Journal profile
Brain and Neuroscience Advances
ISSN 2398-2128 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
Brain and Neuroscience Advances: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 28 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Brain and Neuroscience Advances is no longer accepting new submissions. SAGE Publishing will continue to host back issues here Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Brain and Neuroscience Advances is published by SAGE Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, together about 34.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Brain and Neuroscience Advances is the official peer-reviewed, open access journal of The British Neuroscience Association, the largest UK organisation representing all aspects of neuroscience from ion channels to whole animal behaviour to neuroscience applications in the clinic.The mission of the journal is to promote, on a multidisciplinary basis, the study of the development, structure and function of the neurosciences in health and disease. The journal publishes original research papers and reviews from all fields and disciplines of neuroscience, including molecular, cellular, systems, behavioural, and cognitive investigations. The journal welcomes submissions in basic, translational and/or clinical neuroscience. Research papers should present novel, empirical results that are expected to be of interest to a broad spectrum of neuroscientists working in the laboratory, field or clinic. The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Kate BakerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 26, United States 10, France 3, Canada 3, Australia 3 (52 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroscience12.7%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience12.4%
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience9.5%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience6%
- Memory Processes and InfluencesNeuroscience5.4%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience4.8%
- Neurology and Historical StudiesNeuroscience4.8%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 191 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 594 |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 848 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 909 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 835 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 795 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 645 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (26% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 1,125 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,438 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,125 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2398-2128
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Brain and Neuroscience Advances
How long does peer review take at Brain and Neuroscience Advances?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Brain and Neuroscience Advances based?
Of the 52 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (26), United States (10) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Brain and Neuroscience Advances?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Brain and Neuroscience Advances is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Brain and Neuroscience Advances open access, and what is the APC?
Brain and Neuroscience Advances is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .