Cover Art

JNeurosci cover art is either an image or a video that highlights material relevant to an article in that issue. Cover art is chosen primarily on the basis of aesthetic appeal and scientific interest. We are primarily interested in arresting and appealing images rather than those that serve to document experimental findings. Cartoons or metaphorical images are generally not accepted. Contributors are encouraged to view recent covers for examples of images that have been accepted.

When submitting cover art created by someone who is not an author of the article, please have the creator fill out and sign the following permission form, http://www.jneurosci.org/site/misc/License_to_Use _Cover_Material.pdf. The signed form must be submitted with the cover art submission. Also, include an acknowledgement in the cover legend of the creator who provided the artwork.

Because of our tight production schedule, cover art should be received with 10 days after a manuscript has been accepted. After that time you should contact jn{at}sfn.org to check whether your submission can be considered. Submissions should be deposited at the FTP site that is described in the acceptance letter that authors receive. Please save the art and legend in a folder named with the manuscript ID number assigned by JNeurosci. If you don't have FTP software, a free program can be obtained from http://filezilla.sourceforge.net. If using a Macintosh, you can download Fetch for free for 15 days at: http://fetchsoftworks.com/. After you have deposited your image and legend please notify the editor by sending an email to jn{at}sfn.org.

Image Format

Images should be formatted to the equivalent of 9 inches wide by 11.25 inches high with a resolution of at least 300 pixels/inch. Cover art consisting of a single picture should be in TIFF format saved as RGB. Art including vector graphics should be in EPS format. A brief cover legend that describes the image should accompany the submission. Journal editors may crop, rotate or otherwise adjust images.

Video Format

Cover videos do not need to match the aspect ratio of the printed cover. Video should have a resolution of at least 480 vertical lines. Videos should be prepared in MP4 format using the H.264 video codec. When audio is included, the ACC audio codec should be used, with a bit rate of 128 kbit/s. Authors must also supply an image from the video to appear on the print issue. That image must comply with the image format described above. For more information see Illustration and Table Guidelines.
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