Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Current Opinion in Neurobiology is a peer-reviewed review journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1991 and issued six times a year, in which leading experts write short annotated reviews of developments in neurobiology over the past two to five years, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.6.《神经生物学最新观点》（Current Opinion in Neurobiology）由（Elsevier）出版，1991 年创刊，每年 6 期，由顶尖专家以简短注释综述评述近两至五年的神经生物学进展，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.6。

Scope

• The journal publishes short annotated reviews by leading experts on recent developments in neurobiology, describing discoveries of the past two to five years and highlighting select individual papers of particular significance.本刊刊载顶尖专家撰写的简短注释综述，评述神经生物学最新进展，覆盖过去两至五年的发现并重点提示具有特别意义的个别论文。
• It is designed as a resource that lets researchers and educators quickly gain an overview and a rich understanding of complex and current issues in the field.刊物定位为一种资源，让研究人员与教育工作者快速把握该领域复杂而前沿议题的全貌与要义。
• Each issue is focused on a topic of scientific or societal interest, bringing together leading international experts who embrace diverse methodologies and perspectives.每期围绕一个科学或社会关注的主题展开，汇集持不同方法与视角的国际顶尖专家。
• The six annual issues cover eight recurring topics every other year, namely neurobiology of disease, neurobiology of behavior, cellular, systems, developmental and molecular neuroscience, neurobiology of learning and plasticity, and computational neuroscience.每年 6 期隔年轮换覆盖八个固定主题，即疾病神经生物学、行为神经生物学、细胞神经科学、系统神经科学、发育神经科学、学习与可塑性神经生物学、分子神经科学与计算神经科学。
• Two further issues each year are allocated to Hot Topics, and section editors appointed by the editors-in-chief commission the reviews.每年另设 2 期热点专题，具体综述由主编任命的板块编辑负责组稿。
• Reviews run to about two thousand words with roughly fifty references, at least ten percent of them annotated as papers of special or outstanding interest, and self-citations are capped at twenty percent.综述篇幅约两千字、参考文献约五十条，其中至少一成须标注为特别重要或杰出重要的论文，自引比例不得超过两成。
• The title belongs to the Current Opinion and Research suite of journals and is the companion of the primary research open access journal Current Research in Neurobiology.本刊隶属（Current Opinion and Research）期刊群，是原创研究开放获取期刊（Current Research in Neurobiology）的姊妹刊。

History

• The journal was founded in 1991, with Volume 1 Issue 1 published in June of that year and four issues closing the first volume.本刊于 1991 年创刊，第 1 卷第 1 期于当年 6 月出版，创刊卷共 4 期。
• Six issues a year have appeared since 1992, keeping a bimonthly rhythm ever since.1992 年起保持每年 6 期的出版节奏，自此延续双月刊周期。
• From 2014 onwards each issue has been published as a volume of its own, so Volume 98 appeared in 2026.2014 年起每期独立成卷，2026 年已出至第 98 卷。
• Review articles are by invitation only, a policy that has shaped the journal as a curated survey of the field rather than an open submission venue.综述文章仅接受约稿，这一政策使刊物成为领域前沿的精选纵览，而非自由来稿园地。
• Authors choose between the subscription route, which carries no publication fee, and open access publication with an article publishing charge of USD 4,180.作者可在不收费的订阅途径与缴纳 4,180 美元文章出版费的开放获取途径之间选择。
• The Journal Impact Factor stood at 6.627 in 2021 and 7.07 in 2022, then 5.2 in 2024 and 5.6 in 2025, with a CiteScore of 9.6.期刊影响因子 2021 年为 6.627、2022 年为 7.07，2024 年为 5.2，2025 年为 5.6，CiteScore 为 9.6。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Eunjoon Kim of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Piali Sengupta of Brandeis University.两位主编分别为（Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology）的（Eunjoon Kim）与（Brandeis University）的（Piali Sengupta）。
• The editorial board counts eighty-three editors and board members across nineteen countries and regions, led by the United States with thirty-seven, then Germany with eight, the United Kingdom with seven and China with six.编辑委员会由 83 位编辑与编委组成，来自 19 个国家与地区，其中美国 37 人、德国 8 人、英国 7 人、中国 6 人。
• Members include Larry Abbott of Columbia University, Cornelia Bargmann of the Rockefeller University, Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Eve Marder of Brandeis University and Yang Dan of the University of California Berkeley.编委包括（Columbia University）的（Larry Abbott）、（Rockefeller University）的（Cornelia Bargmann）、（Columbia University）的（Eric Kandel）、（Brandeis University）的（Eve Marder）与（University of California Berkeley）的（Yang Dan）。
• The publisher reports the gender mix of the editorial group as fifty-four percent men and forty-two percent women, based on responses from fifty-eight percent of the group.出版方报告编辑群体性别构成为男性 54%、女性 42%，该数据基于群体中 58% 的反馈。
• Peer review follows a single anonymized process in which editors first assess the submission and then at least two reviewers provide an independent expert assessment.同行评审采用单匿名流程，先由编辑初审，再送至少两位评审人进行独立的专家评估。
• Journal insights report nine days from submission to first decision, seventy-eight days to a decision after review and one hundred twenty-nine days from submission to acceptance.期刊数据显示，投稿至首次决定 9 天，至外审后决定 78 天，投稿至接收 129 天。