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Sleep Medicine Clinics

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 1841

ISSN1556-4088

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.376

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.468

Total Worksi

1,540

Total Citationsi

28,031

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Sleep Medicine Clinics provides a forum for invited, topical reviews in the field of sleep disorders. It is ideal for clinicians working with patients suffering from sleep disorders.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1841

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,540

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1556-4088

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.5k

2019

1.6k

2020

634

2021

2.4k

2022

628

2023

263

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Clinical PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Neurology (clinical)Q1

Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and related disordersObstructive Sleep Apnea ResearchNeuroscience of respiration and sleepCircadian rhythm and melatoninRestless Legs Syndrome ResearchSleep and Work-Related FatigueDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesRespiratory Support and MechanismsParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Sleep Medicine Clinics

Is Sleep Medicine Clinics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sleep Medicine Clinics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sleep Medicine Clinics?

Sleep Medicine Clinics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.28.

Is Sleep Medicine Clinics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sleep Medicine Clinics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.