Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology : About us

Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology is the double-blind, peer-reviewed, open access, online only, international publication organ of Turkish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology EEG-EMG. The journal is a quarterly publication, published in March, June, September and December and the publication language of the journal is English.

Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology aims to contribute to the international literature by publishing original clinical and experimental research articles, review articles, and letters to the editor on all fields of neurological sciences and especially in neurophysiology. The journal is directed at an audience of physicians and scientists of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neurophysiology, Neuropathology, Neuropsychology, Neuroradiology and Neuroscience.

Our journal was started in 1984 as the journal of Ege Neurology Assocation by Prof. Dr. Erdem Tunçbay, a neurosurgeon at the Ege University Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Dr. Nezih Oktar took over as the Editor in Chief in 1996 and with his lead the journal ceased print and became an online-only publication in the same year with the name of Journal of Neurological Sciences-Turkish. In 2015 Prof. Dr. Gülden Akdal, became the editor-in-chief. The journal was accepted for coverage in Science Citation Index Expanded in 2008. Since 2016 our journal is the official journal of the Turkish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology EEG and EMG (https://www.tkneed.org/en/) and to reflect this new partnership, we have changed its title to Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/ bestpractice).

Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology is currently indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, TUBITAK ULAKBIM TR Index, EMBASE and EBSCO.

Processing and publication are free of charge with the journal. No fees are requested from the authors at any point throughout the evaluation and publication process. All manuscripts must be submitted via the online submission system, which is available at www. nsnjournal.org. The journal guidelines, technical information, and the required forms are available on the journal’s web page.

All expenses of the journal are covered by the Turkish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology EEG-EMG. Potential advertisers should contact the Editorial Office. Advertisement images are published only upon the Editor in Chief’s approval. Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the Turkish Society of Clinical Neurophysiology EEG-EMG, editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.

Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology is an open access publication and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration. Journal’s archive is available online, free of charge at www.nsnjournal.org. Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, Netherlands ISSN centre, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
DOAJ, Scimago Journal Ranking, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded, Web of Science

Impact Factor^® as reported in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports^® (Clarivate Analytics, 2022): 0.414

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This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

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Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website.

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While advertisements are crucial to this journal to be able to keep all content free for everyone, ethical considerations are in place to ensure the integrity of the journal and its content: