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EDITOR WANTED
We are looking for a colleague to join us in editing Free Neuropathology (FNP). Being editor of this journal is different from editorial activities for commercial journals. Together with our technical editors, we think about innovative forms of publishing and new categories of papers, we interact with archives such as PubMed, we improve the FNP website, we associate with societies of neuropathology, we organize the copyediting and layout procedures, we try to recruit volunteers, we promote the journal, we facilitate XML programming, and much more. In fact, these "publisher" activities take more time than the traditional handling of manuscripts. Most important is that everything remains in our hands, i.e. all activities are directed by scientists rather than publishers with a primary interest in profit. Editing FNP is creative, exciting, and challenging, and it's the future.
As an editor of FNP, you should:
- be a neuropathologist or neuroscientist with a strong interest in neuropathology
- have some editorial background
- wholeheartedly support our grassroots, diamond open access, and 5F approach
- be willing to spend much time on the journal, and
- be able to contribute a part-time technical editor (volunteer or a staff member from your institution)
Sounds interesting? Please get in touch.
RECENT PAPERS
ORIGINAL PAPERS
Maria-Magdalena Georgescu
Linnéa Ekman, Lars B. Dahlin, Elisabet Englund
Fast-track neuropathological screening for neurodegenerative diseases
Benjamin Englert, Sigrun Roeber, Thomas Arzberger, Viktoria Ruf, Otto Windl, Jochen Herms
Stem cell-associated transcription factors in non-functioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumours
Kristin Astrid Øystese, Nicoleta Cristina Olarescu, Cecilia Lindskog, Fabjola Xheka, Jon Berg-Johnsen, Jens Petter Berg, Jens Bollerslev, Olivera Casar-Borota
REVIEWS
Cryopreservation of brain cell structure: a review
Andrew T. McKenzie, Emma L. Thorn, Oge Nnadi, Borys Wróbel, Emil Kendziorra, Kurt Farrell, John F. Crary
Neurodegeneration: 2024 update
John F. Crary
David S. Priemer, Daniel P. Perl
Michel Mittelbronn
Neurodevelopmental disorders: 2024 update
María Martínez de Lagrán, Karen Bascón-Cardozo, Mara Dierssen
Fleur Cordier, Pieter Wesseling, Bastiaan B.J. Tops, Lennart Kester, Pim J. French, Martin van den Bent, Felix Hinz, Eleonora Aronica, K. Mariam Slot, Floor Abbink, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Mariëtte E.G. Kranendonk
Fluid preservation in brain banking: a review
Andrew T. McKenzie, Oge Nnadi, Kat D. Slagell, Emma L. Thorn, Kurt Farrell, John F. Crary
FLASHBACKS
Neuropathology in 1984: a deadly shot into the heart of Europe
Herbert Budka
LETTERS
A novel FUS::BEND2 fusion expanding the molecular spectrum of astroblastomas
Arnault Tauziède-Espariat, Benjamin Bonhomme, Nathalène Truffaux, Volodia Dangouloff-Ros, Nathalie Boddaert, Kévin Beccaria, Lauren Hasty, Alice Métais, Pascale Varlet
Glioneuronal heterotopia in the right middle cranial fossa
Emilie Russler-Germain, Shamaita Majumdar, Theresa Nguyen, Keiko Hirose, Peter H. Yang, Ali Mian, Sonika Dahiya
Arnault Tauziède-Espariat, Lauren Hasty, Alice Métais, Pascale Varlet
Osorio Lopes Abath Neto, Leonardo Furtado Freitas, Martha Quezado, Zied Abdullaev, Kenneth Aldape
Felix Leitner, Sigrid Klotz, Karoline Ornig, Serge Weis, Ellen Gelpi
Cell-in-cell phenomena of intracellular neutrophils in a recurrent pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
Gianna M. Fote, Kamran Urgun, Jordan Davies, Alexander S. Himstead, Kevin Gramajo-Aponte, Alexander Lopez, Frank P.K. Hsu, William H. Yong
Bilge Dundar, Busranur Agac, Eyas Alzayadneh, Randy Tashjian, Kyle S. Conway
Brainstem inflammation in sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood (SIDS/SUDC)
Herbert Budka, Daniele U. Risser, Fabio C. Monticelli
CASE REPORTS
Tamadar A. AlDoheyan, Marc R. Del Bigio
Samir Alsalek, Alexander S. Himstead, Scott Self, Gianna M. Fote, Sumeet Vadera, Edwin S. Monuki, Mari Perez-Rosendahl, William H. Yong
Fleur Cordier, Pieter Wesseling, Bastiaan B.J. Tops, Lennart Kester, Pim J. French, Martin van den Bent, Felix Hinz, Eleonora Aronica, K. Mariam Slot, Floor Abbink, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Mariëtte E.G. Kranendonk
REFLECTIONS
A hobby neuropathologist from Far East resides in Western Europe
Akira Hori
MEETING ABSTRACTS
Northern Lights Neuroscience Symposium 2024, Meeting Abstracts, September 26–27, 2024
GENERAL INFORMATION
Why is the journal called Free Neuropathology and what exactly does free mean?
Free for authors means that there is no article processing fee.
Free for readers means that the journal is published open-access without paywalls or any other restrictions of access. Together, these two features constitute what is called diamond open access. There is no revenue, no financial donation, no commercial advertising and no budget. Any expenses (editorial office, travelling, promotion, software, technical infrastructure etc.) are covered by academic institutions.
Free from publisher means that the journal takes care of all activities that traditionally are carried out by publishers, including but not restricted to copyediting, layout, permanent archiving of papers, maintenance of website, and promotion. This is based on the insight that commercial publishers are primarily interested in profit rather than in science, which has led to an economical and ethical crisis in scientific publishing. We feel that we can perform these activities more efficiently and more passionately than publishers do. For example, we are able to publish papers in the final format within three days after acceptance,
including careful copyediting and layout. This is accomplished by our dedicated layout/copyediting board of enthusiastic young colleagues.
Free formatting means that the journal refrains from exuberant formal requirements and extremely detailed instructions for authors, which abound in many scientific journal. However, the journal places much emphasis on a professional and appealing appearance of papers and supports consistent formatting within the paper according to authors’ preferences. Naturally our production software is free software that we can run as we wish, adapt, write tools and redistribute them to others.
Free opinion means that in addition to traditional categories of papers such as original papers, review articles and letters, the journal publishes opinion pieces expressing personal or minority (yet scientifically founded) views, and that it encourages frank scholarly discussion among authors and readers, among the editorial board members, and among scientists and the public. On our website we utilize the open source software called Hypothes.is which introduces a sentence-level annotation layer over any paper: comments from anyone about anything and visible for anyone.
If you’d like to make up your own mind about this project, head to the journal’s website at freeneuropathology.org where you’ll find out more about our publication model, our editorial board, FAQ, free access to all papers published so far, and more.
