Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
the official publication of the CNSF national specialty societies
The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (CJNS) is the official publication of the six Member Societies of the Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation (CNSF); The Canadian Neurological Society (CNS), Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS), Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists (CSCN), Canadian Association of Child Neurology (CACN), Canadian Society of Neuroradiology (CSNR) and the Canadian Stroke Consortium (CSC).
The CJNS is a widely circulated, internationally recognized medical journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles across all areas of the clinical neurosciences. The CJNS has established its reputation over the past half century as a highly respected, impactful, and multi-disciplinary publication. Through a longstanding relationship with Cambridge University Press, the CJNS publishes articles spanning the breadth of the neurological sciences, from basic laboratory and translational studies, to clinically themed papers across neurology, neurosurgery, child neurology, and neuroradiology, to original research and commentary in neuroethics. Articles are published in English with abstracts in both English and French. The Journal publishes six online issues per year (January, March, May, July, September, and November). Individual articles are added online as soon as "accepted" and receive their unique "doi" at that time.
The first Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences was published in 1974 in Winnipeg. It was founded by Dr. Robert T Ross of Winnipeg, two years after attending the inaugural Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences in Banff, Alberta in 1972. Dr Ross' vision was to created a forum to showcase the world class work being done by CNSF members in the clinical and basic neurosciences. In 1981, the CJNS journal became the official publication of the member societies of the CNSF.
THE CJNS TODAY
Today, the CJNS journal continues to encourage the publication of papers from all branches of the neurosciences. Journal policy is based on the firm belief that specialists working on the nervous system share many common interests and have important ideas to communicate to each other.
In 2024, Dr. Tejas Sankar became the new CJNS Editor-in-Chief. A clinician-scientist based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Dr. Sankar is the first neurosurgeon to serve as Editor-in-Chief, ascending to the role after several years as an Associate Editor. Dr. Sankar is enthusiastic about growing the CJNS and its impact, and is supported in this mission by a strong team of Associate Editors, a Social Media Editor, a growing Editorial Board, and volunteer peer reviewers from the CNSF membership and beyond.
The circulation is currently 9,420 and consists of CNSF society members, non-members and institutions in Canada, the United States and abroad.
CNSF Members have exclusive access to the most current year of publication. All other articles are open access.
The CJNS welcomes your submissions of scholarly papers
Why submit to Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences?
- We are an internationally recognized and respected publication with a distinctive Canadian flavour!
- Articles are viewable online immediately after acceptance and assigned the unique "doi" at that time.
Original articles are now accompanied by highlights, reviewer commentaries, and social media promotion to increase their reach and to foster scholarly discussion. - Indexed in SCI (Clarivate), Scopus, Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar and more.
- Authors may choose to publish their articles open access. Open access options in CJNS.
- CNSF Members receive GOLD open access at half price.
- Full author support from submission through to publication.
- Fast peer review times - average time to first decision is less than 30 days in 2024.
CJNS Open Access and Transformative Agreement
CJNS is a hybrid journal, meaning it offers authors the option to publish open access for a fee (article processing charge, or APC). CNSF membership offers a 50% discount on Cambridge’s standard 2025 APC of US$ 3550 (CNSF member Rate: US$ 1775). CJNS is also a part of Cambridge’s robust Transformative Agreement program, meaning eligible authors will be able to publish open access at no additional charge to them. Please visit our online tool to check if your institution is part of a Transformative Agreement: Open access waivers and discounts (cambridge.org)
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Benefit of CNSF Membership
CNSF Members receive an online subscription to the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences with exclusive access to the most 'Current Publication' of each issue.
Members submitting an article to the CJNS have the added benefit to receive GOLD open access at half price.
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