Scientists are increasingly challenged by difficulties in obtaining funding, and have many demands on their time, making them less inclined to participate in voluntary activities such as peer review. The editors of
Journal of Neurophysiology are developing new strategies to assure that all submitted manuscripts receive rapid and fair peer review, as discussed in a recent editorial.
Wolfram Schultz, a member of the Journal of Neurophysiology Editorial Board and the American Physiological Society, is one of the recipients of the 2017 Brain Prize. We are honored to include such a distinguished neuroscientist on our Editorial Board, and that Dr. Schultz has published over 20 articles in the Journal of Neurophysiology.
On request of an author, we publicize their article through a video or audio podcast. We also highlight selected papers through social media. If you would like your accepted article promoted through a podcast or social media,
contact the editor.
Statistical Guidelines for Articles
As part of our ongoing efforts to increase
transparent reporting of research, we would like to highlight some best practices in statistics. These practices include:
Reporting variability using standard deviation, not standard error.
Reporting precise p values, not a range (e.g., p=0.01 not p<0.05).
The cover for
Journal of Neurophysiology changes quarterly; our cover for April-June is shown to the left. We invite authors to
send us cover artwork when their next paper is accepted.
Our
Collections are virtual journal issues related to our
Calls for Manuscripts. We also have curated a number of feature article Collections, including:
The 27th Neural Control of Movement Meeting will be held May 2 - 5, 2017 in the exciting city of Dublin, Ireland. The 2017 meeting will be preceded by a Satellite Meeting on Monday May 1, 2017.
