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The Neuroscientist

The Neuroscientist

Reviews at the Interface of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences

eISSN: 10894098 | ISSN: 10738584 | Current volume: 30 | Current issue: 2 Frequency: Bi-monthly

The state-of-the-art reviews published in The Neuroscientist keep you up-to-date on the advances emerging in the neurosciences and related disciplines!

Edited by Stephen G. Waxman of Yale University School of Medicine with help from a renowned international editorial board that includes Nobel Prize winners and experts from top universities from around the world, The Neuroscientist reviews and evaluates the noteworthy advances and key trends in molecular, cellular, developmental, behavioral/systems, and cognitive neuroscience in a unique disease-relevant format.

Aimed at basic neuroscientists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and psychiatrists in research, academic, and clinical settings, The Neuroscientist reviews and updates the most important new and emerging basic and clinical neuroscience research, focusing on original and innovative topics such as:

  • Neural transplantation, stem cells, and neurogenesis
  • Development and aging of the brain
  • Trophic and growth factors; guidance molecules
  • Channels, receptors and transmitters
  • Neural plasticity and regeneration
  • Applications of neurobiology to diagnosis and therapy of diseases of the brain and spinal cord
  • Functional imaging and cognitive neuroscience
  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease
  • Neural substrates of behavior and behavioral disorders
  • Computational neuroscience
  • Genetics of neurologic and psychiatric diseases

The Neuroscientist's reviews and updates have been written by the world’s most respected authors, including: Lorne Mendell, Michael Moskowitz, Eric Nestler, Richard Frackowiak, Gordon Shepherd, Charles Gross, Steven Hyman, Rob Malenka, Anne Young, Stuart Lipton, Michael Gazzaniga, Jon Kaaas, and Semir Zeki.

Topics are wide-ranging and have included:

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Cortical Layer Formation
  • Neurogenesis and Depressions
  • Spinal Cords and Learning and Memory
  • Hippocampal Dysfunction in Aging and Disease
  • Imaging Pain in the Human Brain
  • Selective, Targeted Control of Neuronal Activity: A New Tool for Study of the Brain
  • Mirror Neurons and Behavior

Articles in The Neuroscientist are clearly written, authoritative, and provocative. They are well-referenced with the latest citations, and liberally illustrated with clear, instructive diagrams, figures and tables, providing informative, accessible, and thought-provoking reviews of the most rapidly-moving and important areas in neuroscience.

Neuroscience is a remarkably diverse discipline: reaching from molecular, to cellular, to developmental, to sensorimotor and emotional and cognitive, it is rich in including all aspects of our discipline. As a premier journal in our field, The Neuroscientist and its publisher believe that this intellectual diversity must be matched by diversity in the people who represent The Neuroscientist to the world. Over the past few years we have made important strides, broadening the Editorial Board in its geographical, ethnic and gender diversity. We are committed to doing more, and we pledge to do so. The Neuroscientist will continually reiterate its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in its publication practices.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).


The state-of-the-art reviews published in The Neuroscientist keep you up-to-date on the advances emerging in the neurosciences and related disciplines. The journal reviews and evaluates the noteworthy advances and key trends in molecular, cellular, developmental, behavioral/systems, and cognitive neuroscience in a unique disease-relevant format.

Editor
Stephen G. Waxman, MD, PhD Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Associate Editors
William E. Bunney Jr. University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Eric J. Nestler Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Managing Editor
Betsy R. Schulman, PhD Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Editorial Board
David Attwell University College London, London, UK
Anders Björklund University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
Jean-Pierre Changeux Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Joseph T. Coyle Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Antonio R. Damasio University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pietro DeCamilli Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Andre A. Fenton New York University, New York, NY, USA
Gerald D. Fischbach Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Richard S. Frackowiak University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Ann Graybiel Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Hailan Hu Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Steven E. Hyman Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Nancy Ip Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Lily Y. Jan University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Dimitri M. Kullmann Institute of Neurology, London, UK
Eleanor Maguire University College London, London, UK
John C. Mazziotta University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mu-Ming Poo University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Julio Ramirez Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, USA
Yi Rao Peking University, Beijing, China
Terrence J. Sejnowski The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Carla J. Shatz Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Hiroshi Shibasaki Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Harald Sontheimer University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Charles F. Stevens The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Charles H. Tator University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Torsten N. Wiesel Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Semir Zeki University College London, London, UK
Commentators
Dongming Cai Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Carlo Caltagirone Foundation Santa Lucia IRCCS, Rome, Italy
R. Douglas Fields University of Maryland, Bethesda, MD, USA
George R. Heninger Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Irina Vetter University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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  • Please read the guidelines below then visit The Neuroscientist (NRO)’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nro to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned. Remember you can log in to the submission site at any time to check on the progress of your paper through the peer review process.

    Neuroscience is a remarkably diverse discipline: reaching from molecular, to cellular, to developmental, to sensorimotor and emotional and cognitive, it is rich in including all aspects of our discipline. As a premier journal in our field, The Neuroscientist and its publisher believe that this intellectual diversity must be matched by diversity in the people who represent The Neuroscientist to the world. Over the past few years we have made important strides, broadening the Editorial Board in its geographical, ethnic and gender diversity. We are committed to doing more, and we pledge to do so. The Neuroscientist will continually reiterate its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in its publication practices.

    Sage Publishing disseminates high-quality research and engaged scholarship globally, and we are committed to diversity and inclusion in publishing. We encourage submissions from a diverse range of authors from across all countries and backgrounds.

    Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of NRO will be reviewed. 

    As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere. Please see our guidelines on prior publication and note that NRO may accept submissions of papers that have been posted on pre-print servers; please alert the Editorial Office when submitting (contact details are at the end of these guidelines) and include the DOI for the preprint in the designated field in the manuscript submission system. Authors should not post an updated version of their paper on the preprint server while it is being peer reviewed for possible publication in the journal. If the article is accepted for publication, the author may re-use their work according to the journal's author archiving policy. If your paper is accepted, you must include a link on your preprint to the final version of your paper.

    This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

    This Journal recommends that authors follow the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals formulated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

    There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.

    If you have any questions about publishing with Sage, please visit the Sage Journal Solutions Portal.
     

    1. What do we publish?
      1.1 Aims & Scope
      1.2 Article types
      1.3 Writing your paper
      1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
    2. Editorial policies
      2.1 Peer review policy
      2.2 Authorship
      2.3 Acknowledgements
      2.3.1 Third party submissions
      2.3.2 Writing assistance
      2.4 Funding
      2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
      2.6 Research ethics
      2.7 Research data
    3. Publishing policies
      3.1 Publication ethics
      3.1.1 Plagiarism
      3.1.2 Prior publication
      3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
      3.3 Open access and author archiving
    4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
      4.1 Formatting
      4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
      4.2.1 Boxes
      4.3 Supplemental material
      4.4 Reference style
      4.5 English language editing services
    5. Submitting your manuscript
      5.1 ORCID
      5.2 Information required for completing your submission
      5.3 Permissions
    6. On acceptance and publication
      6.1 Sage Production
      6.2 OnlineFirst publication
      6.3 Access to your published article
      6.4 Promoting your article
    7. Further information
      7.1 Appealing the publication decision

     

    1. What do we publish?

    1.1 Aims & Scope

    Before submitting your manuscript to NRO, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope. 

    The state-of-the-art reviews published in The Neuroscientist keep you up-to-date on the advances emerging in the neurosciences and related disciplines. The journal reviews and evaluates the noteworthy advances and key trends in molecular, cellular, developmental, behavioral/systems, and cognitive neuroscience in a unique disease-relevant format.

    1.2 Article Types

    Review Articles
    Review articles should be 4,500-5,500 words in length (main text). Longer articles may be acceptable in special cases, but should be discussed with the Editor prior to submission. Bibliographies should be selective, containing about 60 selected references. Articles should be liberally illustrated with figures and diagrams (color encouraged). Up to four or five pages of figures and tables (i.e. up to 6-8 individual figures and tables) can be included.

    Update Articles
    Update articles should be 1,000-2,500 words in length (main text). Longer articles may be acceptable in special cases, but should be discussed with the Editor prior to submission. Bibliographies should be selective, containing no more than about 30 selected references. Articles should be liberally illustrated with figures and diagrams (color encouraged). Up to 3-4 figures or tables are encouraged.

    Hypothesis Articles
    See Review Article guidelines.

    Neuroscience and Society
    These articles should be up to 5,000 words in length (main text). Bibliographies should be selective, containing no more than about 40 selected references. Up to 3-4 figures or tables can be included.

    Progress in Clinical Neuroscience
    These articles should be 4,500-5,500 words in length (main text). Bibliographies should be selective, containing no more than about 60 selected references. Articles should be liberally illustrated with figures and diagrams (color encouraged). Up to four or five pages of figures and tables (i.e. up to 6-8 individual figures and tables) can be included.

    Disease Mechanisms
    These articles should be 4,500-5,500 words in length (main text). Bibliographies should be selective, containing no more than about 60 selected references. Articles should be liberally illustrated with figures and diagrams (color encouraged). Up to four or five pages of figures and tables (i.e. up to 6-8 individual figures and tables) can be included.

    History of Neuroscience
    These articles should be up to 5,000 words in length (main text). Bibliographies should be selective, containing no more than about 50 selected references. Up to 3-4 figures or tables can be included.

    Abstract
    A one-paragraph abstract of 100-200 words should precede the text. The abstract should briefly introduce the questions or concepts explored in the article.

    Text
    Review articles and Updates should be written to inform the general (non-expert) reader or provide the non-specialist an overview. It is essential to explain specialized concept and methods so that non-specialists will understand them. Subheadings should be used when appropriate. The use of abbreviations is discouraged other than for standard terms and measurements. If needed, other abbreviations should be defined at the first use in text. Generic or chemical names should be used whenever possible. If trade names are used, provide manufacturing information in parentheses following the first mention. Use the metric system for all volumes, lengths, weights, etc. Temperatures should be expressed in degrees Celsius (centigrade). Units should conform to the International System of Units (SI).

    Boxes (up to one full page in the journal) can be used to explain special concepts, to introduce specialized methodology, or to introduce historical points or explicative case studies.

    1.3 Writing your paper

    The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.

    1.3.1 Make your article discoverable

    For information and guidance on how to make your article more discoverable, visit our Gateway page on How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online

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    2. Editorial policies

    2.1 Peer review policy

    Most articles in NRO are invited. On occasion, articles submitted without invitation will be considered for publication. If considered as being of potential interest, submitted articles will be sent out for review by experts. Prior to submitting a manuscript without invitation, authors are encouraged to send a brief outline or summary to the editorial office for consideration.

    NRO operates a conventional single-anonymized reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is not divulged to the submitting author(s).

    Sage does not permit the use of author-suggested (recommended) reviewers at any stage of the submission process, be that through the web-based submission system or other communication. Reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Our policy is that reviewers should not be assigned to a paper if:

    • The reviewer is based at the same institution as any of the co-authors
    • The reviewer is based at the funding body of the paper
    • The author has recommended the reviewer
    • The reviewer has provided a personal (e.g. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail) email account and an institutional email account cannot be found after performing a basic Google search (name, department and institution).

     The Editor or members of the Editorial Board may occasionally submit their own manuscripts for possible publication in the journal. In these cases, the peer review process will be managed by alternative members of the Board and the submitting Editor/Board member will have no involvement in the decision-making process.

    NRO is committed to delivering high quality, fast peer-review for your paper, and as such has partnered with Publons. Publons is a third party service that seeks to track, verify and give credit for peer review. Reviewers for NRO can opt in to Publons in order to claim their reviews or have them automatically verified and added to their reviewer profile. Reviewers claiming credit for their review will be associated with the relevant journal, but the article name, reviewer’s decision and the content of their review is not published on the site. For more information visit the Publons website.

    2.2 Authorship

    Papers should only be submitted for consideration once all contributing authors give consent. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors. 

    The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who:

    1. Made a substantial contribution to the concept or design of the work; or acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data,
    2. Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content,
    3. Approved the version to be published, 
    4. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.

    Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. When a large, multicenter group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship. 

    Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on authorship.

    Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.

    2.3 Acknowledgements

    All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support. 

    Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.

    2.3.1 Third party submissions

    Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:

    • Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input
    • Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
    • Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. conflicting interests, funding, etc.

    Where appropriate, Sage reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.

    2.3.2 Writing assistance

    Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance. It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.

    2.4 Funding

    NRO requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading.  Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: “This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.” 

    2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests

    It is the policy of NRO to require a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors enabling a statement to be carried within the paginated pages of all published articles. 

    Please ensure that a ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interests’ statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgements and prior to the references. If no conflict exists, please state that: “The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest.” For guidance on conflict of interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations here.

    2.6 Research ethics

    NRO is a review journal and never publishes primary research papers reporting new experiments or new data. The journal observes Sage’s policies on research ethics where necessary.

    Medical research involving human subjects must be conducted according to the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

    Submitted manuscripts should conform to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, and all papers reporting animal and/or human studies must state in the methods section that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board provided (or waived) approval. Please ensure that you have provided the full name and institution of the review committee, in addition to the approval number. Authors are also required to state in the methods section whether participants provided informed consent and whether the consent was written or verbal.

    Please also refer to the ICMJE Recommendations for the Protection of Research Participants.

    2.7 Research data

    The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.

    Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:

    • share your research data in a relevant public data repository
    • include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, we encourage you to consider using the statement to explain why it cannot be shared.
    • cite this data in your research

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    3. Publishing Policies

    3.1 Publication ethics

    Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway.

    3.1.1 Plagiarism

    NRO and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.

    3.1.2 Prior publication

    If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.

    3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement

    Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway

    3.3 Open access and author archiving

    The Neuroscientist offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.

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    4. Preparing your manuscript for submission

    4.1 Formatting

    The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. The text should be double-spaced throughout and with a minimum of 3cm for left and right hand margins and 5cm at head and foot. Text should be standard 10 or 12 point.

    NRO conforms to the Sage house style. Click here to review guidelines on Sage UK House Style.

    4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics

    For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.  

    Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For specifically requested color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. 

    4.2.1 Boxes

    Boxes can be used to explain specialized or new concepts or methods. Each Review can contain up to two Boxes. Each box can run up to a full page within the journal, and can contain a figure, diagram, or table.

    4.3 Supplemental material

    This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc.) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplemental files.

    4.4 Reference style

    NRO adheres to the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Societies. View the guide here to ensure your manuscript conforms to this style.

    References in the text should be cited by name and date, e.g. (Smith 1990), (Smith and Jones 1997) or (Smith and others, 1988) for six or more authors. The reference list should also be alphabetized, with no italics being used. If there are more than six authors on a paper, list the first six, followed by “and others”.

    Journal article references in the reference list should follow the format:

    Author(s)*. Year. Article title. Abbreviated journal title. Volume(issue):pages.

    Or if only published online:

    Author(s)*. Year. Article title. Abbreviated journal title. DOI number. Month Day of online publication. [Epub ahead of print]

    References for books follow the order:

    Author(s)*. Year. Title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher.

    References for chapters or other parts of a book follow the order:

    Author(s)*. Year. Chapter title. In: Editor(s). Book title. Place of publication: publisher. Page numbers for that chapter.

    *Authors should be listed by Last Name First Name Initial, e.g.: Smith A, Jones A.

    4.5 English language editing services

    Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Language Services. Visit Sage Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information. 

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    5. Submitting your manuscript

    NRO is hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nro to login and submit your article online. 

    IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created.  For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.

    5.1 ORCID

    As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized. 

    The collection of ORCID IDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID ID you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID ID will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID ID is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.

    If you do not already have an ORCID ID please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more. 

    5.2 Information required for completing your submission

    You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. The affiliation listed in the manuscript should be the institution where the research was conducted. If an author has moved to a new institution since completing the research, the new affiliation can be included in a manuscript note at the end of the paper. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplemental files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).

    5.3 Permissions

    Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway.

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    6. On acceptance and publication

    6.1 Sage Production

    Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be made available to the corresponding author via our editing portal Sage Edit or by email, and corrections should be made directly or notified to us promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorizing the change.

    6.2 OnlineFirst publication

    OnlineFirst allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite OnlineFirst articles.

    6.3 Access to your published article

    Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.

    6.4 Promoting your article

    Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.  

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    7. Further information

    Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the NRO editorial office as follows: 

    theneuroscientist@yale.edu
    (203) 932-5711 x3652

    7.1 Appealing the publication decision

    Editors have very broad discretion in determining whether an article is an appropriate fit for their journal. Many manuscripts are declined with a very general statement of the rejection decision. These decisions are not eligible for formal appeal unless the author believes the decision to reject the manuscript was based on an error in the review of the article, in which case the author may appeal the decision by providing the Editor with a detailed written description of the error they believe occurred.

    If an author believes the decision regarding their manuscript was affected by a publication ethics breach, the author may contact the publisher with a detailed written description of their concern, and information supporting the concern, at publication_ethics@sagepub.com.

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