Neuron

Neuron is a biweekly peer-reviewed neuroscience journal published by Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier, established in 1988, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 16.9《神经元》是由（Cell Press）出版、1988 年创刊的双周刊同行评审神经科学期刊，为（Elsevier）旗下刊物之一，2025 年影响因子为 16.9。

Scope

• Its scope spans molecular, cellular and developmental neurobiology, from mechanistic studies in model organisms to systems-level studies of human cognition and behavior其范围涵盖分子、细胞与发育神经生物学，从模式生物的机制研究到人类认知与行为的系统层面研究。^[1][2]
• It also covers psychiatric and neurological disease, brain-body interactions and systems neuroscience该刊还涵盖精神与神经疾病、脑-体相互作用与系统神经科学。
• Further areas include perception, emotion and higher cognitive processes, as well as theoretical and computational approaches relevant to artificial intelligence其他领域包括感知、情绪与高级认知过程，以及与人工智能相关的理论与计算方法。
• Editors embrace interdisciplinary strategies integrating biophysical, cellular, developmental and molecular approaches with a systems approach to sensory, motor and higher-order cognitive functions编辑团队推崇跨学科策略，将生物物理、细胞、发育与分子方法同感觉、运动与高级认知功能的系统方法相结合。
• Beyond primary research it publishes reviews and commentaries exploring intersections of neuroscience with society and emerging technologies除原始研究外，该刊还发表综述与评论，探讨神经科学与社会科学及新兴技术的交叉。
• It serves as one of the premier intellectual forums of the entire neuroscience community该刊是整个神经科学界最重要的思想交流平台之一。
• Its 2025 Journal Citation Reports rank is 8 out of 330 in the Neurosciences category其 2025 年在（Journal Citation Reports）神经科学类别中排名 8/330。

History

• It was established in 1988 by Cell Press and is published today by Cell Press, an imprint of Elsevier该刊于 1988 年由（Cell Press）创刊，目前仍由（Elsevier）旗下（Cell Press）出版。
• It is a sister journal of Cell and one of the life science journals at Cell Press该刊是（Cell）的姊妹刊，也是（Cell Press）旗下的生命科学期刊之一。
• It has been published on a biweekly schedule, issuing 24 issues per year该刊按双周出版，每年发行 24 期。
• Its impact factor stood at 17.173 in 2021, 18.688 in 2022 and reached 16.9 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 17.173，2022 年为 18.688，2025 年达到 16.9。
• It operates a hybrid open access model with an article publishing charge option alongside subscription access该刊采用混合开放获取模式，在订阅获取之外提供文章处理费出版选项。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE and Scopus该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（MEDLINE）与（Scopus）收录。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Mariela Zirlinger, who joined Cell Press in 2011 and became editor-in-chief of Neuron in 2017现任主编为 Mariela Zirlinger，她于 2011 年加入（Cell Press），2017 年出任主编。
• The founding editors were Lily Jan, A. James Hudspeth, Louis Reichardt, Roger Nicoll and Zach Hall创刊编辑为 Lily Jan、A. James Hudspeth、Louis Reichardt、Roger Nicoll 与 Zach Hall。
• A past editor-in-chief was Katja Brose, who joined Neuron as a senior editor in 2000, became deputy editor in 2002 and led the journal from 2004 to 2017前任主编 Katja Brose 于 2000 年以资深编辑身份加入，2002 年升任副主编，并于 2004 至 2017 年领导该刊。
• The editorial team includes Benedicte Babayan and Ted Dobie alongside the editor-in-chief编辑团队除主编外还包括 Benedicte Babayan 与 Ted Dobie。
• Editors at Cell Press are PhD-trained scientists, most with additional postdoctoral training（Cell Press）的编辑均为博士出身的科学家，多数还拥有博士后训练经历。