Acta Neurologica Belgica

Acta Neurologica Belgica is the official journal of the Belgian Neurological Society and seven partner societies, published by Springer and founded in the early twentieth century, with a 2024 impact factor of 2.1（Acta Neurologica Belgica，简称 Acta Neurol. Belg.）是比利时神经病学学会及七个伙伴学会的机关刊，由 Springer 出版，于二十世纪初创刊，2024 年影响因子为 2.1。

Scope

• Publishes mainly original clinical neurosciences articles and also accepts basic neurosciences papers if of interest to the clinician以临床神经科学原创论文为主，兼收对临床医生有意义的基础神经科学论文。
• Reports the proceedings and abstracts of the scientific meetings of the partner societies刊载各伙伴学会学术会议的纪要与摘要。
• Original articles carry a structured abstract and are limited to 3000 words, seven authors, six figures and 50 references原创论文须附结构化摘要，正文上限三千词、七位作者、六幅图与五十条参考文献。
• Review articles are usually invited, though unsolicited reviews are considered, within 3500 words, six figures and 70 references综述文章以邀稿为主，亦考虑自由投稿，篇幅上限三千五百词、六幅图与七十条参考文献。
• Also publishes consensus papers and guidelines, evidence and experience based neurology articles, short Neuro-Image reports and academic and practice announcements还刊载共识文件与指南、循证与经验神经病学文章、神经影像短篇以及学术与实践通告。
• Case reports must be submitted as Letters to the Editor, which appear within 800 words and five references, and commentaries and editorials are written by members of the partner societies and the editorial board病例报告须以读者来信形式投稿，限八百词与五条参考文献；评论与社论由伙伴学会与编委成员撰写。

History

• The journal traces its line back to the Journal de Neurologie founded in 1895, which merged in 1923 with the bulletin of the Belgian society of mental medicine to form the Journal de Neurologie et de Psychiatrie该刊前身可溯至 1895 年创办的（Journal de Neurologie），该刊 1923 年与比利时精神医学会通报合并为（Journal de Neurologie et de Psychiatrie）。
• It was renamed Acta Neurologica et Psychiatrica Belgica in 1947 and split into two titles in 1969 and 1970, the neurological part becoming the present journal1947 年更名为（Acta Neurologica et Psychiatrica Belgica），1969 与 1970 年一分为二，神经病学部分独立为现刊。
• Published sources describe it as founded in the early 1900s and as the second oldest neurological publication in Europe公开资料称该刊创刊于二十世纪初，为欧洲第二古老的神经病学出版物。
• It was published by Acta Medica Belgica in Brussels from 1970 to 2011 and has been published by Springer since 20121970 至 2011 年由布鲁塞尔的（Acta Medica Belgica）出版，2012 年起改由 Springer 出版。
• It is described as a quarterly journal, although recent volumes have appeared in six issues a year该刊官方表述为季刊，但近年版面为每年六期。
• It is a hybrid journal under Springer's transformative journal programme, with an open access option rather than full open access该刊为混合期刊，属 Springer 转型期刊计划，设有开放获取选项而非完全开放获取。^[1]

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Patrick Cras of the University of Antwerp, emeritus professor of neurology and former head of the neurology department at the Antwerp University Hospital, working on neurodegenerative diseases and neuropathology现任主编 Patrick Cras，安特卫普大学神经病学荣休教授、安特卫普大学医院神经内科前主任，研究神经退行性疾病与神经病理学。
• There are ten co-editors, five associate editors and an advisory board of eighteen members该刊设十名共同编辑、五名副编辑与十八人的顾问委员会。
• The board is predominantly Belgian, with additional members from the United States, Slovenia, Switzerland, France, Germany and the United Kingdom编委以比利时成员为主体，另有来自美国、斯洛文尼亚、瑞士、法国、德国与英国的成员。
• Manuscripts are submitted directly through the online system and no pre-submission enquiry is required, with a median time of four to five days to first decision稿件经在线系统直接提交，不要求投稿前咨询，首次决定的中位时间约四至五天。
• Commentaries are restricted to members of the partner societies and of the editorial or advisory boards评论类文章仅限伙伴学会与编委会或顾问委员会成员撰写。