The Neuroscientist
Last updated ISSN 1073-8584
The Neuroscientist is published by SAGE Publishing in neuroscience. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,400.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Neuroscientist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Nerve injury and regeneration
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1073-8584, 1089-4098 |
| Subject area | Neuroscience |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,400 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,154 |
| Publishing since | 1995 |
| Journal website | nro.sagepub.com/ |
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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