The Journal of Neuroscience explained

The Journal of Neuroscience
Cover:Journal of Neuroscience.gif
Editor:Sabine Kastner
Discipline:Neuroscience
Abbreviation:J. Neurosci.
Publisher:Society for Neuroscience
Country:United States
Frequency:Weekly
History:1981–present
Impact:4.4
Impact-Year:2023
Website:http://www.jneurosci.org/
Link1:http://www.jneurosci.org/content/current
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://www.jneurosci.org/content
Link2-Name:Online archive
Oclc:476317794
Lccn:81640907
Coden:JNRSDS
Issn:0270-6474
Eissn:1529-2401

The Journal of Neuroscience is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Society for Neuroscience. It covers empirical research on all aspects of neuroscience. Its editor-in-chief is Sabine Kastner (Princeton University), who succeeded Marina Picciotto (Yale University) in 2024. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.4.[1]

History

The journal was established in 1981 and issues appeared monthly; as its popularity grew it switched to a biweekly schedule in 1996 and then to a weekly in July 2003.

Themes

Main themes

Articles appear within one of the following five sections of the journal:

The journal has revised its sections over the years. In 2004, it added the Neurobiology of Disease section due to the growing number of papers on this subject. In January 2013, the journal split the section Behavioral/Systems/Cognitive into two sections, Systems/Circuits and Behavioral/Cognitive, in order to make the sections of the journal approximately the same in size.[2]

Features

In addition, some issues of the journal contain articles in the following sections:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2024 . Journal of Neuroscience . 2023 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . . Journal Citation Reports.
  2. Maunsell . John . 2013 . New Journal Sections . The Journal of Neuroscience . 33 . 1 . 1 . 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5529-12.2012 . free . 6618639 .