Neuropsychology Review

Neuropsychology Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal founded in 1990 and published by Springer, devoted to integrative review papers that give a mechanistic understanding of human neuropsychology in normal and clinical populations, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.2 and a first quartile rank of 5 of 184 in clinical psychology《神经心理学评论》（Neuropsychology Review）是 1990 年创刊、由（Springer）出版的季刊同行评审期刊，专门刊载综合性评论论文，为正常人群与临床人群的人类神经心理学提供机制性理解，2025 年影响因子为 8.2，在临床心理学类 184 种期刊中列第 5 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes integrative review papers on all aspects of neuroscience that contribute to a mechanistic understanding of human neuropsychology in normal and clinical populations该刊刊载神经科学各领域的综合性评论论文，力求为正常人群与临床人群的人类神经心理学提供机制性理解。
• Its subject matter includes cognitive, sensory and motor component processes affected by endogenous or acquired conditions that alter central nervous system function其选题涵盖受内源性或获得性中枢神经系统病变影响的认知、感觉与运动成分过程。
• Recurring themes are the challenges of early diagnosis, the impact of genes and environment on performance and the risk factors for functional impairment常见主题包括早期诊断的难点、基因与环境对表现的影响以及功能损害的风险因素。
• Articles examine concepts and considerations affecting recovery and restitution of function, along with the design of clinical trials in neuropsychological populations论文探讨影响功能恢复与重建的概念与考量，并涉及神经心理学人群的临床试验设计。
• The journal covers neuropsychological function and its substrates in normal development and ageing as well as dysfunction in neurological, psychiatric and medical populations该刊覆盖正常发育与衰老过程中的神经心理功能及其神经基础，也覆盖神经科、精神科与内科人群的功能障碍。
• Reviews are expected to weigh relevant neuroimaging or neurophysiological findings, and the publication of new data is explicitly outside the journal's purview评论须权衡相关的神经影像或神经生理学证据，且发表新数据明确不属于该刊范围。

History

• The first issue appeared in March 1990 as volume 1, issue 1, opened by an introductory statement from the founding editor Gerald Goldstein该刊第 1 卷第 1 期于 1990 年 3 月问世，由创刊主编（Gerald Goldstein）撰写发刊词。
• It was established as a quarterly refereed publication aimed at review and synthesis rather than primary data, a position it has maintained throughout its run该刊创立即定位为季刊式评议出版物，侧重综述与综合而非首发数据，这一取向贯穿其全部出版历程。
• The journal is published by Springer and appears today under Springer Nature, with volume 35 reached in 2025 and volume 36 in 2026该刊由（Springer）出版，现属（Springer Nature）体系，2025 年出版至第 35 卷，2026 年为第 36 卷。
• Special issues have gathered work on multidimensional intersections of neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry, critical issues in cultural neuropsychology and international extensions of Luria's neuropsychological investigation特刊曾汇集神经心理学与神经精神医学的多维交叉、文化神经心理学的关键议题以及鲁利亚神经心理学检查法的国际拓展等专题。
• It is abstracted and indexed in Medline, PsycINFO, Scopus, BIOSIS, the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Science Citation Index, and it offers open access as a hybrid title该刊被（Medline）、（PsycINFO）、（Scopus）、（BIOSIS）、（SCIE）与（SSCI）等数据库收录，并以混合模式提供开放获取选项。
• The Journal Impact Factor stood at 7.444 in 2021, 6.94 in 2022 and 5.0 in 2024 before rising to 8.2 in 2025, with a five year impact factor of 7.4 and a median time to first decision of 29 days in 2024该刊影响因子 2021 年为 7.444，2022 年为 6.94，2024 年为 5.0，2025 年升至 8.2；2024 年五年影响因子为 7.4，初审中位周期为 29 天。

Editors

• The journal is led jointly by David W. Loring of Emory University in Atlanta in the United States and Stephen C. Bowden of the University of Melbourne in Australia该刊由美国亚特兰大埃默里大学的（David W. Loring）与澳大利亚墨尔本大学的（Stephen C. Bowden）共同主持。
• Both editors share the handling of submissions and are the named editorial contacts for the journal, Loring working in clinical neuropsychology and neuroimaging and Bowden in psychological assessment两位主编共同负责稿件处理，并作为该刊对外联络的编辑联系人；（Loring）的研究侧重临床神经心理学与神经影像，（Bowden）侧重心理测量与评估。
• An associate editor group supports the editors-in-chief in assigning referees and commissioning reviews across the journal's subject areas副编辑团队协助主编在不同学科方向分配审稿人并组织约稿。
• The editorial board is multidisciplinary and international, with members such as Kenneth M. Adams of the University of Michigan and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, F.-Xavier Alario of the French national research centre and Peter Anderson of the University of Melbourne编委会为多学科国际团队，成员包括美国密歇根大学与安娜堡退伍军人医疗系统的（Kenneth M. Adams）、法国国家科研中心的（F.-Xavier Alario）以及墨尔本大学的（Peter Anderson）等。
• The board roster spans North America, Europe, Australia and Asia and is published on the journal's Springer page and updated as members join or step down编委名单覆盖北美、欧洲、澳大利亚与亚洲，公布于（Springer）期刊页面并随人员更替更新。
• Submitted reviews are refereed by external specialists, authors must complete the journal's disclosure of interest form, and the journal has published more than 150 open access articles under its hybrid model投稿综述由外部专家评审，作者须填写该刊的利益冲突披露表；在混合出版模式下该刊已发表 150 余篇开放获取文章。