Journal profile · Neuroscience-Neuroscience (all)
IBRO Neuroscience Reports
ISSN 2667-2421 · Elsevier · United Kingdom
IBRO Neuroscience Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,470; median 105 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); 208 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
IBRO Neuroscience Reports is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol and Biochemical effects in animals, together about 25.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
An International Journal under the editorial direction of IBROIBRO Neuroscience Reports is an Open Access journal which publishes papers describing the results of original research on any aspect of the scientific study of the nervous system. The journal welcomes preliminary, descriptive and small-scale results if they have the potential to stimulate and/or contribute to future research, leading to new insights or hypotheses. The primary criterion for acceptance is that the work is original, scientifically and technically sound, and valuable to the advancement of neuroscience research.IBRO Neuroscience Reports will consider for publication any article that is methodologically sound, including negative data. Replication studies and re-analysis of previous datasets, when justified with a scientifically sound rationale, are also welcomed.IBRO Neuroscience Reports is an official journal of the International Brain Research Organization and is the sister journal of Neuroscience .
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neuroscience-Neuroscience (all)
Editor-in-chief Y-S. ChanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 21%); most named Mainland China 7, United States 5, Australia 4, Hong Kong, China 3, United Kingdom 2 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience9.3%
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience8.4%
- Biochemical effects in animalsMedicine8%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience6.1%
- Tryptophan and brain disordersNeuroscience5.8%
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity ResearchNeuroscience4.6%
- Human Health and DiseaseMedicine4.1%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 163OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 204LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,953 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 164 | 164 | 43 |
| 2025 | 208 | 208 | 610 |
| 2024 | 127 | 127 | 856 |
| 2023 | 2,286 | 2,286 | 1,181 |
| 2022 | 105 | 105 | 1,807 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 694 |
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 · to
105 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 76 days – 151 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 2 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 111 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (433 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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 112 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 | USD 2,470 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,400 / EUR 2,250 / GBP 1,920 / JPY 297,670 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,720 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- commentary(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…Length not stated
- editorial(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…Length not stated
- letter(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…Length not stated
- original research(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…Length not stated
- perspective(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…Length not stated
- registered reportThis journal supports Registered Reports as article type, allowing you to have your research reviewed and pre-registered prior to conducting your experiments. P…Length not stated
- registered reportsThis journal supports Registered Reports as article type, allowing you to have your research reviewed and pre-registered prior to conducting your experiments.Length not stated
- research paper(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…Length not stated
- research papers(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research.Length not stated
- review(a) Research papers. These are full-length papers describing original research. There are no specific page limits although authors are encouraged to be as conci…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviews(b) Reviews These are short articles (2,500 to 10,000 words in length), not exhaustive reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions
Maximum of 6 keywords Model summary
For transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two place…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Encourages citing underlying or relevant datasets Model summary
This journal encourages you to cite underlying or relevant datasets in your manuscript by citing them in your text and including a data reference in your Reference List.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics in publishing Model summary
Please see our information on Ethics in publishing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themse…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Crossref Similarity Check Model summary
To verify compliance, your article may be checked by Crossref Similarity Check and other originality or duplicate checking software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint posting on SSRN
Free preprint posting service on SSRN Model summary
In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service. Preprints provide early registration and dissemination of your research, which facilitates early citations and collaboration.<P>During submission to Editorial Manager, you can choose to release your manuscript publicly as a preprint on the preprint server SSRN once it enters peer-review with the journal. Y…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2667-2421
- Society / sponsor
- International Brain Research Organization
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about IBRO Neuroscience Reports
What CAS zone is IBRO Neuroscience Reports in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, IBRO Neuroscience Reports is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of IBRO Neuroscience Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 28.
How long does peer review take at IBRO Neuroscience Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 105 days (interquartile range 76–151 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 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 IBRO Neuroscience Reports?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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 IBRO Neuroscience Reports based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 21%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (7), United States (5) and Australia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index IBRO Neuroscience Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, IBRO Neuroscience Reports is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is IBRO Neuroscience Reports open access, and what is the APC?
IBRO Neuroscience Reports is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,470.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .