Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Psychology & Neurosciences is a new Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal publishing articles encompassing all intersection areas between psychology and neurosciences.The journal is organized into five thematic sections:

PLASTICITY AND NEURAL DEVELOPMENT
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Devoted to publish theoretical and experimental studies concerned with neural mechanisms underlying adaptability, development and plasticity, specially related to its implications to assay the bidirectional relationship between brain and behavior.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
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This section focuses on the relation between neurological and human cognitive, emotional, and behavioral function, especially from studies employing neuropsychological evaluation.

NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
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This section focuses on clinical, pre-clinical and basic pharmacological studies in human and animal models to address physiological, molecular and behavioral properties of psychotropic agents. Studies primarily employing pharmacological agents as research tools to investigate psychological processes and its neurobiological bases are also encouraged.

BEHAVIOR / SYSTEMS / COGNITION
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The primary aim of this section is to publish advances in general topics relating to learning, memory, emotion, cognition, and other psychological systems.

PSYCHOPHYSICS AND PERCEPTION
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This section covers studies in sensory processes, perception, attention, and psychophysics. Description of methods, techniques, and instrumentation of research in the field are also encouraged.
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The journal is published two times a year and considers the following categories of manuscripts:
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REVIEW ARTICLES: critical and comprehensive evaluations of any subject within the journal´s scope, advancing the reader to identify the problem(s) and variables under analysis. It should draw attention to outstanding problems and take care to accommodate different points of view. Limited to 10 PDF published pages, as provided in Item 1.

RESEARCH ARTICLES: reports of original research data derived from ethically regulated methods in human and animals. Limited to 10 PDF published pages in the final version. The authors should estimate that one PDF published page of the article corresponds to three double- spaced pages of the manuscript. Therefore, manuscripts of research articles should not exceed 30 double- spaced pages, including all major subsections, references, tables and figures. For further instructions about manuscript style and format, please access Author Guidelines.

REPORT OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: original case reports that improve the practice of psychologists and neuroscientists. The text should include a clear description of procedures or intervention strategies employed. Limited to 7 PDF published pages, as provided in item 1.

SHORT COMMUNICATION: brief but definitive and conclusive reports from original research data. Limited to 4 PDF published pages, as provided in item 1, and should not include more than 12 references.

BOOK REVIEWS: summaries of the currently available books that may be of interest to the audiences of the journal. Limited to 2 PDF published pages, as provided in item 1.

NEWS: report of a significant event related to any intersection area between psychology and neuroscience. Limited to 1 PDF published pages, as provided in item 7.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: critical assessment of an article published at the journal or the author's answers to a criticism expressed regarding their article. Limited to 2 PDF published pages, as provided in item 1.

Section Policies

Psychophysics and Perception

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Plasticity and Neural Development

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Behavior/Systems/Cognition

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Neuropsychopharmacology

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

All published articles are peer reviewed. The Editors-in-Chief make an initial appraisal of each manuscript. If the topic and treatment meet the basic guidelines within the journal's scope, the manuscript is assigned to one of the Section Editors according to the thematic sections. They will oversee the review process with the help of Associate Editors, which may be advised by independent expert reviewers. They will ask whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, how interesting it is and whether the quality of the writing is acceptable. The editorial decision is generally made on the basis that the reviewers are in accordance, or that at least there is no strong dissenting view. Slight modifications in the text could be directly executed by the Editorial Board. Once the review process has been completed, the Associate Editor recommends acceptance, revision, or rejection of the manuscript. The ultimate responsibility for editorial decisions lies with the Editors-in-Chief.

Publication Frequency

Regular issues are electronically published two times a year. Exceptionally during the first four issues, an additional print version of the journal shall be published by Casa do Psicólogo®, Brazil.

Open Access Policy

Psychology & Neuroscience provides free online access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge in the field.

Archiving

This journal uses the LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) archiving system to take custody of the material and to preserve it. Further information is available at: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home.