Brain and Neuroscience Advances is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the British Neuroscience Association.
Please note that as of June 2026, the journal is closed to new submissions. We are immensely proud of the high-quality, impactful research published throughout the journal's lifetime, which spans all aspects of neuroscience - from molecular and cellular regulation to behavioural and cognitive disorders.
Access the Journal Archive
The BNA remains fully committed to ensuring that the valuable research published in Brain and Neuroscience Advances remains discoverable, citable, and freely available to the global scientific community.
In accordance with our commitment to open science, all published papers will remain accessible in perpetuity. You can browse, read, and download the full archive of articles via the following platforms:
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Visit the Sage Journal Homepage – Access the complete archive of all volumes, special issues, and individual papers.
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View on PubMed Central / Europe PMC – Search and access all indexed articles via the permanent public repository.
Our Legacy of Credible Publishing Practices
In 2019, the British Neuroscience Association launched its Credibility in Neuroscience campaign, with the mission of making neuroscience research more robust, reliable, replicable, and reproducible.
Because publishing plays a critical role in shaping how research is conducted, Brain and Neuroscience Advances actively supported this mission by embedding open, transparent, and rigorous practices into its publication model. The permanent archive reflects these high standards:
- Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines
The journal follows the TOP Guidelines, a set of eight modular standards aimed at increasing research transparency. The published archive includes practices like open data and materials, study preregistration, and replication studies. Through these standards, Brain and Neuroscience Advances is part of a dedicated group of neuroscience journals - including Nature Human Behaviour, European Journal of Neuroscience, and Journal of Neurochemistry - committed to research integrity.
- Open Science Badges
Authors were structurally supported in sharing their data, materials, and analysis code. These papers in the archive are formally recognised with Open Science Badges.
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Transparent Author Contributions
Every article in the archive includes a detailed contributions section, recognising the diverse roles behind the research. The journal utilised the CRediT taxonomy to clearly define each author’s role.
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Registered Reports
The journal offered a Registered Reports format, where articles were accepted based on their study design before data collection. This format is proven to reduce publication bias, ensuring studies are published regardless of outcome. These archived reports bear a Preregistration badge. To strengthen its Registered Reports infrastructure, the journal joined PCI RR, a platform for reviewing and recommending Registered Reports across STEM, medicine, social sciences, and humanities.
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Preregistration
The journal welcomed the publication of preregistered studies via platforms like the Open Science Framework (OSF). These are recognized throughout the archive with Preregistration badges.
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Publishing Null Results
Brain and Neuroscience Advances recognized the immense scientific value of studies that support the null hypothesis. The papers in this archive were evaluated and published based on methodological robustness, regardless of whether the outcomes were positive or negative.
Questions?
For institutional enquiries regarding past publications or archiving policies, please contact the BNA team at [email protected]