Neurology

Authorship AI systems cannot be listed as authors of papers submitted to any of the Neurology journals because they do not meet the journals’ authorship criteria as they cannot make a substantial intellectual contribution to the work, cannot approve the final manuscript, and cannot be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any par…

5.1.1 Definitions Author The Neurology® journals define an author as a person who has made a substantive intellectual contribution to the submitted manuscript. Authors should be aware that this definition differs from that used by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). A substantive contribution includes 1 or more of the following: Design or conceptualization of the study …

Conflicts of interest and disclosure policy 模型摘要

The Neurology® journals comply with the position of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) on "Conflict of Interest." Conflict of interest (COI) for authors is defined as "financial and other conflicts of interest that might bias their work." At upload of submission, the corresponding author will be prompted to disclose all authors' financial relationships deemed relevant t…

5.6.1 Full Data Access and Statements The Neurology® journals require that the Principal Author has full access to the data used in the analyses in the manuscript. The Neurology® journals require the Principal Author or Guarantor to declare in the Authorship Agreement form that they take full responsibility for the data, the analyses and interpretation, and the conduct of the research; that they h…

Scientific misconduct and publication ethics policy 模型摘要

The Neurology® journals are members of, and subscribe to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Scientific misconduct includes fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism by the authors. Breaches of publication ethics include failure to reveal financial conflicts of interest, omitting a deserving author or adding a non-contributing author, misrepresenting publication status …

The mechanism of Open Access (OA) allows unrestricted access to online readers; dependent on the license applied, it also dictates the terms of use after publication. Neurology® and Neurology® Clinical Practice are subscription journals with hybrid (optional) open access; if open access is pursued, payment or qualified waiver of an article processing charge (APC) is required. Neurology® Genetics, …

Neurology® journals will consider articles that are posted to preprint servers (e.g., medRxiv), but this fact must be disclosed in the cover letter at submission. If the manuscript is accepted, the corresponding author is responsible for reporting the publication details to the preprint server administrators. Authors cannot make changes to the preprint version based on Neurology® journal reviewer …

Your paper and its findings are embargoed. News media must not publicize the paper until 4PM EST the day of publication. This includes processes that your institutional public relations department must follow to release any article information. The consequences for embargo break are serious, see policy here. If you or a co-author are contacted by the AAN's Neurology Today or Brain & Life before th…

Consult the EQUATOR Network website to identify the most recent and relevant guidelines and extensions. Use the appropriate reporting guideline when drafting the manuscript and in the cover letter, explain if any extensions were used. Include a copy of the completed checklist indicating where in the manuscript each item was addressed. Upload checklists as Supplemental Files. You may also get assis…