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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	69
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
3	Appetite	41
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	36
5	Autism Research	32
6	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	30
7	Brain and Behavior	29
8	Cortex	28
9	Epilepsy & Behavior	27
10	Behavioural Brain Research	26
-	Biological Psychology	26
12	Physiology & Behavior	25
13	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	22
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	22
15	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
17	Human Factors	19
-	Neuropsychologia	19
-	Hormones and Behavior	19
20	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	18
21	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
22	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	16
-	Animal Cognition	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
27	Aggressive Behavior	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	15
31	Behavioural Processes	14
32	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	13
33	Behavior Genetics	12
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
-	Ethology	12
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	12
38	Behavioral Medicine	11
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	11
40	Journal of ECT	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
43	Chemical Senses	9
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Learning & Behavior	9
46	Behaviour	8
47	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7
50	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	6