Translational Neuroscience
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Editor-in-Chief:
Ekrem Dere
About this journal
Translational Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal targeted to scientists interested in studying nervous system. The journal publishes original research papers, review articles, as well as communications everything within the topics related to structure and functioning of brain and nervous system, mental health or psychology.
Why Translational Neuroscience?
- Premier source of high quality research;
- Reports novel findings that are likely to change the direction of thinking and practice in biomedical sciences;
- Covers research findings in all subfields of neuroscience as well as in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry;
- Represents international forum for the dissemination of research data aiming at the exchange of ideas thus facilitating the collaboration between researchers from different countries.
Aims and Scope
The journal publishes research results in the following fields:
- Clinical Medicine
- Clinical Medicine, other
- Life Sciences
- Medicine
- Neurobiology
- Neurosurgery
- Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
And also includes all the subfields like:
- behavioral and cognitive neuroscience,
- computational molecular neuroscience,
- developmental neuroscience,
- regeneration,
- neural aging,
- neuroanatomy,
- neurobiology,
- neurochemistry,
- neuroendocrinology,
- neurogenetics,
- neuroimmunology,
- neuropathology,
- neuropharmacology,
- neurophysiology,
- methodology,
- neurotoxicology
- and systems neuroscience
Your Benefits
Translational Neuroscience provides a closer interaction between basic and clinical neuroscientists to expand understanding of brain structure, function and disease, and translate this knowledge into clinical applications and novel therapies of nervous system disorders.
Why submit
As an Author of Translational neuroscience, You benefit from
- Unbiased, fast and comprehensive peer review
- Web-based manuscript submission system
- quick online publication of accepted papers (continuous publication model)
- language correction services upon acceptance for authors from non-English speaking regions
- no limitations on colour figures and word count in published articles
- all articles are freely available to the academic community worldwide without any restrictions
- promotion of published papers to readers and citers
- distribution to open access directories (such as DOAJ) and thousands of libraries worldwide
- liberal policies on copyrights (authors retain copyright) and on self-archiving (no embargo periods)
- secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico
Article Processing Charges
In order to sustain the publishing process, each article accepted for publication in Translational neuroscience is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €1600. This fee is used to cover the costs of the peer-review process, professional typesetting and copyediting, as well as online hosting, long-term preservation, and extensive promotion to potential readers. There is no submission fee. Information regarding payment of the charge will be provided following acceptance for publication. For more information please go to Article Processing Charges
Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies
Detailed information on Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section.
For more information on De Gruyter Publishing Ethics, please see the De Gruyter Guidelines online here.
Special Issues
Translational Neuroscience welcomes all proposals for topical and special issues. Publishing SI gives you a chance to examine the specific topics, exchange knowledge on the latest trends in neuroscience and highlight the most valuable findings. SI may be a great idea to summarize the conference, scientific meeting, or symposium.
The SI is managed by the Guest Editors (supported by the editorial office), who should be recognized experts in the discipline. They are responsible for promoting the issue, pre-screening the manuscripts, handling the peer-review process (with strict cooperation with Managing Editor), and making decisions about the Special Issue submissions.
The articles published in SI will be a part of our regular volume (with all benefits). Also, depending on the number of submitted articles, we can provide discounts for the picked, distinguished papers.
If you have a remarkable idea for an SI (or any questions), please fill out the following form, and contact the Managing Editor (kamila.filip@degruyterbrill.com).
"Special issue on the past, present, and future of episodic memory research."
Guest editor: Ekrem Dere (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Submission deadline: August 31st, 2025
"Special Issue on gap junctions in health and disease"
Guest editor: Ekrem Dere (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Submission deadline: October 31st, 2025
Journal Impact Factor | 2.2 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
5-year Journal Impact Factor | 2.0 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
Journal Citation Indicator | 0.49 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
CiteScore | 4.1 | 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025) |
SCImago Journal Rank | 0.613 | 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.674 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
MANUSCRIPTS
Translational Neuroscience encourages the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts that report novel findings. There are no specific length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections; however, we urge the authors to present and discuss their findings in a concise and accessible manner.
All submissions must be made via online submission system Editorial Manager. In case of problems, please contact the Managing Editor of this journal (kamila.filip@degruyterbrill.com).
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts have to be written in DOC, DOCX, RTF as well as LATEX, AMS-TEX, AMS-LATEX. We do not accept papers in Plain TEX format. For an initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. Authors are strongly advised to submit the final version of the paper using the journal’s LaTex Template.
EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.
Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.
Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.
Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. We may also publish a paper under CC-BY-NC-ND license on author's request. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish. Scanned copy of license should be sent to the journal, as soon as possible.
Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.
Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices and implement the advices.
Editor-in-Chief
Ekrem Dere, University of Bochum, Germany / Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
Managing Editor
Kamila Filip, De Gruyter Brill
Editorial board
Neurodegeneration
Cynthia A. Lemere, Harvard University, USA behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Sylvain Doré, University of Florida – College of Medicine, USA stroke, neuropharmacology
Lucia Machova Urdzikova, Institute of Experimental medicine, Prague, Czech Republic neurosurgery
Midori Yenari, University of California, USA brain damage, repair and plasticity; stroke
Ari Christian Dienel, University of Texas, USA behavioral neuroscience, neurophysiology and sleep medicine
Beatrice D’Orsi, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience, stroke
Hans-Ulrich Klein, Columbia University, United States cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Fernando Maestú, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain cognitive neuroscience
Guo-Rong Wu, University of North Carolina, United States computational neuroscience
Blaž Koritnik, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia neurodegenerative disorders, neuromuscular disorders
Paul Thompson, University of California, USA psychiatry
Kelvin Yen, The University of Southern California, USA mitochondria, metabolism, microproteins
Bogdan Draganski, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Switzerland cognitive neuroscience, systems neuroscience
Asit Kumar, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, USA neurosurgery, psychiatry
Fabrizio Vecchio, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Italy cognitive neuroscience, systems neuroscience, EEG
Marco Catani, King's College London, UK psychiatry, pharmacological, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience
Heidi Fuller, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, UK proteomics; proteome, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy
Stephen D. Ginsberg, New York University, USA cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Lu Lu, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Thomas M. Wisniewski, New York University, USA neurology, neuropathology
Rohan de Silva, University College London, UK cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Claudia Sagheddu, University of Cagliari, Italy psychiatry, neuropharmacology and psychopharmacology, addictive disorders, molecular psychiatry
Harpreet Kaur, University of Michigan, USA behavioral neuroscience
Saifudeen Ismael, Tulane University School of Medicine, USA behavioral neuroscience, cellular molecular and genomic neuroscience
Neurology
Vladimir Parpura, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Helen Barbas, Boston University, USA behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Massimiliano Valeriani, Ospedale Baby Jesus Paediatric Hospital,Rome, Italy headache disorders, pediatric neurology, neurophysiology and sleep medicine
Duyu A. Nie, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA pediatric neurology, seizure disorders
Yasin Temel, Maastricht University, The Netherlands neurosurgery
Damien D. Pearse, University of Miami, USA neuropathology, neurosurgery, transplantation
Shitiz Sriwastava, University of Texas, USA neuroradiology and neuroimaging, systems neuroscience
Andy Tsai, Stanford University, USA behavioral neuroscience, neurodegeneration, cellular molecular and genomic neuroscience
Developmental neuroscience
Gavin J. Clowry, Newcastle University, UK neuroanatomy
Ivica Kostović, Zagreb University, Croatia neuroanatomy, neuroradiology and neuroimagining
Raffaele Falsaperla, Policlinico Universitario di Catania, Italy neuroradiology and neuroimaging
Joseph Antony, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada cannabis, non-therapeutic research, neuroscience, microbiology, vaccines
Xiaolei Shi, Guangzhou Medical University, China stroke
Psychiatry
Sabine Bahn, University of Cambridge, UK cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Giulio M. Pasinetti, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience
Marina Picciotto, Yale University, USA behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Aron Weller, Bar Ilan University, Israel behavioral neuroscience, biological psychiatry
Idan Shalev, Pennsylvania State University, USA behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Ronald E. See, Westmont College, USA behavioral neuroscience, neuropharmacology,
Jasminka Štefulj, Ruðer Boškoviæ Institute, Croatia behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Yue Wang, Shandong First Medical University, China behavioral neuroscience, cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Movement neuroscience
Jürgen Konczak, University of Minnesota, USA biomechanics, motor control
Derek J. Blake, Cardiff University, UK cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Neuroscience methodology
Michael Duff Davis, University of Texas, USA pharmacology, aging and development, neuroimaging, new methods
Xiaoli Li, Beijing Normal University, China computational neuroscience
Anna Letizia Allegra Mascaro, Italian National Research Council, Italy systems neuroscience, cerebral cortex networks
Clinical neuroscience
Jürgen K. Mai, Heinrich Heine University, Germany cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Deepali M. Gupta, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, neuropharmacology and psychofarmacology
Neuropharmacology
Aaron Bornstein, University of California Irvine, USA cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, learning and memory
Thomas Heinbockel, Howard University College of Medicine, USA cellular, molecular and genomic neuroscience
Zahra Jafari, Dalhousie University, USA cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology, neurology, neurodegeneration
Computational neuroscience
Simon M. Danner, Drexel University, USA neural control of locomotion, spinal cord
Publisher
De Gruyter Brill
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00-513 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15
Editorial Contact
Kamila Filip, Managing Editor
kamila.filip@degruyterbrill.com
Assistant Managing Editor
Kumaran Rengaswamy, Compuscript
AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com
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Supplementary Materials
- Data Sharing Policy
- Guidelines for Reviewers
- Privacy Statement
- Publication Ethics Statement
- SI on the past and present and future of episodic memory research
- Special Issue form table
- Special Issue on gap junctions in health and disease
- TNSCI_Article Processing Charges
- TNSCI_Crosscheck Plagiarism Screening
- TNSCI_Editorial Policy
- TNSCI_Instructions for Authors 2025
- TNSCI_Open Access Statement