Network: Computation in Neural Systems is a refereed journal which welcomes original articles from all parts of the world.
The Journal provides a forum for integrating theoretical and experimental findings in computational neuroscience across relevant interdisciplinary boundaries. Rapidly accumulating empirical data in the neurobiological, psychological and cognitive domains provide important constraints for new theoretical models. The Journal aims to make such theoretical results accessible to neurobiologists, psychologists and cognitive scientists.

Manuscripts. The Journal will consider Research papers (not normally more than 10,000 words in length), Reviews (normally 10,000 - 20,000 words in length), Viewpoints (normally 5,000-10,000 words in length), and Historical Perspectives (normally not more than 5,000 in length). Reviews, Viewpoints and Historical Perspectives are normally solicited by the Editor, though unsolicited proposals for reviews may be sent to the Editor at ncns@uq.edu.au.

All submissions should be made online at Network: Computation in Neural Systems' Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Declaration of interest

It is the policy of all Informa Healthcare to adhere in principle to the Conflict of Interest policy recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE, http://www.icmje.org/index.html#conflict).

All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. It is the sole responsibility of authors to disclose any affiliation with any organisation with a financial interest, direct or indirect, in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript (such as consultancies, employment, paid expert testimony, honoraria, speakers' bureaus, retainers, stock options or ownership, patents or patent applications or travel grants) that may affect the conduct or reporting of the work submitted. All sources of funding for research are to be explicitly stated. If uncertain as to what might be considered a potential conflict of interest, authors should err on the side of full disclosure.

All submissions to the journal must include full disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. If there are no conflicts of interest, authors should state that there are none. This must be stated at the point of submission (within the manuscript after the main text under a subheading "Declaration of interest" and, where available, within the appropriate field on the journal's Manuscript Central site). This may be made available to reviewers and will appear in the published article at the discretion of the Editors or Publisher.

If no conflict is declared, the following statement will be attached to all articles:

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

The intent of this policy is not to prevent authors with these relationships from publishing work, but rather to adopt transparency such that readers can make objective judgements on conclusions drawn.

Papers should be typed with margins of at least 2.5 cm (1 inch). All pages must be numbered.
The first page should include the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s), and for each author a full institutional address, and an abbreviated title (for running headlines within the article). This should be followed by an abstract of not more than 200 words. Should authors wish to specify preferred or non-preferred reviewers, this should be done in a cover letter.
On submission, authors will be asked to confirm that: (a) the material has not been published elsewhere (if published in part elsewhere, this should be acknowledged and if necessary copies sent to the Editor); (b) the paper is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere; (c) all authors have been personally and substantially involved in the work leading to the paper, and will hold themselves jointly and individually responsible for its content; (d) that relevant ethical safeguards have been met.
Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

References. References should follow the Council of Science Editors' Name & Year format. Only works actually cited in the text should be included in the references. In the text, place inside brackets the author's name and year of publication. Publications from the same author in a single year should use a, b, c, etc. Where there are three or more authors, the citation should give only the first author followed by "et al." (e.g. Smith et al. 1928). Spelling in the reference list should follow the original. References should then be listed in alphabetical order at the end of the article. Examples below.

Book chapter:
Kuret JA, Murad F. 1990. Adenohypophyseal hormones and related substances. In: Gilman AG, Rall TW, Nies AS, Taylor P, editors. The pharmacological basis of therapeutics. 8th ed. New York: Pergamon. p1334-60.

Journal article:
Steiner U, Klein J, Eiser E, Budkowski A, Fetters LJ. 1992. Complete wetting from polymer mixtures. Science 258:1122-9.
Conference proceedings:
Irvin AD, Cunningham MP, Young AS, editors. 1981. Advances in the control of Theileriosis. International Conference held at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases; 1981 Feb 9-13; Nairobi. Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 427p.

Dissertations or Thesis:
Mangie ED. 1991. A comparative study of the perceptions of illness in New Kingdom Egypt and Mesopotamia of the early first millenium [dissertation]. Akron (OH): University of Akron. 160p. Available from: University Microfilms, Ann Arbor MI; AAG9203425.
Journal article on internet:
Loker WM. 1996. "Campesinos" and the crisis of modernization in Latin America. Jour of Pol Ecol [serial online]; 3(1). Available: http://www.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/volume_3/ascii-lokeriso.txt via the INTERNET. Accessed 1996 Aug 11.

Webpage:
British Medical Journal [Internet]. Stanford, CA: Stanford Univ; 2000 July 10 - [cited 2001 Apr 12]; Available from: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/
Internet databases:
Prevention News Update Database [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US), National Prevention Information Network. 1988 Jun - [cited 2001 Apr 12]. Available from: http://www.cdcnpin.org/db/public/dnmain.htm
Further examples and information can be found in the CBE style manual Scientific Style and Format, sixth edition.

Illustrations. All illustrations (including photographs, graphs and diagrams) should be referred to as Figures and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Fig. 3). The captions of all figures should include keys to symbols, and should make interpretation possible without reference to the text.
Figures should ideally be professionally drawn and designed with the format of the journal (B5) in mind and should be capable of reduction.

Color figures a. Any figure submitted as a color original will appear in color in the journal's online edition free of charge and can be downloaded.
b. Paper copy color reproduction will only be considered on condition that authors contribute to the associated costs. Charges are: 500/US$1030 for the first colour page and 250/US$515 for each color page after per article. (Color costs will be waived for invited Review Articles)

Tables. Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals, and their position indicated in the text (e.g. Table 1). Each table should have a short, self-explanatory title. Vertical rules should not be used to separate columns. Units should appear in parentheses in the column heading but not in the body of the table. Any explanatory notes should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.

Proofs. Proofs will be sent by mail to the author nominated for correspondence. Proofs are supplied for checking and making essential typographical corrections, not for general revision or alteration. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt.

Offprints and Reprints. Offprints and reprints of articles published in Network: Computation in Neural Systems can be obtained through Rightslink ®. Please contact the Reprints Administrator Sherry Howard at reprints@tandf.co.uk to obtain a quotation or to place an order. Copies of the Journal can be purchased separately at the author's preferential rate of 15.00/$25.00 per copy.

Copyright. It is a condition of the publication that authors vest or license copyright in their articles, including abstracts, in Informa Healthcare. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the material elsewhere after publication providing that prior permission is obtained from Informa Healthcare. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources. To view our Copyright Transfer FAQs please click here 

NIH Public Access Policy

In consideration of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy, Informa Healthcare acknowledges that the broad and open dissemination of NIH-funded-research results may benefit future scientific and medical research. Because we value the current and future contributions our journals make to the scientific body of knowledge, we have made certain that our policies accommodate those authors who wish to submit to PubMed Central.

Informa Healthcare's position with respect to public access to NIH-funded work published in Informa Healthcare journals is as follows:

• Informa Healthcare authors may voluntarily submit their funded work to PubMed Central after a 12-month embargo period;
• “funded work” shall be defined as the final, peer-reviewed manuscript that is accepted by the Editor in Chief of the journal. This manuscript must not be altered by Publisher's copyediting and typesetting services; and
• this embargo period begins the day the work is published online at www.informaworld.com.

Please note that Informa Healthcare is a signatory of, and respects the spirit of, the STM Agreement regarding the free sharing and dissemination of scholarly information.