Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Aims & Scope

Behavioral Sleep Medicine addresses behavioral dimensions of normal and abnormal sleep mechanisms and the prevention, assessment, and treatment of sleep disorders and associated behavioral and emotional problems.

Standards for interventions acceptable to this journal are guided by established principles of behavior change.

Intending to serve as the intellectual home for the application of behavioral/cognitive science to the study of normal and disordered sleep, the journal paints a broad stroke across the behavioral sleep medicine landscape.

Its content includes scholarly investigation of such areas as normal sleep experience, insomnia, the relation of daytime functioning to sleep, parasomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, treatment adherence, pediatrics, and geriatrics.

Multidisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome.

The journal’ domain encompasses human basic, applied, and clinical outcome research.

Behavioral Sleep Medicine also embraces methodological diversity, spanning innovative case studies, quasi-experimentation, randomized trials, epidemiology, and critical reviews.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	2.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.832

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6415

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	485

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Neuroscience and Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Development of Short Forms From the PROMISâ„¢ Sleep Disturbance and Sleep-Related Impairment Item Banks

  Citation: 960

  Authors: Lan, Daniel J., Anne, Douglas E., Angela, Nathan E., Kelly L., Paul A.

• The SBSM Guide to Actigraphy Monitoring: Clinical and Research Applications

  Citation: 422

  Authors: Sonia, Jennifer L., Terri, Luis, Lianqi, Lisa J., Avi, Adam P., Daniel J.

• The Effect of Psychosocial Stress on Sleep: A Review of Polysomnographic Evidence

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Eui-Joong, Joel E.

• Insomnia as a Health Risk Factor

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Daniel J., Kenneth L., H. Heith

• Increased Light Exposure Consolidates Sleep and Strengthens Circadian Rhythms in Severe Alzheimer's Disease Patients

  Citation: 294

  Authors: Sonia, Philip, Jennifer L., Tamar, Matthew, Jody, Leah

• Sleep and Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescents

  Citation: 263

  Authors: Erin M., Jodi A.

• Insomnia as a Risk Factor for Onset of Depression in the Elderly

  Citation: 251

  Authors: Michael L., Leisha J., Jeffrey M., Sara R., Wil R., Carla R., Xin

• The Association Between Use of Electronic Media in Bed Before Going to Sleep and Insomnia Symptoms, Daytime Sleepiness, Morningness, and Chronotype

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Ingrid Nesdal, Linn Tinnesand, Sunniva Straume, Bjørn, Ståle

• Clinical Management of Chronic Nightmares: Imagery Rehearsal Therapy

  Citation: 209

  Authors: Barry, Antonio

• The Sleep of the Ring: Comparison of the ÅŒURA Sleep Tracker Against Polysomnography

  Citation: 208

  Authors: Massimiliano, Leonardo, Ian M., Fiona C.

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