About the Journal

The Research Journal of Brain and Behaviour (RJBB) is an open-access peer-reviewed journal committed to publishing high-quality articles in the field of Neurosciences. The journal is owned by the Jammu and Kashmir Psychiatric Society and published by the Scientific Scholar.

Role of The Journal/Society

Editorial Process and Direction: The Jammu and Kashmir Psychiatric Society plays a central role in the editorial direction of the journal “The Research Journal of Brain and Behaviour”. Specifically:

Editorial Board Appointment: The Jammu and Kashmir Psychiatric Society appoints the Editor-in-Chief and oversees the composition of the editorial board.
Editorial Policy and Scope: The aims and scope of the journal are determined by the Jammu and Kashmir Psychiatric Society in consultation with the editorial board to ensure alignment with the Association’s mission and the needs for the community.
Peer Review Process and Final Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief, who is appointed by and reports to the Jammu and Kashmir Psychiatric Society manages the peer review process, makes final decisions on manuscripts, and ensures editorial independence and scientific integrity.
Strategic Direction: Major decisions regarding journal strategy, policy updates, or editorial initiatives are made under the guidance of the Jammu and Kashmir Psychiatric Society Executive Committee.

Role of Scientific Scholar

Scientific Scholar serves solely as the publishing partner, providing publishing infrastructure, manuscript management system, website hosting, copyediting, production, and distribution services to support the journal’s publication process. Scientific Scholar does not influence or participate in the editorial decisions or the peer review process.

Aims & Scope

The aim of the journal is to advance the science and practice of psychiatry by publishing high-quality, evidence-based research across all medical specialties where behavioural, emotional, or psychological dimensions play a pivotal role.

We seek to provide a rigorous, inclusive, and intellectually vibrant platform for clinicians, academicians, and researchers who strive to deepen the understanding of behavioural manifestations across diverse health conditions. The journal welcomes contributions that bridge psychiatry with allied fields such as neurology, dermatology, oncology, internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics, and other specialties in which behavioural symptoms intersect with clinical practice.

Our scope includes, but is not limited to:

Original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and high-quality narrative reviews.
Studies exploring the psychiatric, psychological, or behavioural aspects of medical and surgical disorders.
Interdisciplinary research integrating psychosomatic medicine, consultation-liaison psychiatry, behavioural sciences, public mental health, and neurobiological perspectives.
Innovative clinical practices, case series, and case reports with strong academic and educational merit.
Policy, ethics, education, and practice-based insights relevant to mental health care.
Research promoting culturally sensitive and contextually relevant mental health understanding.

By offering a platform for leading and emerging researchers alike, the journal aims to encourage scientific excellence, foster collaboration across disciplines, and contribute meaningfully to global psychiatric scholarship.

Audience

Our audience includes researchers from the field of Neurosciences.

Review Process

RJBB has a highly rigorous peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts, affiliations and financial associations such that the published content is not biased.

Editorial Team

The editorial board comprises a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.

About the Editor

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Sabreena Qadri
MD Psychiatry
Speciality: Psychiatry
University of Kashmir,
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Email: editor@rjbb.org;
qadri.sabreena@gmail.com

Facts About the Journal

This is a peer reviewed journal published Semiannual, follows a double-blind review process. Its open access model ensures worldwide visibility and boosts authors’ prominence in medical research.

Abstracting and Indexing Information

Coming soon…

Journal Ethics

The Research Journal of Brain and Behaviour is committed to meeting and upholding the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit our Ethical Guidelines section

Plagiarism Policy

The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript, that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.

Archival Policy

We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our articles are assigned a DOI number. We are members of https://crossref.org

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

The Research Journal of Brain and Behaviour is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Ahead of Print Policy

Articles published online under the Ahead of Print model are considered published and can be cited and quoted using the DOI as the reference source. The Research Journal of Brain and Behaviour has a policy that changes will not be made after the publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Subscription Information

To subscribe to this journal, please log on to https://scientificscholar.com/buy-subscriptions.

Publisher

Scientific Scholar (scientificscholar.com) is a well-respected scientific publisher that fully supports open access publishing models, Subscription and Society based journal models through its own in-house peer-review management system – EditorialAssist (journalmanagement.org).

With offices in both the USA and India, Scientific Scholar proudly serves a global research community.

The mission of the Scientific Scholar is “Share, Learn and Improve”.