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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	67
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	56
3	Appetite	43
4	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	31
5	Autism Research	30
-	Brain and Behavior	30
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	30
8	Cortex	28
9	Behavioural Brain Research	25
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	25
11	Biological Psychology	24
-	Physiology & Behavior	24
13	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	22
14	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
15	Animal Behaviour	20
-	Neuropsychologia	20
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20
-	Hormones and Behavior	20
19	Human Factors	19
20	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	17
23	Aggressive Behavior	16
-	Animal Cognition	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
27	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
29	Behavioural Processes	14
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
32	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	13
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	13
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	13
35	Behavior Genetics	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	12
38	Behavioral Medicine	11
-	Chemical Senses	11
40	Journal of ECT	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
43	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Ethology	9
45	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
47	Acta Ethologica	7
48	Behaviour	6
-	Journal of Ethology	6
50	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	4