Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience is an open access journal devoted to the theoretical modelling of brain function and to exchanges between theory and experiment, founded in 2007.《计算神经科学前沿》是一份致力于脑功能理论建模以及理论与实验交流的开放获取期刊，创办于 2007 年。

The journal publishes models at every level, from realistic simulations of neurons and synapses to abstract accounts of inference and decision making.该刊发表各层次的模型，从神经元与突触的真实仿真，到推理与决策的抽象描述。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3 and stands in the first quartile of mathematical and computational biology.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在数学与计算生物学类目中列第一区。

Scope

• The theoretical modelling of brain function gives the journal its centre, and work that builds a model to explain how a nervous system works is admitted.脑功能的理论建模是该刊的中心，为解释神经系统如何运作而构建模型的工作受到收载。

• The journal fosters interaction between theoretical and experimental neuroscience, and it looks for work that moves in both directions.该刊促进理论神经科学与实验神经科学之间的互动，寻找双向推进的工作。

• Models of all styles are welcome, and a purely analytic treatment stands beside a large scale simulation.各种风格的模型都受到欢迎，纯分析的论述与大规模仿真并列出现。

• Biophysically motivated simulations of neurons and synapses are named among the topics, and studies that build a cell up from its channels are taken.基于生物物理动机的神经元与突触仿真被点名为选题，自离子通道起构建细胞的研究受到收载。

• Experimental studies that test or validate a theoretical conclusion are admitted, and the journal treats them as a necessary counterpart to modelling.检验或验证理论结论的实验研究也在接纳之列，该刊把它们视为建模的必要对应物。

• High level abstract models of inference and decision making form part of the scope, and work that treats the brain as a computing device is taken.推理与决策的高层抽象模型是收稿范围的一部分，把脑视为计算装置的工作受到收载。

• Network dynamics is a recurring theme, and the journal carries work on the collective behaviour of large groups of neurons.网络动力学是反复出现的主题，该刊刊载大群神经元集体行为方面的研究。

• Learning and plasticity are covered, and studies of the rules by which a connection changes with experience are admitted.学习与可塑性得到覆盖，关于连接随经验变化所循规则的研究也在接纳之列。

• Sensory and motor systems appear in the journal, and modelling work on how a signal is encoded or on how a movement is generated is taken.感觉与运动系统见于该刊，关于信号如何编码或动作如何生成方面的建模工作受到收载。

• Computational tools and artificial intelligence are applied to clinical questions, and the journal carries work that seeks to predict or to detect psychiatric and neurological disorders.计算工具与人工智能被用于临床问题，该刊刊载力求预测或检出精神与神经系统疾病的工作。

• Connectomics is part of the scope, and the journal has gathered work on the mapping of neural circuits and on the link between a circuit and a behaviour.连接组学是收稿范围的一部分，该刊曾汇集关于神经环路图谱以及环路与行为之间联系的工作。

• Neuromorphic engineering is admitted, and studies that build hardware to imitate a neural computation appear in its pages.神经形态工程也在接纳之列，为模仿神经计算而构建硬件的研究见于该刊。

• Opinion pieces and hypotheses are carried beside the primary reports, and a theoretical paper may set out a position for others to test.观点文章与假说与原始报告并列刊载，理论论文可以提出一个供他人检验的立场。

History

• The journal was founded in 2007 by Frontiers, working from Lausanne in Switzerland.该刊于 2007 年由 Frontiers 在瑞士洛桑创办。

• It was established as an electronic journal, and only an electronic number, 1662-5188, has ever been in use.它自创办起即为电子期刊，至今只使用电子刊号 1662-5188。

• The journal brings out one volume to each year, and its articles are numbered in a continuous sequence rather than placed in fixed issues.该刊每年出一卷，文章按连续编号排列，而不置于固定期号之中。

• The impact indicator has moved from 2.38 and 3.387 to 2.1 and 2.3, and it stood at 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子从 2.38 与 3.387 变为 2.1 与 2.3，在 2025 年版为 3.3。

• Articles are published under a Creative Commons attribution licence, and the author keeps the copyright of the work.文章以 Creative Commons 署名许可发布，著作权仍归作者所有。

• Publication is supported by a fee on accepted papers, and the journal sets out the amount and the waiver conditions on its pages.出版由录用论文的费用支持，该刊在页面上说明金额与减免条件。

• PubMed has carried the title from its first volume in 2007, and the full text is also deposited in PubMed Central.PubMed 自 2007 年的第 1 卷起收录该刊，全文也存入 PubMed Central。

• The journal partners with the Organization for Computational Neurosciences, and the partnership is meant to promote collaboration within the field.该刊与计算神经科学组织建立合作，这一合作意在促进领域内的协作。

• The editorial team takes part in the annual meeting of that organisation, and the journal keeps a presence at the gathering.编辑团队参加该组织的年会，刊物在这一聚会上保持存在。

• The journal publishes research topics as collections, and it has gathered work on neurodegenerative disease and on the modelling of heterogeneity between neurons.该刊以专题集的形式组织选题，曾汇集关于神经退行性疾病以及神经元异质性建模的工作。

• Editorial notes mark the milestone collections, and an e-book is issued from time to time to draw together the best of a year.编辑说明标出里程碑式的专题集，刊物还不时推出电子书，汇集某一年的优秀论文。

• The journal sits within a family of titles published by the same house, and it shares their model of open access and of collaborative review.该刊属于同一出版方旗下的一族期刊，与其共享开放获取与协作评审的模式。

• The journal takes work on the modelling of neural circuits, and it reports on how a network of cells produces a pattern of activity.该刊收载神经环路建模的工作，报道细胞网络如何产生某种活动模式。

• Coding and decoding are recurring themes, and the journal carries studies of how information is represented in a population of neurons.编码与解码是反复出现的主题，该刊刊载信息如何在神经元群体中表征的研究。

• Papers that combine a model with a recording are welcomed, and the journal favours work that closes the loop between theory and data.把模型与记录结合的论文受到欢迎，该刊偏好闭合理论与数据之间回路的工作。

• Reproducibility is expected of a model, and the journal asks authors to deposit the code that produces a reported figure.模型应可重现，该刊要求作者存交能复现所报图形的代码。

• The journal is read by modellers and by experimentalists, and the editors look for papers that can be understood by both.该刊的读者既有建模者也有实验者，编辑方寻找两类人都能读懂的论文。

Editors

• The journal is led by two specialty chief editors, Misha Tsodyks of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and Si Wu of Peking University in China.该刊由两位专业主编带领，即以色列魏茨曼科学研究所的（Misha Tsodyks）与中国北京大学的（Si Wu）。

• Associate editors support them, among them Arash Ahmadi of Carleton University in Canada and Zahid Akhtar of the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute in the United States.若干副编辑协助他们，其中包括加拿大卡尔顿大学的（Arash Ahmadi）与美国纽约州立大学理工学院（Zahid Akhtar）。

• The journal is seeking further associate editors and reviewers, and it invites researchers in the field to apply.该刊仍在物色更多副编辑与审稿人，并邀请本领域研究者申请。

• The review process is interactive, and the names of the handling editor and of the reviewers are made known to the author.该刊的评审是互动式的，处理编辑与审稿人的姓名对作者公开。

• Reviewers and editors hold a dialogue with the authors, and a manuscript is expected to be improved during the exchange rather than merely judged.审稿人与编辑同作者对话，论文要求在这一往来中得到改进，而非仅仅被评判。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's platform, and the journal states the article types it takes on its own pages.稿件通过出版方的平台投递，该刊在自身页面写明所接受的文章类型。

• Authors are asked to make their data and their code available where a result rests on a computation.结果依赖计算时，作者须公开其数据与代码。

• Competing interests must be declared, and the journal follows a published policy on research integrity and on the ethics of publication.利益冲突必须声明，该刊遵循公开的研究诚信与出版伦理政策。

• Research topics are edited by guest teams, and a topic gathers a set of papers around one question.专题由客座团队编辑，一个专题围绕某一问题汇集一组论文。

• The editorial office answers queries by email, and it helps authors to place a paper in the section that fits it best.编辑部以电子邮件答复查询，并协助作者把论文放入最相称的板块。