Aims and Scope of Nature Neuroscience
Nature Neuroscience is a monthly scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. Its focus is original research papers relating specifically to neuroscience and was established in May 1998. The chief editor is Kevin Da Silva. According to the Journal Citation Reports, Nature Neuroscience had a 2016 impact factor of 17.839. Less
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CiteScore 

40.1
Eigenfactor 

0.1 - 0.5
H-Index 

460
Impact Factor 

>= 25
Scite Index 

0.94 5-Year SI

SJR 

Q1Neuroscience (miscellaneous)

SNIP 

5.23
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| Publisher | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
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