Where do I submit a Behavioral and Brain Sciences manuscript?

Through the journal's own submission system. The address is in the Submission row of the Structure at a Glance table on this page. SciSpace does not submit for you.

How do I use the Behavioral and Brain Sciences template in SciSpace?

Click Start Writing, add your topic and article type to the prompt, review the draft against the rules on this page, then export and submit through the journal's portal.

Can I submit to Behavioral and Brain Sciences and another journal at the same time?

No. Journals, Behavioral and Brain Sciences included, expect a manuscript to be under review at one journal at a time. Wait for the decision or withdraw formally before you submit elsewhere.

What should my data availability statement say for Behavioral and Brain Sciences?

Say where readers can find the data behind your results: a repository with a DOI, supplementary files, or the reason the data cannot be shared. Check the Behavioral and Brain Sciences author guide for any required wording.

How do I know my paper fits Behavioral and Brain Sciences?

Read the Behavioral and Brain Sciences aims and scope and skim two or three recent articles. If your question, methods, and audience match what the journal publishes, you are in the right place.

What belongs in supplementary material?

Large datasets, extended tables, extra figures, code, and detailed protocols. Reference each file in the main text, and keep the core Behavioral and Brain Sciences manuscript readable without them.

Can I change the author list after submitting?

Usually only with the editor's approval and written agreement from every author. Settle who qualifies as an author, and the order, before you submit.

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Template 2026

Turn your draft into a Behavioral and Brain Sciences-ready manuscript: a 100-word abstract, 5–10 keywords and APA references, handled for you.

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Use this Behavioral and Brain Sciences template to prepare your manuscript for this Cambridge University Press journal before you upload it. Check the current rules in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences author instructions; the Behavioral and Brain Sciences journal page has the scope and latest issues.

What is the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Template?

It is the writing shell for Behavioral and Brain Sciences: title and authors, the abstract, the body, declarations, figures, and the reference list. The limits that decide a desk reject are on the journal page linked above.

What's actually in a Behavioral and Brain Sciences submission:

A Behavioral and Brain Sciences submission has a title page with authors and affiliations, an abstract of up to 100 words, keywords, the main text for your article type, declarations, the reference list, and figures and tables.

What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:

An abstract that breaks the rule (an abstract of up to 100 words).
References that do not follow the stated style: APA reference style.
The wrong number or kind of keywords (5–10 keywords).
A missing declaration: ethics approval, competing interests, funding, or data availability.

Read the full rules on the journal page linked above before you upload.

About Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Behavioral and Brain Sciences is published by Cambridge University Press. It is listed under print ISSN 0140-525X and online ISSN 1469-1825. Use the ISSN to confirm you have the right journal when several titles look alike.

What does this Behavioral and Brain Sciences Template include?

The sections a Behavioral and Brain Sciences submission is built from, in order: title page, abstract, keywords, main text, declarations, references, figures, and tables. It does not replace the journal's own checklist.

Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent

Click Start Writing on this page.
Keep the Behavioral and Brain Sciences section order. Add your topic and article type in the prompt.
Run the prompt and read the draft against the abstract and reference rules on this page.
Use View Outputs to confirm required statements are present.
Read the abstract and the title once more before you export.
Export and submit through the journal's own portal.

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Template Structure at a Glance

Element	Behavioral and Brain Sciences requirement
Abstract	An unstructured abstract of no more than 100 words
Main text	Organize sections for the chosen article type; no single overall word limit is stated in the accessible guide
Declarations	Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability
Figures/tables	Publication-ready; cited in order
Supplemental	Upload separately when used
Keywords	5–10 keywords
References	APA reference style
Peer review	Peer reviewed; blind model not specified in the official author guidelines
Submission	mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bbsjournal

Behavioral and Brain Sciences Author Guidelines in Detail

These rules come from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences author instructions. Journals change limits without notice, so check the current guide before you upload.

Abstract

An unstructured abstract of no more than 100 words.

Keywords

5–10 keywords.

References

APA reference style.

Before You Open the Portal

Submissions go through ScholarOne. Create the account before the deadline week.

Quick Tips for Using the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Template

Write the abstract last and count it. Behavioral and Brain Sciences asks for an abstract of up to 100 words.
Choose keywords to the rule: 5–10 keywords.
Keep declarations with the manuscript, not in a separate note you might forget to upload.

Best Practices

Open the author guide once before you draft and once before you upload. Match a recent Behavioral and Brain Sciences paper for depth, headings, and figure style.

Before You Submit: Final Check

The abstract meets the rule (an abstract of up to 100 words).
The reference style matches the author guide, and every citation has a matching entry.
The keywords follow the stated count.
Declarations are included: ethics, competing interests, funding, and data availability.
Figures are publication-ready and cited in order.

Then submit on the journal's portal, not from this page.