Birgit Högl

25.4k citations

283 papers · 12.7k · 2 hit papers · h-index 64

Impact in

Neurology top 0.05%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neurological disorders and treatments
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.2%
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Papers in

Epidemiology 143
- Restless Legs Syndrome Research 143
Neurology 113
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 102
- Neurological disorders and treatments 14

Co-authors: Werner Poewe (87 shared papers)Ambra Stefani (107 shared papers)Birgit Frauscher (58 shared papers)Claudia Trenkwalder (33 shared papers)Klaus Seppi (35 shared papers)Elisabeth Brandauer (64 shared papers)Richard P. Allen (17 shared papers)Ralf Kohnen (27 shared papers)
Journals: Sleep Medicine (63 papers)Movement Disorders (33 papers)SLEEP (28 papers)Journal of Sleep Research (15 papers)Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (9 papers)
Partner nations: Austria Germany United States

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Birgit Högl

276 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Birgit Högl's Hit Papers

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The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe 2023 · 166 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 The Lancet Public Health
2017 Nature Reviews Neurology

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1	Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder and neurodegeneration — an update Nature Reviews Neurology ·Birgit Högl, Ambra Stefani, Aleksandar Videnović Hit paper breakdown →	2017	383
2	Normative EMG Values during REM Sleep for the Diagnosis of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder SLEEP ·Birgit Frauscher, Álex Iranzo, Carles Gaig, Viola Gschliesser, Marc Guaita, Verena Raffelseder, Laura Ehrmann, Núria Solà‐Valls, Manel Salamero, Eduardo Tolosa, Werner Poewe, Joan Santamaría, Birgit Högl	2012	311
3	Decreased striatal dopamine transporter uptake and substantia nigra hyperechogenicity as risk markers of synucleinopathy in patients with idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a prospective study The Lancet Neurology ·Álex Iranzo, Francisco Lomeña, Heike Stockner, Francesc Valldeoriola, Isabel Vilaseca, Manel Salamero, José Luís Molinuevo, Mónica Serradell, Joan Duch, Javier Pavı́a, Judith Gallego, Klaus Seppi, Birgit Högl, Eduard Tolosa, Werner Poewe, Joan Santamaría	2010	308
4	Parkinson's disease sleep scale—validation of the revised version PDSS‐2 Movement Disorders ·Claudia Trenkwalder, Ralf Kohnen, Birgit Högl, Vinod Metta, Friederike Sixel‐Döring, Birgit Frauscher, Julia Hülsmann, Pablo Martínez‐Martín, К. Ray Chaudhuri	2011	307
5	Restless legs syndrome Neurology ·Birgit Högl, Stefan Kiechl, Johann Willeit, M. Saletu, Birgit Frauscher, Klaus Seppi, Jörg Müller, Gregorio Rungger, Arno Gasperi, Gregor K. Wenning, Werner Poewe	2005	307
6	A single‐question screen for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A multicenter validation study Movement Disorders ·Ronald B. Postuma, Isabelle Arnulf, Birgit Högl, Álex Iranzo, Tomoyuki Miyamoto, Yves Dauvilliers, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Yo‐El S. Ju, Monica Puligheddu, Poul Jennum, Amélie Pelletier, Christina Wolfson, Smaranda Leu‐Semenescu, Birgit Frauscher, Masayuki Miyamoto, Valérie Cochen De Cock, Marcus M. Unger, Karin Stiasny‐Kolster, Maria Livia Fantini, Jacques Montplaisir	2012	304
7	Restless legs syndrome associated with major diseases Neurology ·Claudia Trenkwalder, Richard P. Allen, Birgit Högl, Walter Paulus, Juliane Winkelmann	2016	269
8	Prevalence of movement disorders in men and women aged 50–89 years (Bruneck Study cohort): a population-based study The Lancet Neurology ·Gregor K. Wenning, Stefan Kiechl, Klaus Seppi, Joerg Müller, Birgit Högl, M. Saletu, Gregor Rungger, Arno Gasperi, Johann Willeit, Werner Poewe	2005	234
9	Guidelines for the first-line treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease, prevention and treatment of dopaminergic augmentation: a combined task force of the IRLSSG, EURLSSG, and the RLS-foundation Sleep Medicine ·Diego Garcı́a-Borreguero, Michael H. Silber, John W. Winkelman, Birgit Högl, Jacquelyn Bainbridge, Mark J. Buchfuhrer, Georgios M. Hadjigeorgiou, Yuichi Inoue, Mauro Manconi, Wolfgang H. Oertel, William G. Ondo, Juliane Winkelmann, Richard P. Allen	2016	234
10	The long-term treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis–Ekbom disease: evidence-based guidelines and clinical consensus best practice guidance: a report from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group Sleep Medicine ·Diego Garcı́a-Borreguero, Ralf Kohnen, Michael H. Silber, John W. Winkelman, Christopher J. Earley, Birgit Högl, Mauro Manconi, Jacques Montplaisir, Yuichi Inoue, Richard P. Allen	2013	226
11	Scales to assess sleep impairment in Parkinson's disease: Critique and recommendations Movement Disorders ·Birgit Högl, Isabelle Arnulf, Cynthia L. Comella, Joaquim J. Ferreira, Álex Iranzo, Barbara C. Tilley, Claudia Trenkwalder, Werner Poewe, Olivier Rascol, Cristina Sampaio, Glenn T. Stebbins, Anette Schrag, Christopher G. Goetz	2010	218
12	Diagnostic Standards for Dopaminergic Augmentation of Restless Legs Syndrome: Report from a World Association of Sleep Medicine – International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group Consensus Conference at the Max Planck Institute Sleep Medicine ·Diego Garcı́a-Borreguero, Richard P. Allen, Ralf Kohnen, Birgit Högl, Claudia Trenkwalder, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Wayne A. Hening, Walter Paulus, David B. Rye, Arthur S. Walters, Juliane Winkelmann	2007	212
13	Modafinil for the Treatment of Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson´s Disease: A Double-blind, Randomized, Crossover, Placebo-controlled Polygraphic Trial SLEEP ·Birgit Högl, M. Saletu, Elisabeth Brandauer, S. Glatzl, Birgit Frauscher, Klaus Seppi, Hanno Ulmer, Gregor K. Wenning, Werner Poewe	2002	199
14	Comorbidities, treatment, and pathophysiology in restless legs syndrome The Lancet Neurology ·Claudia Trenkwalder, Richard P. Allen, Birgit Högl, Stefan Clemens, Stephanie M. Patton, Barbara Schormair, Juliane Winkelmann	2018	189
15	Sleep in Parkinson’s disease Neuropsychopharmacology ·Ambra Stefani, Birgit Högl	2019	186
16	White and gray matter abnormalities in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: A diffusion‐tensor imaging and voxel‐based morphometry study Annals of Neurology ·Christoph Scherfler, Birgit Frauscher, Michael Schocke, Álex Iranzo, Viola Gschliesser, Klaus Seppi, Joan Santamaría, Eduardo Tolosa, Birgit Högl, Werner Poewe, (unknown)	2010	183
17	The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe The Lancet Public Health ·Diane C Lim, Arezu Najafi, Lamia Afifi, Claudio L. Bassetti, Daniel J. Buysse, Fang Han, Birgit Högl, Yohannes Adama Melaku, Charles M. Morin, Allan I Pack, Dalva Poyares, Virend K. Somers, Peter R. Eastwood, Phyllis C. Zee, Chandra L. Jackson Hit paper breakdown →	2023	166
18	Neuropathological criteria of anti-IgLON5-related tauopathy Acta Neuropathologica ·Ellen Gelpí, Romana Höftberger, Francesc Graus, Helen Ling, Janice L. Holton, Timothy Dawson, Mara Popović, Janja Pretnar Oblak, Birgit Högl, Erich Schmutzhard, Werner Poewe, Gerda Ricken, Joan Santamaría, Josep Dalmau, Herbert Budka, Tamás Révész, Gábor G. Kovács	2016	162
19	Transcranial ultrasound shows nigral hypoechogenicity in restless legs syndrome Annals of Neurology ·Christoph Schmidauer, Martin Sojer, Klaus Seppi, Heike Stockner, Birgit Högl, Birgit Biedermann, Elisabeth Brandauer, Cecilia Peralta, Gregor K. Wenning, Werner Poewe	2005	162
20	Efficacy of rotigotine for treatment of moderate-to-severe restless legs syndrome: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial The Lancet Neurology ·Claudia Trenkwalder, Heike Beneš, Werner Poewe, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Diego Garcı́a-Borreguero, Al W. de Weerd, Luigi Ferini‐Strambi, Pasquale Montagna, Per Odin, Karin Stiasny‐Kolster, Birgit Högl, К. Ray Chaudhuri, Markku Partinen, Erwin Schollmayer, Ralf Kohnen	2008	162

About Birgit Högl

Birgit Högl is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 283 papers that have together received 12.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Restless Legs Syndrome Research (143 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (102 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (97 papers), Sleep and related disorders (36 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (14 papers), Dysphagia Assessment and Management (10 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (9 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (6.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (5.4k citations), Epidemiology (6.2k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.8k citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (512 citations). Birgit Högl has collaborated with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Werner Poewe, Ambra Stefani, Birgit Frauscher, Claudia Trenkwalder, Klaus Seppi, Elisabeth Brandauer, Richard P. Allen, Ralf Kohnen, Viola Gschliesser and Álex Iranzo. Their work appears in journals such as Sleep Medicine, Movement Disorders, SLEEP, Journal of Sleep Research and Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

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