Journal of Neuroscience
Last updated ISSN 0270-6474
Journal of Neuroscience is published by Society for Neuroscience in neuroscience. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Neuroscience concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Nerve injury and regeneration
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Society for Neuroscience |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0270-6474, 1529-2401 |
| Subject area | Neuroscience |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 42,462 |
| Publishing since | 1974 |
| Journal website | www.jneurosci.org/ |
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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