Health Disparities in Traumatic Brain Injury

Dear Colleagues,

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion cause a significant healthcare burden worldwide. Rural and low-resource areas have a diminished capacity to care for TBI/concussion patients given their unique barriers to acute and ambulatory care. Conclusive findings and summative recommendations regarding the evolution of care, as well as gaps in care, in rural settings remain unavailable. This Special Issue welcomes the augmentation of evidence and the promotion of modalities to characterize and reduce the ongoing health disparities in TBI of varying severities, understand differential risk factors, outcomes, and barriers to care across urban, semi-rural, and rural settings, and improve resources, treatment, and outreach to rural and underserved communities. Clinical and translational research and review papers, especially those focused upon novel modalities for evaluating or improving health disparities, are welcome.

Dr. John K. Yue
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Brain Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.