Brain (journal)

Brain
DisciplineNeurology, neuroscience
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMasud Husain
Publication details
History1878–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
14.5 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Brain
Indexing
CODENBRAIAK
ISSN0006-8950 (print)
1460-2156 (web)
LCCN66084758
OCLC no.1536984
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Brain: A Journal of Neurology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of neurology, founded in 1878 by John Charles Bucknill, David Ferrier, James Crichton-Browne and John Hughlings Jackson.[1][2] It is published by Oxford University Press.

The journal was edited by John Newsom-Davis from 1997 to 2004,[3] Alastair Compston (Cambridge University) until 2013, and Dimitri Kullmann (UCL) until 2021. The current editor-in-chief is Masud Husain (University of Oxford).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 14.5.[4]

  1. ^ Casper, Stephen (2016). The neurologists: A history of a medical specialty in modern Britain, c.1789–2000. Manchester University Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7190-9192-6.
  2. ^ Schurr, Peter H (February 1985). "Outline of the History of the Section of Neurology of the Royal Society of Medicine". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 78 (2): 146–148. doi:10.1177/014107688507800215. PMC 1289587. PMID 3882962.
  3. ^ Compston, Alastair (August 2004). "Editorial". Brain. 127 (8): 1689–1690. doi:10.1093/brain/awh240.
  4. ^ "Brain". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2022.