Annals of Neurology

Annals of Neurology is the monthly official journal of the American Neurological Association and the Child Neurology Society, published by Wiley since 1977 and covering clinical and basic neuroscience, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.5 and a rank of 20th among 296 clinical neurology journals《神经病学年鉴》（Annals of Neurology）是（American Neurological Association）与（Child Neurology Society）的官方月刊，1977 年创刊，由（Wiley）出版，覆盖临床与基础神经科学，2025 年影响因子为 7.5，在 296 种临床神经病学期刊中列第 20 位。

Scope

• Mechanisms, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of diseases of the human nervous system define the editorial remit人类神经系统疾病的机制、流行病学、诊断、治疗与预后界定该刊的编辑范围。
• Articles must be of broad interest to the academic neurological community and carry potential for high impact论文须对学术神经病学群体具有广泛意义，并具备较高影响力潜力。
• New technologies, from imaging to genetics and digital measures, are covered as they enter neurological practice从影像到遗传学与数字测量，新技术进入神经科实践即被纳入。
• Cellular and molecular neurobiology provides the mechanistic end of the journal's basic science content细胞与分子神经生物学构成该刊基础科学内容的机制端。
• Population sciences, including cohort studies and health services research, are within scope when they address neurological disease人群科学包括队列研究与卫生服务研究，只要针对神经系统疾病即在范围内。
• Studies of behaviour, addiction and psychiatric disease are accepted where they bear on brain-behaviour mechanisms行为、成瘾与精神疾病研究在涉及脑与行为机制时被接受。
• Experimental model systems, including cell, organ culture and animal work, are encouraged when they have direct translational relevance to human neurological disease实验模型系统包括细胞、器官培养与动物研究，在对人类神经疾病有直接转化意义时受到鼓励。

History

• The American Neurological Association founded the journal in 1977, with Fred Plum as its first editor-in-chief from 1977 to 1984（American Neurological Association）于 1977 年创办该刊，（Fred Plum）自 1977 至 1984 年任首任主编。
• Editors since then have been Arthur K. Asbury, Robert A. Fishman, Richard T. Johnson, Steven L. Hauser, Clifford B. Saper and Kenneth L. Tyler其后的主编依次为（Arthur K. Asbury）、（Robert A. Fishman）、（Richard T. Johnson）、（Steven L. Hauser）、（Clifford B. Saper）与（Kenneth L. Tyler）。
• Saper served from 2014 to 2021 and was succeeded by Tyler, whose tenure began with a renewed emphasis on translational neuroscience（Clifford B. Saper）任期为 2014 至 2021 年，其后由（Kenneth L. Tyler）接任。
• The journal appears twelve times a year and is published by Wiley on behalf of the two societies该刊每年出版十二期，由（Wiley）代表两个学会出版。
• Its impact factor moved from 10.422 in 2021 to 11.274 in 2022, then 7.7 in 2024 and 7.5 in 2025该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 10.422 升至 2022 年的 11.274，2024 年为 7.7，2025 年为 7.5。
• Accepted articles are published under Creative Commons terms, and the journal reports an acceptance rate of about 11 percent with a median of five days to first decision录用论文按知识共享条款发表，该刊公布录用率约 11%，投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 5 天。

Editors

• Kenneth L. Tyler of the University of Colorado School of Medicine is editor-in-chief and is known for work on viral infections of the central nervous system主编（Kenneth L. Tyler）任职于科罗拉多大学医学院，以中枢神经系统病毒感染研究著称。
• Ten associate editors sit across leading United States departments, from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Harvard Medical School to Washington University and Northwestern十位副编辑分布于美国主要院系，从肯尼迪·克里格研究所与哈佛医学院，到华盛顿大学与西北大学。
• Associate editors include Erika Fullwood Augustine, Amy Brooks-Kayal, John Corboy, Merit Cudkowicz, Elizabeth Engle, Eva Feldman, Deborah Hall, David Holtzman, John Kessler and Lawrence Wechsler副编辑包括（Erika Fullwood Augustine）、（Amy Brooks-Kayal）、（John Corboy）、（Merit Cudkowicz）、（Elizabeth Engle）、（Eva Feldman）、（Deborah Hall）、（David Holtzman）、（John Kessler）与（Lawrence Wechsler）。
• Six assistant editors handle younger-investigator submissions, and Rebecca Betensky serves as statistical editor六位助理编辑处理青年研究者稿件，（Rebecca Betensky）任统计编辑。
• The editorial board is international, with members in Turin, Melbourne, Cambridge and other centres alongside a large United States contingent编委会具国际性，除大量美国成员外，还包括都灵、墨尔本、剑桥等地的学者。
• Submissions go through external peer review, and detailed author guidelines are published on the Wiley journal site稿件经外部同行评议，详细的作者指南发布在（Wiley）期刊网站。