Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Science

Journal overview

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.

The journal welcomes original research article, review article, systematic review, short communication and other contributions described in its author guidance when they fit the scope. Research may use experimental, observational, clinical, behavioral, psychometric, neuroimaging, computational or qualitative approaches. Authors should describe recruitment, instruments, protocols, analysis and ethical safeguards, and address measurement validity, uncertainty and potential confounds where relevant. Authors should engage relevant scholarship, explain the contribution and report limitations needed for critical assessment.

Editorial assessment considers journal fit, methodological or interpretive quality, research integrity and clarity. The stated review model is double-anonymous peer review, normally with at least two independent reviewers. Publisher policies on ethics, access, authorship, conflicts, data and corrections apply alongside this journal’s scope. Submission information is provided on this site; manuscripts can be submitted only after the journal’s submission route opens.

Academic remit

The journal aims to publish research that advances understanding of neural function, cognition, psychological processes and behavior. It welcomes work spanning biological, individual and social levels when the contribution is clearly situated and methods support the stated conclusions. The central contribution should fit at least one of the journal’s academic sections and be meaningful to readers in neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science.

Research may use experimental, observational, clinical, behavioral, psychometric, neuroimaging, computational or qualitative approaches. Authors should describe recruitment, instruments, protocols, analysis and ethical safeguards, and address measurement validity, uncertainty and potential confounds where relevant. Authors should define the research question, connect the approach to the question, describe sources or materials and analytical choices, and provide enough information for critical assessment. Interdisciplinary work is welcome when its relevance to the journal is clear and the methods used for each component are explained.

Interpretations and claims should follow from the reported evidence. Authors should identify uncertainty, limitations and alternative explanations where relevant, and distinguish demonstrated results from implications or future work. Studies involving people, animals, sensitive data or protected material should describe applicable ethics, consent, privacy and permissions.

Psychological or behavioral claims based on unsuitable measures, neurobiological interpretations beyond the data, and clinical implications unsupported by the study design fall outside scope. Manuscripts outside the listed sections or lacking an assessable scholarly contribution may be declined at editorial screening. The section descriptions below provide more detailed guidance on topic fit.