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The journal’s Publisher is CSIRO Publishing. CSIRO has Read and Publish agreements with many institutions in Australia and New Zealand, enabling authors to publish their work as open access with article publishing costs waived.

Special collections in Brain Impairment

Brain Impairment is proud to host regular Collections (formerly called ‘Special Issues’) on topics of interest to the brain injury research and clinical community.

The 2025 Collection titled ‘Collaboration, co-production, and co-design: Moving ahead in Brain Impairment’ was co-edited by Dr Melissa (Liss) Brunner and A/Prof Michelle Bellon. This Collection consisting of 15 articles is now available on the journal website.

Brain Impairment is planning a 2026 Collection on ‘Psychosocial Guidelines in Moderate-to-Severe TBI’ with A/Prof Cynthia Honan and Dr Holly Emery as guest editors which showcases clinical guidelines arising from a MRFF Mission for TBI project.

Watch this space for calls for submissions for future Collections. For all submissions, the editorial team will adopt the standard procedures for securing peer reviews as standard for Brain Impairment (see: https://www.publish.csiro.au/ib/forauthors).

Editorial Board Meeting 2025

The annual meeting of the Editorial Board was held in conjunction with the 7th Pacific Rim Conference in Brisbane. The editors wish to thank the Editorial Board members for their ongoing support and commitments to the success of the journal.

Douglas and Tate prize 2025

The 2025 Douglas Tate Prize for the best research paper published in 2024 was won by Neil Drew who was lead author in the article:

Healing Right Way randomised controlled trial enhancing rehabilitation services for Aboriginal people with brain injury in Western Australia: translation principles and activities.

The Douglas and Tate Prize, named after the two founding Editors of Brain Impairment (Professors Jacinta Douglas and Robyn Tate), is presented to the best research article of the year annually at the ASSBI Conference Awards Ceremony.

Brain Impairment: Newly Published Articles available on CSIRO Publishing

Articles

The relationships between social network size, loneliness and personality in individuals living with a neurological condition: an exploratory study

Isabella Branson, Kate Turner, Mitchell Turner, Manja Laws, Leah Dempsey, Simon Laws, Mandy Stanley, Johnny Lo, Travis Cruickshank.

Defining the scope of clinical practice guidelines for managing psychosocial difficulties following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury

Holly Emery, Dana Wong, Grahame Simpson, Paul Gertler, Sarah Carrier, Skye McDonald, Tamara Ownsworth, Jacinta Douglas, Travis Wearne, Angela T. Morgan, Robyn Tate, Olivia J. Zuber, Sarah Skromanis, Janet Doubleday, Cynthia A. Honan on behalf of the Guideline Development Group.

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