JAMA Neurology

JAMA Neurology is an international peer-reviewed journal for physicians caring for people with neurologic disorders and those interested in the structure and function of the normal and diseased nervous system. The Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry began publication in 1919 and, in 1959, became 2 separate journals: Archives of Neurology and Archives of General Psychiatry. In 2013, their names changed to JAMA Neurology and JAMA Psychiatry, respectively. JAMA Neurology is a member of the JAMA Network family of journals, which includes JAMA, 11 JAMA Network specialty journals, and JAMA Network Open.JAMA Neurology is published online weekly, every Monday, and in 12 print/online issues a year. The journal receives over 2.25 million online visits annually, and more than 3.2 million article views and downloads. Without any author fees, all research articles are made free access online 12 months after publication on the website. In addition, the online version is freely available or nearly so to institutions in developing countries through the World Health Organization's HINARI program.JAMA Neurology's acceptance rate is 11%. The median time to first editorial decision is less than 1 week, and 26 days with review. The median time from submission to acceptance is 72 days, and from acceptance to publication is 83 days. All major articles are published online first. The journal's Impact Factor is 11.5, ranking high among all neurology journals. The editor is S. Andrew Josephson, MD, Professor of Neurology and senior executive vice chair of the Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco. JAMA NeurologyISSN 2168-6149 (Print)ISSN 2168-6157 (Online)