Neuropsychopharmacology (journal)
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''Neuropsychopharmacology'' is a monthly
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published by
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. It was established in 1987 and is an official publication of the
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Founded in 1961, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) is a professional organization of leading brain and behavior scientists. The principal functions of the college are research and education.  Their goals in research are to offe ...
. The journal covers all aspects of
neuropsychopharmacology Neuropsychopharmacology, an interdisciplinary science related to psychopharmacology (study of effects of drugs on the mind) and fundamental neuroscience, is the study of the neural mechanisms that drugs act upon to influence behavior. It entails ...
, including clinical and
basic science Basic research, also called pure research or fundamental research, is a type of scientific research with the aim of improving scientific theories for better understanding and prediction of natural or other phenomena. In contrast, applied resear ...
research into the
brain A brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. It is located in the head, usually close to the sensory organs for senses such as vision. It is the most complex organ in a v ...
and behavior, the properties of agents acting within the
central nervous system The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord. The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all par ...
, and drug targeting and development.


Editors-in-chief

Over the years, there have been ten
editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
("principal editors"), including J. Christian Gillin (1987-1993), Ronald D. Ciaranello (1994), Herbert Y. Meltzer (1994-1998), Hans C. Fibiger (1995-1998), Robert H. Lenox (1999-2001), Charles B. Nemeroff (2002-2006), and James H. Meador-Woodruff (2007-2012) and William A. Carlezon, Jr. (2013-2022). Since 2023, Tony P. George (
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...
) and Lisa M. Monteggia (
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...
) have been co-editors.


Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 8.294.


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