What is IBANGS?
IBANGS, the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, was founded in 1996 and promotes research and learning in the field of behavioural and neural genetics. IBANGS is a young, rapidly growing society with approximately 230 members worldwide. The membership is diverse, and includes established scientists, postdoctoral fellows, students, journalists, and individuals with a keen interest in behavioural neurogenetics. We welcome new members. IBANGS is a founding member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.
Why Join IBANGS?
IBANGS membership benefits include:
- Subscription to the Society's premier journal: Genes Brain and Behavior (G2B) and reduced page charges for papers published in G2B
- Reduced registration costs for IBANGS annual conferences.
- Full membership in the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).
- Free complimentary subscription to the online version of the FENS journal, The European Journal of Neuroscience, and reduced cost subscription to the print version.
- Attend the main FENS meetings or any meeting sponsored by the 28 FENS member societies at reducedmember rates.
- Subscribe at a discounted rate to several leading neuroscience journals. Purchase books at IBANGS and FENS rates.
- Take advantage of FENGS sponsorship to present abstracts at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) annual meeting.
- Participate in shaping the future of IBANGS, a vibrant society in a dynamic field.
- Support a great society!
G2B
IBANGS members receive a free subscription to Genes, Brain and Behavior, which is published jointly by IBANGS and Wiley-Blackwell. This publisher is internationally renowned for high quality scholarly journals.
Genes Brain and Behavior offers the following features:
- 8 Issues per year
- Online submissions with first editorial decisions within 3-4 weeks and fast publication at Wiley-Blackwell
- High visibility through its coverage by Medline, PubMed, Index Medicus, Science Citation Index Expanded, ISI Alerting Services, Neuroscience Citation Index, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, PsycINFO and Chemical Abstracts
- G2B's 2009 Impact Factor of 3.795
- Available in thousands of international libraries and institutions
- A large and varied editorial board comprising of international specialists
2010 Membership Rates
- Memberships are for the current calendar year (Jan 1 - Dec 31) regardless of the date you join.
- If you sign up to receive printed copies of the journal in the middle of the calendar year, you will receive back issues beginning in January of that year.
- The price of membership increases by $48 if you would like to receive printed copies of G2B in the mail.
- $135 regular membership
- $45 student membership (undergraduate, graduate or postdoc)
