Academic journal
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry |
| Language | English |
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| Edited by | Karen Furie |
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Former name(s) | Journal of Neurology and Psychopathology, Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry |
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| History | 1920-present |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
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| 11.1 (2022) |
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| ISO 4 | J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry |
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| ISSN | 0022-3050 (print)
1468-330X (web)
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The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the BMJ Group. It covers research and reviews in the fields of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. Its Editor-in-Chief is Karen L. Furie of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.[1]
History
The journal was established in 1920 by Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson as the Journal of Neurology and Psychopathology. Wilson was the head of a nine-member editorial committee which, besides Wilson, consisted of Thomas Graham Brown, Carey Coombs, Henry Devine, Bernard Hart, Maurice Nicoll, Charles Stanford Read, Roy Mackenzie Stewart, and Charles Symonds.[2] The journal was renamed Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry from 1938 to 1944, and then obtained its current title.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Extended, BIOSIS Previews, Index Medicus/MEDLINE, Current Contents, Scopus, Excerpta Medica/EMBASE, Life Sciences, PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), CINAHL and Google Scholar. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 11.1 and is ranked 3/213 in the category "Surgery", 10/155 in "Psychiatry" and 10/212 in "Clinical Neurology".[3]
