Join the editorial board
Handle manuscripts in your area of neurology, guide independent peer review, and put your name to decisions that shape the field.
What this means for authors
Every manuscript is handled by a named editor in the relevant area of neurology, who selects conflict-free reviewers and signs the decision. Decisions rest on scientific merit and scope alone. The article processing charge applies only after acceptance and never influences a decision.
What editing for JNRT involves
The same standard applies to everyone who shapes the journal: rigour, transparency and research ethics first.
Assess fit and rigour
Screen submissions in your specialty for scope, methodology and research ethics before and during review.
Run the review
Select and invite qualified, conflict-free reviewers and manage Single-blind (double-blind on request) peer review.
Decide, and sign it
Make clear, evidence-based recommendations; every decision is signed by a named editor.
Uphold integrity
Work to COPE standards, manage conflicts of interest, and recuse where appropriate.
Recognition that counts
Academic recognition and access, not payment.
Named recognition
A listed seat on the editorial board with your own profile page on the journal.
Standing in your field
A visible editorial role in the neurology literature, citable in your record of service.
At the frontier
Early sight of research in your field.
Review recognition
Editorial and review activity can be recognised via your ORCID record.
A manageable commitment
Editing for JNRT is designed to fit a working academic's schedule: you handle a small number of manuscripts a year within your specialty, on a timeline that supports our aim of a first decision in about three weeks. You are never asked to handle work outside your area.
Appointed by invitation or vetted application
Every editor is checked for subject expertise, publication record and conflicts of interest before any manuscript is assigned.
How we appoint
We review every applicant's publication record, subject expertise and standing before appointing, so the board stays genuinely matched to the journal scope.
- A current CV and your ORCID iD
- Your specific areas of expertise within neurology
- A note on relevant editorial or review experience
Send your CV, ORCID iD and a short note on your areas of expertise to info@openaccesspub.org. We review every application for fit before appointing, so this is a request to be considered, not an automatic listing.
The current board spans 18 editors across 8 countries, at institutions that include Houston Methodist, Thomas Jefferson University, Henry Ford Hospital and a Harvard Medical School affiliate. See the editorial board →
Prefer to review rather than edit? See the For Reviewers page.
Everything you need to do the job well
Questions from prospective editors
Who can apply?
Is appointment automatic?
What should I submit?
Are editors paid?
How are manuscripts assigned?
How are conflicts of interest handled?
What peer-review model is used?
What if I only want to review?
Ready to contribute to JNRT?
Send your CV and ORCID and tell us your area of expertise. We review every application for fit before appointing, with Single-blind (double-blind on request) peer review and a first decision in about three weeks.