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Sleep Medicine

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1968

ISSN1878-5506

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.133

H-Indexi

190

SNIPi

1.243

Total Worksi

16,519

Total Citationsi

263,151

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Clinical Neurology; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1968

Frequency14 No. A Year. 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications16,519

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-5506

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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

1.6k

10k

2019

440

14k

2020

482

11k

2021

1.2k

5.1k

2022

422

4.3k

2023

1.6k

3.9k

2024

602

1.5k

2025

2.1k

108

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sleep and related disordersSleep and Wakefulness ResearchObstructive Sleep Apnea ResearchRestless Legs Syndrome ResearchSleep and Work-Related FatigueNeuroscience of respiration and sleepParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsCircadian rhythm and melatoninCardiovascular and Diving-Related ComplicationsHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Sleep Medicine

Is Sleep Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sleep Medicine: 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?

Sleep Medicine 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 0.94.

Is Sleep Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sleep Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sleep Medicine?