Springer and the Society for Research on the Cerebellum (SRC) will partner to publish the journal The Cerebellum with effect from Volume 7, March 2008. The journal represents a significant and original addition to Springer’s neuroscience portfolio.
The Cerebellum is a quarterly, international journal devoted to the science of the cerebellum and its role in ataxia and other medical disorders. Areas of particular interest include fundamental neurosciences (including molecular and cellular biology), behavioral neurosciences and neurochemistry, genetics, fundamental and clinical neurophysiology, neurology and neuropathology, cognition and neuroimaging.
Editor-in-Chief Mario Manto of the Université Libre de Bruxelles said, “The cerebellum contains more neurons than all the other regions of the brain. As a result of the ageing population, diseases associated with cerebellar dysfunction are becoming more widespread. The Cerebellum offers a forum for the vast amount of scientific research being done in this area. Springer’s publishing expertise will help to further enhance the journal’s profile and availability.”
Ann Avouris, Publishing Editor, Biomedical Sciences, at Springer, said, “Springer is pleased to welcome The Cerebellum to its neuroscience journals program. Our online information platform SpringerLink, with features such as Online First, Cross Reference Linking and Table of Content Alerts, will ensure that readers are kept fully up to date in this crucial and rapidly growing area of research.”
The Cerebellum publishes reviews, original research, short communications, opinion and controversies, case studies, meeting reports and book reviews. Springer offers authors, editors and reviewers the use of a fully web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. This system gives users the option of tracking the progress of the review process of manuscripts in real time. In addition, all authors, via the Springer Open Choice™ program, have the option of publishing their articles using the open access publishing model.
The Cerebellum is the official publication of the Society for Research on the Cerebellum (www.socrecer.org). The SRC is an international professional society of scientists and researchers who are interested in research on the cerebellum and the associated disorders. The Society offers an essential link to improve and intensify this knowledge, supporting and promoting basic research in the neuroscience of the cerebellum.
Springer (www.springer.com) is the second-largest publisher of journals in the science, technology, and medicine (STM) sector and the largest publisher of STM books. It publishes on behalf of more than 300 academic associations and professional societies. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media, one of the world’s leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. The group publishes over 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in over 20 countries in Europe, the USA, and Asia, and some 5,000 employees.
The Cerebellum ISSN 1473-4222 (print) 1743-4230 (electronic)