Name of Journal | World Journal of Neurology |
---|---|
Title Abbreviation | World J Neurol |
ISSN | 2218-6212 (online) |
Launch Date | December 28, 2011 |
Frequency | Continuous Publication |
DOI | 10.5316 |
Background |
World Journal of Neurology (WJN, World J Neurol) is a high-quality, open-access academic journal that employs a single-blind peer-review process. The journal focuses on publishing innovative, novel, and practical clinical, basic, and translational research achievements in the fields of neurology. The types of articles published in WJN include Editorial, Opinion Review, Frontier, Review, Minireview, Clinical Research, Basic Study, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, Evidence-based Medicine, Field of Vision, Clinical Guidelines, Letter to the Editor, and Case Report. All submissions must comply with academic norms and ethical requirements. The journal is edited and published by the Baishideng Publishing Group. |
Aim |
The primary aim of WJN is to provide scholars and readers from various fields of neurology with a platform for publishing high-quality clinical, basic, and translational research achievements. In order to ensure the quality, fairness, and transparency of publication, WJN has implemented a variety of measures, as follows: 1 Academic norms and ethical requirements. Adherence to both academic norms and ethical requirements is closely related to peer review and first-decision making for the manuscript. Authors are recommended to prepare their articles according to the appropriate international publication recommendations, including the STROBE Statement, CONSORT 2010 Statement, PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and CARE Checklist – 2016: Information for writing a case report. For all articles involving human studies, organ transplantations, and/or animal experiments, before their acceptance, author(s) must provide the related formal ethics documents that were reviewed and approved by their local ethical review committee. For full guidelines for authors, please visit: https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/204. 2 Peer-review process. Articles published in WJN must undergo rigorous external, single-blind peer review. For the full peer-review process, please visit: https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/241. 3 Designation of co-first authors and/or co-corresponding authors. Designation of co-first authors and/or co-corresponding authors is permitted. For the policy of allowing co-first authors and co-corresponding authors who made equal contribution to a manuscript, please visit: https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/310. 4 Publication of innovative original articles. WJN's acceptance of a manuscript for publication is based on its novelty, innovativeness, data accuracy, image reliability, clear language expression, and ethical requirements. 5 Disclosure of documents related to the article. The peer review report, author response to the peer review report, biostatistics review certificate, copyright license agreement, institutional ethics committee approval document, informed consent document(s), conflict-of-interest statement, CrossCheck detection report, corresponding author(s) personal ORCID number(s), funding information, language editing certificate, and other relevant documents will be published online along with the article to allow for an open and transparent publishing process. |
Scope |
WJN mainly publishes articles reporting research results obtained in the field of neurology and covering a wide range of topics, including autoimmune diseases of the nervous system, autonomic nervous system diseases, central nervous system diseases, chronobiology disorders, cranial nerve diseases, demyelinating diseases, nervous system malformations, nervous system neoplasms, neurocutaneous syndromes, neurodegenerative diseases, neurologic manifestations, neuromuscular diseases, neurotoxicity syndromes, restless legs syndrome, sleep disorders, and nervous system trauma. |
Open Access | Open access |
Indexing/Abstracting | The WJN is now abstracted and indexed in Reference Citation Analysis, China Science and Technology Journal Database, and Superstar Journals Database. |
Journal Metrics | There is currently no impact factor. |
Article Processing Charge | Article processing charge |
Editors-in-Chief | Bin Jiang |
Publisher | Publisher |
Research Domain | Neurosciences and Neurology |
Article Reprints | Article reprints |
Permissions | Permissions |
Help Desk | Help desk |
Special Statement | Special statement |
About the BPG | Baishideng Publishing Group (BPG), founded in 1993, is headquartered in California, USA. BPG is committed to editing and publishing high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed clinical medical journals. Our team consists of administrative team, Editorial Office, and Production Department. Our mission is to provide high-quality platforms for authors to publish clinical, basic, and translational medical research results. Our vision is to help authors expand their academic influence, provide readers with high-quality academic content, and lead the development of the field. Our values are to adhere to our review guidelines, decision guidelines, and publication ethics, to ensure the fairness, openness, and transparency of the process from the author's submission to the first review, peer review, and final review, and to edit and publish each high-quality peer-reviewed article. |
Copyright © | © 2004-2025 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
Contact Us | Contact us |