Neuroscience is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published by Elsevier

Elsevier

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. The editor in chief is S.G. Lisberger (School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco

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. The journal is sponsored by the International Brain Research Organization

International Brain Research Organization

The International Brain Research Organization was founded in 1961 in response to the growing demand from neuroscientists in many countries for the creation of a central organization that would cut across world boundaries and improve communication and collaboration among brain researchers...

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Abstracting and indexing

Neuroscience is included in the indexing services Biological Abstracts

Biological Abstracts

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, Chemical Abstracts

Chemical Abstracts Service

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, Excerpta Medica

EMBASE

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, PubMed

PubMed

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, Scopus

Scopus

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, and Web of Science

Web of Science

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 3.292. The most cited articles published in the journal are: Cited more than 1800 times Cited over 1500 times Cited over 1500 times