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Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging is an official journal of the Society for Biological Psychiatry and part of the Biological Psychiatry family of journals. This peer-reviewed, rapid-publication, international journal focuses on studies using the tools and constructs of cognitive neuroscience, including the full range of non-invasive neuroimaging and human extra- and intracranial physiological recording methodologies. It publishes both basic and clinical studies, including work incorporating genetic data, pharmacological challenges, and computational modeling approaches, and encourages original research, reviews, and commentaries on topics of current research and interest.

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Subject Neurosciences, Psychiatry
Impact Factor 4.8
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 2451-9022
eISSN 2451-9030
Invitation Only No
Cost Range USD 4050 APC excluding taxes for open access articles; no open access publication fee for subscription publishing

Submission Instructions

Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Archival Reports

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must use the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Main body text must not exceed 4000 words. Main text must be structured as Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion. Manuscript must include six keywords on the title page, and any use of AI technology in the research or preparation of the paper must be disclosed in the paper with the specific tools used and how they were used.
References References must be numbered and listed in order of appearance, cited in the text with numbers in parentheses, list the first six authors followed by et al. when there are more than seven authors, and use NLM Catalog journal title abbreviations.
Figures & Tables For new submissions, tables and figures may be placed within the manuscript or presented separately at the end, tables may instead be uploaded individually but not both embedded and separate, figure titles and legends must appear in the manuscript file, and each figure must be uploaded as an individual file. Figure and table legends must provide a brief title and legend for each item, multi-part figures must describe each panel, and tables must be supplied in an editable format such as Word or Excel.
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Priority Communications

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract headings must be Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Main body text must not exceed 4000 words. Main text must be organized as Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion. The title page must include six keywords, and any AI technology used in the research or preparation of the paper must be disclosed in the paper with the specific tools used and how they were used.
References References must be numbered and listed in order of appearance, cited in the text with numbers in parentheses, and if a reference has more than seven authors, the first six must be listed followed by et al.
Figures & Tables For a new submission, tables and figures may be placed within the body of the manuscript or presented separately at the end. Tables must be supplied in an editable format, tables may be included at the end of the manuscript file or uploaded individually but not both, figure titles and legends must be included in the manuscript file, and each figure must be uploaded as an individual file.
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Reviews

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Main body of text must not exceed 4000 words. Main text must use headings as needed. A revised submission must include a new unique file for the In This Issue feature that is a brief non-technical summary of 60–100 words written in basic terms, and any use of AI technology in the research or preparation of the paper must be disclosed in the paper with the specific tools used and how they were used.
References References are limited to a maximum of 150. References must be numbered and listed in order of appearance in the text, cited by number in parentheses, use NLM Catalog journal title abbreviations, and list the first six authors followed by et al. when there are more than seven authors.
Figures & Tables Tables may be included at the end of the manuscript file or uploaded individually but not both, figure titles and legends must be included in the manuscript file rather than in the figure files, and each figure must be uploaded as an individual file. Figure and table legends must provide a brief title and legend for each item, multi-part figures must describe each panel and label panels with capital letters, and tables must be numbered consecutively in the order cited in the text.
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Correspondence

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is not permitted.
Manuscript Main body text must not exceed 1000 words. Main text must be unstructured. Supplemental information is not permitted, and any use of AI technology in the research or preparation of the paper must be disclosed in the manuscript where appropriate with the specific tools used and how they were used.
References References must be numbered in order of appearance and cited in the text using the appropriate number in parentheses, listing the first six authors followed by et al. when there are more than seven authors.
Figures & Tables For a new submission, tables and figures may be placed within the manuscript body or presented separately at the end, and tables may either be included at the end of the manuscript file or uploaded individually, but not both. Figure and table legends must be included in the manuscript file, tables must be supplied in an editable format, and each figure must be uploaded as an individual file.
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Recent Publications

Widespread alterations in white matter microstructure in autism: A multilevel meta-analysis

Christy D. Yoon, Andrew L. Alexander, Brittany G. Travers, Janet E. Lainhart, Douglas C. Dean

10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.08.002
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Alterations of Default Mode Network Effective Connectivity in Youth with Social Anxiety Disorder

Zaakirah N. Sharif, Ben J. Harrison, Christopher G. Davey, Trevor Steward, Lianne Schmaal, Kim L. Felmingham, Lisa J. Phillips, Hannah S. Savage, Alec J. Jamieson

10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.08.001
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Advances and challenges of the delayed brain development hypothesis for ADHD: Evidence from Behavior, the Brain, and Genes

Leilei Ma, Yujie Cao, Ningyu Liu, Qiaoyi Sun, Charlotte Walton, Yanpei Wang

10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.07.018
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Precision sleep signatures to predict mental health outcomes in youth

Adriane M. Soehner, Dana L. McMakin, Maria Jalbrzikowski, Meredith L. Wallace

10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.07.017
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Adolescent trajectories of psychotic-like experiences and autistic traits and their association with cognition, environmental adversity, and white matter microstructure in the ABCD Study

Grace R. Jacobs, Suheyla Cetin-Karayumak, Fiona Coutts, Nora Penzel, Johanna Seitz-Holland, Lindsay D. Oliver, Hajer Nakua, Muhammad Omair Husain, Nikos Makris, Steve Pieper, Fan Zhang, Ofer Pasternak, Lauren J. O’Donnell, Yogesh Rathi, Martha E. Shenton, Stephanie H. Ameis

10.1016/j.bpsc.2026.07.016
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

4 days submission to first decision; 30 days submission to decision after review; 96 days submission to acceptance; 10 days acceptance to online publication.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access APC: USD 4050 excluding taxes for all articles. Subscription publishing has no open access publication fee.

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Research Topics

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