期刊名称：EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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EJN is a multidisciplinary journal of broad scope publishing experimental and theoretical studies of nerve cells and nervous systems, including a range of approaches from molecular to behavioural and cognitive. EJN is published in 24 issues, with two volumes per annum.
EJN ensures:
- online submission
- expert and rigorous peer review
- colour figures at low cost
- free colour on online edition
- rapid publication
- high quality reproduction
- no page charges for online submissions
- OnlineEarly (article-by-article publication), with peer-reviewed, author-corrected final papers available online ahead of issue publication.
EJN is read by 10,000 neuroscientists, members of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.
The Journal is also available online to the 32,000 members of the Society For Neuroscience
The FENS EJN Award
EJN is keen to support the neuroscience research community and in collaboration with FENS, is launching a Distinguished Achievement Award in 2004: the "FENS EJN Award". This biennial award will be given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in all areas of neuroscience. This is a personal prize of 18.000 Euro. The Award will be presented in Lisbon during the Forum of European Neuroscience 2004. Please visit the website for details of how to apply and click on the 'Awards' tab.
The deadline for application is 30 September 2003
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Instructions to Authors
1. General
EJN publishes experimental or theoretical studies of nerve cells and nervous systems, including a broad range of approaches from molecular to behavioural and cognitive. Papers should present new results that can be of interest to a broad spectrum of neuroscientists. Papers dealing with specialized techniques or advances are welcome but they must be written so that the important new observations or interpretations can be understood by neuroscientists in all branches of the subject.
Authors of EJN papers are now benefiting from Online Early (article-by-article) publishing and from electronic submission of articles, facilitating faster review and earlier publication, both online and in print. Information about the editorial content, initial submission procedures and final preparation of papers for publication is given below.
The Editorial Office for EJN can be contacted as follows: EJN Editorial Office, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3E8, UK. Tel: +44 1223 766 157; Fax +44 1223 766 158; E-mail: ejn@psychol.cam.ac.uk 2. Types of papers accepted
Research Reports
The major part of each issue of EJN is devoted to Research Reports. These must describe significant and original observations and provide sufficient detail for the observations to be critically evaluated and, if necessary, repeated. Research Reports do not normally exceed 12 printed pages in EJN, but the length of a paper will not, in itself, preclude publication. In general, allow 1,350 words - including references and legends - per printed page and subtract 600 words for each table and figure.
Review Articles
Review Articles in EJN are invited short commentaries (4-6 printed pages) or full length articles on topics of particular current interest. Proposals for Review Articles are welcomed by the Editor-in-Chief and the Receiving Editors.
Short Communications
Short Communications that describe highly original findings will be considered for publication in EJN. They should be limited to 3,500 words including references, or use the equivalent space if tables and figures are included. No more than three figures and/or tables should be used. Each Short Communication should be preceded by a succinct Abstract; it need not be divided into sections as for Research Articles but can be so divided at the authors discretion. Publishing procedures will be expedited for Short Communications to assure rapid publication. In general, Short Communications will be either accepted or rejected. Papers that would require substantial revision in response to the comments of the referees will be rejected. 3. Form of the manuscript
General
Title page, Abstract, Main text, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, References, Tables and Figure Legends should appear in that order. First (main) mentions of figures and tables in the text should be in numerical order. Headings and subheadings should not end with a full stop.
Title Page
This must include a clear and concise title, the authors name(s), the address(es) from which the work originated, the name, address, fax number and e-mail address of the person who will deal with correspondence, including proofs (which are sent by e-mail as PDF attachments) and a running title not in excess of 50 characters and spaces. The total number of pages, figures, tables and equations should be indicated on the title page, as should the total number of words in: (i) the whole manuscript; (ii) the Abstract; and (iii) the Introduction. The name of the Receiving Editor selected by the author to review the manuscript should be noted at the top right-hand side of the title page. A list of four or five keywords not appearing in the title should also appear on this page, preceded by Keywords:. If the species used does not appear in the title, it should be included in the keywords and be mentioned in the first few lines of the abstract.
Abstract
Research Reports, Review Articles and Short Communications should start with an Abstract, which appears before the main body of the text for use in abstracting database services. The Abstract should be written in complete sentences and should provide a summary not exceeding 250 words, in a form comprehensive to any neuroscientist and suitable for publication without the full article text. Thus, if references are used in an abstract, they must include the author(s), journal title, volume number, page span, and year. Abbreviations should be avoided as far as possible in the Abstract.
Main Text
Introduction
The main part of a Research Report should start with a brief Introduction, not exceeding 500 words, which outlines the historical or logical origins of the study without repeating the Abstract or summarizing the results.
Materials and methods
The methods should be described in sufficient detail for the observations to be critically evaluated and, if necessary, repeated by interested readers.
(i) Experimental subjects
When human subjects are used, manuscripts must be accompanied by a statement that the experiments were undertaken with the understanding and written consent of each subject, and that the study conforms with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki), printed in the British Medical Journal (18 July 1964).
When experimental animals are used, the Materials and methods section must briefly but explicitly state measures which were taken to minimize pain or discomfort, e.g. type and dose of anaesthetic used. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the European Communities Council Directive of 24 November 1986 (86/609/EEC) or with the Guidelines laid down by the NIH in the US regarding the care and use of animals for experimental procedures.
All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Materials and Methods section identifying the review and approval committee for each study. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt whether appropriate procedures have been used.
(ii) Suppliers
Suppliers of materials should be named and, with the exception of well-known suppliers, such as Sigma, Kodak and Zeiss, their location (town, state/county, country) included.
Results
The observations should be presented with minimal reference to earlier literature or to possible interpretations.
Discussion
The Discussion may usefully start with a brief summary of the major findings, but repetition of parts of the Abstract or of the Results section should be avoided.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be kept to an absolute minimum. Their use saves relatively little space and adds greatly to a readers sense of confusion. In general, abbreviations should not appear in the Abstract, and sentences that contain more than a single abbreviation merit careful review. Abbreviations must be used more than four times in an article, and consistently, before their use can be permitted except where an abbreviation is in wide general use (e.g. ACh) or replaces a cumbersomely long term. The word must always be written out in full when first used and the proposed abbreviation given in parentheses. A list of all abbreviations used in the text and their meanings must be provided (in alphabetic order).
References
All references must be listed, and all listed references must be cited at least once in the main text (particular care is needed to check this after any modification or revision of the text). In the text, references should be cited as: White (1986) and Weiss et al. (1986) have shown or as shown earlier (Blanc & White, 1985; Weiss et al., 1986). Note that when more than one paper refers to the same first authors in the same year, a, b, c suffixes must be used in the text and reference list to avoid ambiguities, written as (Weiss et al., 1986a; White, 1986a, c).
Reference list
There should be a list of references in alphabetic order according to the name of the first author and then chronologically where several papers by the same author are cited. No characters (e.g. numbers or tabs) should appear before the first authors name. The titles of journals should be abbreviated in accordance with the World List of Scientific Periodicals, 4th edition. Single-word titles, e.g. Psychoneuroendocrinology, should not be abbreviated.
Journal articles should be formatted as follows:
Lancaster, B. & Boxall, A. R. (1998) Tyrosine kinases and synaptic transmission. Eur. J. Neurosci., 10, 2-7.
Books should be listed as:
Matthews, G.G. (1997) Neurobiology. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Katz, D.I. (1997) Traumatic brain injury. In Mills, V.M., Cassidy, J.W. & Katz, D.I. (eds), Neurologic Rehabilitation. A Guide to Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment Planning. Blackwell Science, Oxford, pp. 105-143.
Symposia contributions should take a similar format to books, including the place and date of the meeting, the name and location of the organiser/publisher, both overall and contribution titles, all authors and Editors names, and page number(s):
Fuss, S.H., Çelik, A. & Korsching, S.I. (2001) Levels of olfactory information processing in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. In Elsner, N. & Kreuzberg, G.W. (eds), Göttingen Neurobiology Report 2001. Proceedings of the 4th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society 2001, Vol. II, 28th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference. Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, p. 474.
Supplementary Material
Supplementary material, such as data sets or additional figures or tables, that will not be published in the print edition of the journal but which will be viewable in the online edition can be submitted. Please see Submission of Supplementary Material for more details.
Illustrations
There is no limit to the number of illustrations per manuscript, but authors should use them sparingly, making sure that each figure is relevant to the text and that the figures are presented and numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. When there are large numbers of figures, layout problems are less likely to occur if the figures are of similar shapes and sizes.
Colour figures
Colour reproduction costs are charged per page of colour. Colour figures that are sequentially numbered can be placed on the same page to reduce costs. Avoiding a mix of colour panels with black and white ones can reduce costs, improve reproduction and allow more space for the colour.
Permissions
If all or part of previously published illustrations are to be used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder concerned.
Cover illustrations
If you have any colour illustrations, either appearing in your paper or relating to it, that would make good images for the front cover, please submit them in duplicate with a short legend to the Editorial Office, indicating to which paper the photograph belongs.
Figure legends
These should explain each figure as fully as possible, referring the reader to the text only on rare occasions in order to avoid repeating in the legends material that must be included in the text. All abbreviations used in the figures should be explained in each legend when there are less than five abbreviations used; for legends with large numbers of abbreviations, the authors should include these in the abbreviations list (see above). 4. Initial Submission of Manuscripts for Review
Authors should submit online to http://ejn.manuscriptcentral.com their complete manuscript and figures as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (authors without PDF-writing software should follow the online instructions). Authors are also invited to submit separate files for the text and each figure, particularly for high quality images so that these can be reviewed by our referees. Authors who are unable to submit their manuscript online should contact the Editorial Office for assistance (see section 1 for address). In the rare circumstances when manuscripts cannot be submitted online, page charges of ?0 (+ VAT) will be charged for each printed page published in the Journal.
Authors must select the Receiving Editor whose subject area most closely relates to the manuscript. Receiving Editors will pre-review manuscripts and, in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief, reserve the right to decline the review of a manuscript on editorial grounds. Also, to help ensure that papers are reviewed by the most suitable referees, authors must indicate up to four candidate referees (including names, addresses, fax and e-mail) who are not directly concerned with the research being submitted. The Editors reserve the right to choose different referees from those suggested.
Receiving Editors
J. BOCKAERT (J-P. PIN) Cellular Pharmacology, Transmembrane Signalling
UPR-CNRS 9023, CCIPE, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 05, France.
T. FREUND (L. ACSADY) Cytology, Cellular and System Neuroscience
Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szigony u. 43, Budapest 8, H-1083, Hungary.
J-M. FRITSCHY (K. VOGT) Neuropharmacology, Neuroanatomy, Epilepsy Research
University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
J. GARTHWAITE (B. LANCASTER) Intercellular Communication and Synaptic Plasticity
The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, The Cruciform Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
M. HASTINGS Circadian Rhythms, Melatonin, Pineal, Neuroendocrinology
Neurobiology Division, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 20H, UK.
P. HAYDON Glial Cell Physiology, Synaptic Transmission
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 215 Stemmler Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074, USA.
C. HENDERSON Neuronal Development and Cell Death
INSERM U.382, IBDM, Campus de Luminy-Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France.
O. ISACSON Neurodegeneration and Repair
Neuroregeneration Laboratories, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MRC 130, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
N. LOGOTHETIS (G. RAINER) Primate-fMRI, Vision, Recognition
Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Spemannstr. 38, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Z. MOLNAR (J. TAYLOR) Developmental Neurobiology
Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 30T, UK
E. A. MURRAY (P. R. RAPP). Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory
Laboratory of Neuropsychology, NIMH, Building 49, Room 1B80, Bethesda, MD 20892-4415, USA
A. OWEN Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Functional Neuroimaging
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK.
M. M. SARTER (J. BRUNO) Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology
Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 27 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
T. TAKAHASHI (T. TSUJIMOTO) Cellular Neurophysiology, Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity
Department of Neurophysiology, University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
A. THOMSON (O.T. MORRIS) Cellular Neurophysiology, Synaptic Transmission
Department of Pharmacology, The School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK. 5. Final Submission for Publication
When a manuscript is accepted, authors are required to send the following items as a single package by express courier/first class post for the attention of: EJN Production Editors, Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK. Please note that production cannot begin until this complete package is received at the production office.
The production package
- A disk containing the final, revised manuscript (including all tables) as a DOC or RTF file. A hard copy of the final text file can be included in the package if the author wishes; this can help the publisher in correction of any conversion errors, especially useful if the paper contains symbols or equations.
- Production quality, fully labelled, hard copy art (see guidelines below and Electronic Artwork Instructions for Authors).
- Production quality electronic artwork (if available; see guidelines below and Electronic Artwork Instructions for Authors)
- Completed Copyright Assignment Form: see also Notes on the Assignment of Copyright).
- Completed Colour Agreement Form (if colour figures are required)
Production-Quality Artwork Guidelines
All electronic artwork sent to the publishers should follow these guidelines (please refer to Electronic Artwork Instructions for Authors for detailed guidelines on electronic artwork). Files need to be of a high resolution and preferably TIFF files (300 d.p.i. for colour/half tone and 800 d.p.i. for line work) or EPS files. Art can be sent on 100-MB zip disks, CD-roms, or 3.5" diskettes. TIFF files can be saved with LZW compression to reduce file size (Photoshop). Files can also be zipped with WinZip. Files with colour should be saved as CMYK ready for production work (not RGB).
Figures should be numbered as a single series and each figure should be clearly labelled with the name of the author(s), the title of the paper and the figure number. Wherever possible figures should be submitted in their desired final size, to fit the width of a single column of text, i.e. 88 mm wide, or where necessary they should be 184 mm in maximum width. The final size of the printed figure cannot exceed 230 x 184 mm including legends, and where a reduction is required this should be indicated on the figures. Any lettering should be no less than 2 mm in height in the printed figure and should be in proportion to the overall dimensions of the figure.
All symbols and letters must be produced clearly, and labels should be large enough for the final reduction and should show clearly against the background. Where several figures are mounted together they should be squared accurately and separated by about 5 mm. All of the figures in such a group should have approximately the same contrast values. Where regions of particular importance can be identified it is useful to indicate these on a transparent or semi-transparent overlay. Instructions to printers regarding required contrast values or detail will help the printer to produce the best results.
Photographs
Photographs should be of sufficient quality with respect to detail, contrast and fineness of grain to withstand the inevitable loss of detail inherent in the printing process and should not require a reduction of more than 80%. Please indicate magnification by a bar on the photograph. A composite figure should consist of original figures and not a photograph of the composite. Laser print-outs of half-tone figures are not usually of high quality to achieve good results.
Colour plates
The full cost of publishing colour figures must be met by the authors. The cost per printed page with colour is ?50 + VAT. These charges are waived for all Review Articles, and on request for authors from former Eastern Bloc countries publishing Research Articles or Short Communications. A signed copy of the completed Colour Agreement Form (also available on request from the Editorial Office) must be returned to the publishers before colour work can be processed. The Journal allows authors to publish figures in colour free of charge in the online edition if requested on submission. Authors must then provide their figures in digital format (EPS or TIFF files at high resolution) and indicate to the Editorial Office that they wish to publish in black and white in the print edition and in colour in the online edition. In this case, (a) a single version of the figure should be supplied in colour which will be converted by the publishers to black and white for the print journal and (b) the figure legend should not refer to colour as it will be used for both print and online editions.
Line drawings
Line drawings should be provided as sharp, complete prints. Faint shading or stippling will be lost upon reproduction and should be avoided.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication in EJN that authors assign copyright to the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (using the Copyright Assignment Form - see also Notes on the Assignment of Copyright). This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be disseminated as widely as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that EJN is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Blackwell Publishing Ltd is notified in writing and in advance.
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Barry J Everitt
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EB
UK
Chris Henderson
INSERM U.382
IBDM
Campus de Luminy-Case 907
13288 Marseille
Cedex 09
France
Receiving Editors (and Deputies)
Silvia Arber
Developmental Neurobiology and Genetics
Biozentrum, University of Bael, Department of Cell Biology, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Joël Bockaert (Jean-Philippe Pin)
Cellular Pharmacology, Transmembrane Signalling
UPR-CNRS 9023, CCIPE, 141 Rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
Tamás Freund (L Acsády)
Cytology, Cellular and System Neuroscience
Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 8, Szigony u. 43, H-1083 Hungary
Jean-Marc Fritschy (K Vogt)
Neuropharmacology, Neuroanatomy, Epilepsy Research
University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
John Garthwaite (B Lancaster)
Intercellular Communication & Synaptic Plasticity
The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, The Cruciform Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Michael H Hastings
Circadian Rhythms, Melatonin, Pineal, Neuroendocrinology
Neurobiology Division, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK
Philip G Haydon
Glial Cell Physiology, Synaptic Transmission
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 215 Stemmler Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074, USA
Ole Isacson
Neurodegeneration and Repair
Neuroregeneration Laboratories, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, MRC 130, 115 Mill St., Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Nikos Logothetis (G Rainer)
Primate-fMRI, Vision, Recognition
Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Spemannstr. 38, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Zoltán Molnár (J Taylor)
Developmental Neurobiology
Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, UK
Elisabeth Murray (Peter Rapp)
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Recognition
Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 49, Room 1B80, Bethesda, MD 20892-4415
Adrian M Owen
Cognitive Neuroscience, Learning and Memory, Functional Neuroimaging
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge CB2 2EF, UK
Martin Sarter (J Bruno)
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology
Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, 27 Townshend hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Tomoyuki Takahashi (T Tsujimoto)
Cellular Neurophysiology, Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity
Department of Neurophysiology, University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
Alex M Thomson (O T Morris)
Cellular Neurophysiology, Synaptic Transmission
Department of Pharmacology, The School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
Editorial Assistants
Sue Fromant and Angela Cole, EJN Editorial Office, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK.
Tel: +44 1223 766 157;
Fax +44 1223 766 158;
E-mail: ejn@psychol.cam.ac.uk
Production Editor
Jane Houchin, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK
E-mail: Production Editor
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