Journal profile · Medicine-Neurology (clinical)
Personality Neuroscience
ISSN 2513-9886 · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom
Personality Neuroscience: fully open access; APC about USD 3,655; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Personality Neuroscience is published by Cambridge University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Personality Traits and Psychology and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, together about 50% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Personality Neuroscience is a fully Open Access journal that publishes papers in the neuroscience of personality (including cognitive abilities, emotionality, and other individual differences) concerned with understanding causal bases. Empirical papers focussed on the interface between personality and neuroscience are encouraged using any approach (e.g., experimental, longitudinal, genetic, genomic, gene expression, and epigenetic). Cross-sectional and largely correlational studies are considered only if they are highly robust, well-powered, and innovative. Through its focus on the equal importance of personality and neuroscience, Personality Neuroscience aims to enable the work of personality neuroscientists who no longer have to trade-off one side of this coin for the other in the search for a suitable publication outlet.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Neurology (clinical)
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 6%); most named United States 14, United Kingdom 11, Germany 4, Mainland China 2, Canada 1 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesNeuroscience19%
- Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychology17.3%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience13.7%
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychology6.6%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience4%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience4%
- Mental Health Research TopicsPsychology4%
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPsychology3.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q2 | 260/580 | 55th |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | Q2 | 62/129 | 52nd |
| Neurology (clinical) | Q3 | 207/403 | 48th |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | Q3 | 58/93 | 38th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.65OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 91 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 236 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 230 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 471 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 203 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 215 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 177 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 8 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 44 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,655 / GBP 2,610 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,450 / GBP 2,320 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted5
- empirical papersEmpirical Papers* report original data-driven studies, between 4,000–6,000 words (excluding abstract, references, tables/figures, which should be uploaded as se…Length not stated
- lettersLetters are considered on issues of high interest and importance.Length not stated
- review papersReview Papers* entail systematic reviews and meta-analyses. These should not exceed 10,000 words (excluding abstract, references, tables/figures, which should b…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications* need to be on a topic of high importance requiring rapid dissemination. These should not exceed 1,500 words (excluding abstract, reference…Length not stated
- special issuesSpecial Issues are valuable as a source of concentrated science on a specific theme. The journal aims to publish two special issues per year, with fees waived f…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open Access Model summary
Personality Neuroscience is a fully Open Access journal
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2513-9886
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- 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 Personality Neuroscience
How long does peer review take at Personality Neuroscience?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Personality Neuroscience based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (14), United Kingdom (11) and Germany (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Personality Neuroscience?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Personality Neuroscience is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Personality Neuroscience open access, and what is the APC?
Personality Neuroscience is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,655.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .