BC

Brain Communications

Brain Communications is a fully open-access journal and the open access sister journal to Brain. It publishes high-quality preclinical and clinical studies related to neurological or psychiatric disease, diseases of the nervous system, and maintaining brain and nervous system health and resilience.

Looking to publish in Brain Communications? Livewrite integrates seamlessly with Word to help you write, edit, and format faster.

Try Livewrite Now
Subject Clinical Neurology, Neurosciences
Impact Factor 4.5
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
eISSN 2632-1297
Invitation Only No
Cost Range There is usually an Article Processing Charge for fully open access journals, and authors usually pay an APC for gold open access in hybrid journals.

Submission Instructions

Brain Communications accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Original Articles must include an abstract. Abstract must not exceed 400 words. Abstract must be unstructured and must not include subtitles. Abstract must summarize the paper in full including background, methods, results, and conclusion.
Manuscript Original Articles must not exceed 6000 words, excluding the abstract, title page, tables, figure legends, and references. Main text sections must appear in the order Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Data availability, Acknowledgements, Funding, Competing interests, and References. Manuscript must include an abbreviated summary of no more than 50 words, a maximum of five keywords below the abstract, and disclosure of any Large Language Model use in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or another appropriate section.
References References must use AMA Reference Style, 11th Edition, with numerical in-text citations. Citations must be numbered sequentially, references must be listed in numerical order, and reference author names must list up to six authors or the first three followed by 'et al.' if there are more than six.
Figures & Tables Original Articles may include up to 8 display items. Figure legends must be listed at the end of the main body of the manuscript, and tables must be supplied separately in Word format rather than as PDFs or images. Alt text is required for all figures and other main-article images and must be included directly under the relevant figure legend in the manuscript file.
Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Registered Reports

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required for Registered Reports. Abstract must not exceed 400 words. Abstract must be unstructured and must not include subtitles. Abstract must summarize the paper in full, including background, methods, results, and conclusion.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 6000 words, excluding abstract, title page, tables, figure legends, and references. Stage 1 Registered Reports must include an introduction, methods, and analysis plan and be submitted before carrying out experiments. Manuscript may include up to five keywords below the abstract, must supply an abbreviated summary of no more than 50 words, must include a graphical abstract if accepted, and must document any use of Large Language Model tools in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or another appropriate section.
References In-text citations must use numerical citations based on AMA Reference Style, 11th Edition. References must be numbered sequentially, listed at the end in numerical order, list up to six authors, and for more than six authors give the first three followed by 'et al.'.
Figures & Tables Registered Reports may include up to 8 display items. Figure legends must be listed at the end of the main body of the manuscript. A graphical abstract is required if accepted, and alt text descriptions must be included in the main manuscript file directly under the relevant figure legend for all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs in the main article.
Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Clinical Trials

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required and may be up to 400 words. Abstract must not exceed 400 words.
Manuscript Main text must not exceed 6000 words, excluding the abstract, title page, tables, figure legends, and references. Manuscript sections should be ordered as Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Data availability, Acknowledgements, Funding, Competing interests, and References. Manuscript must include an abbreviated summary of no more than 50 words, up to five keywords below the abstract, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or another appropriate section.
References References and in-text citations must follow AMA Reference Style, 11th Edition, using numerical citations. Citations must be numbered sequentially, listed in numerical order, and reference author names must list up to six authors or the first three followed by 'et al.' if there are more than six authors.
Figures & Tables A maximum of 8 display items is allowed. Figure legends must be listed at the end of the main manuscript, while tables are supplied separately in Word format. Alt text is required for all figures and images in the main article and must be placed directly under the relevant figure legend in the manuscript file.
Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Review Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required for Review Articles. Abstract must not exceed 400 words. Abstract must be unstructured without subtitles. Abstract must summarize the paper in full, including background, methods, results, and conclusion.
Manuscript Review Articles must not exceed 9000 words, excluding abstract, title page, tables, figure legends, and references. Review Articles may use subheadings of the author's choice. Manuscript must include an abbreviated summary of no more than 50 words, up to five keywords below the abstract, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or another appropriate section.
References References must use AMA Reference Style, 11th Edition, with numerical in-text citations. Citations must be numbered sequentially and listed at the end in numerical order, with up to six authors listed or the first three followed by 'et al.' if there are more than six authors.
Figures & Tables Review Articles may include up to 8 display items. Figure legends must be listed at the end of the main body of the manuscript. Alt text is required for all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs in the main article and must be included directly under the relevant figure legend.
Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Reports

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 200 words.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 2500 words, excluding the abstract, title page, tables, figure legends, and references. Main text sections should be ordered as Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Data availability, Acknowledgements, Funding, Competing interests, and References. Manuscript must include an abbreviated summary of no more than 50 words, up to five keywords below the abstract, and documentation of any Large Language Model use in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or another appropriate section.
References Reports may include up to 30 references. References must use AMA Reference Style, 11th Edition, with numerical in-text citations. Citations must be numbered sequentially, references must be listed in numerical order, and author names in references must list up to six authors or the first three followed by 'et al.' if there are more than six authors.
Figures & Tables Reports may include up to 4 display items. Figure legends must be listed at the end of the main body of the manuscript. Alt text is required for all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs and must be included in the main manuscript file directly under the relevant figure legend.
Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Letters To The Editor

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must not be included.
Manuscript Manuscript must not exceed 1500 words, excluding title page, tables, figure legends, and references. Manuscript must not contain new data.
References References may include up to 10 entries. In-text citations must use numerical AMA style, 11th edition. References must be numbered sequentially, listed in numerical order, and list up to six authors or the first three followed by 'et al.' if there are more than six authors.
Figures & Tables A maximum of 2 display items, including figures, tables, and boxes, is permitted. Figure legends must be listed at the end of the main body of the manuscript. Alt text is required for all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs in the main article and must be placed directly under the relevant figure legend.
Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Recent Publications

Thyroid hormones and energy metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Liubov Novikova, Christina Lang, Hayrettin Tumani, Veronika Klose, Jan Kassubek, Jens Dreyhaupt, Luc Dupuis, Martin Wabitsch, Albert Ludolph

10.1093/braincomms/fcag198
View Publication

Practice effects as a dynamic biomarker of early cognitive change in far-from-onset Huntington’s disease

Carla Franch-Marti, Arnau Puig-Davi, Jon Rodriguez-Antiguedad, Jesus Perez-Perez, Gonzalo Olmedo-Saura, Iñigo Ruiz-Barrio, Lidia Bojtos, Laura Perez-Carasol, Adrià Tort-Merino, Javier Pagonabarraga, Jaime Kulisevsky, Saul Martinez-Horta

10.1093/braincomms/fcag210
View Publication

Disease burden of untreated thymidine kinase 2 deficiency: insights from a large patient dataset

Cristina Domínguez-González, Caterina Garone, Andrés Nascimento, Yuanjun Ma, Nada Boudiaf, Richard Kim, Susan VanMeter, Marcus Brunnert, Michio Hirano

10.1093/braincomms/fcag200
View Publication

Comprehensive profiling of pediatric chordoma：poorly differentiated and conventional subtypes

Zejun Duan, Jing Feng, Haidan Wang, Junjie Yang, Zhong Ma, Song Han, Mingwang Zhu, Xiaolong Fan, Xueling Qi

10.1093/braincomms/fcag207
View Publication

Evolutionary implications of NOTCH2NLC mutations: brain structural changes in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease revealed by comprehensive morphometry

Si Shen, Hong-Fei Tai, Songtao Niu, Hua Pan, Xingao Wang, Bin Chen, Yuzhi Shi, Hengheng Wang, Shan Lv, Yaou Liu, Zaiqiang Zhang

10.1093/braincomms/fcag206
View Publication

Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Desk rejections are typically made within a few days of submission. Reviewers are asked to return feedback within 2 weeks. The time from submission to first decision for papers sent for peer review is approximately 2 months. Accepted papers may appear online in Advance Access soon after acceptance.

Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Is a cover letter required?

A submitting cover letter should include details of any invited submission APC waiver offer and the name of the editorial member who confirmed it.

Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

What are the publication costs?

There is usually an Article Processing Charge for fully open access journals, and authors usually pay an APC for gold open access in hybrid journals.

Reformat to Brain Communications using Livewrite Premium

Research Topics

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Neurological disorders and treatments Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Epilepsy research and treatment Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Traumatic Brain Injury Research Neural dynamics and brain function Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Memory and Neural Mechanisms Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Related Journals

CK
Clinical Kidney Journal Oxford University Press
EH
European Heart Journal-cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Oxford University Press
BI
Brain Informatics Springer Science+Business Media
MN
Molecular Neurobiology Springer Science+Business Media
N&
Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation Wolters Kluwer
Ne
Neurosurgery LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS