NeuroQuantology is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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 interdisciplinary

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 scientific journal

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 that covers the intersection of neuroscience

Neuroscience

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 and quantum mechanics

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. NeuroQuantology was established by Sultan Tarlacı. The journal was first published in April 2003. It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded

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 and according to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

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 of 0.697, ranking it 213th out of 237 journals in the category "Neuroscience".

The journal describes itself as focusing primarily on original reports of experimental and theoretical research. It also publishes literature reviews

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, methodological articles

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, empirical findings, book review

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s, news

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, comment

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s, letters

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, and abstracts

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. The intended audience of NeuroQuantology is scientist

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s, other educated adults, and inquiring students, and it emphasizes that articles should be approachable by a cross-disciplinary audience.