Brain Research Bulletin
Last updated ISSN 0361-9230
Brain Research Bulletin is published by Elsevier BV in neuroscience. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,280.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Brain Research Bulletin concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0361-9230, 1873-2747 |
| Subject area | Neuroscience |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,280 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 12,175 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/brain-research-bulletin |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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