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About the Journal

SCAN will consider research that uses neuroimaging (fMRI, MRI, PET, EEG, MEG), neuropsychological patient studies, animal lesion studies, single-cell recording, pharmacological perturbation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation. SCAN will also consider submissions that examine the mediational role of neural processes in linking social phenomena to physiological, neuroendocrine, immunological, developmental, and genetic processes. Additionally, SCAN will publish papers that address issues of mental and physical health as they relate to social and affective processes (e.g., autism, anxiety disorders, depression, stress, effects of child rearing) as long as cognitive neuroscience methods are used.

Finally, although SCAN aims to publish the best cutting edge research, its goal is also to be accessible to social scientists who do not themselves use neuroscience techniques. To this end, studies should be described in language that makes their implications for the social sciences clear. Additionally, short reviews will precede some articles in each issue to link the research conceptually to the broader social science issues to which they are relevant.

SCAN is a quarterly publication and issues will be published online-only in March, June, September and December. A print archive version is available as part of an institutional subscription and will be published at the end of each year.

Key benefits to authors:

  • Online Submission
  • Advance Access – rapid online publication

For more details about SCAN, contact:

Paul Kidd, Oxford Journals, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK.