Gülçin Benbir Senel is an expert in Neurology at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa (Turkey). As of July 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Gülçin Benbir Senel in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Sleep Wake Disorders, and in the top 1% of experts in Turkey for Dyssomnias and Apnea. Gülçin Benbir Senel has authored 198 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 2 clinical trials. SLR score: 562 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Gülçin Benbir Senel Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Turkey
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Neurology

Subspecialties: Sleep Medicine Specialty - Sleep Medicine

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Short Biography

Gulcin Benbir Senel is a full professor since January-2022 in the Department of Neurology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Turkiye. She has been principal Investigator and investigator in many national and international research projetcs. She is the fellow of the European Academy of Neurology, and Sleep Expert by the Sleep Research Society since 2014. She is a scientific member of the International RLS Study Group and European Narcolepsy Network; and a member of World Sleep Research Society, International REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group. She is also founder president of Turkish Narcolepsy Network, past president of Sleep Medicine Study Group of Turkish Neurology Society, and executive member of Turkish Sleep Medicine Society. She was among the Organization Committee of three international congresses, and 21 National Congresses and Meetings. She is the co-author in eight book chapters in international books. She has more than 135 papers published in SCI/E indexed journals. She is also co-author in 22 papers published in SCI/E journals printed in Turkiye, and 14 international journals indexed in other indices. She chaired in 7 sessions in international congresses, was the speaker in 22 sessions. She has 116 oral/poster presentations in international congresses. She is the Editor / Associate Editor in four ESCI and three SCIE journals. She reviewed more than 110 papers in the SCI/E journals and in other journals indexed in other international indices. She is the co-author of three Turkish books, and she is the author/co-author of 16 book chapters in Turkish books. She is the Editor of 11 Turkish books in Sleep Medicine. She has more than 80 papers in journals indexed in Tubitak, and 14 papers in other Turkish journals with other local indices. She chaired more than 40 sessions, and was the speaker in more than 160 sessions in National Congresses. She is the co-author of more than 190 oral / poster presentations in National Congresses. She is the Chief Associate Editor of the Sleep and Disorders Section of the Turkish Neurology Journal and the Past Editor of Turkish Sleep Medicine Journal. She was the reviewer in more than 70 papers in Turkish journals.

Organizations

Career arc: 2005 - 2026

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Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa

Publications Synthesis

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Number : 198

Citations

Citations: 1 834 1st author: 67 Last author: 24 Unique author: 3


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

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Title Journal Year Citations
Serum hypoxia-inducible factors, heat shock proteins, and mitochondrial biomarkers in relation to neurocognitive performance in obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study.
PMID 42520759 — cross-sectional studies, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, serum, sleep apnea, obstructive, sleep, apnea, heat-shock proteins, cognitive dysfunction, biomarkers, hypoxia, sleep apnea syndromes
Sleep Med20260
Attitudes in Patients With Prodromal and Overt α-Synucleinopathy Toward Risk Disclosure: A Nationwide Registry.
PMID 42487477 — registries, research design, disclosure, multiple system atrophy, sleep, synucleinopathies
Mov Disord Clin Pract20260
Reply to "Unexpectedly higher mortality in non‑type 1 narcolepsy: diagnostic heterogeneity or unmeasured confounders?".
PMID 42489805 — mortality, sleep, narcolepsy
J Clin Sleep Med20260
Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased prevalence and severity of COMISA: evidence from the nationwide TURKAPNE cohort.
PMID 42390661 — diabetes mellitus, sleep apnea, obstructive, sleep, apnea, phenotype, signs and symptoms, prevalence, sleep apnea syndromes, sleep initiation and maintenance disorders
J Clin Sleep Med20263
Pathology and Genetics in a Global Cohort of Parkinsonian Disorders.
PMID 42258190 — dementia, lewy bodies, supranuclear palsy, progressive, parkinson disease, genetics, brain, parkinsonian disorders, pathology, biomarkers, movement disorders, diagnosis, nervous system diseases, paralysis, movement
JAMA Neurol20260

Clinical Studies 2

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Recruiting 1

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Interventional 1
Observational 1

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monocentric 2
multicentric2to4 0
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 0

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 3

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