Brain Research


Brain Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on several aspects of neuroscience. It publishes research reports and "minireviews". The editor-in-chief is Matthew J. LaVoie.
Until 2011, full reviews were published in Brain Research Reviews, which is now integrated into the main section, albeit with independent volume numbering. In 2006, four other previously established semi-independent journal sections were merged with Brain Research.
The journal has nine main subsections:Cellular and Molecular SystemsNervous System Development, Regeneration and AgingNeurophysiology, Neuropharmacology and other forms of Intercellular CommunicationStructural Organization of the BrainSensory and Motor SystemsRegulatory SystemsCognitive and Behavioral NeuroscienceDisease-Related NeuroscienceComputational and Theoretical Neuroscience
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2020 impact factor is 3.252.

Abstracting and indexing

Brain Research is abstracted and indexed in: