Behavioral Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
3	Animal Cognition	12
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	9
-	Autism Research	9
7	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	8
-	Appetite	8
9	Hormones and Behavior	7
-	Behavioural Brain Research	7
-	Cortex	7
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	7
13	Biological Psychology	6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	6
-	Neuropsychologia	6
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	6
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	6
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	6
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	6
-	Physiology & Behavior	6
22	Evolution and Human Behavior	5
-	Aggressive Behavior	5
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	5
-	Brain and Behavior	5
-	Chemical Senses	5
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	5
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	5
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	5
-	Animal Behaviour	5
-	Behavioral Ecology	5
32	Behavioral Neuroscience	4
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	4
-	Behavioral Medicine	4
-	Behavior Genetics	4
-	Behavioural Processes	4
37	Brain Behavior and Evolution	3
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	3
-	Learning & Behavior	3
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	3
41	Behaviour	2
-	Ethology	2
-	Journal of ECT	2
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	2
-	Journal of Ethology	2
-	Acta Ethologica	2
47	Journal of Comparative Psychology	1
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	1
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1