Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Nature Reviews Neuroscience (commonly abbreviated as Nat. Rev. Neurosci.) is a neuroscience review journal published by Springer Nature. It was launched in 2000 and has carried its present title from the outset, is issued monthly, and is distinguished by the extraordinary breadth and depth of its coverage, running from molecules to mind. Its 2025 impact factor was 29.Nature Reviews Neuroscience（常用缩写 Nat. Rev. Neurosci.）是 Springer Nature 旗下神经科学领域的综述类期刊，2000 年创刊并自始以现名出版，按月刊出刊，以从分子到认知的极广覆盖面著称，2025 年影响因子为 29。^[1]

Scope

• Disciplinary focus: neuroscience is the archetypal multidisciplinary science, encompassing fields that share the goal of achieving a complete understanding of the structure and function of the central nervous system. The journal positions itself to cover the breadth and depth of modern neuroscience by offering an authoritative, accessible, topical and engaging first port of call for scientists interested in all aspects of the field.学科定位： 神经科学是一门典型的多学科领域，共享的目标是完整理解中枢神经系统的结构与功能；期刊以覆盖现代神经科学的广度与深度为定位，为对神经科学各个层面感兴趣的科学家提供权威、易读、切题且富于吸引力的首选读物。
• Subjects covered: the journal covers seven areas, namely cellular and molecular neuroscience, development of the nervous system, sensory and motor systems and behaviour, regulatory systems, higher cognition and language, computational neuroscience, and disorders of the brain.选题范围： 覆盖细胞与分子神经科学、神经系统发育、感觉与运动系统及行为、调节系统、高级认知与语言、计算神经科学以及脑部疾病七大方向。
• Audience: the journal addresses neuroscientists working in academia, clinical research and industry. Through its scope running from molecules to mind, it attracts readers from every area of this ever-expanding discipline.读者对象： 期刊面向在学术界、临床研究与产业界工作的神经科学工作者，凭借从分子到认知的广泛视野，吸引这一不断扩张的学科各个领域的读者。
• Content types and commissioning: Review articles appraise recent progress in brain and nervous system research, and short Research Highlights written by the editors appraise individual recent papers. By commissioning the best authors to write on the timeliest issues and following a rigorous peer-review process, the journal provides a source of information and opinion for its readers.体裁与约稿： 综述文章评述脑与神经系统研究的最新进展，另有由编辑部撰写的简短研究亮点评介近期论文；期刊通过约请最合适的作者撰写最切题的选题，并辅以严格的同行评审流程，为读者提供信息与观点兼具的来源。
• Open access: articles can only be published using the subscription route, and the publisher offers no immediate gold open access option and charges no publication fee. Six months after online publication, authors may self-archive the accepted manuscript on their own personal website or in a funder or institutional repository.开放获取： 文章只能按订阅方式出版，出版方不提供立即开放获取选项，也不收取版面费；作者可在文章在线发表六个月后，将已接受的稿件存入个人主页或资助方与所属机构的知识库。

History

• 2000: the journal was founded in London by Nature Publishing Group as one of the first three Nature Reviews titles, starting out alongside Nature Reviews Cancer and Nature Reviews Genetics and establishing the monthly review format that became the series standard.2000年： 期刊由自然出版集团在伦敦创刊，是该集团最早建立的三本 Nature Reviews 刊物之一，与 Nature Reviews Cancer 及 Nature Reviews Genetics 同期起步，确立了以月度综述为基本体裁的办刊传统。
• Launch rationale: a series of advances in molecular, developmental and cognitive neuroscience, stimulated by the advent of powerful experimental techniques and theoretical approaches, rendered some of the most enduring neurobiological questions increasingly tractable. This explosion of knowledge in turn created a need for new tools to organize and communicate the information efficiently, and the journal was created to meet that need.创刊背景： 分子神经科学、发育神经科学与认知神经科学的一系列进展，叠加强大新实验技术与理论方法的涌现，使一些最持久的神经生物学问题变得可以攻克；知识量的爆发随之催生了对高效组织与传播这些信息的工具的需求，期刊正是为回应这一需求而设。
• 2010: to mark ten years of publication, the journal invited the authors of its most highly cited articles to look back on progress in their fields and on the influence their articles had achieved, and to look ahead to the following decade, with the contributions appearing in a dedicated feature.2010年： 创刊十周年之际，期刊邀请历年高被引文章的作者回顾各自领域的研究进展与文章所产生的影响，并展望未来十年，相关特辑集中刊出。
• 2020: twenty years after launch the journal published another feature marking the anniversary, reviewing the trajectory of the discipline over two decades and inviting authors to set out the agenda for the next phase of neuroscience.2020年： 创刊二十周年之际，期刊再次出版特辑，回顾二十年间的学科脉络，并邀请作者就神经科学的下一阶段议程撰文。
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group was first a publishing division of Macmillan, and in 2015 it merged with the Springer Science and Business Media Group, so the title is now published under the Springer Nature name. The impact factor stood at 38.755 in 2021 and eased back as the field fluctuated overall to 29 in 2025, keeping the journal among the leading titles in the neurosciences.出版方： 自然出版集团先为麦克米伦旗下的出版部门，后于 2015 年与施普林格科学与商业出版集团合并，今日以 Springer Nature 名义出版；期刊影响因子在 2021 年为 38.755，其后随领域整体波动回落至 2025 年的 29，仍居神经科学类期刊前列。^[2]

Editors

• Chief Editor: the journal is led by Darran Yates, who was awarded his PhD in neuroscience by the University of Bath for work on glutamate-gated chloride channels in nematodes, then carried out two postdoctoral projects at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, one on the assembly and axonal transport of neurofilaments and one on binding partners of the amyloid precursor protein. He joined Nature Reviews Neurology as an Associate Editor in February 2009 and has led this journal since February 2011 from the London office.主编： 现任主编为 Darran Yates，他在英国巴斯大学取得神经科学博士学位，研究线虫的门控氯离子通道，随后在伦敦国王学院精神研究所完成两段博士后研究，分别探讨神经丝的组装与轴突运输以及淀粉样前体蛋白的结合蛋白；2009 年 2 月以副编辑身份加入 Nature Reviews Neurology，2011 年 2 月起主持本刊，常驻伦敦办公室。
• Senior Editors: Sian Lewis PhD, Jake Rogers PhD and Katherine Whalley PhD serve as Senior Editors, all based in the London office, with interests spanning behavioural and cellular and molecular neuroscience, circuit-level work and the application of imaging tools, and developmental and cellular neuroscience respectively.高级编辑： Sian Lewis 博士、Jake Rogers 博士与 Katherine Whalley 博士担任高级编辑，三人常驻伦敦办公室，分别关注行为与分子神经科学、神经回路与计算工具的应用以及发育与分子神经科学。
• Team development: Jake Rogers joined the journal in June 2021 as a Locum Senior Editor for six months, became a permanent Senior Editor on the Nature Reviews Cross-Journal Editorial Team in January 2022, and in July of the same year returned to this journal on a part-time basis, giving him familiarity with both the individual title and the wider portfolio.团队沿革： Jake Rogers 于 2021 年 6 月以半年期临时代理高级编辑身份加入本刊，2022 年 1 月成为自然评论跨刊编辑团队的正式高级编辑，同年 7 月又以兼职方式常驻本刊，这一往返经历使他同时熟悉单刊与全系列的运作。
• No external editorial board: the journal has no external editorial board, and all editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors who are PhD-level scientists, an arrangement that has held since launch. A Reviews Cross-Journal Editorial Team also works across the Nature Reviews portfolio as needs arise, handling content in the life, clinical, physical and social sciences.无外部编委： 期刊不设外部编委，所有编辑决定均由一支具有博士学位的全职专业编辑团队作出，这一安排自创刊以来始终未变；另有跨刊综述编辑团队按需要在生命科学、临床、物理与社会科学各领域之间调配人手。
• Submissions and contact: manuscripts and proposals are submitted through the Nature Publishing Group online submission and tracking system, where a proposal requires only a single article file. General editorial inquiries and status queries go to the journal's editorial office email address.投稿与联系： 稿件与选题提案通过自然出版集团的在线投稿与追踪系统提交，提交提案时只需上传一份文章文件，一般编辑问询与稿件状态查询可发信至期刊的编辑部邮箱。^[3]