Journal profile
Brain NeuroRehabilitation
ISSN 1976-8753 · eISSN 2383-9910 · Korean Society for Neurorehabilitation · Korea, Republic of
Brain NeuroRehabilitation: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 121 days to acceptance (23 articles, last 24 months); 7 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Brain NeuroRehabilitation is published by Korean Society for Neurorehabilitation. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies and Traumatic Brain Injury Research, together about 39.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Brain & NeuroRehabilitation (Brain Neurorehabil, BNR) is a peer-reviewed, platinum open-access journal that publishes articles on all aspects of neurorehabilitation, including epidemiology, clinical practice, experimental and applied research, clinical trials, and healthcare policy. The journal aims to promote the dissemination of knowledge and skills regarding assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation for people with various brain disorders. BNR is published three times a year, on March 31, July 31, and November 30. It is the official journal of the Korean Society for NeuroRehabilitation, and is fully supported by the society. The journal welcomes articles on clinical practice and investigative research related to the rehabilitation of stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease, and other brain diseases; geriatric or pediatric neurorehabilitation; neuroimaging or electrophysiologic studies on brain plasticity; neuromodulation; and novel techniques such as robotic- or virtual reality-based rehabilitation. Healthcare professionals around the world who work in neurorehabilitation are its expected readers. Brain & NeuroRehabilitation is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, PubMed Central, Korea Citation Index, KoreaMed, Synapse, Crossref, DOAJ, and Google Scholar. ·
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Won Hyuk ChangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 25, Japan 2, United States 1, Canada 1, Switzerland 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicine25.2%
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation StudiesNeuroscience7.5%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine7.1%
- Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine6.8%
- Medical Practices and RehabilitationHealth Professions6.1%
- Dysphagia Assessment and ManagementHealth Professions5.8%
- Neurological and metabolic disordersMedicine3.5%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Korea Citation Index (KCI)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.78OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 407 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 368 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 440 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 341 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 188 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 97 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 115 |
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 Crossref · to
121 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 165 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 49 days (23 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 164 days
- Sample
- 23 articles with submission and acceptance dates (24 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted10, with length limits
- brief reportA brief communication manuscript should be prepared in the following sequence: title page, abstract and key words, text without section titles, acknowledgments,…main text ≤ 100 words · abstract ≤ 100 words · figures and tables ≤ 2
- brief reportsBrief reports are short original research articles on issues important to medical researchers.Length not stated
- case reportThe manuscript should be in the following sequence: title page, abstract and key words, introduction, case description, discussion, acknowledgments (when applic…main text ≤ 100 words · abstract ≤ 100 words · figures and tables ≤ 2
- case reportsCase reports deal with clinical cases of medical interest or innovation.Length not stated
- letters to the editorAn abstract is not required, and a brief text should be prepared with references. Maximum word count of the text is 1,000. 9. Copyrights Acceptance of a copyrig…Length not stated
- original articleThe manuscript should be prepared according to the "ICMJE Recommendations for the Conducts, Reporting, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals" (2…Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal articles are papers reporting the results of basic and clinical investigations that are sufficiently well documented to be acceptable to critical reade…Length not stated
- review articleReview or special articles are generally prepared in the same format as original articles, but the details of manuscript format may be flexible according to the…main text ≤ 100 words · abstract ≤ 100 words · figures and tables ≤ 2
- review articlesReview articles are invited with an intention of special introduction of medical information.Length not stated
- special review articlesSpecial review articles provide a concise review of a subject of importance to medical researchers written by an invited expert in medical science.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
The BNR follows the recommendations for authorship by the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/, updated December 2021) and the Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals, 3rd (https://www.kamje.or.kr/board/view?b_name=bo_publication&bo_id=13&per_page=). Authorship credit shou…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The corresponding author of an article is asked to inform the Editor of the authors' potential conflicts of interest possibly influencing their interpretation of data. A potential conflict of interest should be disclosed in the cover letter even when the authors are confident that their judgments have not been influenced in preparing the manuscript. Such conflicts may be financial support or priva…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 6. Ethical Considerations
Follows COPE guidelines Model summary
Research Ethics All of the manuscripts should be prepared in strict observation of research and publication ethics guidelines recommended by the Council of Science Editors (http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE, http://www.icmje.org/), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME, http://www.wame.org/), and the Korean Association of Medical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 10. Open Access Policy
BNR is an open-access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited for non-commercial purpose. According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of Sherpa/Romeo, authors cannot archive pre-print (i.e. pre-refereeing), bu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 4. Editorial and Peer Review Process
Single-blind peer review Model summary
Conformity of the submitted manuscript to the submission instructions is examined upon submission. The Editorial Board may reject the manuscript or request the author to resubmit in the following cases: 1)Topic clearly out of scope / insufficient perceptual content 2) Work clearly does not meet sufficient standards of novelty or quality 3) Manuscript incomplete or incorrectly formatted 4) Suspecte…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Redundant Publication and Plagiarism
Redundant publication is defined as "reporting (publishing or attempting to publish) substantially the same work more than once, without attribution of the original source(s)". Characteristics of reports that are substantially similar include the following: (a) "at least one of the authors must be common to all reports (if there are no common authors, it is more likely plagiarism than redundant pu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Korean Society for Neurorehabilitation
- Country or region
- Korea, Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1976-8753
- Electronic ISSN
- 2383-9910
- Society / sponsor
- Korean Society for Neurorehabilitation
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 2 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Brain NeuroRehabilitation
How long does peer review take at Brain NeuroRehabilitation?
Based on the dates recorded on 23 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 121 days (interquartile range 84–165 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Brain NeuroRehabilitation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver; Highlights: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Brain NeuroRehabilitation based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (25), Japan (2) and United States (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Brain NeuroRehabilitation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Brain NeuroRehabilitation is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Brain NeuroRehabilitation open access, and what is the APC?
Brain NeuroRehabilitation is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .