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Brain Structure and Function

peer-reviewed scientific journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 22, 2022
Entity authorityQ13444883 ↗
Source-derived summary

Brain Structure and Function is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on brain structure-function relationships. It was established in 1891 as Anatomische Hefte, renamed first Zeitschrift für Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte in 1921 and then Anatomy and Embryology in 1974, before obtaining its current name in 2007. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editors-in-chief are Michel Thiebaut de Schotten and Susan R. Sesack.

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.270.

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The public source identifies “Brain Structure and Function” as peer-reviewed scientific journal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Brain, Structure and Function.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1921, 1974, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1891-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Brain, Structure and Function providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 22, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q13444883. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891, 1921, 1974 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brain Structure and Function” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.