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Part of a popular neuroscience journal series which advances our understanding of the synaptic structure, function, plasticity and alterations in disease.

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary neuroscience journal publishing research that advances our understanding of synaptic structure: its function, plasticity, and alterations in diseases. Led by S...

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Dirk Feldmeyer

Julich Research Center, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HZ)

Germany

Specialty Chief Editor

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Afia B Ali

School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London

United Kingdom

Associate Editor

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Alanna J Watt

McGill University

Canada

Associate Editor

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Alberto Ouro

Sanitary Research Institute Foundation of Santiago de Compostela

Spain

Associate Editor

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Alexander Fiske Hoffman

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH)

United States

Associate Editor

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Alfredo Kirkwood

Johns Hopkins University

United States

Associate Editor

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Anis Contractor

Northwestern University

United States

Associate Editor

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Antonio Malgaroli

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Italy

Associate Editor

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About the journal

Scope

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary neuroscience journal publishing research that advances our understanding of synaptic structure: its function, plasticity, and alterations in diseases. Led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof. Dirk Feldmeyer (Julich Research Centre, Germany) and indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, and the DOAJ, the journal publishes articles on synaptic transmission and plasticity in all relevant areas. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: biochemical, biophysical, and structural mechanisms involved in forming, maintaining, and altering synaptic properties molecular composition of synapses synaptic basis of neuropathology techniques to interrogate synaptic function, such as those based on electrophysiology, optics, genetics, etc. the ultrastructure, physiology, and biophysics of synaptic transmission. In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 3: good health and wellbeing, ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all, at all ages. Manuscripts that focus solely on theory or computer modeling are not suitable for publication in this journal. Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is committed to advancing developments in the field of synaptic neuroscience allowing unrestricted access to articles and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Aims

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary neuroscience journal publishing research that advances our understanding of synaptic structure: its function, plasticity, and alterations in diseases.

Led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof. Dirk Feldmeyer (Julich Research Centre, Germany) and indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, and the DOAJ, the journal publishes articles on synaptic transmission and plasticity in all relevant areas. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

biochemical, biophysical, and structural mechanisms involved in forming, maintaining, and altering synaptic properties

molecular composition of synapses

synaptic basis of neuropathology

techniques to interrogate synaptic function, such as those based on electrophysiology, optics, genetics, etc.

the ultrastructure, physiology, and biophysics of synaptic transmission.

In particular, the journal welcomes submissions which support and advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 3: good health and wellbeing, ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all, at all ages.

Manuscripts that focus solely on theory or computer modeling are not suitable for publication in this journal.

Frontiers’ journals require that manuscripts primarily comprising computational studies of public data, must include appropriate validation. Please refer to the Frontiers Standards for research methodology policy, for more information. Manuscripts not adhering to these standards will not be considered.

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience is committed to advancing developments in the field of synaptic neuroscience allowing unrestricted access to articles and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike, to enable scientific breakthroughs of the future.

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/synaptic-neuroscience/about

ISSN
1663-3563
Editor-in-Chief
Dirk Feldmeyer (Julich Research Center, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HZ), Jülich, Germany) — Specialty Chief Editor
Established
2026

Sections

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Article types accepted

  • Original Research
  • Systematic Review
  • Methods
  • Review
  • Mini Review
  • Hypothesis and Theory
  • Perspective
  • Data Report
  • Brief Research Report
  • General Commentary
  • Opinion
  • Correction
  • Editorial
  • FAIR² Data

Fees and currencies

  • Article processing charges (official)
  • - Category A: CHF 3,150 — Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Hypothesis and Theory
  • - Category B: CHF 2,500 — Mini Review, Perspective, Data Report, Brief Research Report, General Commentary, Opinion
  • - Category C: CHF 0 — Correction, Editorial
  • Currency: CHF

Fees are charged only after acceptance. Waivers and discounts are available for authors with limited funding.

Fees and waivers policy

Editorial policies

Peer review

  • Official peer-review process: https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Publication ethics

  • Policies and publication ethics: https://www.frontiersin.org/guidelines/policies-and-publication-ethics

Indexing

  • Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
  • CNPIEC
  • CNKI Scholar
  • Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
  • CLOCKSS
  • Crossref
  • Dimensions
  • Embase
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences GoOA
  • OpenAIRE
  • ResearchGate
  • EBSCO
  • Web of Science Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  • PubMed Central (PMC)
  • PubMed
  • DOAJ
  • Scopus
  • ZBMED
  • PsycINFO
  • ProQuest

Affiliated societies

  • Committee on Publication Ethics

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/synaptic-neuroscience/about

Instructions for authors

Accepted article types

  • Original Research (fee category A)
  • Systematic Review (fee category A)
  • Methods (fee category A)
  • Review (fee category A)
  • Mini Review (fee category B)
  • Hypothesis and Theory (fee category A)
  • Perspective (fee category B)
  • Data Report (fee category B)
  • Brief Research Report (fee category B)
  • General Commentary (fee category B)
  • Opinion (fee category B)
  • Correction (fee category C)
  • Editorial (fee category C)
  • FAIR² Data

Author guidelines

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/synaptic-neuroscience/for-authors/author-guidelines

Peer review

  • https://www.frontiersin.org/about/peer-review

Journal metrics

Citation score
9.9
Impact indicator
1.20
Articles
50
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Citations
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Official bibliometric indicators

Impact factor
6.9
CiteScore
9.9
Citations
18611
Acceptance rate
33
Time to publication
98

Source: official publisher page · retrieved 2026-10-16

Some values were updated by the editorial office on 2026-10-21.