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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	65
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	59
3	Appetite	37
4	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	31
5	Cortex	30
6	Autism Research	29
-	Behavioural Brain Research	29
8	Brain and Behavior	28
9	Physiology & Behavior	26
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	26
11	Biological Psychology	23
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	23
-	Neuropsychologia	23
14	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
15	Hormones and Behavior	20
-	Animal Behaviour	20
17	Animal Cognition	19
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	19
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	19
-	Human Factors	19
21	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	18
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	18
23	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
25	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	16
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	16
27	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Behavioural Processes	15
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	15
30	Behavioral Neuroscience	13
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	13
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	13
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	13
-	Behavior Genetics	13
-	Chemical Senses	13
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	13
37	Aggressive Behavior	12
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	12
39	Ethology	10
-	Journal of ECT	10
41	Behavioural Pharmacology	9
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Learning & Behavior	9
44	Brain Behavior and Evolution	8
-	Journal of Ethology	8
-	Behavioral Medicine	8
47	Behaviour	6
-	Acta Ethologica	6
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	6
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	6