About
Time to first decision with review:
28 days*
Time from acceptance to publication:
28 days*
Impact Factor (JCR):
2.4
Citescore:
3.7
Total content views:
1 million
Aims and scope
The essential point of Practical Neurology is that it is practical in the sense of being useful for everyone who sees neurological patients and who wants to keep up to date, and safe, in managing them. In other words this is a journal for jobbing neurologists – which most of us are for at least part of our time – who plough through the tension headaches and funny turns week in and week out.
Practical Neurology Index
Practical Neurology has mapped its content onto the UK curriculum. This can be viewed via this link.
Ownership
Practical Neurology is owned by BMJ and co-published with the Association of British Neurologists.
Editorial Board
For information about the Practical Neurology editorial team please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Journal information
Publication Model
Subscription; with hybrid open access option
Frequency
Bi-monthly
Launch date
2001
Indexed by
Web of Science Core Collection: Emerging Sources Citation Index, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), Google Scholar
Peer Review Model
Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author
Print ISSN
1474-7758
Online ISSN
1474-7766
Journal Statistics 2024
Acceptance rate: 44%
Speed
Time to first decision with review: 28 days (median)
Time to first decision without review: 3 days (median)
Time from acceptance to publication: 28 days (median)
Impact
Impact Factor category: Clinical Neurology
Impact Factor (JCR): 2.4
Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.55
Eigenfactor Score: 0.00275
Citescore: 3.7
Citescore rank: 209/400
SciMago Journal Rank: 0.713
Reach
Total content view: 1 million
Total Altmetric mentions: 839
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Contact Information
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Affiliations
Members of the Association of British Neurologists (ABN) receive copies of PN as a benefit of membership.
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BMJ is a founding organisation of the AllTrials initiative, which calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their results reported.