Review Process

All manuscripts must be submitted to JNeurosci's web-based submission site. Please refer to requirements for submission before you begin. The author who completes the submission will be designated as the corresponding author and will be responsible for handling communications with JNeurosci. Co-corresponding authors may be designated on the proofs for accepted articles. The submitting author has full authority to speak for all other authors regarding withdrawal of a manuscript or correction or retraction of a published article. 

At the time of submission, authors will be asked to direct their manuscript to one of JNeurosci's sections (Cellular/Molecular, Development/Plasticity/Repair, Systems/Circuits, Behavioral /Cognitive, or Neurobiology of Disease). Authors may request specific Senior Editors or Reviewing Editors, but editor assignments will be made based on expertise of the editors, load, and scheduling. Accepted manuscripts will appear in the section selected by the authors, regardless of editor assignments.

Authors are requested to identify five reviewers who are well qualified to referee the work and would not have a conflict of interest. Authors may also exclude specific individuals from reviewing their manuscript. The Reviewing Editor will typically select two independent reviewers to evaluate each paper. If a consensus is not reached, a third opinion may be sought. Reviewers are required to treat manuscripts as confidential.

Manuscripts will be returned without outside review if the Reviewing Editor and the Senior Editor deem that the paper is of insufficient general interest for the broad readership of The Journal of Neuroscience, or that the scientific quality is such that it is unlikely to receive favorable reviews. Editorial rejection allows authors to submit their papers elsewhere without further delay.

The Journal of Neuroscience is a member of the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium, an alliance of neuroscience journals that have agreed to share manuscript reviews at the author's request. Its goals are to support efficient and thorough peer review of original research in neuroscience, to speed the publication of research reports, and to reduce the burden on peer reviewers. For information about the Consortium and instructions on how to forward reviews, please visit http://nprc.incf.org/authors/information-for-authors.
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