About Clocks & Sleep

Aims

The journal Clocks & Sleep (C & S) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal. Clocks & Sleep offers peer-reviewed original research covering all aspects of biological rhythms and sleep, assessed in all organisms, cell cultures as well as in clinical human studies. Emphasis is on genetic, biochemical, physiological, neurobehavioral, imaging, epidemiological, modeling and clinical approaches. We welcome original articles, reviews, short communications and case reports from basic research, clinical research and applied science.

Scope

• Circadian and sleep physiology, and their interactions
• Circadian and sleep related disorders in psychiatry, psychology and neurology
• Biological rhythms: circadian, seasonal rhythms and Zeitgebers (light)
• Sleep habits and health, daytime functioning and quality of life
• Cultural, historical, and societal aspects of sleep
• Sleep and circadian monitoring and assistance technology: wearables and nearables
• Computational modelling in the sleep and circadian fields
• Sleep–wake behavior and the 24-h society/life-style
• Biological rhythms and sleep-like behaviors in non-animal species and cell cultures

Clocks & Sleep Section Categories Comprise:

1. C & S in animal basic research
2. C & S in human basic research
3. C & S and computational models
4. C & S and methodology and technology
5. C & S and zeitgeber
6. C & S and development
7. C & S and society
8. C & S and disorders
9. C & S and preregistered trials

Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Clocks & Sleep will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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