Editor-in-Chief: Professor Ahmed BaHammam

Nature and Science of Sleep is part of our Elevate Series. This means that you will receive a concierge-level publishing experience, including dedicated support from our expert in-house Editorial team, with guaranteed response times of within 48 hours, an initial decision on whether your article will be peer reviewed within 5 working days, and a first decision on your research within an average of 22 working days.

Nature and Science of Sleep is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all aspects of sleep science and sleep medicine, including the neurophysiology and functions of sleep, the genetics of sleep, sleep and society, biological rhythms, dreaming, sleep disorders and therapy, and strategies to optimize healthy sleep.

For specific topics covered in the journal please see the Aims and Scope.

This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Data Sharing Policy
This journal applies the Taylor & Francis share upon reasonable request data sharing policy. Authors submitting to this journal agree to make data and materials supporting the results or analyses presented in their paper available upon reasonable request. For more information about what this means for authors, please visit our Data Sharing Policy page.

Reporting Guidelines
Nature and Science of Sleep requires the use of key study design specific consensus-based reporting guidelines, such as:

• CONSORT guidelines for clinical trials (including extensions)
• SPIRIT for clinical trial protocols
• PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (including extensions)
• PRISMA-P for systematic review protocols
• ARRIVE guidelines for in vivo animal studies
• CARE guidelines for clinical case reports
• STROBE-MR for reporting Mendelian randomisation studies

Please upload completed reporting checklists and flow charts when submitting the corresponding article types.