期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN HUMAN 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
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is a Specialty Journal of Frontiers in Neurology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychiatry and Frontiers in Psychology.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is a first-tier electronic journal devoted to understanding the brain mechanisms supporting cognitive and social behavior in humans, and how these mechanisms might be altered in disease states. The last 25 years have seen an explosive growth in both the methods and the theoretical constructs available to study the human brain. Advances in electrophysiological, neuroimaging, neuropsychological, psychophysical, neuropharmacological and computational approaches have provided key insights into the mechanisms of a broad range of human behaviors in both health and disease. Work in human neuroscience ranges from the cognitive domain, including areas such as memory, attention, language and perception to the social domain, with this last subject addressing topics, such as interpersonal interactions, social discourse and emotional regulation. How these processes unfold during development, mature in adulthood and often decline in aging, and how they are altered in a host of developmental, neurological and psychiatric disorders, has become increasingly amenable to human neuroscience research approaches. Work in human neuroscience has influenced many areas of inquiry ranging from social and cognitive psychology to economics, law and public policy. Accordingly, our journal will provide a forum for human research spanning all areas of human cognitive, social, developmental and translational neuroscience using any research approach.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience welcomes the following tier 1 article types: Book Review, Clinical Case Study, Editorial, General Commentary, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Review, Specialty Grand Challenge and Technology Report.
All articles must be submitted directly to Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, where they are processed by the associate and review editors of the Specialty Journal.
All articles published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience will be subjected to the Frontiers Evaluation System after online publication. Authors of the original research articles with the highest impact, as judged by many expert readers, will be invited by the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neurology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychiatry and Frontiers in Psychology to write a prestigious Frontiers Focused Review - a tier 2 article. This is referred to as "democratic tiering". The selection is based on the reader impact over a 4-month period from the date of publication. The selected high impact articles are re-written in a review style centered on the original discovery, and aim to address the wider audience across all of Neurology, Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Psychology.
Instructions to Authors
MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES
Manuscript length
Original Research, Hypothesis and Theory, Methods, Review Articlesand Technology Reports:
Frontiers encourages a standard article length of 12 pages as in the final PDF version. Your manuscript should contain approximately12,000 wordsmaximally, including tables and references. The maximum (total) number of words may vary depending on the number of images included.
Focused Reviews:
5 pages in the final PDF version. Your manuscript should contain approximately 5,000 words, including any tables and references. In addition for all Focused Reviews please include a biography of maximum 600 characters and a photo of the corresponding author(s). Please provide a minimum of 4 and maximum of 10 key concepts, defining each with a maximum of 400 characters.
Perspective Articles:
Your manuscript should contain approximately5,000 words maximally, including tables and references.
Mini Reviews, Clinical Case Studies and Editorials:
3 pages in the final PDF version. Your manuscript should contain approximately 3,000 words, including tables and references
Opinion Articles, Commentaries and Book Reviews:
Your manuscript should contain approximately 2,000 wordsmaximally, including tables and references.
Title
The title is centered, and in 16 point bold Times New Roman font at the top of page. Except for special names (e.g., GABAergic), capitalize only the first letter of the title.
Authors and affiliations
All names are listed together and separated by commas. Make sure to provide exact and correct author names as these will be indexed in official archives. Any change requests after publication will incur additional costs and will be solely at the author's charge.Affiliations should be keyed to the author's name with superscript numbers and should belisted as follows:Laboratory, Institute, Department, Organization, City, State abbreviation (USA, Canada, Australia), and Country (without detailed address information such as city zip codes or street names).
Example: Max Maximus, Department of Excellence, International University of Science, New York, NY, USA.
The Corresponding Author should be marked with an asterisk. The exact contact address (this time including street name and city zip code) and email of the corresponding author should be provided in a separate paragraph, as shown below:
Correspondence:
Dr. Max Maximus
International Universityof Science
Department of Excellence
Laboratory of High Impact
Street 2460,
New York, NY, 59066, USA
maximus@gmail.com
If one of the authors has a change of address, list the new address below the correspondence details using a superscript symbol and use the same symbol to indicate the author in the author list.
Running titles
Original Research Articles, Hypothesis and Theory Article, Methods Article, Review Article, Perspective Article, Focused Review, Mini Review, Clinical Case Study, Editorial and Technology Report: a maximum of 5 words.
Commentaries and Book Reviews: no running title is required.
Headings and sub-headings
Except for special names (e.g. GABAergic), capitalize only the first letter of headings and subheadings. Headings and subheadings need to be defined in Times New Roman, 12, bold. You may insert up to 4 heading levels into your manuscript (not more than for example: 3.2.2.1. Heading title).
Abstract
As a primary goal, the abstract should render the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References should not be cited in the abstract. The text of the abstract section should be in 12 point normal Times New Roman.
Original Research, Hypothesis and Theory, Methods, Review Articles, Focused Reviews and Technology Reports: the abstract is a single paragraph containing maximum2,000 characters including spaces.
Perspective Articles, Editorials, Mini Reviews and Clinical Case Studies: the abstract is a single paragraph containing up to 1,250 characters.
Opinion Articles, Commentaries and Book Reviews have no abstract.
Keywords
All article types: you may provide up to 8 keywords; at least one is mandatory.
Text
The body text is in 12 point normal Times New Roman. New paragraphs will be separated with a single empty line. The entire document should be single-spaced. Your manuscript should be written using either LaTeX or MS-Word.
Abbreviations
Non-standard abbreviations should be defined when first used in the text.
Equations
Equations can be left as the image output of the equation editor in the text.
Symbols
Gene symbols should be italicized; protein products are not italicized.
Sections
Your manuscript is organized by headings and subheadings.
For Original Research Articles, the following sections are mandatory:
Introduction
Succinct, with no subheadings.
Material and Methods
This section may be divided by subheadings. This section should contain sufficient detail so that when read in conjunction with cited references, all procedures can be repeated.
Results
This section may be divided by subheadings. Footnotes should not be used and have to be transferred into the main text.
Discussion
This section may be divided by subheadings. Discussions should cover the key findings of the study: discuss any prior art related to the subjectso to place the novelty of the discovery in the appropriate context; discuss the potential short-comings and limitations on their interpretations; discuss their integration into the current understanding of the problem and how this advances the current views; speculate on the future direction of the research and freely postulate theories that could be tested in the future.
For Clinical Case Studies the following sections are mandatory:
Introduction
Include symptoms at presentation, physical exams and lab results.
Background
This section may be divided by subheadings.Include history and review of similar cases.
Discussion
This section may be divided by subheadings. Include diagnosis and treatment.
Concluding Remarks
For Perspective Articles, Review Articles, Mini Reviews, Opinion Articles, Hypothesis and Theory Articles,Methods Article, Technology Reports,Book Reviews, Commentaries and Editorials there are no mandatory sections.
Authorization for the use of experimental animals or human subjects
All experiments on live vertebrates or higher invertebrates must be performed in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations. In the manuscript, authors must identify the committee approving the experiments and must confirm that all experiments conform to the relevant regulatory standards. For manuscripts reporting experiments on human subjects, authors must identify the committee approving the experiments and must also include a statement confirming that informed consent was obtained from all subjects. In Original Research Articles, these statements should appear in the Materials and Methods section.
Clinical trial registration
Clinical trials should be registered in a public trials registry in order to become the object of a publication at Frontiers. Trials must be registered at or before the start of patient enrollment. A clinical trial is defined as"any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes."(www.who.int/ictrp/en). A list of acceptable registries can be found at www.who.int/ictrp/en and www.icmje.org
Conflict of interest statement
All relationships financial, commercial or otherwise that might be perceived by the academic community as representing a potential conflict of interest must be described. If no such relationship exists, authors will be asked to declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments
This is a short text to acknowledge the contributions of specific colleagues, institutions, or agencies that aided the efforts of the authors.A statement about the principal source of funding should be inserted if appropriate, including grant numbers if appropriate.
References
All citations in the text, figures or tables must be in the reference list and vice-versa. Please make sure that the references are accurate. References should be called according to the last name of the first author, followed by the year, and should only include articles that are published or in press. Unpublished data, submitted manuscripts, or personal communications should be cited within the text only. Personal communications should be documented by a letter of permission. Please use the following style for references:
Article in a periodical:
Sondheimer, N., and Lindquist, S. (2000). Rnq1: an epigenetic modifier of protein function in yeast. Mol. Cell 5, 163-172.
Article in a book:
Sorenson, P. W., and Caprio, J. C. (1998). "Chemoreception," in The Physiology of Fishes, ed. D. H. Evans (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press), 375-405.
Book:
Cowan, W. M., Jessell, T. M., and Zipursky, S. L. (1997). Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Neural Development.New York: Oxford University Press.
For any questions regarding reference style, please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style.
Supplementary Material
Frontiers journals do not support pushing important results and information into supplementary sections. All information in form of additional text, graphs, and tables should be included into the original text. However, supplementary material that cannot be included in the article because it is too large or the current format does not permit it (such as movies, raw data traces, power point presentations, etc.) can be uploaded during the submission procedure and will be displayed along with the published article.
Figures and Tables
General style guidelines for images and figures
Each figure and table must be mentioned in the text and in numerical order. Permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the web). Please notethat is compulsory to follow figure instructions. Figures which are not according to the guidelines will cause substantial delay during the production process.
High-resolution images also must be submitted separately in the formats described below.
Number of images/tables
Original Research, Hypothesis and Theory, Methods and Review Articles and Technology Reports: up to 15 figures and tables.
Focused Reviews: up to 5 figures and tables
Perspective Articles, Editorials, Mini Reviews and Clinical Case Studies: up to 3 figures and tables.
Commentaries, Opinion Articles and Book Reviews: Frontiers accepts 1 figure, or 1 table at the maximum.
Figure and table legends
Figure and table legends are the same as body text (12 point normal Times New Roman, single spaced). Legends should be preceded by the appropriate label, for example "Figure 1" or "Table 4". Figure legends should be placed immediately after the figure. Table legends must be placed immediately before the table. Please use only a single paragraph for the legend. Figure panels are referred to by bold capital letters in brackets: (A), (B), (C), (D), etc.
Image size
Figure images should be prepared with the PDF layout in mind, with a width that corresponds to 1 column, 2 columns or 3 columns depending on article type.
Original Research, Hypothesis and Theory, Methods, Review, Mini Review, Clinical Case Studies, Editorials and Perspective Articles:2 column articles can contain images 85 mm or 180 mm wide.
Commentaries, Opinion Articles and Book Reviews: 3 column articles can contain images 55 mm, 120 mm or 180 mm wide.
Format
The following formats are accepted:
EPS (.eps)
TIFF (.tif)
JPEG (.jpg)
Color image mode
Images must be submitted in the color mode RGB.
Resolution requirements
All images must be uploaded separately in the submission procedure. For black and white line art the minimum resolution should be 900 dpi. For halftone figures (photographs), the resolution should be a minimum of 300 dpi. For any type of graph or drawing in grayscale or combinations between line art and halftone, the resolution of your file should be a minimum of 600 dpi. Check the resolution of your figure by enlarging it to 150%. If the resolution is too low, the image will appear blurry, jagged or have a stair-stepped effect.
Please see the table below exemplifying the image specifications.
Legibility
Figures must be legible. Check the following:
The smallest visible text is no less than 8 points in height, when viewed at actual size.
Solid lines are not broken up.
Image areas are not pixilated or stair stepped.
Text is legible and of high quality.
Any lines in the graphic are no smaller than 2 points width.
General style guidelines for tables
Tables should be inserted into the manuscript. If you use a word processor, build your table in word. If you use a LaTeX processor, build your table in LaTeX. An empty line should be left before and after the table.
Editorial Board
Specialty Chief Editor Robert Knight
University of California Berkeley
Berkley, CA, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: neuropsychological, electrophysiological, fMRI
Associate Editors Francisco Barcelo
University of Illes Balears
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: human neuropsychology, prefrontal function, brain imaging, neocortex
Jennifer Beer
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Olivier Bertrand
INSERM
Bron, France
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: electrophysiology, oscillations, audition, Attention, signal processing
Olaf Blanke
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Silvia Bunge
University of California Berkeley
Berkley, CA, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Neal Cohen
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: Cognitive neuroscience, Memory disorders, Eye movement studies of visual processing and visual memory, Functional neuroimaging (fMRI), Neural-network modeling of learning and memory, Animal models of memory
Leon Deouell
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: attention, change detection, Cognitive electrophysiology, Conscious awareness, Space perception, Auditory spatial perception
Stephen Engel
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis MN, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Hauke Heekeren
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Berlin, Germany
Science> Neuroscience> Decision Neuroscience
Keywords: brain imaging, neocortex, Decision making
Hans-Jochen Heinze
University of Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: Neural mechanisms of cognition, Brain lesions and behavior disturbances, Visual selective attention, Memory and Language, Sensory processes and perception, Cortical organisation, brain plasticity and hemispheric specialization, Human brain electrophysiology (event-related potentials, event-related, functional imaging (Positron-Emission Tomography, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clinical EEG-Analysis, Clinical EMG-Analysis
Kenneth Hugdahl
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
William Jagust
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: Cerebral metabolism, Imaging techniques (PET, SPECT, and MRI), blood flow, neurochemistry, Dementia, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychology
Maryse Lassonde
CHU Ste.-Justine, Université de Montréal
Montreal, Canada
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Srikantan Nagarajan
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: Functional Brain imaging, Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Electroencephalography (EEG), Electrocorticography (ECoG), Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Brain computer interfaces (BCI), Cortical Electrophysiology, Statistical Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Probabilistic and Graphical Models, Cortical Plasticity, Perceptual Learning, Speech perception, Speech production, Auditory feedback, Sensorimotor control, Consciousness, Psychophysics
Anna Nobre
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: Cognition, fMRI, ERP, EEG, TMS, attention, memory, language, spatial, temporal, timing, semantic
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Russell Poldrack
University of California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: Cognitive neuroscience, memory, executive function
Chris Rorden
Georgia Insitute of Technology
Atlanta, USA
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
Keywords: attention, perception, language, epilepsy, vision
Donald Stuss
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
Toronto, Canada
Science> Neuroscience> Human Neuroscience
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