Behavioral Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	66
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	54
3	Appetite	41
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	33
5	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	32
6	Autism Research	30
-	Brain and Behavior	30
8	Cortex	28
9	Epilepsy & Behavior	26
-	Physiology & Behavior	26
11	Biological Psychology	25
12	Behavioural Brain Research	24
13	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	21
17	Neuropsychologia	19
-	Hormones and Behavior	19
19	Human Factors	18
20	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	17
23	Animal Cognition	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
26	Behavioural Processes	15
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	15
-	Aggressive Behavior	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	15
31	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
33	Behavior Genetics	12
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	12
37	Journal of ECT	11
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	11
39	Behavioral Medicine	10
-	Chemical Senses	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
43	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Learning & Behavior	9
-	Ethology	9
46	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
47	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Behaviour	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7
50	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	6