Wayne A. Hening

15.2k citations
72 papers · 10.3k · 4 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

  • Neurology top 0.05%
    • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
    • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.1%
    • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Papers in

  • Epidemiology 59
    • Restless Legs Syndrome Research 59
  • Neurology 55
    • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 50
    • Neurological disorders and treatments 6
    • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders 4
Co-authors
Richard P. Allen (31 shared papers)Arthur S. Walters (32 shared papers)Claudia Trenkwalder (10 shared papers)Daniel L. Picchietti (6 shared papers)Christopher J. Earley (13 shared papers)Luigi Ferini‐Strambi (5 shared papers)Sudhansu Chokroverty (12 shared papers)R.C. Rosen (1 shared paper)
Journals
Sleep Medicine (17 papers)Movement Disorders (16 papers)SLEEP (5 papers)Experimental Brain Research (4 papers)Neurology (2 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesGermanyItaly

In The Last Decade

Wayne A. Hening

72 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Wayne A. Hening's Hit Papers

Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence and Impact 2005 · 864 citations
8640+8+17Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k
What are hit papers?

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.
  1. 2005 Archives of Internal Medicine
  2. 2003 Sleep Medicine
  3. 2003 Sleep Medicine
  4. 2000 Archives of Internal Medicine

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Wayne A. Hening
Comparison fields: 5 of 124
  • Neurology 7.1k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 6.8k
  • Epidemiology 8.6k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.2k
  • Speech and Hearing 579
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1
Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology
Sleep Medicine ·Richard P. Allen, Daniel L. Picchietti, Wayne A. Hening, Claudia Trenkwalder, Arthur S. Walters, Jacques Montplaisi
Hit paper breakdown →		20032248
2
Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale for restless legs syndrome
Sleep Medicine ·Arthur S. Walters, Cheryl LeBrocq, Anjana Dhar, Wayne A. Hening, R.C. Rosen, Richard P. Allen, Claudia Trenkwalder, (unknown)
Hit paper breakdown →		20031301
3
Restless Legs Syndrome Prevalence and Impact
Archives of Internal Medicine ·Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters, Jacques Montplaisir, Wayne A. Hening, Andrew Myers, Timothy Bell, Luigi Ferini‐Strambi
Hit paper breakdown →		2005864
4
Epidemiology of Restless Legs Symptoms in Adults
Archives of Internal Medicine ·Barbara Phillips, Terry Young, Laurel Finn, Kenneth Chavinson Asher, Wayne A. Hening, Cheryl Purvis
Hit paper breakdown →		2000553
5
The official World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) standards for recording and scoring periodic leg movements in sleep (PLMS) and wakefulness (PLMW) developed in collaboration with a task force from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG)
Sleep Medicine ·Marco Zucconi, Raffaele Ferri, Richard P. Allen, Paul Christian Baier, Oliviero Bruni, Sudhansu Chokroverty, Luigi Ferini‐Strambi, Stephany Fulda, Diego García‐Borreguero, Wayne A. Hening
2006352
6
Further studies on periodic limb movement disorder and restless legs syndrome in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Movement Disorders ·Daniel L. Picchietti, Donna J. Underwood, William A. Farris, Arthur S. Walters, Mona Shah, Ronald E. Dahl, Laura J. Trubnick, Michele A. Bertocci, Mary Wagner, Wayne A. Hening
1999211
7
An Algorithm for the Management of Restless Legs Syndrome
Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·Michael H. Silber, Bruce L. Ehrenberg, Richard P. Allen, Mark J. Buchfuhrer, Christopher J. Earley, Wayne A. Hening, David B. Rye
2004204
8
Successful Treatment of the Idiopathic Restless Legs Syndrome in a Randomized Double-Blind Trial of Oxycodone Versus Placebo
SLEEP ·Arthur S. Walters, Mary Wagner, Wayne A. Hening, Kenneth Grasing, Richard Mills, Sudhansu Chokroverty, Neil B. Kavey
1993197
9
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 García‐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
2007194
10
Treatment of restless legs syndrome: An evidence‐based review and implications for clinical practice
Movement Disorders ·Claudia Trenkwalder, Wayne A. Hening, Pasquale Montagna, Wolfgang H. Oertel, Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters, João Costa, Karin Stiasny‐Kolster, Cristina Sampaio
2008188
11
An Update on the Dopaminergic Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
SLEEP ·Wayne A. Hening, Richard P. Allen, Christopher J. Earley, Daniel L. Picchietti, Michael H. Silber
2004186
12
The four diagnostic criteria for Restless Legs Syndrome are unable to exclude confounding conditions (“mimics”)
Sleep Medicine ·Wayne A. Hening, Richard P. Allen, Mystinna Washburn, Suzanne Lesage, Christopher J. Earley
2009186
13
Prevalence and Correlates of Restless Legs Syndrome
CHEST Journal ·Barbara Phillips, Wayne A. Hening, Pat Britz, David M. Mannino
2006177
14
Control of voluntary and reflexive saccades in Parkinson's disease
Experimental Brain Research ·Kevin A. Briand, Daniel Strallow, Wayne A. Hening, Howard Poizner, Anne B. Sereno
1999166
15
Validation of the self-completed Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire (CH-RLSq) for ascertainment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a population survey
Sleep Medicine ·Richard P. Allen, Brendan Burchell, Ben Macdonald, Wayne A. Hening, Christopher J. Earley
2009164
16
Circadian rhythm of periodic limb movements and sensory symptoms of restless legs syndrome
Movement Disorders ·C. Trenkwalder, Wayne A. Hening, Arthur S. Walters, Scott S. Campbell, Kay Rahman, Sudhansu Chokroverty
1999160
17
Restless Legs Syndrome is Associated with DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder and Panic Disorder in the Community
Journal of Neuropsychiatry ·Hochang B. Lee, Wayne A. Hening, Richard P. Allen, Amanda Kalaydjian, Christopher J. Earley, William W. Eaton, Constantine G. Lyketsos
2008147
18
Long‐Term follow‐up on restless legs syndrome patients treated with opioids
Movement Disorders ·Arthur S. Walters, Juliane Winkelmann, Claudia Trenkwalder, June M. Fry, Vandana Kataria, Mary Wagner, Rakesh Sharma, Wayne A. Hening, Li Li
2001137
19
A double‐blind randomized crossover trial of bromocriptine and placebo in restless legs syndrome
Annals of Neurology ·Arthur S. Walters, Wayne A. Hening, Neil B. Kavey, Sudhansu Chokroverty, Steve Gidro‐Frank
1988131
20
Beyond Benzodiazepines: Alternative Pharmacologic Agents for the Treatment of Insomnia
Annals of Pharmacotherapy ·Judy Wagner, Mary Wagner, Wayne A. Hening
1998125

About Wayne A. Hening

Wayne A. Hening is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Speech and Hearing and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 72 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Restless Legs Syndrome Research (59 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (35 papers), Dysphagia Assessment and Management (9 papers), Sleep and related disorders (9 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (6 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (5 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (7.1k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (6.8k citations), Epidemiology (8.6k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.2k citations) and Speech and Hearing (579 citations). Wayne A. Hening has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Richard P. Allen, Arthur S. Walters, Claudia Trenkwalder, Daniel L. Picchietti, Christopher J. Earley, Luigi Ferini‐Strambi, Sudhansu Chokroverty, R.C. Rosen, Barbara Phillips and Andrew Myers. Their work appears in journals such as Sleep Medicine, Movement Disorders, SLEEP, Experimental Brain Research and Neurology.

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