''NeuroQuantology'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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interdisciplinary
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scientific journal
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meant to cover the intersection of
neuroscience
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and
quantum mechanics
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. It was established in April 2003 and its subject matter almost immediately dismissed in ''
The Lancet Neurology
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'' as "wild invention" and "claptrap".
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal had a 2017
impact factor
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of 0.453, ranking it 253rd out of 261 journals in the category "Neuroscience".
However, the journal has been delisted since the 2019 edition.
The journal describes itself as focusing primarily on original reports of experimental and theoretical research. It also publishes
literature reviews
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,
methodological articles,
empirical findings,
book review
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s,
news
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, comments,
letters to the editor
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, and
abstracts
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. The founding
editor-in-chief
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is Sultan Tarlacı, who was succeeded by Riyaz Ahmed abdul Khan.
In the
Norwegian Scientific Index
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, the journal has been listed as "Level 0" since 2008,
which means that it is not considered scientific and publications in the journal therefore do not fulfill the necessary criteria in order to count for public research funding.
According to Sadri Hassani, neither the
editorial board
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nor the advisory board contain scientists working in the fields of quantum physics or
neurology
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.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Embase and in
Scopus
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from 2007 till 2022 when it was delisted due to "publication concerns".
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Publications established in 2003
Neuroscience journals
Quantum mechanics journals
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