Why Publish with Brain Communications?

Brain Communications is a fully open-access journal which publishes high-quality preclinical and clinical studies related to neurological or psychiatric disease or maintaining brain/nervous system health and resilience. The journal aims to be a force for good in the translational neuroscience field by facilitating a high standard of rigor and transparency and promoting career development of neuroscientists. Funds raised through article processing charges beyond the costs associated with publishing are put back into the scientific community. In our case, The Guarantors of Brain charity uses money raised by Brain and Brain Communications to support fellowships, meetings, and travel grants to attend conferences or to do pro-bono work in low-income countries, find out more.

Premier open-access journal

Brain Communications is a fully open-access journal which publishes high-quality preclinical and clinical studies related to neurological or psychiatric disease or maintaining brain/nervous system health and resilience. The journal aims to be a force for good in the translational neuroscience field by facilitating a high standard of rigor and transparency and promoting career development of neuroscientists.  

Fast publication speed

Author manuscripts are first published within 48 hours of license signature; corrected proofs are published within approximately 18 days from the same time point.

Ease of submission

Brain Communications offers an author-friendly publication model encompassing flexible article lengths, as well as an efficient transfer process from our sister journal Brain.

Distinguished Editorial team

Brain Communications’ Associate Editors are recruited and appointed based on their expertise in the field. The editorial team ensures the journal publishes high-quality content, operates ethically, and provides a welcoming publishing outlet for authors from all backgrounds and at all career stages. Brain Communications has an outstanding outreach program for researchers at earlier career stages, including a Reviewer Academy and an Observers Programme.

Discoverability

Authors publishing in the journal benefit from a wide array of services to help support discoverability, including OUP’s platform capabilities and self-promotion tools, as well as Brain Communications’ Twitter presence, @BrainComms. With an average of more than 40,000 visits with content engagement per month, your article will receive significant exposure.

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Please refer to our  instructions to authors  and  submission site for more information.