Chronotype and Social Jetlag: A (Self-) Critical Review
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · +1 more institution
Abstract
The Munich ChronoType Questionnaire (MCTQ) has now been available for more than 15 years and its original publication has been cited 1240 times (Google Scholar, May 2019). Additionally, its online version, which was available until July 2017, produced almost 300,000 entries from all over the world (MCTQ database). The MCTQ has gone through several versions, has been translated into 13 languages, and has been validated against other more objective measures of daily timing in several independent studies. Besides being used as a method to correlate circadian features of human biology with other factors-ranging from health issues to geographical factors-the MCTQ gave rise to the quantification of old wisdoms, like…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 25.38
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 115
Authors
4- TRTill RoennebergCorresponding
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- LKLuísa K. Pilz
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- GZGiulia Zerbini
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- ECEva C. Winnebeck
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Topics & keywords
- Chronotype
- Biology
- Simplicity
- Circadian rhythm
- Epistemology