Nature Neuroscience
Last updated ISSN 1097-6256
Nature Neuroscience is published by Nature Portfolio in neuroscience. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $12,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Nature 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
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Nature Portfolio |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1097-6256, 1546-1726 |
| Subject area | Neuroscience |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $12,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 8,193 |
| Publishing since | 1870 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/neuro/ |
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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