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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	18
3	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	11
4	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	9
5	Animal Cognition	8
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	8
-	Appetite	8
-	Autism Research	8
-	Cortex	8
10	Hormones and Behavior	7
-	Human Factors	7
12	Biological Psychology	6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	6
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	6
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	6
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	6
-	Physiology & Behavior	6
-	Behavioral Ecology	6
-	Behavioral Medicine	6
-	Behavioural Brain Research	6
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	6
-	Neuropsychologia	6
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	6
25	Aggressive Behavior	5
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	5
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	5
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	5
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	5
-	Animal Behaviour	5
-	Brain and Behavior	5
-	Chemical Senses	5
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	5
34	Behavioural Pharmacology	4
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	4
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	4
-	Behavior Genetics	4
-	Behavioural Processes	4
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	4
40	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	3
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	3
42	Behaviour	2
-	Ethology	2
-	Journal of Ethology	2
-	Acta Ethologica	2
-	Journal of ECT	2
-	Learning & Behavior	2
48	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	1
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	1