Neurosciences: 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Neuroscience	91
2	Neuron	89
3	Molecular Psychiatry	75
4	Brain	74
5	Neuroimage	68
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	68
7	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	67
8	Nature Human Behaviour	63
9	Neural Networks	62
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	62
11	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	57
12	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	56
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	56
14	Biological Psychiatry	55
15	Frontiers in Neuroscience	54
16	Molecular Neurodegeneration	53
-	Trends in Neurosciences	53
18	Brain Behavior and Immunity	52
19	Frontiers in Neurology	51
20	Neurobiology of Disease	48
-	Brain Sciences	48
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	48
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	48
24	npj Parkinsons Disease	47
25	Journal of Neuroscience	46
26	Neural Regeneration Research	45
-	Annals of Neurology	45
28	Translational Neurodegeneration	44
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	44
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	44
31	Molecular Neurobiology	43
32	Brain Stimulation	42
33	Neuropsychopharmacology	41
-	Acta Neuropathologica	41
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	41
36	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	40
37	Neuropharmacology	39
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	39
39	European Journal of Neurology	38
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	38
41	Current Neuropharmacology	37
42	Pain	36
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	36
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	36
45	Cerebral Cortex	35
-	Journal of Sleep Research	35
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	35
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	35
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	35
-	Journal of Physiology-London	35

51	Progress in Neurobiology	34
-	Experimental Neurology	34
-	Human Brain Mapping	34
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	34
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	34
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
57	European Neuropsychopharmacology	33
-	Glia	33
59	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	32
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	32
-	Sleep	32
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	32
63	Neuroscience Bulletin	31
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	31
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	31
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	31
-	Neurochemistry International	31
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	31
-	Brain Research Bulletin	31
70	Psychoneuroendocrinology	30
-	Neuroscience	30
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	30
-	Neurochemical Research	30
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	30
-	Brain and Behavior	30
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	30
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	30
-	Journal of Pain	30
79	Cognitive Computation	29
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	29
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	29
-	Journal of Pineal Research	29
-	Psychopharmacology	29
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	29
-	Cephalalgia	29
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	29
87	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	28
-	Neurobiology of Stress	28
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	28
-	Brain Research	28
-	Cortex	28
-	Neurological Sciences	28
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	28
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	28
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	28
96	Cognitive Neurodynamics	27
-	Neurobiology of Aging	27
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	27
99	European Journal of Neuroscience	26
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	26
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	26
-	Neurotoxicology	26
103	Nature and Science of Sleep	25
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	25
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	25
-	Behavioural Brain Research	25
-	Neuroscience Letters	25
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	25
-	eNeuro	25
-	European Journal of Pain	25
-	Gait & Posture	25
112	Psychophysiology	24
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	24
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	24
-	Molecular Autism	24
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	24
-	Brain Pathology	24
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	24
119	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	23
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	23
-	Muscle & Nerve	23
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	23
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	23
124	Neuroscience Research	22
-	Molecular Brain	22
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	22
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	22
-	Hearing Research	22
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	22
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	22
-	Brain Structure & Function	22
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	22
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	22
-	Translational Stroke Research	22
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	22
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	22
137	Neurotoxicity Research	21
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	21
-	Neurophotonics	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Neuropsychology Review	21
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	21
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	21
145	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	20
-	Neuropsychologia	20
-	Epilepsia Open	20
-	Network Neuroscience	20
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	20
-	Cognitive Systems Research	20
-	Hippocampus	20
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	20
153	Neuropsychology	19
-	Bipolar Disorders	19
-	Neural Plasticity	19
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	19
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	19
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	19
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	19
160	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	18
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	18
-	Neuroscientist	18
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	18
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	18
-	Neurologic Clinics	18
-	BMC Neuroscience	18
167	npj Science of Learning	17
-	Experimental Brain Research	17
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	17
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	17
-	Neural Computation	17
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	17
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	17
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	17

-	Brain and Language	17
-	Brain Topography	17
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	17
179	Vision Research	16
-	Brain Connectivity	16
-	Purinergic Signalling	16
-	Molecular Pain	16
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
185	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	15
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	15
-	Neuropeptides	15
-	Neuroendocrinology	15
-	Neurology India	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	15
-	Journal of Neurovirology	15
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	15
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	15
-	Neuroinformatics	15
-	Human Movement Science	15
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	15
198	European Neurology	14
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	14
-	Brain Injury	14
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	14
-	Neuropsychobiology	14
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	14
-	ASN Neuro	14
205	Current Alzheimer Research	13
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	13
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	13
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	13
-	Developmental Neuroscience	13
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	13
211	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	12
-	Neurological Research	12
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	12
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	12
-	Neuroreport	12
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
218	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	11
-	Neuropathology	11
-	Developmental Neurobiology	11
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	11
-	Brain and Cognition	11
-	Chemical Senses	11
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	11
-	Experimental Neurobiology	11
226	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	10
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
-	Current Neurovascular Research	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
231	Folia Neuropathologica	9
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	9
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	9
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
-	Social Neuroscience	9
-	Synapse	9
-	Motor Control	9
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	9
-	Brain Impairment	9
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	9
241	Somatosensory and Motor Research	8
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	8
243	Psychiatric Genetics	7
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	7
-	Neurochemical Journal	7
-	Journal of Neurogenetics	7
247	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	6
-	Neurocirugia	6
-	Visual Neuroscience	6
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	6
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	6
252	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	5
253	Neurophysiology	4
-	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	4
255	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	3
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	3
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	3