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THE JOURNAL OF SLEEP MEDICINE AND SURGERY

The JSMM is the official publication of the Latin American Sleep Medicine Society.

AIMS AND SCOPE

The Journal of Sleep Medicine and Surgery (JSMS), is a quarterly English-language publication and the official peer-reviewed open access journal of the Latin American Sleep Medicine Society (SOLMES). Its mission is to spread the knowledge of sleep medicine, surgery and disorders, chronobiology, circadian sciences and related topics, publishing ethical, novel, contemporary and relevant information in sleep medicine and surgery, covering every aspect of the clinical spectrum in sleep medicine.

Special emphasis is placed on surgical solutions for sleep-disordered breathing, through the presentation of a type of article called «novel surgical techniques», thus promoting the development of appropriate surgical management of snoring and sleep apnea.

This journal is aimed to health professionals, clinicians, surgeons and researchers, in order to improve patients care and public health.

The JSMS presents high standard peer reviewed scientific articles, with cutting edge information, reflecting the international state of the science of sleep medicine, and helping to make the recent discoveries and developments in sleep medicine, accessible to every health professional interested in sleep medicine topics.

The JSMS contains main articles (original papers, review, short reports), case reports of unique topics, novel surgical techniques and letters to the editor.

Articles published in JSMS are open-access, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

The JSMS offers the service of translation from Spanish to English, for those authors who require it.