Cerebral Cortex, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1,
January 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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As we enter the ninth year of publishing Cerebral Cortex, there are several developments and changes that may be of interest to contributors, readers and subscribers. From all indications, the journal has become an important venue for research articles and mini-reviews on the organization, function and development of the cerebral cortex and its relationship with subcortical structures. The impact factor of Cerebral Cortex has increased again to a respectable 5.5, which places it at the top among specialty journals and 15th among 150 neuroscience journals, including major review periodicals. The full text of Cerebral Cortex is also published on line at http://www.oup.co.uk/cercor/.
Manuscript submissions also increased in 1998 by over 25%, which is a record in the constantly increasing annual submissions since the inception of the journal. This has had the effect of delaying publication of the next special issue until 1999. In recognition of these development, Oxford University Press has increased our page allocation for the next year by about 20%. The journal does not levy page charges and has recently reduced the cost for color illustrations. In addition, we plan to expand to 12 issues per year in the year 2000. These developments will lessen publication time considerably. Presently, we are in the process of preparing two special issues for 1999 with the tentative titles: `Genes of the Cerebral Cortex', guest editor John Rubenstein, followed by `The Mysterious Orbital Prefrontal Cortex', guest editors Carmen Cavada and Wolfram Schultz.
The increase from 8 to 12 issues in 2000 will be an appropriate occasion to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the journal with a special issue and we welcome ideas from the field. If you missed our last year's editorial, we should like to remind you that Cerebral Cortex covers the areas of development, anatomy, physiology, and cellular and molecular biology of the cerebral cortex, as well as related structures such as the hippocampus, thalamus and basal ganglia. Its coverage encompasses cognition, learning and memory. Additionally, it publishes rigorous research in behavioral sciences as well as on normal and neurologically impaired human subjects using the non-invasive methods of functional magentic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. Thus, if your interest is in the cerebral cortex, its evolution, as well as normal and pathological function, Cerebral Cortex is an indispensable source of news and an effective way of communication and fertilization between basic and clinical sciences. We hope that you will convince your institutional or departmental librarian to subscribe, if they have not already done so.
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