List of Neuroscience Journals

[physiologyman]

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ok so does anyone have a link to all the neuroscience journals that one can publish in both clinical and basic research. Also how do you find some of the lower ranked journal?s

And is there some sort of key that determines what tier the journal falls in upper, middle or lower how can you tell how good the journal is? is there some rating site or so???

 

[taXi]

The most accepted measure of a journal's quality is impact factor. Not a bad explaination here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor

A list of journals by impact factors is found here:
http://www.bioscience.org/services/impact15.htm

 

[physiologyman]

ok so im still confused on a few things


as for the link that you gave with all the journals the numbers next to them is their impact factor right ie for the journal Clinical Research it is 58.286??

Also are these the best journals out there to publish??

How hard is to publish in a journal with an impact factor of 1.143 Like usually how many articles do they accept and reject??

Where does the average medical student publish his or her work around what impact factor journals??

What if I wanted to publish in a journal like

http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/429

would such a journal be considered very low rank and not count for much in publishing??

 

[barcalounger]

physiologyman, it might help to know why you are asking this, so that you might get the advice you are really looking for, which doesn't seem like it is exactly best served by a list of impact factors.

That impact factor list is interesting, but for example, I'd much rather publish in Science than in Immunology Today, for example. This is not something that is rated anywhere - depending on your field, there are journals which are more or less impressive on your CV.

I assume this question has to do with you wanting to find a lab to work in to publish in prestigious journals so that your application to med school is enhanced. If so, evaluating labs by publication record is important, a straight-out ranking list of journals is probably not going make this decision for you.

 

[DrDre311]

physiologyman, it might help to know why you are asking this, so that you might get the advice you are really looking for, which doesn't seem like it is exactly best served by a list of impact factors.

That impact factor list is interesting, but for example, I'd much rather publish in Science than in Immunology Today, for example. This is not something that is rated anywhere - depending on your field, there are journals which are more or less impressive on your CV.

I assume this question has to do with you wanting to find a lab to work in to publish in prestigious journals so that your application to med school is enhanced. If so, evaluating labs by publication record is important, a straight-out ranking list of journals is probably not going make this decision for you.

Having pubs relevant to your field is what's important. The impact factor list is interesting, but I personally would rather publish in PRS Journal over every other journal on that list even though PRS Journal's impact factor is very low. Speaking in terms of enhancing applications, having pubs is better than having no pubs, and if you're working in a lab I'm sure your PI will know what journals he/she would like to publish in. I wouldn't recommend wasting a lot of time wondering whether a specific journal is slightly more or less prestigious than another--it takes a lot of hard work to get your work published in any reputable scientific journal and pubs always look good on your CV.

 

[DrDre311]

If the OP is indeed trying to enhance his application for med school:

Your questions are interesting but you're worrying yourself needlessly. I would compare publications as an app enhancement to certain extracurricular activities. For example, I ran track in college at a large, division I school. I know this enhanced my application to med school, but would it have mattered if I had run at a different school? Like Oregon instead of Stanford, or Ohio State instead of Michigan, or LSU instead of Arkansas (I did not attend any of these schools). The answer is no. Maybe it might have mattered a tiny, tiny bit if I had been an athlete at an extremely small school, but not much. The activity itself was what counted.

The OP worrying about which journal to publish in is analogous. The simple fact of being published in a reputable scientific journal is what's important and outside of a few extreme cases (and of course, medical-related pubs would be best for a med school app), the specific journal doesn't matter as much as the OP seems to think.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

We had a classmate publish a couple first author articles in Journal of Neuroscience. Very good journal. Most neuroscience journals have a higher impact factor and are harder to publish in than other fields. I do some neuroscience research and usually publish in journals around IF of 4. The acceptance rate is approximately 30-40%, which isn't too bad but do remember these are almost all solid articles which can take years of work.

Here's a ranking of neuroscience journals:
http://www.medbioworld.com/MedBioWo...ions&&category=Journals&&concept=Neuroscience

Neuron would be a nice journal to publish in. One can only dream.

 

[physiologyman]

ok let me just clear a few things up I'm actually already in med school and wish to place in a competitive residency per se neurosurgery or such so I know that in order to do so I would have to have an impressive CV which means some sort of interest in the field such as research and publishing in neuroscience?

so my question is still up for grabs as to how many publications and at what impact factor journal does the average student who places into a neurosurgery residency publish at. The reason I ask is because I wish to fall in such a range I don't want to be at the bottom of the competition.

Furthermore what looks more impressive research in neurosurgery or research in general neurology ( like mapping of the fore-brian) ; do the interviewers like to see specific neurosurgery work or do they like to see anything related to neurology and the field???

 

[DrDre311]

ok let me just clear a few things up I'm actually already in med school and wish to place in a competitive residency per se neurosurgery or such so I know that in order to do so I would have to have an impressive CV which means some sort of interest in the field such as research and publishing in neuroscience?

so my question is still up for grabs as to how many publications and at what impact factor journal does the average student who places into a neurosurgery residency publish at. The reason I ask is because I wish to fall in such a range I don't want to be at the bottom of the competition.

Furthermore what looks more impressive research in neurosurgery or research in general neurology ( like mapping of the fore-brian) ; do the interviewers like to see specific neurosurgery work or do they like to see anything related to neurology and the field???

Field-related research is usually better. I'd opt for neurosurgery if you want to be a neurosurgeon (although I would like to see a map of the fore-brian).

If you want more info about people who match in neurosurg then read the sticky about facts & figs on this forum. It will give you some info about the characteristics of matched applicants. Uncleharvey.com is another neurosurg resource.


Your "average" medical student does not have any publications at all. Even in competitive fields like neurosurg, not everyone who matches even participates in research, or has publications--let alone is senior enough on a project to decide which journals to submit an article to.

If you have an opportunity to publish, do so. Neurosurg research would be best. I think you're sort of needlessly splitting hairs by worrying about which journal to publish in.

 

[barcalounger]

I think you're sort of needlessly splitting hairs by worrying about which journal to publish in.

Well said. I think that's the take-home point of this whole thread.