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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	68
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
3	Appetite	43
4	Autism Research	32
5	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	29
6	Epilepsy & Behavior	27
-	Cortex	27
8	Behavioural Brain Research	26
9	Physiology & Behavior	25
10	Biological Psychology	24
11	Neuropsychologia	23
12	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
14	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	20
16	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Human Factors	18
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	18
-	Hormones and Behavior	18
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	18
21	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	17
22	Aggressive Behavior	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
24	Genes Brain and Behavior	15
-	Animal Cognition	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
28	Behavioural Processes	14
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	14
30	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	13
31	Behavior Genetics	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
-	Ethology	12
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
35	Brain Behavior and Evolution	11
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	11
37	Behavioral Medicine	10
-	Journal of ECT	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
40	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Chemical Senses	9
42	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
-	Behaviour	8
45	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7