The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal issued by American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and it is the official journal of the American Neuropsychiatric Association.《神经精神病学与临床神经科学杂志》是季刊，由美国精神病学协会的出版部门 American Psychiatric Association Publishing 出版，亦为美国神经精神病学协会的会刊。

The first volume appeared in winter 1989, at a point when behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry were consolidating as a recognized subspecialty in North America, and the title has worked that overlap ever since.首卷于 1989 年冬季问世，当时行为神经病学与神经精神病学正在北美形成独立的亚专科，该刊此后一直经营这块交叠地带。

Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.3, with a five-year value of 3.1, and the title sits in the second quartile of clinical neurology, neurosciences and psychiatry alike.2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.3，五年影响因子 3.1，在临床神经病学、神经科学与精神病学三个类目同列 Q2。

Scope

• The stated aim is to advance the science of brain-behavior relationships, so a paper is weighed by what it shows about how injury, disease or development reshapes thought, mood and conduct.该刊宗旨在于推进脑与行为关系的科学，论文的分量取决于它能否说明损伤、疾病或发育如何改变思维、情绪与行为。
• Care of people and families affected by neurodevelopmental, acquired neurological and neurodegenerative conditions forms the second strand, which keeps clinical material close to the bedside.神经发育性、获得性与神经退行性疾病患者及其家庭的照护构成第二条主线，临床材料因此始终贴近床旁。
• Epilepsy supplies a steady stream of work on interictal psychiatric symptoms, peri-ictal psychosis and the cognitive toll that repeated seizures take across years of treatment.癫痫方向持续产出研究，涉及发作间期精神症状、围发作期精神病性表现以及多年治疗中反复发作对认知的损耗。
• Stroke and small-vessel disease enter through studies of post-stroke depression, apathy and the vascular contribution to late-life cognitive decline.卒中与小血管病经由卒中后抑郁、情感淡漠以及血管因素对晚年认知衰退的作用进入刊物。
• Traumatic brain injury, including repetitive mild exposure in sport and military service, is examined for its psychiatric sequelae and for vocational outcomes.创伤性脑损伤包含运动与服役中的反复轻度撞击，在此按精神科后遗表现与职业结局加以考察。
• Dementia and Parkinson's disease are regular subjects, and multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is read as a neuropsychiatric problem quite as much as a neurological one.痴呆与帕金森病是常规选题，多发性硬化或肌萎缩侧索硬化同样既被当作神经科问题，也被当作神经精神科问题。
• Neuropsychological assessment runs through the journal, from test selection and normative interpretation to the detection of invalid or effortful performance.神经心理测评贯穿全刊，从测验选择与常模解释到无效作答的识别均有涉及。
• Structural and functional imaging ties symptoms to circuits, and lesion mapping appears alongside network accounts of apathy, anosognosia and affective dysregulation.结构与功能影像把症状系于环路，病灶定位与网络解释并置，对象包括情感淡漠、病感失认与情绪调节障碍。
• Drug treatment in neurological populations gets careful attention, since antipsychotics, antidepressants and stimulants carry different risks once the brain is already injured.神经系统疾病人群的药物治疗得到细致讨论，脑已受损时抗精神病药、抗抑郁药与兴奋剂的风险各不相同。
• Delirium, catatonia and disorders of consciousness recur across volumes and pull neurology, psychiatry and intensive care into the same conversation.谵妄、紧张症与意识障碍在各卷中反复出现，把神经科、精神科与重症医学拉进同一场讨论。
• Rehabilitation research covers cognitive remediation, behavioral management of agitation and the design of ward environments that reduce disorientation.康复研究涵盖认知矫正、激越行为的管理以及减少定向障碍的病房环境设计。
• Education and training in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry is the third stated aim, which is why curricular and fellowship papers appear beside clinical trials.行为神经病学与神经精神病学的教育培训是第三项宗旨，课程设计与专科培养的论文因此与临床试验并列。
• Autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability are read through the same lens, with emphasis on the transition into adult services.自闭症、注意缺陷多动障碍与智力障碍用同一视角处理，重点落在向成人服务过渡的环节。
• Brief case reports keep a place, valued for what an unusual presentation teaches about the underlying link between brain and behavior.短篇病例报告保有一席之地，其价值在于少见表现对脑与行为底层关联的提示。
• Service questions appear as well, among them access to neuropsychiatric consultation, the working of joint clinics and the shortage of behavioral neurologists.服务层面的问题同样出现，包括神经精神科会诊的可及性、联合门诊的运转以及行为神经病学的人力短缺。

History

• The journal began in 1989 under the imprint of American Psychiatric Press, the publishing arm of the American Psychiatric Association, with volume 1, number 1 dated winter 1989.该刊于 1989 年在 American Psychiatric Press 名下创办，那是美国精神病学协会的出版部门，第 1 卷第 1 期标注为 1989 年冬季。
• Its first editorial address was in Washington, DC, and the National Library of Medicine still records that city for the opening volumes.最初的编辑部地址在华盛顿特区，美国国家医学图书馆对早期各卷仍著录这座城市。
• Around 2007 the recorded place of publication shifted to Arlington, Virginia, where the association's publishing house had its offices.2007 年前后，著录的出版地移至弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿，协会出版机构在那里办公。
• The imprint changed name twice, from American Psychiatric Press to American Psychiatric Publishing and later to American Psychiatric Association Publishing, while the owner stayed the same.出版主体两次更名，由 American Psychiatric Press 改为 American Psychiatric Publishing，其后又改为 American Psychiatric Association Publishing，所有者始终未变。
• The title joins clinical neurology to psychiatry rather than settling inside either one, a position that the sponsoring association has kept in place from the start.该刊把临床神经病学与精神病学接在一起，而不落在任何一边，这一位置自创刊起就由主办协会维持着。
• Four issues appear each year, and the quarterly rhythm has held since the first volume, which is not the usual fate of a subspecialty title this size.每年出版四期，季刊节奏自首卷延续至今，这一规模的亚专科刊物能守住节奏的并不多。
• Online delivery runs through Psychiatry Online, the association's platform, where the archive is served beside the association's other journals.网络出版依托协会的 Psychiatry Online 平台，过刊与协会旗下其他期刊在同一站点提供。
• Indexing came early, with Index Medicus, MEDLINE and PubMed all covering the title from volume 1, number 1, so the whole run is searchable in one place.收录起步很早，Index Medicus、MEDLINE 与 PubMed 均自第 1 卷第 1 期起覆盖，全卷可在同一处检索。
• Output is deliberately small. The 2025 Journal Citation Reports count 37 articles, against 3598 citations accumulated and a cited half-life of 14.3 years.发文规模刻意保持得小，2025 年期刊引证报告统计 37 篇，累计被引 3598 次，被引半衰期 14.3 年。
• Impact factors have moved inside a narrow band, from 2.891 in 2022 through 2.4 in 2023 and 2.9 in 2024 to 3.3 in 2025.影响因子在窄幅区间内移动，2022 年为 2.891，2023 年为 2.4，2024 年为 2.9，2025 年为 3.3。
• The 2025 ranking puts it at 107 of 296 in clinical neurology, 156 of 330 in neurosciences and 97 of 293 in psychiatry.2025 年排名显示，该刊在临床神经病学 296 种中列第 107，在神经科学 330 种中列第 156，在精神病学 293 种中列第 97。
• Subscription remains the norm, gold open access accounting for 1.89 per cent of the 2025 output, and the Journal Citation Indicator stands at 0.74.订阅仍是常态，2025 年金色开放获取论文占 1.89%，期刊引文指标为 0.74。
• A cited half-life above fourteen years says something about the readership, since phenomenological description ages better than trial data and readers keep returning to it.十四年以上的被引半衰期说明了读者的一面，现象学描述比试验数据更耐时间，读者会不断回头查阅。

Editors

• The masthead is built for a field that straddles two specialties, so the editor-in-chief works with associate editors rather than with a board drawn from one discipline.编务架构服务于横跨两个专科的领域，主编与多位副编辑协作，而非倚仗单一学科的编委会。
• Because the journal belongs to the association, its editorial priorities track the association's educational mission, fellowship training in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry included.刊物既属协会所有，编务取向便与协会的教育使命同步，行为神经病学与神经精神病学的专科培养也在其中。
• Manuscripts are reviewed externally before acceptance, and the decision rests with the editor rather than with the publishing house.稿件在录用前经外部评审，决定权在主编而非出版机构。
• Submission runs through the association's online manuscript system, with correspondence handled by an editorial office at the publishing house in Arlington.投稿经协会的在线稿件系统提交，日常通信由出版机构设在阿灵顿的编辑部处理。
• Authors must declare competing interests and funding sources, a requirement the association applies across its whole journal list.作者须申报利益冲突与资助来源，协会对旗下全部期刊统一执行这一要求。
• Reviewers are asked whether a paper alters clinical practice or clarifies a mechanism, and submissions are weighed on that basis rather than on novelty alone.审稿人需要判断论文能否改变临床做法或澄清机制，稿件据此衡量，而不只看新颖程度。
• Case material is handled with restraint, short reports being considered when a presentation teaches something general about brain-behavior relations.病例类稿件控制得较紧，少见表现若能揭示脑与行为的一般规律，才会以短篇报告刊出。
• The readership is mixed by design, so authors are asked to explain technical methods in terms a psychiatrist or a neurologist outside the subspecialty can follow.读者群按设计就是混合的，作者需用亚专科之外的精神科或神经科医师读得懂的方式解释技术方法。
• Correspondence is published so that readers can contest a finding, with author replies set alongside rather than in a later issue.读者来信为质疑已发表结果留出通道，作者答复与来信同期排印，不推到后续期号。
• Trainees are visible in the pages, both as authors and as the intended audience for review material that maps an unfamiliar literature.受训者在刊中可见，既作为作者出现，也是梳理陌生文献的综述所面向的读者。