About the Journal

The International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases (IJNPND) is an international, open access, peer reviewed journal which covers all fields related to nutrition, pharmacology, neurological diseases.

IJNPND was started by Dr. Mohamed Essa based on his personal interest in Science in 2009. This journal doesn't link with any society or any association. The co-editor-in chiefs of IJNPND (Prof. Gilles J. Guillemin, Dr. Abdur Rahman and Prof. Ross grant) and editorial board members are well known figures in the fields of Nutrition, pharmacology, and neuroscience. First, the journal was started as two issues per year, then it was changed into 3 issues per year and since 2013, it publishes 4 issues per year till now. This shows the slow and steady growth of this journal. To support the reviewers and editorial board members, IJNPND offers awards to the people who does more reviews within one year.

The International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases (IJNPND) is published Quarterly. IJNPND has three main sections, such as nutrition, pharmacology, and neurological diseases. IJNPND publishes Research Papers, Review Articles, Commentaries, case reports, brief communications and Correspondence in all three sections. Reviews and Commentaries are normally commissioned by the journal, but consideration will be given to unsolicited contributions.  

International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases is included in the UGC-India Approved list of journals. 

Abstracting and Indexing Information

The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data

The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
SCOPUS

Journal Ethics

Wolters Kluwer and Journal/Association are committed to meeting and upholding 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 www.Medknow.com/EthicalGuidelines.asp

Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing

This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

Digital Archiving

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Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website.

CLOCKSS will enable any library to maintain their own archive of content from Wolters Kluwer Medknow and other publishers, with minimal technical effort and using cheaply available hardware.

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. Wolters Kluwer Medknow has a policy that changes will not be made after publication of an article without following accepted procedures for making corrections to the scientific record.

Advertisements

While advertisements are crucial to this journal to be able to keep all content free for everyone, ethical considerations are in place to ensure the integrity of the journal and its content:

• "Pop-up" and "banner" ads appear on a random, rotating basis. The advertiser has no control or input over the pages where their ads appear.
• The Editorial Board has full and final approval over the content of all advertisements.
• Advertisers will never be shown any manuscripts or other content prior to publication.

Scope of the journal​

In nutrition section, IJNPND welcomes research papers including all aspects of experimental / clinical nutrition, invited articles/reviews/commentaries on nutritional issues.

In pharmacology section, IJNPND welcomes contributions in all fields of pharmacology. The work should have a direct bearing on drug effects, mechanisms or uses, or the development of new drug targets.

In neurological diseases section, IJNPND publishes papers on a broad range of topics of general interest to those working on all the neurological diseases.

All submitted articles should report original, previously unpublished research results, experimental or theoretical, and will be peer-reviewed. Articles submitted to the journal should meet these criteria and must not be under consideration for publication. Manuscripts should follow the style of the journal and are subject to both review and editing.

Medknow Publications​

Medknow, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is one of the largest open access publishers worldwide with more than 450+ medical journals in its portfolio. Students, researchers, clinicians and other healthcare professionals worldwide access Medknow journals to help them fuel new discoveries and improve patient care.

Founded in 1997, Medknow is a well-respected medical publisher that fully supports many of the popular open access models through its peer-review management system. Medknow's open access policy has resulted in more than a half a million article downloads monthly for all of its journals.

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