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Journal info (provided by editor)
- Issues per year
- 12
- Articles published last year
- 302
- Manuscripts received last year
- 2286
- % accepted last year
- 15%
- % immediately rejected last year
- 51%
- Open access status
- optional
- Manuscript handling fee?
- no
- Kind of complaint procedure
- Editor
- Two-year impact factor
- 9.92
- Five-year impact factor
- 10.87
Disciplines:
Clinical neuroscience
About
Brain provides researchers and clinicians with the finest original contributions in neurology. Leading studies in neurological science are balanced with practical clinical articles. Its citation rating is one of the highest for neurology journals, and it consistently publishes papers that become classics in the field. The Editorial Board reflects both the journal's truly international readership and wide coverage.
SciRev ratings (provided by authors) (based on 2 reviews)
| Duration of manuscript handling phases | ||
|---|---|---|
| Duration first review round | 2.0 mnths | compare → |
| Total handling time accepted manuscripts | 3.8 mnths | compare → |
| Decision time immediate rejection | 367 days | compare → |
| Characteristics of peer review process | ||
| Average number of review reports | 2.0 | compare → |
| Average number of review rounds | 2.0 | compare → |
| Quality of review reports | 4.0 | compare → |
| Difficulty of reviewer comments | 4.0 | compare → |
| Overall rating manuscript handling | 2.0 (range 0-5) | compare → |