Nature Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience (commonly abbreviated as Nat. Neurosci.) is the neuroscience monthly in the Nature Portfolio. Founded in 1998 and spanning all areas of neuroscience, it reports a 2025 impact factor of 20.3.Nature Neuroscience（常用缩写 Nat. Neurosci.）是 Nature Portfolio 的神经科学月刊，1998 年创刊，覆盖神经科学所有领域，2025 年影响因子为 20.3。[1]
Scope
- Scope: a multidisciplinary journal publishing papers of the highest quality and significance in all areas of neuroscience, with priority given to studies that provide fundamental insights into the functioning of the nervous system.学科定位： 多学科期刊，发表神经科学各领域最高质量与最重要性的论文，优先考虑对神经系统功能提供根本性见解的研究。[2]
- Topics: molecular, cellular, systems and cognitive neuroscience, together with psychophysics, computational modelling and diseases of the nervous system.收录主题： 分子、细胞、系统与认知神经科学，以及心理物理学、计算建模与神经系统疾病。
- Article types: original research papers predominate, alongside news and views, reviews, editorials, commentaries, perspectives and book reviews.文章体裁： 原创研究论文为主，兼收新闻与观点、综述、社论、评论、观点与书评。
- Publishing model: hybrid, primary research may take the subscription route or gold OA, with gold OA priced at GBP 9,390, USD 12,850 or EUR 10,850.出版模式： 混合出版，原创论文可选订阅路线或 Gold OA 路线，Gold OA 收费为 9390 英镑、12850 美元或 10850 欧元。[3]
- Indexing and metrics: covered by the SCIE and Scopus, with a 2025 impact factor of 20.3 and a five-year impact factor of 24.9.收录与指标： 被 SCIE 与 Scopus 收录，2025 年影响因子 20.3，五年影响因子 24.9。[4]
History
- Founded: launched in 1998, with the title and ISSNs unchanged since.创刊： 1998 年创刊，刊名与 ISSN 自创刊以来保持稳定。
- Publisher: published by Nature Portfolio within Springer Nature, independent of any academic society.出版方： 由 Springer Nature 旗下的 Nature Portfolio 出版，不依附任何学会。
- Volume count: the journal reached volume 29 in 2026.卷期规模： 2026 年已出至第 29 卷。
- Editorial transition: Shari Wiseman became chief editor in 2021, having joined the journal in 2017.主编更替： Shari Wiseman 于 2021 年任主编，2017 年入职。[5]
Editors
- Editor-in-chief: Shari Wiseman, a Yale PhD who studied signalling mechanisms of neuronal protein synthesis and covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics and addiction.现任主编： Shari Wiseman，耶鲁大学博士，研究神经元蛋白合成的信号转导机制，研究方向覆盖细胞与分子神经科学与成瘾。
- Other editors: senior editor and team leader Leonie Welberg, senior editors Henrietta Howells, Luis A. Mejia and Qingzhong Ren, plus three associate editors.其他编辑： 高级编辑与团队负责人 Leonie Welberg，高级编辑 Henrietta Howells、Luis A. Mejia 与 Qingzhong Ren，另设副编辑 3 名。
- Editorial board: no external academic board, all editorial decisions rest with a full-time professional editing team.编委构成： 不设外部学术编委，全部编辑决定由全职专业编辑团队作出。
- Submission and review: submissions go through Nature's tracking system under single-anonymized review by default, with an optional double-anonymized route, and presubmission enquiries are accepted.投稿与评审： 经 Nature 投稿系统递交，默认单盲评审，可选双匿名评审，接受投稿前咨询。[6]