About the Journal

Neuroscience of Consciousness is an open access journal which publishes papers on the biological basis of consciousness, welcoming contributions from neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, computer science, and allied disciplines. Submissions can be empirical, methodological, theoretical, or philosophical, and need not directly address the biological basis of consciousness so long as the relevance to this topic is clear. As well as the primary phenomenon of consciousness itself, relevant topics include interactions between conscious and unconscious processes; selfhood; emotion; metacognition and higher-order consciousness; intention, volition, and agency; individual differences in consciousness; altered states of consciousness; disorders of consciousness in psychiatry and neurology; and consciousness in infants, non-human animals, and machines. The journal publishes research articles (including registered reports), review articles, brief communications, and ‘spotlight’ commentaries. See instructions to authors for more information on article types.

The journal supports Open Science Badges to acknowledge open science practices. These badges are offered as incentives to share data and materials and preregister research, and signal to the reader that the content has been made available in a persistent location. The journal also welcomes registered report submissions. More information can be found here.

Indexing and Archiving

Articles published in Neuroscience of Consciousness are indexed in the following databases: 

Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

Google Scholar
Academic OneFile
Academic Search
British Library
CSA
DOAJ
EBSCOhost
NA Publishing
Infotrieve 
INIST * CNRS
Reprints Desk 
ProQuest Summon
FIZ Karlsruhe 
OAlister
OCLC
Zetoc

COPE
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).