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Journal Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders provides an interdisciplinary venue for research across the full range of neurodevelopmental disorders, integrating neurology, developmental neurobiology, genetics, psychiatry, and psychology to compare phenomenology, mechanisms, and etiologies. Since 2018, it has published an annual article collection in collaboration with the NICHD-funded Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers.

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Subject Clinical Neurology, Neurosciences
Impact Factor 4
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Open
ISSN 1866-1947
eISSN 1866-1955
Invitation Only No
Cost Range £2290.00 GBP / $3090.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR APC

Submission Instructions

Journal Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Articles

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and name the special issue if applicable.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, and articles reporting health care interventions on human participants must also include a Trial registration section.
Manuscript Manuscript must include a title page, Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and a Declarations section. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, a Competing Interests section, required Declarations subheadings with 'Not applicable' where irrelevant, and any use of a large language model must be documented in the Methods section or suitable alternative part.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Only published or in-press articles, clinical trial registration records, abstracts, and publicly available preprints may be cited; unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list; journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE; and web links must be numbered and included in the reference list with full site title, URL, and access date.
Figures & Tables Figure titles and legends must appear in the main manuscript rather than the graphic files, tables shorter than one page can be placed within the manuscript while longer tables can be placed at the end, and tables must not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files. Figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited with multi-panel figures as single composite files, and tables must be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals.
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Reviews

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. Cover letter must explain why the manuscript should be published in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare any potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, and confirm the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include Background, main body of the abstract, and short conclusion.
Manuscript Reviews should be approximately 3000 words in length. Manuscript must include Background and Conclusions sections, with the main text optionally divided into short informative subsections and a Declarations section containing all required subheadings. Manuscript must include three to ten keywords, an Availability of data and materials statement, authors' contributions, competing interests, funding and acknowledgements information within the Declarations section, a list of abbreviations if abbreviations are used, and disclosure of large language model use in the Methods section or another suitable section if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and included in the reference list in full, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Tables under one page may be placed within the manuscript, larger tables may be placed at the end of the document with callouts in the text, figure titles and legends must appear in the manuscript rather than in the graphic files, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order cited. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must be created using the word processor's Table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and table titles and figure titles must not exceed 15 words while table legends and figure legends must not exceed 300 words.
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Case Reports

Cover Letter Cover letter is required. Cover letter should explain why the case report is rare or unusual and describe its educational and/or scientific merits, and it must include why the manuscript should be published, any issues relating to journal policies, any potential competing interests, confirmation that all authors approved submission, and confirmation that the content has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 350 words. Abstract must be structured. Abstract must include the headings Background, Case presentation, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Manuscript must include Background, Case presentation, Discussion and Conclusions, a Declarations section, and three to ten keywords. Declarations must include the subheadings Ethics approval and consent to participate, Consent for publication, Availability of data and materials, Competing interests, Funding, Authors' contributions, and Acknowledgements, each retained with 'Not applicable' if irrelevant, and any use of a large language model must be documented in the Methods section or a suitable alternative part if no Methods section is available.
References References must follow Vancouver reference style. Web links and URLs must be cited with a reference number and listed in full in the reference list with the site title, full URL, and access date, unpublished abstracts, unpublished data, and personal communications must not appear in the reference list, and journal abbreviations must follow Index Medicus/MEDLINE.
Figures & Tables Tables shorter than one page may be placed within the manuscript, longer tables may be placed at the end with callouts in the text, figure titles and legends must appear in the manuscript rather than in the graphic file, and figures must be uploaded separately in the order first cited. Multi-panel figures must be submitted as a single composite file, tables must be created with the word processor's table function rather than embedded as figures or spreadsheets, and footnotes must not contain figures or tables.
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Recent Publications

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Default mode and fronto-parietal network associations with IQ development across childhood in autism

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10.1186/s11689-022-09455-9
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Divergent presentation of anxiety in high-risk groups within the intellectual disability population

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Frequently asked questions

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required and should explain why the manuscript should be published in Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, address any issues relating to journal policies, declare potential competing interests, confirm all authors approved the submission, confirm the manuscript has not been published or submitted elsewhere, and identify the special issue if applicable. Authors may also suggest preferred and non-preferred reviewers in the cover letter.

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What are the publication costs?

Article processing charge: £2290.00 GBP / $3090.00 USD / €2690.00 EUR, determined from the date of acceptance and subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

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Research Topics

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