Aim

The Journal of Commissure is dedicated to advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and management of neurological disorders. Our mission is to provide comprehensive reviews, clinical trials, and high-quality research to bridge the gap between basic neuroscience and clinical practice. The journal serves as a platform for the exchange of cutting-edge findings and evidence-based perspectives in neurology.

Aims and Scope

Aim: The Journal of Commissure's goal is to advance neurological disorder understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and management through providing comprehensive reviews, clinical trials, and high-calibre research. The journal offers a space for the exchange of cutting-edge findings and evidence-based perspectives in an effort to bridge the knowledge gap between basic neuroscience and clinical practice.

Scope and Focus

Our journal covers a broad spectrum of topics within clinical neurology, including but not limited to:

• Neurological disorders and diseases
• Neuroimaging and diagnostics
• Neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience
• Neurorehabilitation strategies, neuroplasticity
• Neurogenetics
• Neuropharmacology
• Neuro Archaeology
• Neurophilosophy
• Clinical trials and observational studies
• Clinical trial studies, outcome-based studies/analysis
• Digital image-based disease diagnosis
• Computer-based patient/disease management systems
• Genome sciences
• Modern “omics” studies
• Gene regulation, expression, and function
• Cell signalling
• Mental, environmental health

Article Types

Original research papers, reviews, case studies, clinical images/videos study, and letter to editor, editorials that shed light on neurological conditions and industry developments are all welcome. The highest level of scientific integrity and published content relevancy are guaranteed by our stringent peer-review procedure.

Original Research

Original Research articles are crucial for advancing knowledge in any field, as they present new data and insights from empirical studies. Articles will contain laboratory or clinical scientific research pertaining to Journal of Commissure.

Review Article

For review articles to be considered for publication, they should meet the following criteria:

• Address a topic that is timely, of significant importance and/or novel.
• Possess a significant depth or level of critical analysis of the literature being reviewed.
• Provide new insight or new synthesis to an appropriately circumscribed area of literature.
• Identify key data gaps in the area of literature and provide suggestions for addressing those gaps.

Case Report

Case Reports can present a case study, case report, or other description of a case. These reports can provide valuable insights that might not be captured in larger studies or clinical trials, contributing to medical knowledge and potentially guiding future research or clinical practice. The case report may be up to 300 words in length.

Clinical Images/Videos Study

Clinical images and videos are crucial in medical practice and research for a variety of reasons. They can be used for diagnostic purposes, surgical planning, educational content, and tracking disease progression. Clinical images/videos study could be in 150 to 250 words in length.

Literature Gap

Identifying and addressing knowledge gaps in the literature is a critical aspect of advancing research and improving understanding in any field. It's essential to clearly articulate the gap, why it's significant, and suggest directions for future research or inquiry.

Letter to Editor

Letters to the Editor could be 300 to 500 words in length, responding to material in Journal of Commissure, introducing a new point of view, or discussing a topic of current concern. Letters will be subject to the same review process as Original Research articles and Reviews.

Magnum Opus

In the field of neurology, the term "magnum opus" could be used to describe a seminal work or groundbreaking research that significantly advances the understanding of neurological disorders, treatments, or principles.

Writing and Formatting

File Format

We ask you to provide editable source files for your entire submission (including figures, tables and text graphics). Some guidelines:

• Save files in an editable format, using the extension .doc/.docx for Word files and text files. A PDF is not an acceptable source file.
• Text file should be in Times New Roman with 12 font size.

Title Page

You are required to include the following details in the title page information:

• Article title: Article titles should be concise and informative. Please avoid abbreviations and formulae, where possible, unless they are established and widely understood.
• Author names: Provide the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author. The order of authors should match the order in the submission system. Carefully check that all names are accurately spelled. If needed, you can add your name between parentheses in your own script after the English transliteration.
• Affiliations: Place affiliation addresses—which indicate the location of the work—below the names of the authors. After the author's name and before the relevant address, indicate associations with a lower-case superscript letter. Make sure you provide each affiliation's complete mailing address, together with the name of the country and, if available, the email address of each writer.
• Corresponding author: Indicate in detail of correspondence about your article during the entire publishing and refereeing process, as well as after it has been published. This duty entails responding to any follow-up inquiries regarding your data, methods, materials, and outcomes. It is crucial that you maintain your corresponding author's email address and contact information current throughout the submission and publication processes.

Abstract

You must submit a factual and brief abstract. The main findings, important conclusions, and the goal of your study should all be briefly stated in the abstract. Since abstracts often appear separately from the articles, they must be able to stand alone. An abstract should not contain more than 300 words.

Keywords

You are required to provide 3 to 5 keywords for indexing purposes. Keywords should be written in English and separated by (;). Please try to avoid keywords consisting of multiple words (using "and" or "of").

Tables

Tables must be submitted as editable text, not as images. Some guidelines:

• Place tables must be supplied in the manuscript file as well as separate files in Tables section.
• Number tables consecutively according to their appearance in the text.
• Please provide captions along with the tables.
• Place any table notes below the table body.

Figures, Images and Artwork

Figures, images, artwork, diagrams and other graphical media must be supplied in the manuscript file as well as separate files in figures section (Multiple files of tables and figures should be uploaded at once).

• Cite all images in the manuscript text.
• Number images according to the sequence they appear within your article.
• Submit each image as a separate file using a logical naming convention for your files (for example, Fig.1, Fig.2 etc).
• Please provide captions along with the artwork.
• Figure should be saved as TIFF, JPG, JPEG, or PNG files using a minimum of 600 dpi.

Supplementary Material

Send in supporting documents along with your article. Please note that every additional content you acquire will be available online in the exact same file format. The editing team will not format or typeset these files.

Article Structure

Introduction

The goals of your work should be stated explicitly in the beginning. It is advised that you give a sufficient context for your work, but refrain from writing a thorough analysis of the literature or an overview of your findings.

Material and Methods

The materials and methods section should provide sufficient details about your materials and methods to allow your work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Some guidelines:

• Enough information about your tools and techniques should be included in the materials and methods section to enable an independent researcher to replicate your work. Several rules:
• In the event that the technique you employed has already been published, give a synopsis and cite the source work.
• When directly quoting from an earlier published method, make sure to cite the source and enclose your quote in quote marks.
• Tell us about any changes you have made to the way things are done.

Results

Results should be clear and concise. We advise you to read the sections in this guide on supplying tables, artwork, supplementary material and sharing research data.

Discussion

The discussion part needs to go into the importance of your findings without restating them. If necessary, you may combine the discussion and results parts into a single section. We advise against using a lot of citations in the discussion area and discussing published literature in-depth.

Conclusion

The conclusion section should present the main conclusions of your study. You may have a stand-alone conclusions section or include your conclusions in a subsection of your discussion or results and discussion section.

Abbreviations

Any abbreviations that are not commonly used in the area should have definitions provided in a footnote on the article's first page. Essential acronyms for your abstract should be specified both in the abstract when they are first mentioned and in a footnote on the first page of your article. We advise you to check the consistency of your abbreviation usage throughout your work before submitting.

Acknowledgements

The acknowledgements section should contain the names of all the people who helped you with your research, whether it was with language, writing, or proofreading. The acknowledgements section should come first in your article, not on the title page, in a footnote to the title, or anywhere else.

Funding Sources

Any funding sources that contributed funds to support the research or the writing of the paper must be disclosed by the authors. Regarding the design of the study, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, report writing, and decision to submit the article for publication, sponsors' involvement, if any, should be disclosed. If financing sources weren't involved in any way, you should include this in your proposal.

References

References within text should be in the MLA format. Any references cited within your article should also be present in your reference list and vice versa. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text (not in alphabetic order). We recommend that you do not include unpublished results and personal communications in your reference list, though you may mention them in the text of your article.

Reference to a Journal Publication

Raj, Arjun, and Alexander van Oudenaarden. “Title.” Journal of Commissure vol. 135,2 (2024): 216-26.
Julca, Irene et al. “Title.” Journal of Commissure vol. 28,2 (2024): 235-249.

References should be cited as (Van der Geer, 2020) in the manuscript.

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