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Journal of Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research
Sleep as a biological process, the circadian systems that time it, the disorders that disrupt it, and the methods that measure it — with the behavioral, neurological, respiratory, psychological and wider health questions that follow from all four.
JSDR ISSN 2574-4518 Crossref DOI prefix 10.14302 CC BY 4.0 Publication history 2015–2026
01 · The record
What the journal has published
Six of the journal’s 21 published records, chosen to show the range of its subject matter rather than to show the newest. The complete record is in the archive, and every issue stays open.
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Assessing the risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in India
Rajiv Kovila, Lakshmi Vinuthna Reddy, Ansh Marfatia
Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Loneliness and Bedtime Procrastination: Exploring a Model of Interconnectedness Among Young Adults in Germany
Sarah Trost, Michael Hast
IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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Effect of Ultra-Processed Foods Consumption on Sleep Disturbances Among Brazilian Adults’ Population: A Propensity Score Matching Approach
Pedro Olivares-Tirado, Rosendo Zanga
School of Public Health, University of Chile, Santiago
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The Effect of Weekends and Clock Changes on the Sleep Patterns of Children with Autism: A Study of Historical Records
Tim I Williams
Institute of Education, University of Reading, and Priors Court Foundation
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The Effects of Physical Activity on Sleep among Adolescents and Adults: A Narrative Review
Sophie Desjardins, Manuel Tanguay-Labonté
Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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Subjective and Objective Actigraphic Sleep Monitoring and Psychopathology in a Clinical Sample of Patients with Night Eating Syndrome, with and Without Binge Eating Behaviors
Orna Tzischinsky, Yael Latzer, Miri Givon, Orna Kabakov, Sigal Alon, Nehama Zuckerman-Levin, Michal Rozenstein-Hason
Emek Yezreel Academic College and Haifa University, Israel
02 · Subject areas
Where that work sits
The journal covers sleep as a biological process and sleep disorders as clinical problems, together with the measurement and the services that connect the two. Submissions are welcome from sleep medicine, neurology, psychiatry, respiratory and cardiometabolic medicine, pediatrics, dentistry, psychology, nursing, chronobiology, public health, and the engineering and data sciences that support them.
- 01 Sleep physiology and circadian science Sleep regulation, homeostatic and circadian control, chronobiology, chronotype, and entrainment in humans and in model systems.
- 02 Sleep-disordered breathing Obstructive and central sleep apnea, hypoventilation syndromes, positive-airway-pressure and alternative therapies, and cardiometabolic consequences.
- 03 Insomnia and behavioral sleep medicine Insomnia disorder, cognitive and behavioral treatment, sleep-related cognition, bedtime behavior, and adherence.
- 04 Central disorders of hypersomnolence Narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, Kleine–Levin syndrome, and the assessment of daytime sleepiness.
- 05 Parasomnias and sleep-related movement disorders Non-REM and REM parasomnias, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movements, and bruxism.
- 06 Sleep across the lifespan Infant, child and adolescent sleep, sleep in pregnancy, and sleep in later life, including neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative contexts.
- 07 Sleep in comorbid disease Sleep in psychiatric, neurological, respiratory, cardiometabolic, oncological and pain conditions, and in perioperative and critical care.
- 08 Measurement, methods and services Polysomnography, actigraphy, quantitative EEG, consumer and ambulatory sleep technology, questionnaires and scoring, population sleep health, occupational and shift-work sleep, dental sleep medicine, and health-services research.
03 · The archive
Everything the journal has issued
Publication history 2015–2026. Every article is open access under CC BY 4.0 from the day it appears, and stays open.
04 · Editorial responsibility
Who decides, and on what
Manuscripts are assessed for scope, scholarly quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, and research integrity. Four of the journal’s editors are shown here; the full board, with each member’s affiliation and research focus, is on the editorial board page.
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Editor-in-Chief
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA · United States
Sleep medicine, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction
ORCID 0000-0001-9053-7239
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Editorial Board
Head of Sleep Center, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano Civico e Italiano, Lugano, Ticino · Switzerland
Sleep neurology, movement disorders in sleep, parasomnias
ORCID 0000-0002-1849-7196
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Editorial Board
Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand · India
Insomnia, sleep disorders in psychiatric and medical illness
ORCID 0000-0003-2583-563X
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Editorial Board
Health Sciences Graduate Program, Brazil
Dental sleep medicine, oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea
ORCID 0000-0001-6609-2794
05 · Conditions of publication
How the journal works
- Screening
- All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
- Decisions
- Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
- License
- CC BY 4.0. Authors retain copyright, and readers may reuse the work with attribution.
- Identifiers
- Articles are registered with Crossref under the DOI prefix 10.14302. The journal’s ISSN is 2574-4518. The indexing page carries the journal’s verified registration, discovery, indexing and preservation information.
- Integrity
- Authorship, competing interests, funding and data availability are declared at submission and reported with the published article. Read the editorial policies.
Article processing charges
| Article type | Charge |
|---|---|
| Original research | USD 1,800 |
| Review | USD 1,300 |
| Methods and tools | USD 1,100 |
| Short communication | USD 900 |
Article processing charges are invoiced after editorial acceptance. There is no submission fee.
Editorial decisions are independent of payment. The editors who assess a manuscript take no part in invoicing, and no fee, membership or service purchased from the publisher affects whether a manuscript is reviewed, how quickly it is handled, or whether it is accepted.
Complete terms, including the withdrawal policy, are on the article processing charges page. Billing and fee-relief inquiries go to the editorial office.
06 · Submitting
Sending work to the journal
Manuscripts may be submitted by any of the three routes below. Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
- Primary route — ManuscriptZone The journal's submission system. oap.manuscriptzone.net
- Alternative route — Manuscript submission form A simple form that records the manuscript and its files, preset to this journal. openaccesspub.org/manuscript-submission-form
- Assisted route — Editorial office Authors who need assistance may write to the editorial office. [email protected]
07 · Journal pages
Where the authoritative statements are
Invitation
Send us work on sleep
Journal of Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research welcomes submissions throughout the year from researchers, clinicians and multidisciplinary teams working across sleep science and sleep medicine. Regular submissions are accepted throughout the year.