flexibility with injury and alertness during shift work" (2024, Chronobiology International)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon Folkard include:

  • Lee Di Milia
  • Francieli S. Ruiz
  • Daniela Santoro Rosa
  • Ioná Zalcman Zimberg
  • Marcus Vinicius Lúcio dos Santos Quaresma

Best Publications

  • Shift work, safety and productivity

    Simon Folkard;Philip Tucker

  • The link between fatigue and safety

    Ann Williamson;David A. Lombardi;Simon Folkard;Simon Folkard;Jane Stutts

  • Complex interaction of the sleep-wake cycle and circadian phase modulates mood in healthy subjects.

    Diane B. Boivin;Charles A. Czeisler;Derk-Jan Dijk;Jeanne F. Duffy

  • The Standard Shiftwork Index: a battery of questionnaires for assessing shiftwork-related problems

    Jane Barton;Evelien Spelten;Peter Totterdell;Lawrence Smith

  • Towards a Predictive Test of Adjustment to Shift Work

    Simon Folkard;T. H. Monk;M. C. Lobban

  • Work shift duration: a review comparing eight hour and 12 hour shift systems.

    Lawrence Smith;Simon Folkard;Phil Tucker;Ian Macdonald

  • Do Permanent Night Workers Show Circadian Adjustment? A Review Based on the Endogenous Melatonin Rhythm

    Simon Folkard

  • Shiftwork: safety, sleepiness and sleep.

    Simon Folkard;David A. Lombardi;Philip T. Tucker

  • Modeling the impact of the components of long work hours on injuries and "accidents".

    Simon Folkard;David A. Lombardi

  • Some effects of jet-lag and their alleviation by melatonin

    J. Arendt;M. Aldhous;J. English;V. Marks

  • Increased injuries on night shift

    Lesley Smith;S. Folkard;C. J. Poole

  • Making Shiftwork Tolerable

    S. Folkard;T H Monk

  • Black times: temporal determinants of transport safety.

    Simon Folkard

  • Circadian rhythms in human memory

    Simon Folkard;Timothy H. Monk

  • Shiftwork and Performance

    Simon Folkard;Timothy H. Monk

  • Flexible working hours, health, and well-being in Europe: some considerations from a SALTSA project.

    Giovanni Costa;Torbjorn Åkerstedt;Friedhelm Nachreiner;Federica Baltieri

  • Investigation of Morning-Evening Orientation in Six Countries Using the Preferences Scale

    Carlla S Smith;Simon Folkard;Robert A Schmieder;Luis F Parra

  • Diurnal variation in logical reasoning.

    Simon Folkard

  • Validation of the S and C components of the three-process model of alertness regulation.

    Torbjörn Åkerstedt;Simon Folkard

  • The Effect of Memory Load on the Circadian Variation in Performance Efficiency Under a Rapidly Rotating Shift System

    Simon Folkard;P. Knauth;T. H. Monk

  • Hours of work : temporal factors in work scheduling

    Simon Folkard;Timothy H. Monk

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Totterdell
Peter Totterdell University of Sheffield
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Inger Hilde Nordhus
Inger Hilde Nordhus University of Bergen
Rob B. Briner
Rob B. Briner University of Bath
Alan J. Parkin
Alan J. Parkin University of Sussex
Jane Oakhill
Jane Oakhill University of Sussex
Jean-Michel Azorin
Jean-Michel Azorin Aix-Marseille University
David Benton
David Benton Swansea University

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