| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (all) | 73 / 669 | 89th | Q1 |
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Sleep Medicine
Sleep Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.9), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 1389-9457Verify ISSN ↗1878-5506Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,350 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Sleep Medicine indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.9.
What quartile is Sleep Medicine in Scopus?
Sleep Medicine is Q1 in Medicine (all) (rank 73 of 669), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Sleep Medicine?
Sleep Medicine is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 89th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.133, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 167.
How much does it cost to publish in Sleep Medicine?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,350 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Sleep Medicine and what is its ISSN?
Sleep Medicine is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 1389-9457 and its online ISSN is 1878-5506.
Is Sleep Medicine covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Sleep Medicine in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is Sleep Medicine open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Sleep Medicine? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Sleep Medicine has an h-index of 194 and a 2-year mean of 1.36 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #207 of 646 Scopus journals in Medicine (all).
Sleep Medicine published 602 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 1,582. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Sleep Medicine? — latest 99 articles, 2026
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (15.1%), China (13.3%) and France (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Sleep Medicine? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers 2 · 0.1 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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