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# Nature Neuroscience (nature-neuroscience)

## Journal positioning

Nature Neuroscience, published by Springer Nature, is among the most selective journals in the field, publishing conceptual advances in neuroscience across all scales — from molecules and synapses to circuits, systems, and behavior. It sits one tier below Nature in the Springer Nature hierarchy but above specialty society journals, and commands the full editorial-triage culture of the Nature family: most submissions are triaged without review based on significance and conceptual novelty alone. The readership spans the whole neuroscience community, so a paper must matter beyond its model organism, brain region, or technical niche. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on nature.com/neuro.

## When to trigger

- The author names Nature Neuroscience or Nat Neurosci as the target venue.
- A neuroscience manuscript represents a clear conceptual advance and the author is calibrating among Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, or Nature.
- A study uses a novel technology (two-photon imaging, large-scale electrophysiology, cryo-EM of neural proteins, spatial transcriptomics) to answer a field-defining circuit or behavioral question.
- The author needs Nature Neuroscience's triage criteria, significance bar, and a credible reroute within neuroscience.

## Scope & topic fit