Neurosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

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

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Frontiers in Neurology	10304
2	Frontiers in Neuroscience	6949
3	Brain Sciences	6106
4	Sleep	6044
5	Biological Psychiatry	5063
6	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	4513
7	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	3805
8	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	3367
9	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	3362
10	Brain Stimulation	3210
11	Neuromuscular Disorders	3073
12	Neural Networks	3035
13	Molecular Neurobiology	2959
14	Journal of Neuroscience	2943
15	Neurological Sciences	2843
16	Clinical Neurophysiology	2824
17	Gait & Posture	2726
18	European Neuropsychopharmacology	2699
19	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	2662
20	Neuroimage	2635
21	Journal of Pain	2490
22	Neuroscience	2394
23	Neural Regeneration Research	2393
24	Journal of Physiology-London	2361
25	Brain and Behavior	2354
26	Brain Behavior and Immunity	2044
27	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	2024
28	Molecular Psychiatry	2022
29	Cerebral Cortex	2001
30	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	1915
31	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	1912
32	European Journal of Neurology	1907
33	Brain	1870
34	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	1847
35	Behavioural Brain Research	1820
36	Neurology India	1809
37	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	1790
38	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	1769
39	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	1650
40	Brain Research	1649
41	European Journal of Neuroscience	1605
42	Human Brain Mapping	1585
43	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	1523
44	Neurobiology of Disease	1503
45	Neuroscience Letters	1495
46	Neuron	1489
47	Psychoneuroendocrinology	1487
48	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	1422
49	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	1396
50	Pain	1327

51	Journal of Neural Engineering	1316
52	eNeuro	1303
53	Journal of Neuroinflammation	1302
54	International Journal of Psychophysiology	1289
55	Experimental Neurology	1261
56	Brain Research Bulletin	1260
57	Annals of Neurology	1238
58	Neuropharmacology	1228
59	Journal of Sleep Research	1227
60	Muscle & Nerve	1218
61	Nature Neuroscience	1191
62	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	1190
63	Journal of Neurophysiology	1182
64	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	1181
65	Journal of Neurochemistry	1179
66	Neurochemical Research	1138
67	Acta Neurologica Belgica	1126
68	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1124
69	Nature Human Behaviour	1123
70	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	1085
71	Psychophysiology	1055
72	Neuropsychopharmacology	1047
73	Cortex	1025
74	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	1010
75	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	994
76	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	976
77	npj Parkinsons Disease	966
78	Psychopharmacology	956
79	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	948
80	Experimental Brain Research	934
81	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	933
82	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	893
83	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	863
84	Neuropsychologia	855
85	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	839
86	Journal of Neurotrauma	826
87	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	799
88	Epilepsia Open	798
89	Neurobiology of Aging	775
90	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	765
91	European Journal of Pain	764
92	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	755
93	Current Neuropharmacology	747
94	Neuroscience Bulletin	744
95	Journal of Neuroimmunology	740
96	Hearing Research	737
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	737
98	Glia	734
99	Nature and Science of Sleep	712
100	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	682
101	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	675
102	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	674
103	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	657
104	Neurological Research	638
105	Neurocirugia	627
106	Cognitive Neurodynamics	625
107	Journal of Neural Transmission	623
108	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	613
109	Neurochemistry International	606
110	Cephalalgia	594
111	Brain Injury	586
112	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	581
113	Journal of Comparative Neurology	580
114	Cognitive Computation	579
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	579
116	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	576
117	Neurotoxicology	564
118	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	563
119	Journal of Neuroscience Research	558
120	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	552
121	Journal of Psychopharmacology	546
122	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	531
123	Trends in Neurosciences	517
124	International Journal of Neuroscience	496
125	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	490
126	Neuroscience Research	486
127	Sleep Medicine Reviews	480
128	Neuroreport	474
129	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	461
130	Vision Research	460
131	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	458
132	Bipolar Disorders	452
133	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	446
134	Neuropsychology	439
135	Translational Stroke Research	428
136	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	425
137	Metabolic Brain Disease	417
138	Molecular Neurodegeneration	415
139	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	412
140	Current Opinion in Neurology	399
141	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	398
142	Hippocampus	393
143	Progress in Neurobiology	389
144	Nutritional Neuroscience	386
145	Brain Pathology	382
146	Molecular Brain	381
147	Neurophotonics	378
148	Human Movement Science	375
149	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	373
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	373
151	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	369
152	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	362
153	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	359
154	Journal of Pineal Research	358
155	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	349
156	Acta Neuropathologica	348
157	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	340
158	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	339
159	Clinical Autonomic Research	337
160	Neuroendocrinology	331
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	331
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	331
163	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	330
164	Cognitive Systems Research	329
-	Neurotoxicity Research	329
166	Brain and Language	328
167	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	326
-	Neuropathology	326
169	Neurobiology of Stress	319
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	319
171	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	318
172	Brain and Cognition	312
173	Neurologic Clinics	308
174	Neural Computation	306
175	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	304

176	Neurochemical Journal	303
177	Current Alzheimer Research	301
-	BMC Neuroscience	301
179	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	298
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	298
181	Network Neuroscience	287
182	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	285
183	Brain Topography	284
184	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	283
185	Purinergic Signalling	281
186	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	276
187	npj Science of Learning	275
188	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	268
189	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	262
190	Translational Neurodegeneration	257
191	Journal of Neurovirology	255
192	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	252
-	Molecular Pain	252
194	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	247
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	247
196	Brain Connectivity	246
197	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	241
198	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	231
199	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	229
200	Neuropeptides	225
201	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	221
202	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	219
-	Molecular Autism	219
204	Developmental Neuroscience	213
205	Neuroscientist	212
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	212
207	Journal of Motor Behavior	209
-	Current Neurovascular Research	209
209	Reviews in the Neurosciences	208
210	Genes Brain and Behavior	206
211	Chemical Senses	203
212	Behavioural Pharmacology	202
213	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	200
214	Behavioral Neuroscience	195
215	Folia Neuropathologica	194
216	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	193
217	European Neurology	192
218	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	182
219	Brain Impairment	181
220	Developmental Neurobiology	179
221	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	175
222	Journal of Headache and Pain	163
223	Journal of Neurolinguistics	161
224	Neural Plasticity	160
-	Motor Control	160
226	Neuropsychology Review	156
227	Brain Structure & Function	155
228	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	153
229	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	151
230	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	149
231	Synapse	147
232	Neuropsychobiology	138
233	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	135
234	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	132
235	Neuroimmunomodulation	129
236	Social Neuroscience	128
237	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	125
238	Brain Behavior and Evolution	123
239	Experimental Neurobiology	121
240	Cognitive Neuroscience	108
241	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	107
242	ASN Neuro	104
243	Psychiatric Genetics	99
244	Annual Review of Neuroscience	94
245	Neurodegenerative Diseases	93
246	Annual Review of Vision Science	89
247	Neuroinformatics	85
248	Journal of Neurogenetics	74
249	Journal of Psychophysiology	73
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	73
251	Neuromolecular Medicine	69
252	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	63
253	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	59
254	Neurophysiology	58
255	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	57
256	Visual Neuroscience	46
257	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	24