- 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
Aims and scope
Sleep Science and Practice (SSP) 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
SSP welcomes manuscripts on these topics and recognizes 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
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Effectiveness of non-invasive brain stimulation in improving sleep quality in insomnia: a systematic review
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Chronotype and sleep patterns among para-medical students at Kerman university of medical sciences: a cross-sectional study
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Narcolepsy genetic variants associated with sleep efficiency in a community dwelling older cohort
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Effects of sleep deprivation on the mental health of adolescents: a systematic review
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The spectrum of disorders causing violence during sleep
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Treating insomnia with medications
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Yoga Nidra: An innovative approach for management of chronic insomnia- A case report
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Rhythmic movements in sleep disorders and in epileptic seizures during sleep
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A circadian based inflammatory response – implications for respiratory disease and treatment
Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed 2024
Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 10
Submission to acceptance (median days): 100Usage 2024
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