EJSIR Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Science
Brings together neuroscience, cognition, psychology and behavioural research across biological, clinical and social levels. Submissions should specify constructs and measures, describe participant or specimen characteristics and keep the level of inference aligned with study design.
Journal focus
Research topics and contribution standards
These subject areas and editorial expectations help authors judge fit and show readers how each contribution is supported.
Research and evidence
A suitable contribution makes its research question and methods clear, then supports its conclusions with evidence appropriate to the work.
Research with a clear disciplinary contribution
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Science is a journal in the EJSIR Publisher programme, focused on Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Science. Its scope is organized into academic sections covering Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Neuroscience, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Human Factors, Computational Neuroscience and Behavioral Data Science. This structure helps authors assess disciplinary fit and gives readers a clear route through the journal’s subject coverage.
Read the journal overview →Choose the section that fits the work
Section scopes describe the topics covered and the contribution expected from submissions.
Neuroscience
This section covers neuroscience within neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →Cognitive Science
This section covers cognitive science within neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →Behavioral Neuroscience
This section covers behavioral neuroscience within neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →Experimental Psychology
This section covers experimental psychology within neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →Cognitive Psychology
This section covers cognitive psychology within neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →Social Psychology
This section covers social psychology within neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →Forms of scholarly contribution
The journal considers the following types when the manuscript is appropriate to the section and meets the relevant methodological, reporting and ethics requirements.