Updated September 2023
- Where can I find my subscriber number?
You can find your subscriber number on the Instructions to Access JNeurosci Online letter mailed to you or provided to your subscription agent. If you cannot find your subscriber number, contact SfN at subscriptions@sfn.org or call (202) 962-4911.
- My institution has a subscription to JNeurosci online, but I’m not able to see the full text of articles. I’m prompted for a username and password. Why is this happening?
When this happens, the IP address for your machine is not being recognized by our system. This failure is caused by one of three things:- Your institutional subscription has not yet been activated.
- The person who activated the online subscription did not enter all IP addresses for your institution.
- The person who activated the online subscription does not realize that some subnets of your institution are routed through a proxy server.
- What do institutional online subscribers have access to?
Institutional subscribers have access to all JNeurosci content, including 50 issues per year, Early Release articles published daily, and annual Symposia articles. Access is limited to computers within a particular IP range.
- Who from my institution can access JNeurosci online?
Any user connecting from an authorized computer on your institutional network is allowed access to JNeurosci online.
- How can an institutional online subscription be used?
For the most part, an institutional online subscription authorizes use at a localized site. A “site” is an organizational unit and may be academic or nonacademic. For organizations located in more than one city, each location is considered a different site. For organizations within the same city that are administered independently, each office is considered a different site. For example, each campus in the State University of New York system is considered a different site, and each branch or office of UpJohn Laboratories is considered a different site.
- How do institutional online subscriptions work?
When someone attempts to use JNeurosci online, our server checks to see if the requesting computer is within the list of internet IP address provided by a subscribing institution. If it is, the reader will be able to use all those services enabled for institutional readers. For institutional subscribers, there are no usernames or passwords to remember, and there is currently no limit on the number of readers from your institution who may access JNeurosci online simultaneously.
- What if I want to access JNeurosci online from a computer outside the institutional network?
If readers want to access JNeurosci online from computers that are not part of your institutional network (e.g., through dial-in or telnet through a commercial Internet service provider) they can do so only through a member subscription.
- What other subscription packages are available?
Member subscriptions are available to members of the Society for Neuroscience. Find out how to become a member of the Society.
- How can I tell if my institution has subscribed to JNeurosci online?
If your institution has a subscription, you’ll automatically have access to the tables of contents, abstracts, full-text searching, full text display, PDFs, Medline and GenBank links, and future tables of contents. You’ll also see a button at the top of the page confirming you’re signed in as part of an institution. If your institution has not subscribed, or if you wish to take advantage of the additional services available to member subscribers, you can choose to access JNeurosci online with a member subscription.
- Can my institution purchase a print subscription? If so, how long will the print version be available?
Print subscriptions will no longer be available beginning January 2021.
- If our online subscription to JNeurosci expires and at some later date we reinstate our subscription, will we have access to all years of the electronic version?
All back content older than 6 months is freely available without a subscription.
- How can I access JNeurosci online if I am not a SfN member and I don’t have access through an institutional subscription?
You may wish to apply for SfN membership. Without a subscription, you have access to back content, corrections and retractions, abstracts, and Extended Data. One-day access to articles may be purchased US$35.
- How do I order a subscription to JNeurosci?
Visit the Subscription Rates & Ordering page.
Still have questions?
For further information, please contact the Society for Neuroscience.
Office hours are 9:00am–5:00pm ET Monday–Friday.
Phone: (202) 962-4911
Email: subscriptions@sfn.org