万维提示：
1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
2、官网网址：https://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/Pages/default.aspx
3、投稿网址：http://www.editorialmanager.com/nr/default.aspx
4、官网邮箱：Sarah.Booth@wolterskluwer.com（总编）
LWWEditorialOffice@wolterskluwer.com（编辑）
5、期刊刊期：半月刊，逢每月6日和16日出版。
2021年4月25日星期日
投稿须知
【官网信息】
NeuroReport
Online Submission and Review System
Guidance for Authors on the Preparation and Submission of Manuscripts to NeuroReport
Note: These instructions comply with those formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. For further details, authors should consult the “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals” at http://www.icmje.org.
The Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) which aims to define best practice in the ethics of scientific publishing. COPE has established a number of guidelines as part of a set of Core Practices (www.publicationethics.org).
Appeals on editorial decisions should be sent to the Editor. Complaints related to how your paper was processed during peer-review and not resolved by the Editor, should be referred to the person named as publisher in "About the Journal" under "Journal Info" contacts (http://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/), or if unsatisfied to COPE (www.publicationethics.org).
This Journal allows authors to choose an Open Access option for their published article on payment of a fee. See the Open Access section below.
Aims and scope
NeuroReport is a channel for rapid communication of new findings in neuroscience. It is a forum for the publication of short but complete reports of important studies that require very fast publication. Papers are accepted on the basis of the novelty of their finding, on their significance for neuroscience and on a clear need for rapid publication. Preliminary communications are not suitable for the Journal.
The core interest of the Journal is on studies that cast light on how the brain (and the whole of the nervous system) works.
We aim to give authors a decision on their submission within 2-5 weeks, and all accepted articles appear in the next issue to press. Accepted papers are thus normally published online within 10 to 12 weeks of submission to the Editors.
The manuscript should be accompanied by a covering letter. Any confidential information for the Editors regarding the work and its Authors should be included in the covering letter and not included in the manuscript.
Length of paper
Papers should be concise and as short as possible and should normally fit into no more than four printed pages of the Journal.
As a guide, the Title Page, abstract and reference section will take up about a page altogether, leaving 3 pages for the main body text. This corresponds to about 19,500 characters (including spaces). If figures or tables are included then a corresponding reduction in space will be available for text. For example a figure taking up a quarter of a page is equivalent to 1,625 characters (a twelfth of 19,500) therefore authors should deduct 1,625 from 19,500 in order to calculate the maximum space available for body text in their paper. Please note that due to the fact that tables generally contain a considerable amount of blank space, in regard to calculating the length of the document they should be treated as figures.
Authors should carry out a character count of all the text in the manuscript and the result be stated in the manuscript.
Non-native speakers of English: Authors who are not native speakers of English and require help in writing an article in English are encouraged to seek assistance from a qualified colleague or consider using a language service in preparing a manuscript submission. Wolters Kluwer, in partnership with Editage, offers such services - for more information please visit http://wkauthorservices.editage.com. Please note that the use of this or other services are at the author's own expense and risk, and independent from the editorial processes of this journal, and does not guarantee that an article will be accepted for publication.
Presentation of papers
Title Page
The Title Page should carry the full title of the paper and a short title, of no more than 45 characters and spaces, to be used as a ‘running head’ (and which should be so identified). The first name, middle initial and last name of each author should appear. Please put your surname(s) in bold to distinguish it from your first (and middle names/initials if included). If the work is to be attributed to a department or institution, its full name should be included. Any disclaimers should appear on the Title Page, as should the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence concerning the manuscript and the name and address of the author to whom requests for reprints should be made. Finally, the Title Page should include a statement of conflicts of interest and source of funding, and when none state “none declared”.
Abstracts
The second page should carry a structured abstract of no more than 250 words. The abstract should state the Objective(s) of the study or investigation, basic Methods (selection of study subjects or laboratory animals; observational and analytical methods), main Results (giving specific data and their statistical significance, if possible), and the principal Conclusions. It should emphasisze new and important aspects of the study or observations.
Key Words
The abstract should be followed by a list of 3–10 keywords or short phrases which will assist the cross-indexing of the article and which may be published. When possible, the terms used should be from the Medical Subject Headings list of the National Library of Medicine (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html).
Text
Full papers of an experimental or observational nature may be divided into sections headed Introduction, Methods (including ethical and statistical information), Results and Discussion (including a conclusion), although reviews may require a different format.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should be made only to those who have made a substantial contribution to the study. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission from people acknowledged by name in case readers infer their endorsement of data and conclusions.
References
Include not more than 25 references. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they first appear in the text. They should be assigned Arabic numerals, which should be given in brackets, e.g. [17]. References should include the names of all authors when six or fewer; when seven or more, list only the first six names and add et al. References should also include full title and source information. Journal names should be abbreviated as in MEDLINE (NLM Catalog, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog).
Articles in journals
Standard journal article:
Singewald GM, Rjabokon A, Singewald N, Ebner K. The modulatory role of the lateral septum on neuroendocrine and behavioral stress responses. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2010;36:793–804
More than six authors:
Hirata M, Goto T, Barnes G, Umekawa Y, Yanagisawa T, Kato A, et al. Language dominance and mapping based on neuromagnetic oscillatory changes: comparison with invasive procedures. J Neurosurg. 2010;112:528–538
Supplements:
Luders E, Narr KL, Zaidel E, Thompson PM, Toga AW. Gender effects on callosal thickness in scaled and unscaled space. Neuroreport 2006; 17(Suppl 11):1103-1106.
Books
Book:
Montagu A. The anatomy of swearing. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; 2001.
Chapter in a book:
Dijkstra T. Bilingual visual word recognition and lexical access. In: Kroll JF, De Groot AMB, editors. Handbook of bilingualism: psycholinguistic approaches. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005. pp. 179–201.
Personal communications and unpublished work should not feature in the reference list but should appear in parentheses in the text. Unpublished work accepted for publication but not yet released should be included in the reference list with the words ‘in press’ in parentheses beside the name of the journal concerned. References must be verified by the author(s) against the original documents.
Tables
Each table should be typed on a separate sheet in double spacing. Tables should not be submitted as photographs. Each table should be assigned an Arabic numeral, e.g. (Table 3) and a brief title. Vertical rules should not be used. Place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading. Explain in footnotes all non-standard abbreviations that are used in each table. Identify statistical measures of variations, such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean.
Be sure that each table is cited in the text. If you use data from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge the source fully.
Illustrations
A) Creating Digital Artwork
Learn about the publication requirements for Digital Artwork: http://links.lww.com/ES/A42
Create, Scan and Save your artwork and compare your final figure to the Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist (below).
Upload each figure to Editorial Manager in conjunction with your manuscript text and tables.
B) Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist
Here are the basics to have in place before submitting your digital artwork:
Artwork should be saved as TIFF, EPS, or MS Office (DOC, PPT, XLS) files. High resolution PDF files are also acceptable.
Crop out any white or black space surrounding the image.
Diagrams, drawings, graphs, and other line art must be vector or saved at a resolution of at least 1200 dpi. If created in an MS Office program, send the native (DOC, PPT, XLS) file.
Photographs, radiographs and other halftone images must be saved at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
Photographs and radiographs with text must be saved as postscript or at a resolution of at least 600 dpi.
Each figure must be saved and submitted as a separate file. Figures should not be embedded in the manuscript text file.
Remember:
References to figures and tables should be made in order of appearance in the text and should be in Arabic numerals in parentheses, e.g. (Fig. 2).
Number figures in the figure legend in the order in which they are discussed.
Upload figures consecutively to the Editorial Manager web site and enter figure numbers consecutively in the Description field when uploading the files.
Illustrations should be presented to a width of 82 mm or, when the illustration demands it, to a width of 166 mm.
Photomicrographs must have internal scale markers.
If photographs of people are used, their identities must be obscured or the picture must be accompanied by written consent to use the photograph.
If a figure has been published before, the original source must be acknowledged and written permission from the copyright holder for both print and electronic formats should be submitted with the material. Permission is required regardless of authorship or publisher, except for documents in the public domain.
Figures may be reduced, cropped or deleted at the discretion of the editor.
Colour illustrations are acceptable but authors will be expected to cover the extra reproduction costs (for current charges, contact the publisher).
Legends for illustrations
Captions should be typed in double spacing, beginning on a separate sheet of paper. Each one should have an Arabic numeral corresponding to the illustration to which it refers. Internal scales should be explained and staining methods for photomicrographs should be identified.
Units of measurement
Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume should be reported in metric units (metre, kilogram, or litre) or their decimal multiples. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius. Blood pressures should be given in millimetres of mercury.
All haematologic and clinical chemistry measurements should be reported in the metric system in terms of the International System of Units (SI). Editors may request that alternative or non-SI units be added by the authors before publication.
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