Journal profile · Neurosciences
Journal of Neuroscience Research
ISSN 0360-4012 · eISSN 1097-4547 · Wiley-Liss Inc. · UNITED STATES · Semimonthly · Founded 1975
Journal of Neuroscience Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,840; median 183 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 80%; 115 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Neuroscience Research is published by Wiley-Liss Inc. 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, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms and Nerve injury and regeneration, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Neuroscience Research (JNR) publishes novel research results that will advance our understanding of the development, function and pathophysiology of the nervous system, using molecular, cellular, systems, and translational approaches. JNR covers both basic research and clinical aspects of neurology, neuropathology, psychiatry or psychology.The journal focuses on uncovering the intricacies of brain structure and function. Research published in JNR covers all species from invertebrates to humans, and the reports inform the readers about the function and organization of the nervous system, with emphasis on how disease modifies the function and organization.NR publishes primary research articles, technical reports, critical reviews, commentaries, or letters to the editor, which offer expert insight into cutting edge research in the neuroscience community. A complete list of contribution types is listed in the Author Guidelines. For primary research contributions, only full-length investigative reports are desired; the journal accepts short communications on a case-by-case basis. We do not accept Case Reports or studies that only use immortalized cell lines.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences
Editor-in-chief Lawrence ShermanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience16.2%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsNeuroscience12.2%
- Nerve injury and regenerationNeuroscience10.2%
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience8.8%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsMedicine5%
- Ion channel regulation and functionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Receptor Mechanisms and SignalingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Neuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNeuroscience3.7%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 3.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 147LetPub ·
- h-index
- 223OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,587OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 82Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 602,477Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 12,859 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 29 | 14 |
| 2025 | 115 | 62 | 197 |
| 2024 | 134 | 82 | 649 |
| 2023 | 146 | 95 | 1,181 |
| 2022 | 163 | 72 | 1,954 |
| 2021 | 223 | 102 | 3,804 |
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
183 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 133 days – 256 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 208 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (176 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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 80%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 182 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Open peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,840 / EUR 4,040 / GBP 3,220 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Optional
- Not considered
- Case Reports
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- commentaryCommentaries and Letters to the Editor provide focused viewpoints from field leaders on specific topics of interest and can call attention to papers of particul…main text ≤ 2,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 1
- editorialJournal Aim and Scope The Journal of Neuroscience Research (JNR) publishes novel research results that will advance our understanding of the development, functi…Length not stated
- letter to the editorCommentaries and Letters to the Editor provide focused viewpoints from field leaders on specific topics of interest and can call attention to papers of particul…Length not stated
- methods paperOriginal Research Research articles are full-length reports of quality current research within any area covered by the journal. Such contributions report new re…Length not stated
- mini-reviewJNR publishes two types of Review articles: full-length reviews and mini-reviews.Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research Research articles are full-length reports of quality current research within any area covered by the journal. Such contributions report new re…Length not stated
- original research articleOriginal Research Research articles are full-length reports of quality current research within any area covered by the journal. Such contributions report new re…Length not stated
- registered reportOriginal Research Research articles are full-length reports of quality current research within any area covered by the journal. Such contributions report new re…Length not stated
- registered reportsRegistered Reports Registered Reports are designed to eliminate publication bias and incentivize best scientific practice.Length not stated
- research articleOriginal Research Research articles are full-length reports of quality current research within any area covered by the journal. Such contributions report new re…Length not stated
- reviewto the number of pages or figures for a review, but mini-reviews must be less than 5,000 words and no more than 3 figures. References should be carefullymain text ≤ 5,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 3
- standard research paperOriginal Research Research articles are full-length reports of quality current research within any area covered by the journal. Such contributions report new re…Length not stated
- technical reportTechnical Report While JNR does not publish papers of a purely technical or methodological nature (so-called "methods papers"), certain research articles may in…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author Contributions
All authors listed on the paper must have contributed significantly to the elaboration of the paper and/or to the research that led to preparation of the manuscript. The contribution of each author must be described in a paragraph after the Acknowledgements and the Conflict of Interest disclosure. JNR has implemented the "CRediT" taxonomy of contributor roles. We require authors to use this taxono…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
JNR requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. See our Conflict of Interest policy. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing
Please review Wiley's policy here. The Journal of Neuroscience Research expects data sharing and authors must include a Data Availability Statement (see below). For certain types of datasets, the journal mandates data sharing, including data, materials, research instruments, and other artifacts supporting the results in their study, by archiving them in an appropriate public repository. JNR recogn…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
Personal Information Protection By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Referrals to the Open Access Journal, Brain and Behavior
JNR will provide authors of good quality research that is outside the Journal's scope or that will not be published in the Journal with a referral and option to transfer their manuscript to Wiley's Open Access Journal, Brain and Behavior. Authors will be offered the option of having the paper, along with any related peer reviews, automatically transferred for consideration by the Editor of Brain a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
Peer review by two to three external reviewers will be made after editorial prescreening. Submitted manuscripts are assigned to the Editor-in-Chief for prescreening, and then distributed among the Handling Editors (either Executive Editors or Associate Editors) based on expertise. All submissions to JNR are subject to stringent evaluation first by the Editor-in-Chief. Submissions are assessed to e…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint
The Journal of Neuroscience Research strongly urges authors to make their study available online, either on a preprint server like arXiv, bioRxiv, or PeerJ PrePrints, or on the authors' own website. However, any such submissions must not have been published in a scientific journal, book or other venue that could be considered formal publication. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Statistical and Data Reporting Guidelines
To reduce errors in statistical output, authors must provide a full account of their data reporting and statistical analyses. JNR is taking a novel approach to reporting statistical approaches and are now asking authors to provide more detail than merely describing what test they used. Within this section, we now require authors to include the following: Explain whether data are independent (no su…
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
- Wiley-Liss Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1975
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-4547
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 104, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Neuroscience Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Neuroscience Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Neuroscience Research 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 Journal of Neuroscience Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.1; CiteScore 7, h-index 223.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Neuroscience Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 183 days (interquartile range 133–256 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 80%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). 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 Journal of Neuroscience Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 3–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Required; Cover letter: 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.
Which databases index Journal of Neuroscience Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Neuroscience Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Neuroscience Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Neuroscience Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,840.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .