Brain Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3425) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on neuroscience. It has been covered by leading indexing services, including Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubMed, PMC, etc. The 2020 Impact Factor was 3.394. The aims and scope of the journal can be found at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/brainsci/about.

The Brain Sciences editorial team is pleased to announce this open call for Special Issue proposals, which offers a group of authors the opportunity to work on an interconnected set of papers on an innovative topic. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers.

Proposals for Special Issues should be sent to the Editorial Office (brainsci@mdpi.com) or via the website: https://www.mdpi.com/journalproposal/sendproposalspecialissue/brainsci.

Information to be provided in a proposal:

• A 150–200-word summary that clearly states the significance, novelty, technical advancement, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed topic;
• A list of 5–10 keywords on the topic;
• A brief resume of proposed Guest Editors, together with their information (title, name, email, affiliation, personal website, keywords of interests);
• A proposed submission deadline (a Special Issue will usually be open for submissions for 6–8 months);
• A list of at least 20 potential contributors or a list of 8 planned papers.

As a Guest Editor, you would be responsible for:

• Inviting papers from your peers to be published in your Special Issue;
• Checking the suitability of abstracts/manuscripts submitted to the Special Issue;
• Making pre-check decisions regarding whether to send a new submission to peer review;
• Making final decisions regarding whether to accept or reject a paper based on peer-review outcomes.

As a Guest Editor, you would have the following privileges:

• A recognition certificate as a Guest Editor of Brain Sciences;
• The opportunity to publish one paper free of charge in your Special Issue;
• The ability to invite high-quality papers to be published in your Special Issue free of charge or with certain discounts;
• A printed book version of your Special Issue if at least 10 accepted manuscripts are published after full peer review.

Editorial Office’s responsibility:

The Editorial Office will set up the Special Issue website, arrange promotional material, assist with paper invitations, and take care of the administrative tasks associated with peer review, including inviting reviewers, collecting reports, contacting authors, and arranging professional production before publication.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office (brainsci@mdpi.com) if you are interested and would like further details and clarifications.

We look forward to receiving your proposals.

Brain Sciences Editorial Office