Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 23.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the effects of sleep deprivation, shift work, and fatigue on neurobehavioral functions, cognitive performance, and occupational safety. It covers topics such as the impact of reduced work hours on medical errors, health disorders of shift workers, driver fatigue detection, and the association between sleep deprivation and metabolic syndrome.
- Sleep Deprivation
- Fatigue
- Shift Work
- Neurobehavioral Functions
- Alertness
- Cognitive Performance
- Health Disorders
- Driver Fatigue
- Occupational Safety
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +51% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.2k works
- 2 China 1k works
- 3 India 697 works
- 4 Japan 245 works
- 5 Australia 243 works
- 6 South Korea 212 works
- 7 United Kingdom 211 works
- 8 Indonesia 182 works
- 9 France 156 works
- 10 Türkiye 150 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Monash University publishes the most Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue research, followed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Monash University Australia 27 works
- 2 SRM Institute of Science and Technology India 25 works
- 3 Harvard University United States 24 works
- 4 Central Queensland University Australia 20 works
- 5 University of Pittsburgh United States 19 works
- 6 Saveetha University India 18 works
- 7 University of Indonesia Indonesia 17 works
- 8 Flinders University Australia 16 works
- 9 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 16 works
- 10 National University of Singapore Singapore 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue include Mika Kivimäki and Norito Kawakami.
- 1 Mika Kivimäki 6.7k citations
- 2 Norito Kawakami 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue research done?
The largest centres of Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Chennai (India) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Adelaide.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- AdelaideAU · 41.2 works6.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue?
Among universities, judged by research, Central Queensland University, Monash University and National University of Singapore score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Queensland University Australia | 70.9 | 17.5% | 30.1× | 20 | +221.2% |
| 2 | Monash University Australia | 64.8 | 21.1% | 5.2× | 26 | +159.1% |
| 3 | National University of Singapore Singapore | 64.8 | 43.1% | 2.6× | 16 | +128.8% |
| 4 | Flinders University Australia | 58.2 | 17.8% | 11.7× | 16 | +30.4% |
| 5 | Korea University South Korea | 53.9 | 42.9% | 3.1× | 10 | +126.0% |
| 6 | Karolinska Institutet Sweden | 52.7 | 19.7% | 5.5× | 15 | +65.7% |
| 7 | Deakin University Australia | 51.6 | 33.5% | 3.4× | 10 | +175.3% |
| 8 | Harvard University United States | 48.4 | 20.1% | 3.1× | 24 | +26.5% |
| 9 | Yonsei University South Korea | 48.2 | 30.8% | 3.1× | 14 | +100.3% |
| 10 | South China Normal University China | 47.2 | 35.1% | 4.9× | 11 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.