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Aims and scope

Sleep Science and Practice is an open access journal for clinicians and researchers interested in the study of sleep and sleep medicine. The mission of this journal is to publish international basic and clinical sleep-related research that assists sleep specialists, scientists, and other professionals with their research and patient-care activities. The scope of the journal spans the following:

  • Basic sleep concepts, science, deprivation, and mechanisms
  • Translational sleep research
  • Anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology of sleep
  • Assessment, instrumentation, methodology, training, and policies of sleep
  • Sleep disorders, such as insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, sleep-related breathing disorders, sleep-related movement disorders, and parasomnias
  • Sleep and comorbidities
  • Sleep in special populations

We welcome manuscripts on these topics and recognize the interdisciplinary nature of sleep and sleep medicine through sleep-related research contributions from diverse fields such as neurology, immunology, pulmonary medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, psychology, dentistry, pediatrics, endocrinology, genetics, and otolaryngology.

Reasons to publish in Sleep Science and Practice

  • Multidisciplinary focus, including neurology, psychiatry and respiratory sleep research
  • Editorial Board of leading experts from the Americas, Asia and Europe
  • High visibility – permanent, unrestricted, free online access
  • High-quality peer review service

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Speed 
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 100

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 156,013
    Altmetric mentions: 30