Dreaming is a multidisciplinary journal, the only professional journal devoted specifically to dreaming.

The journal publishes scholarly articles related to dreaming from any discipline and viewpoint.

This includes:

  • biological aspects of dreaming and sleep/dream laboratory research
  • psychological articles of any kind related to dreaming
  • clinical work on dreams regardless of theoretical perspective (Freudian, Jungian, existential, eclectic, etc.)
  • anthropological, sociological, and philosophical articles related to dreaming
  • articles about dreaming from any of the arts and humanities

All papers undergo peer review.

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Published quarterly, beginning in March
Average lag for online first 37 days
Average time to first decision 139 days
Rejection rate 45.8%
Impact factor 0.5
5-year impact factor 0.7
Psychology - Multidisciplinary 187 of 222
Journal citation indicator 0.29
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ISSN 1053-0797
eISSN 1573-3351
Founded 1991