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Neuroethics

Neuroethics is a forum for interdisciplinary studies in neuroethics and related issues in the sciences of the mind. It focuses on ethical issues posed by new technologies developed via neuroscience, the practice of neuroscience itself, regulation of neuroscientific technologies, and ways in which the sciences of the mind illuminate traditional moral and philosophical problems. It covers both the ethics of neuroscience and the neuroscience of ethics, and includes bibliographies, literature reviews, information on activities including partial proceedings of selected meetings, and an opinions section for reader commentaries.

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Subject Medical Ethics
Impact Factor 3.8
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 1874-5490
eISSN 1874-5504
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Article processing charges (APCs) vary by journal.

Submission Instructions

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

Original Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Original Article manuscripts must be no longer than 10,000 words excluding references. The manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a disclosure statement, a data availability statement, and a Declarations section before the references that includes the specified declaration headings and states "Not applicable" where relevant, and any use of a large language model must be documented in the Methods section or another suitable section.
References Citations must use numbered references in square brackets. The reference list must include only cited published or accepted works, be numbered consecutively, and include full DOI links where available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Each figure and table must be numbered in Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order in the text, and accompanied by a caption, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files.
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Review Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Review Article manuscripts must not exceed 10,000 words excluding references. Manuscript must include 4 to 6 keywords, a disclosure statement, a contribution statement identifying who had the idea for the article, who performed the literature search and data analysis, and who drafted and/or critically revised the work, and a Declarations section.
References Citations must use numbered references in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with DOI links included where available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, while large figures may be submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order, and accompanied by captions, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files.
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Short Communication

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract is required. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Short Communication manuscripts must be no longer than 3000 words, excluding references. Manuscripts must include 4 to 6 keywords and a Declarations section with the required headings even if a heading is not applicable.
References Citations must use numbered references in square brackets. The reference list must contain only cited published or accepted works, be numbered consecutively, and include full DOI links where available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered in Arabic numerals and cited in consecutive numerical order, with each table and figure accompanied by a caption.
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Commentary

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract must be 150 to 250 words. Abstract must be 150 to 250 words.
Manuscript Commentary manuscripts must be no longer than 3000 words excluding references. Include 4 to 6 keywords and a Declarations section containing Funding, Competing interests, Ethics approval, Consent, Data, Materials and/or Code availability, and Authors’ contribution statements, with any use of a large language model documented in the Methods section or another suitable part of the manuscript if no Methods section is available.
References Citations must be given as numbers in square brackets. Reference list entries must be numbered consecutively and include only works cited in the text that have been published or accepted for publication, with DOIs included as full DOI links where available.
Figures & Tables Figures should be submitted within the body of the text, with large figures submitted separately only if the manuscript file size causes upload problems. Tables and figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals, cited in consecutive numerical order, and accompanied by captions, with figure captions included in the manuscript text file rather than in the figure files.
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Recent Publications

Digital Life Models and Transformative Choices: Could AI Simulations of Individual Minds (AI SIMs) Help us Make Important Life Decisions More Rationally and Authentically?

Christopher Register, Sebastian Porsdam Mann, Cristina Voinea, Julian Koplin, Julian Savulescu, Brian D. Earp

10.1007/s12152-026-09662-4
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Resident-to-resident Aggression in Long-term Aged Care and Beneficence-based Justification for Psychotropic Use

Hojjat Soofi

10.1007/s12152-026-09667-z
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What is It Like to Communicate While Locked-In? First-person Perspectives On Communication and Implications for Design of Brain-Computer Interfaces

B. van Balen, J. van Grunsven, W. A. IJsselsteijn, N. F. Ramsey, Mariska J. Vansteensel

10.1007/s12152-026-09660-6
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How Should We Think About Study Drugs? From Efficacy to Equality

Nicholas G. Evans, Skylar Bird

10.1007/s12152-026-09665-1
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Childhood Neurotechnology and Developmental Cognitive Sovereignty in the Global Cognitive Economy

George Chingarande

10.1007/s12152-026-09666-0
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 22 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter may be used to mention unpublished material included in the manuscript and to provide information for suggested reviewers.

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What are the publication costs?

Hybrid journal. Article processing charges (APCs) vary by journal.

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Research Topics

Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Free Will and Agency Mental Health and Psychiatry Neurological disorders and treatments Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Traumatic Brain Injury Research Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Ethics in medical practice Emotions and Moral Behavior Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ethics in Clinical Research Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Psychedelics and Drug Studies Embodied and Extended Cognition Pain Management and Placebo Effect Deception detection and forensic psychology Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

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