期刊名称：BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
An interdisciplinary journal, Brain and Language, A Journal of Clinical, Experimental, and Theoretical Research, publishes original research articles, theoretical papers, critical reviews, case histories, historical studies, and scholarly notes. Contributions are relevant to human language or communication in relation to any aspect of the brain or brain function. Articles have theoretical import, either formulating new hypotheses, or supporting or refuting new or previously established hypotheses.
Research Areas include:
*Linguistics
*Neuroanatomy
*Neurology
*Neurophysiology
*Philosophy
*Psychology
*Psychiatry
*Speech pathology
*Computer science
Instructions to Authors
Brain and Language publishes original research articles, case histories, theoretical articles, critical reviews, historical studies, and scholarly notes; each contribution will be relevant to human language and related to any aspect of the brain or brain function. Each will have theoretical import, either formulating new hypotheses or supporting or refuting new or previously established hypotheses. The interdisciplinary focus of Brain and Language includes but is not limited to the fields of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, cognitive and computational neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, neurology, psychiatry, communication disorders, and history and philosophy of science. Manuscripts of several different types are solicited: regular articles, single or multiple case history studies and short (limited to 10 typed manuscript pages) scholarly notes and discussion.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be written in clear, concise, grammatical English. Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically by using online manuscript submission available at http://ees.elsevier.com/brln. This site will guide authors stepwise through the submission process. Authors should upload the source files of their articles in the preferred format of Microsoft (MS) Word, RTF, WordPerfect, or LaTeX for text and TIFF or EPS for figures. If you submit a word processing file, the system generates an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used for the reviewing process. Authors, reviewers, and editors send and receive all correspondence by e-mail and no paper correspondence is necessary. Should you be unable to provide an electronic version, please contact the Editorial Office prior to submission:
Brain and Language
Editorial Office
525 B Street, Suite 1900
Telephone: (619) 699-6316
Fax: (619) 699-6211
E-mail: b-l@elsevier.com
Language data may be given in English when clearly identifiable; otherwise, they should be transcribed into the phonetic alphabet of the International Phonetic Association (IPA). There are no submission fees or page charges. Only original papers will be considered. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been published, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that its submission for publication has been approved by all of the listed authors and by the institutions where the work was carried out. If human subjects were involved in the research, authors must note in their letter of submittal that the research was conducted using appropriate ethical guidelines. Any person cited as a source of personal communication must have given her or his approval of such citation. Written authorization may be required at the Editor's discretion. Articles and any other material published in Brain and Language represent the opinions of the author(s) and should not be construed to reflect opinions of the Editor(s) and the Publisher. Manuscripts that do not meet the general criteria or standards for publication in Brain and Language will be immediately returned to the authors, without detailed review.
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to transfer a copyright (for more information on copyright, see http://authors.elsevier.com). This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. A letter will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided after acceptance. If material from the other copyrighted works is included, in the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier Global Rights Department, P.O. Box 800, Oxford OX5 1DX, UK; phone (+44) 1865843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: permissions@elsevier.com.
Preparation of Manuscript
Submission items include cover letter, suggested reviewers, manuscript (including a title page, abstract, manuscript text, references, and table/figure legends), tables and figures. Revised manuscripts should also be accompanied by a unique file: Response to Reviews (separate from the covering letter) with responses to reviewers' comments. The preferred order of files is as follows: cover letter, suggested reviewers, response to reviews (revised manuscripts only), manuscript file, table(s), figure(s). Files should be labeled with appropriate and descriptive file names (e.g., SmithText.doc, Fig1.eps, Table3.doc). Please upload text, tables, and graphics as separate files. Please do not import figures or tables into the text document.
Cover letter. A letter outlining the basic findings of the paper and their significance should accompany each manuscript.
Suggested reviewers. This item should include the names and full contact information, including e-mail addresses, for 6 potential reviewers. You may also suggest reviewers you do not want to review your manuscript, but please state your reasons for doing so.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout. Pages should be numbered consecutively and organized as follows:
The title page (p. 1) should contain the article title, author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the complete mailing address of the author to whom all correspondence should be sent, including e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers.
The Abstract (p. 2) must be a single paragraph that summarizes the main findings of the paper in approximately 100 words. After the abstract a list of up to 10 keywords that will be useful for indexing or searching should be included.
The Introduction should be concise as possible, without subheadings.
Materials and methods should be sufficiently detailed to enable the experiments to be reproduced.
Results and Discussion may be combined and may be organized into subheadings.
References should be cited in the text by surname of the author and the publication date in parentheses, e.g., Gall (1825) or (Gall & Spurzheim, 1810). If more than one article was published by the same author in a given year, the correct style is Broca (1861a) or (Broca, 1861b). All references must be listed alphabetically at the end of the article, beginning on a separate sheet, and typed double-spaced. Journal titles should be written out in full, not abbreviated. Only articles that have been published or are in press should be included in the references. Unpublished results or personal communications should be cited as such in the text. The following examples show style of capitalization and punctuation for journal articles, books, and chapters in edited books. Please use the following style:
Dejerine, J. (1895). Anatomie des centres nerveux (Vol. i-ii). Paris: Rueff et Cie.
Cottrell, G. W., & Small, S. L. (1984). Viewing parsing as word sense discrimination: A connectionist approach. In B. G. Bara & G. Guida (Eds.), Computational models of natural language processing (pp. 91-119). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, North-Holland.
Thal, D. J., Marchman, V., Stiles, J., Aram, D., Trauner, D., Nass, R., & Bates, E. (1991). Early lexical development in children with focal brain injury. Brain and Language, 40, 491-527.
Tettamanti, M., Buccino, G., Saccuman, M. C., Gallese, V., Danna, M., Scifo, P., Fazio, F., Rizzolatti, G., Cappa, S. F., & Perani, D. (2005). Listening to action-related sentences activates fronto-parietal motor circuits. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 273-281.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in order of appearance in the text. Type each table double-spaced on a separate page with a short descriptive title typed directly above the table and with essential footnotes below. Keep in mind the dimensions of the journal when planning the number of columns in a table.
Figures. Number figures consecutively with Arabic numerals. Please visit our Web site at http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork for detailed instructions on preparing electronic artwork.
Color figures. . Elsevier will absorb the cost of color figures in those cases where color is clearly required to understand the figure, i.e., neuroimaging. For complex graphs, charts, diagrams, and other images, figures should be submitted in black and white whenever possible. If Elsevier determines that color for a figure is not essential, the print version will be converted to black and white, and the figure will remain in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites). For information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://authors.elsevier.com/artwork. Please note: Because of technical complications that can arise in converting color figures to "gray scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for color in print), please submit in addition usable black-and-white prints corresponding to all the color illustrations.
Preparation of Supplementary Material
Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer additional possibilities for publishing supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips, and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com). To ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please provide the data in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. Please note, however, that supplementary material will not appear in the printed journal. Files can be stored on 3.5-inch diskette, ZIP disk, or CD (either MS-DOS or Macintosh). For more detailed instructions, please visit our Author Gateway at http://authors.elsevier.com, click on "Artwork instructions," and then click on "Multimedia files."
Proofs
PDF proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Authors will be charged for alterations that exceed 10% of the total cost of composition.
Reprints
Twenty-five (25) reprints will be provided free of charge. Additional reprints may be ordered.
Editorial Board
Brain and Language
Editorial Office
525 B Street, Suite 1900
Telephone: (619) 699-6316
Fax: (619) 699-6211
E-mail: b-l@elsevier.com
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