STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it is set to launch the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders to complement its portfolio of biomedical journals. Published quarterly, the journal will be available both online and in print formats, beginning March 2009. Dr. Joseph Piven of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He will be supported by an international editorial board.
The Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders is aimed at integrating current, cutting-edge research across a number of disciplines. This includes neurobiology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience and psychology and disorders. The primary focus will be on pathogenesis, the study of the origin and development of a disease or disorder. Treatment studies which lead to new insights about the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders will be relevant subjects for this publication. Target audiences will include both researchers and clinicians interested in an integrated, interdisciplinary perspective on the pathogenesis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders.
The journal will be available in print and on Springer's online platform www.springerlink.com.All articles will be published online via Online First before they appear in print, thereby ensuring rapid dissemination of papers to the scientific community. The journal will include Cross Reference Linking and ToC Alerts, a feature by which subscribers receive the table of contents by email weeks in advance of the new issue. All authors, via the Springer Open Choice programme, will have the option of publishing their articles using the open access publishing model.
