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BRAIN AND LANGUAGE AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Impact Factor p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.1 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.3 ISSN: 0093-934X DESCRIPTION . Aims and Scope An interdisciplinary journal, Brain and Language publishes articles that elucidate the complex relationships among language, brain, and behavior. The journal covers the large variety of modern techniques in cognitive neuroscience, including functional and structural brain imaging, electrophysiology, cellular and molecular neurobiology, genetics, lesion-based approaches, and computational modeling. All articles must relate to human language and be relevant to the understanding of its neurobiological and neurocognitive bases. Published articles in the journal are expected to have significant theoretical novelty and/or practical implications, and use perspectives and methods from psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience along with brain data and brain measures. Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services. Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 2.381 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Scopus PubMed/Medline Science Citation Index Embase CSA Neurosciences Abstracts Current Contents - Social & Behavioral Sciences Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts PsycINFO Social Sciences Citation Index Linguistic Bibliography (BLonline) AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 1 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/b&l 1 EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Ping Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Associate Editors Manuel Carreiras, Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language, San Sebastian, Spain Evelyn Ferstl, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Institute for Psychology, Freiburg, Germany Swathi Kiran, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Michael Ullman, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Editorial Board Members Hermann Ackermann, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Horacio Barber, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain Jeffrey Binder, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America Tali Bitan, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel Sheila Blumstein, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America David Copland, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Joao Mendonca Correia, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal Gary Dell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Psychology, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America Guinevere Eden, Georgetown University, Department of Pediatrics, Center for the Study of Learning, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America Karen Emmorey, San Diego State University School of Speech Language and Hearing, San Diego, California, United States of America Miriam Faust, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Kara Federmeier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Psychology, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America Peter Hagoort, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands Arturo Hernandez, University of Houston, Dept. of Psychology, Trauma and Stress Studies Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America Gregory Hickok, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America Paul Hoffman, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Frédéric Isel, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Department of Language Science, Paris, France Lutz Jäncke, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Hyeonjeong Jeong, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan Marta Kutas, University of California San Diego Department of Cognitive Science, La Jolla, California, United States of America Claudio Luzzatti, University of Milan, Milan, Italy Alec Marantz, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America Nadine Martin, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Gabriele Miceli, University of Trento Interdepartmental Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, Rovereto, Italy Daniela Perani, Neuroscience Institute Milan Office National Research Council, Milano, Italy Friedemann Pulvermuller, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Björn Rasch, University of Fribourg Research Unit Cognitive Biopsychology and Methods, Freiburg, Switzerland Chaleece W. Sandberg, The Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America Sophie Scott, University College London, London, United Kingdom Li Hai Tan, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom Xing Tian, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China Ovid J.-L. Tzeng, Institute of Linguistics Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Founding Editor H.A. Whitaker, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States of America Editor Emeritus S.L. Small (2005 – 2019), University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 1 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/b&l 2 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Introduction Brain and Language publishes original research articles on the neuroscience of language. Each contribution will be relevant to human language and to any aspect of the brain or brain function. Articles from many scientific disciplines will fit into this framework, and it is expected that many of these will be interdisciplinary. In all cases, it is expected that the highest standards of research methodology will be achieved, and at the discretion of the Editorial Board, papers will be subject to secondary methodological review. Types of contribution Manuscripts of five types are solicited: Short communications: These are succinct articles typically reporting a single important experimental finding. Such articles usually contain fewer than 6 published pages, or fewer than 5,000 words (including figure legends and references). Typically such articles include Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Methods already published should be cited and not restated. Short communications may have up to 3 Figures/Tables that take up at most 1 full journal page. Such articles will earn rapid review and decision, and will have priority for rapid publication. Regular articles: These are regular articles typically reporting significant experimental findings. Typical articles occupy between 6 and 12 pages in the journal, or fewer than 10,000 words (including figure legends and references), but can be longer with submission of a cover letter justifying the need for additional length and permission of the Editor. Regular articles may have up to 6 Figures/Tables that take up at most 2 full journal pages. Review articles: These are longer articles that critically review a topic of importance to the readership of Brain and Language. Such articles are typically up to 15 pages, and contain extensive references to the literature. Opinion articles: These are short articles that provide a new or integrative theoretical perspective or a novel methodology to the field. Such articles state the authors' opinions clearly while integrating the extant literature succinctly. The articles in this category usually contain fewer than 6 published pages, or fewer than 5,000 words (including figure legends but excluding references). Keynote articles: Keynote articles are invited by the editors. They should present a coherent theoretical perspective with a substantial review of key issues in brain and language. Each keynote articles will be published along with 6-10 commentaries by field experts. Accepted commentaries will be sent to the authors of keynote articles for a response. This Keynote - Commentary - Response format will be limited to 12,000 - 2,000 - 5,000 words in length, respectively (not including references, tables, and figures). Contact details If you have any questions regarding the appropriateness of a manuscript then please contact: Brain and Language Editorial Office E-mail: [email protected] SUBMISSION_CHECKLIST You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details. Ensure that the following items are present: One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details: • E-mail address • Full postal address All necessary files have been uploaded: Manuscript: • Include keywords AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 1 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/b&l 3 • All figures (include relevant captions) • All tables (including titles, description, footnotes) • Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided • Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable) Supplemental files (where applicable) Further considerations • Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'; if authors wish to seek help from Elsevier's Language Editing Service, see further details below under Language • All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material