{
  "name": "Core Neuropsychology Journals Comparative Matrix",
  "description": "Comparative matrix of eight core peer-reviewed neuropsychology journals, compiling society governance, publishing house, primary editorial scope, key bibliographic indexing, and peer review format from official publisher policies.",
  "page": "https://casrai.org/guides/neuropsychology-journals",
  "publisher": "CASRAI",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "dateModified": "2026-11-14T23:53:28Z",
  "temporalCoverage": "2026",
  "spatialCoverage": null,
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "Journal Title",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Official serial publication name"
    },
    {
      "name": "Publisher",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Academic publishing house or university press"
    },
    {
      "name": "Society Affiliation",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Professional or scientific society sponsorship"
    },
    {
      "name": "Primary Focus",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Core methodological and topical orientation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Key Indexing",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Major bibliographic databases indexing the journal"
    },
    {
      "name": "Review Model",
      "unit": "",
      "description": "Primary peer review workflow format"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "Journal Title": "Neuropsychology",
      "Publisher": "American Psychological Association",
      "Society Affiliation": "APA Division 40 Affinity",
      "Primary Focus": "Empirical brain-behavior relationships across lifespan",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Masked Peer Review"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "The Clinical Neuropsychologist",
      "Publisher": "Taylor & Francis / Routledge",
      "Society Affiliation": "American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology",
      "Primary Focus": "Clinical practice, assessment guidelines, professional standards",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind Peer Review"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology",
      "Publisher": "Oxford University Press",
      "Society Affiliation": "National Academy of Neuropsychology",
      "Primary Focus": "Clinical assessment, CNS dysfunction, lifespan, medicolegal",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind Peer Review"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society",
      "Publisher": "Cambridge University Press",
      "Society Affiliation": "International Neuropsychological Society",
      "Primary Focus": "International multidisciplinary clinical & experimental neuropsychology",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind Peer Review"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "Cortex",
      "Publisher": "Elsevier",
      "Society Affiliation": "EBBS and FESN Affiliated",
      "Primary Focus": "Cognition, lesion-deficit models, cerebral cortex, imaging",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind and Registered Reports"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "Neuropsychologia",
      "Publisher": "Elsevier",
      "Society Affiliation": "None (Independent)",
      "Primary Focus": "Cognitive neuroscience mechanisms and lesion-deficit studies",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind Peer Review"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology",
      "Publisher": "Taylor & Francis",
      "Society Affiliation": "None (Independent)",
      "Primary Focus": "Integration of clinical and experimental neuropsychology",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind Peer Review"
    },
    {
      "Journal Title": "Neuropsychology Review",
      "Publisher": "Springer",
      "Society Affiliation": "None (Independent)",
      "Primary Focus": "Critical reviews, meta-analyses, and methodological treatises",
      "Key Indexing": "MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Web of Science",
      "Review Model": "Single-Blind Peer Review"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "APA Neuropsychology Journal Scope",
      "url": "https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/neu",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology Aims and Scope",
      "url": "https://academic.oup.com/acn",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Clinical Neuropsychologist Aims and Scope",
      "url": "https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ntcn20",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society Scope",
      "url": "https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-neuropsychological-society",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cortex Aims and Scope",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/cortex",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Neuropsychologia Guide for Authors",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neuropsychologia",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "JCEN Aims and Scope",
      "url": "https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ncen20",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    },
    {
      "title": "Neuropsychology Review Journal Overview",
      "url": "https://link.springer.com/journal/11065",
      "accessed": "2026-11-14"
    }
  ]
}