Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Brain Sciences was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2012 | Brain Sciences was indexed in Chemical Abstracts (CAS). |
| 2014 | Brain Sciences was indexed in PubMed—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Brain Sciences was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2015 | Brain Sciences was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2016 | Brain Sciences was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Brain Sciences adopted a monthly publication schedule. Brain Sciences received its first CiteScore (2016) of 4.1, ranked 50/101 (Q2) in "General Neuroscience". |
| 2018 | Brain Sciences instituted a Section Editor-in-Chief structure to spread all submissions to nine Sections. Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2017) of 1.9, ranked 80/110 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". |
| 2019 | Brain Sciences was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 6 (Issue 1). Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2018) of 2.4, ranked 77/111 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". Brain Sciences received its first Impact Factor (2.786), ranked 142/267 (Q3) in "Neurosciences". |
| 2020 |
Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2019) of 3.3, ranked 70/111 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". |
| 2021 | Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2020) of 3.0, ranked 75/110 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". Brain Sciences received its 2020 Impact Factor (3.394), ranked 157/273 (Q3) in "Neurosciences". Brain Sciences organized the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences. |
| 2022 | Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2021) of 3.1, ranked 74/112 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". Brain Sciences received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.333), ranked 176/275 (Q3) in "Neurosciences". Brain Sciences organized the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences. |
| 2023 |
Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2022) of 3.9, ranked 65/110 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". |
| 2024 | Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2023) of 4.8, ranked 59/113 (Q3) in "General Neuroscience". Brain Sciences received its 2023 Impact Factor (2.7), ranked 158/310 (Q3) in "Neurosciences". Neurotology and Neuro-ophthalmology was renamed as Neuro-otology and Neuro-ophthalmology. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience was renamed as Cognitive, Social and Affective Neuroscience. Psychiatric Diseases was renamed as Neuropsychiatry. Craniofacial and Oral Neurosciences, Educational Neuroscience, Neurovirology, and Nutritional Neuroscience were closed. Brain Sciences organized the 4th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences. |
| 2025 |
Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics was renamed as Computational Neuroscience, Neuroinformatics, and Neurocomputing. |
| 2026 | Brain Sciences organized the 5th International Electronic Conference on Brain Sciences. Brain Sciences published its 10,000th paper. Brain Sciences received its CiteScore (2025) of 6.0, ranked 41/112 (Q2) in "General Neuroscience". Brain Sciences received its 2025 Impact Factor (3.4), ranked 144/330 (Q2) in “Neurosciences” and 98/296 (Q2) in “Clinical Neurology”. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2019 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Germán Barrionuevo |
| 2020–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stephen D. Meriney |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2018–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jason Brandt for the section on Cognitive Neuroscience |
| 2018–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jose Lujan for the section on Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics |
| 2018–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andrew Clarkson for the section on Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Konstantin V. Slavin for the section on Systems Neuroscience |
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Evanthia Bernitsas for the section on Neurotechnology and Neuroimaging |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heather Bortfeld for the section on Neurolinguistics | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mark Burke for the section on Developmental Neuroscience | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Caterina Cinel for the section on Neural Engineering, Neuroergonomics and Neurorobotics | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sergey Kasparov for the section on Neuroglia | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Zoccolotti for the section on Neuropsychology | |
| 2021–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Robert Emmett Kelly for the section on Psychiatric Diseases Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mark S. Kindy for the section on Environmental Neuroscience |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Luigi De Gennaro for the section on Behavioral Neuroscience |
| 2021–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roberto Cilia for the section on Neuromuscular and Movement Disorders |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman for the section on Educational Neuroscience |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yang Zhang for the section on Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience |
| 2023–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kabirullah Lutfy for the section on Neuroscience of Pain Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Adolfo M. Bronstein for the section on Neuro-otology and Neuro-ophthalmology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia for the section on Neuro-oncology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. George B. Stefano for the section on Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rocco Salvatore Calabrò for the section on Neurorehabilitation |
| 2025 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Adolfo M. Bronstein for the section on Sensory and Motor Neuroscience |
| 2025–2026 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roberto Cilia for the section on Sensory and Motor Neuroscience |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mario Zuccarello for the section on Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy |
| 2026–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bernadette Murphy for the section on Sensory and Motor Neuroscience Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roberto Cilia for the section on Neurodegenerative Diseases Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mario F. Juruena for the section on Neuropsychiatry |
