Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word .docx, .doc, or .rtf document file format.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 11-point font; figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
Please use the article template here when preparing your article
https://www.jneurophilosophy.com/Download/JNphiTemplate.docx
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
https://www.jneurophilosophy.com/index.php/jnp/authorguideline
You are required to provide 6 - 7 keywords for indexing purposes. Keywords should be written in English. Please try to avoid keywords consisting of multiple words (using "and" or "of").
Article title. Article titles should be concise and informative. Please avoid abbreviations and formulae, where possible, unless they are established and widely understood, e.g., DNA.
Author names. Provide the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author. The order of authors should match the order in the submission system. Carefully check that all names are accurately spelled.
Affiliations. Add affiliation addresses, referring to where the work was carried out, below the author names.

Author Guidelines

Journal of NeuroPhilosophy (ISSN 1307-6531, registered July 04, 2007) is a dedicated to supporting the interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of philosophy and its relation to the nervous system. Neurophilosophy is not just an interdisciplinary field, it is a multidisciplinary field, and therefore multiple minds are needed both to seek answers for overcoming difficult challenges and to construct new philosophical perspectives for the future with the scientific knowledge coming from the studies of neuroscience. The aim of the JNphi is to reveal this path and walking through it. Another important aim of ours is revealing the world of neuroscience to philosophers and the world of philosophy to neuroscientists so that providing a suitable environment to bring the two fields together in the mind. For this reason, we will be welcoming not only interdisciplinary articles, but also the philosophy and neuroscience articles, individually. Both parties will surely have a lot to learn from each other.

Please use the article template here when preparing your article (DOWNLOAD ARTICLE TEMPLATE). Also use it during online submission. The preparation of your article in the form of these formal rules is important for editorial first look/opinion and referee evaluation.

φ Types of contribution

Interdisciplinary discussions are particularly encouraged. Journal of NeuroPhilosophy (JNphi) is accept articles;

φ Opinion and Perspectives
φ Hypothesis and Theory
φ Review Articles
φ Neuroscience for Philosophers
φ Philosophy for Neuroscientist
φ Original and Experimental Articles
φ Commentaries
φ Book Review and Letters.

OPINION and PERSPECTIVES

Opinion and Perspectives should present a personal view on a topic within the scope of the journal. Keywords should be provided by the author(s). These articles may contain topical, historical or biographical information on relevant research, technologies and future research needs. Max 15 pages and 20 references.

HYPOTHESIS and THEORY

In hypothesis and theory articles, more new perspectives, perspectives that extend outside the box, will be especially preferred. A hypothesis is a fresh, unchallenged idea that a scientist proposes prior to conducting research. The purpose of a hypothesis is to provide a tentative explanation for an occurrence, an explanation that scientists can either support or disprove through experimentation. A hypothesis proposes a tentative explanation or prediction. A theory, on the other hand, is a substantiated explanation for an occurrence. Theories rely on tested and verified data, and scientists widely accepted theories to be true, though not unimpeachable. Max 15 pages and 20 references.

REVIEW ARTICLES

Review articles should be complete, critical evaluations of the existing state of knowledge in a particular topic or area within the scope of the journal. Rather than a 'collage' of detailed information with a complete literature survey, a critically selected treatment of the material is desired; unsolved problems and possible developments should also be discussed. The introduction of a review article should primarily introduce the non-specialist to the subject as clearly as possible. A review should conclude with a section entitled 'Summary and outlook' in which the achievements of and new challenges for the subject are outlined succinctly. Length: a review article manuscript should consist of a maximum of 20 pages of text, footnotes, literature citations, tables and legend; there should be no more than 30 references.

NEUROSCIENCE FOR PHILOSOPHERS

They are generally articles that deal with basic neuroscience concepts. These are articles that deal with the basics of neuroscience in simple language for philosophers who will come to this field. Max 15 pages, 20 references.

PHILOSOPHY FOR NEUROSCIENTIST

In general, they are articles that deal with the history and concepts of basic philosophy, philosophy of mind perspectives, ancient ulsolved mind-brain/body problems and concepts in philosophy. The aim is to give new neuroscientists the habit of reading, learning and comprehending philosophy. Philosophy of mind concepts of philosophers in the history of philosophy can also be discussed. Max 15 pages, 20 references.

ORIGINAL or EXPERIMENTAL ARTICLES

Articles should be comprehensive, fully documented reports of original research. They should be concise but with complete results and conclusions. Authors are encouraged to take advantage of the Web features available (including 3D animations, video and sound). Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and discussion, Conclusion and outlook, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations list, References.

Article title
The title should clearly and concisely reflect the content of the article. Titles are very important for current awareness and information retrieval and therefore should be carefully constructed for these purposes.

Names and addresses
For multiple-authored articles list the names and affiliations of all the authors, the email address(es), the full postal addresses, using identifiers to link an author with an address where necessary.

Abstract
Articles have an abstract, separate from the text, of up to 600 words and that should not contain any references, numbers, abbreviations, or acronyms unless absolutely necessary. The abstract should give readers concise information about the content of the article. It should not only indicate the general scope of the article but also state the main results obtained and conclusions drawn. When preparing their abstracts, authors should keep in mind that this summary is aimed at an interdisciplinary audience which includes readers outside of their field. The abstract is the most important section of the paper since it will be widely and freely disseminated by scientific indexing systems, and will be read far more often than the whole paper. Great care should therefore be taken to provide an informative abstract which summarizes the main argument of the paper.

Keywords
All authors are required to provide up to five keywords characterizing the topic of their article. Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 5 keywords, using American spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.

Introduction
An introduction of up to 800 words should include a statement explaining the motivation for the research and should accurately place the investigations in context with previous or current work in the field.

Experimental section
This section provides a clear, unambiguous description of methods, materials and equipment in sufficient detail to permit reproduction of the work. Please note that communications, which are preliminary reports of original significant research results, should keep experimental details to a minimum.

Results and discussion
These sections should present the results and interpret them in a clear and concise manner.

Conclusion and outlook
This last section should outline succinctly the results, present possible important applications of the work, suggestions for future research studies, and reflections on new challenges for the subject.

References Style

Citation of literature references in the text should be given at the appropriate place by the author's name followed by year in parentheses. Should there be more than two authors, the first author's name should be followed by et al. When there are two or more papers by the same author(s) appearing in the same year these should be distinguished by a, b, c, etc. after the year. All references cited in the text should be listed at the end of the paper on a separate page according to the Harvard system, i.e., arranged in alphabetical order according to the first author followed by the second author, then with all papers with more than two authors being arranged in chronological order.

Every reference cited in the text should appear in the list of references and vice versa. Literature references must be complete, including initials of author(s) cited, title of paper referred to, and title of journal, year, followed by volume and first and last pages of article.

The form of literature references to books should be author, initials, title of book, volume or edition, publisher, city, year and page number(s) referred to. References to authors contributing to multi-author books or to proceedings printed in book form should be similar to those for books.

References samples (Vancouver style);

Journal article: Triggs WJ, Ghacibeh G, Springer U, Bowers D. Lateralized asymmetry of facial motor evoked potentials. Neurology 2005;65:541-544.

Book: Costa DC, Morgan GF, Lassen NA, eds.New trends in neurology and psychiatry. John Libbey, 1993.

Article advance access: Trimble, M. Musing about medical muses. Brain. Published online 10 June 2012. doi:10.1093/brain/aws116

Book chapter: Barkovich AJ. Disorders of neuronal migration and organization. In: Kuzniecky RI, Jackson GD, eds. Magnetic resonance in epilepsy. Raven Press, 1994:235-255.

Conference proceedings: Hou Y, Qiu Y, Vo NH, et al. Highly active against H. influenzae. In: Programs and Abstracts of the Forty-third Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. American Society for Microbiology 2003:242-247.

Website: Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Accessed 11 November 2024. https://www.jneurophilosophy.com/index.php/alzheimer/

PDF (Online): Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Acknowledgement list for ADNI publications. Accessed 11 November 2020. http://adni.loni.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/list.pdf

Thesis: Wei C. Bayesian method for finding interactions in genomic studies. PhD thesis. The University of Michigan, Department of Biostatistics, 2004.

Preprint: Gellersen HM, Coughlan G, Hornberger M, Simons SS. Memory precision of object-location binding is unimpaired in APOE ε4-carriers with spatial navigation deficits. bioRxiv. [Preprint] doi:10.1101/2020.12.18.423245

Web references

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.

Mathematics and Symbols
You should take care when writing mathematical articles especially regarding subscripts and superscripts and differentiation between the letter 'l' and the figure one, C and c, S and s, k, K and other similar groups of letters. If your article contains superscripts or subscripts to superscripts or subscripts, take special care to ensure that the positioning of the characters is unambiguous. If special symbols are needed (e.g., Greek characters, accented characters or mathematical symbols) these should be typed using the appropriate TrueType font. Do not use the Symbol facility on the 'Insert' menu as this often results in font conversion problems. Equations must be prepared using Equation Editor or MathType.

Figures and Tables
You may illustrate your text by line diagrams and photographs. The figures should be clear, easy to read and of good quality. We accept maximum 7 figure per manuscript. We will normally use figures as submitted; it is therefore your responsibility to ensure that they are correct. Authors are required to provide a list of captions describing each figure and identifying the symbols used. The use of color in illustrations can enhance the effective presentation of results, and we are pleased to offer free reproduction of color illustrations in the electronic version of Journal of NeuroPhilosophy (JNphi). There is no charge for color reproduction of illustrations in the electronic version of the journal when the use of color is clearly required to further understanding and communication. Our preferred graphics formats are PNG, JPG, JPEG. These files can be used directly to give high quality results and file sizes are small in comparison with most bitmap forms.

Proofs

Proofs of articles are usually sent to you for correction by e-mail as an annotated Microsoft word *.doc or *.docx file attachment. When checking your proofs you should take particular care checking mathematics, tables and references. Only essential corrections should be made.

Acknowledgements
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the ‘Acknowledgements’ section.

Funding
All sources of funding must be disclosed at the end of the main text under a separate heading ‘Funding’.

Refereeing Process
All contributions that are selected for peer review are sent to two independent reviewers (one reviewer for invited articles). You can track your article situation.

BOOK REVIEW

Book reviews should cover the following topics

φ Review of the book’s content and scope.

φ Contribution the book makes to evaluation work.

φ Identification of any controversial stances the author may take.

φ Level of expertise and knowledge required by the reader to appreciate the book’s content.

φ Identification of the paradigmatic or intellectual perspectives in which the work is grounded.

φ Discussion of the types of evaluation work and evaluation settings for which the book would be useful.

φ Reviews should include specification of the publisher, author, number of pages, date of publication, and price as appropriate for hard cover, soft cover, and electronic editions.

φ The length of reviews can vary as the reviewer sees fit, but as a general guideline, we expect reviews to be between 2,000 and 3000 words long, as the reviewer deems appropriate.

Statement of Informed Consent

Patients have a right to privacy that should not be infringed without informed consent. Identifying information, including patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that a patient who is identifiable be shown the manuscript to be published. Authors should identify Individuals who provide writing assistance and disclose the funding source for this assistance. Identifying details should be omitted if they are not essential. Complete anonymity is difficult to achieve, however, and informed consent should be obtained if there is any doubt. For example, masking the eye region in photographs of patients is inadequate protection of anonymity. If identifying characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pedigrees, authors should provide assurance that alterations do not distort scientific meaning and editors should so note. When informed consent has been obtained it should be indicated in the published article.

Human and Animal Rights

Depending on the nature of the regarding research, manuscripts submitted for publication in the Journal of NeuroPhilosophy (JNphi) must contain a statement to the effect that the concerning legally binding ethical standards have been met. Authors are required to check if any of the below statements applies to their submitted work and if necessary, to tick the relevant box and sign the form accordingly.

φ Prepare your paper for submission
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φ Submit and revise
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φ Track your submitted paper
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Review Articles

Opinion and Perspectives

Research Articles

Articles should be comprehensive, fully documented reports of original research. They should be concise but with complete results and conclusions. Authors are encouraged to take advantage of the Web features available (including 3D animations, video and sound). Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections, each beginning on a new page: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results and discussion, Conclusion and outlook, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations list, References. See Author Guidelines for more information

Commentaries

Commentaries are short, narrowly focused articles that are usually commissioned by the journal. These articles are generally not peer-reviewed.

Book Review

The JNPhi publishes reviews of books that are either newly published, or that have newly come to the attention of advisors. In the latter category, the book's topic can make all the difference. Book Review submissions should not exceed 600 words, including author, title, date, publishers, number of pages, cost, ISBN, references cited as well as the reviewer's name and institution. Make notes as you read since reviews should go well beyond what can be found in the book's table of contents. This process not only makes writing the review much easier it helps you quickly highlight the book's strengths and weakness. As you make notes from your review book, be sure to jot down the page number of any quotation you'd like to use.

Copyright Notice

Free to read, free to publish! Authors are not charged a fee for submission or publication. All articles published within JNphi – archive, current, and future – will be immediately accessible without restriction, maximizing the impact of the high-quality research we publish. Open Access ensures no barriers to access, facilitating openness, transparency, dissemination, and reproducibility of impactful academic research. Articles in the JNphi will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original is properly cited.

Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, CC BY (or the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License CC BY-NC), which allows users to (noncommercially) copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship.

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