Neurosciences: 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Neuroscience	44
2	Nature Neuroscience	36
3	Neuron	35
4	Molecular Neurodegeneration	33
5	Translational Neurodegeneration	31
6	Acta Neuropathologica	29
7	Journal of Headache and Pain	27
8	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	24
-	Journal of Neuroinflammation	24
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	24
11	Brain	22
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	22
-	Trends in Neurosciences	22
-	Nature Human Behaviour	22
15	Sleep Medicine Reviews	21
16	Molecular Psychiatry	20
17	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
18	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	18
19	Annual Review of Vision Science	17
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	17
21	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	16
-	Neuroimage	16
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	16
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	16
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	16
26	Progress in Neurobiology	15
-	npj Parkinsons Disease	15
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	15
29	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	14
-	Brain Structure & Function	14
-	Neuropsychology Review	14
-	Molecular Autism	14
33	Neurobiology of Disease	13
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	13
-	Annals of Neurology	13
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	13
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	13
38	Neuropsychopharmacology	12
-	Journal of Pineal Research	12
-	Current Neuropharmacology	12
-	Neural Networks	12
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	12
-	Neural Plasticity	12
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	12
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	12
-	Glia	12
47	Neurotoxicity Research	11
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	11
-	Journal of Neuroscience	11
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	11

-	Neural Regeneration Research	11
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	11
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	11
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	11
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	11
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	11
-	Neurobiology of Aging	11
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	11
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	11
61	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	10
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	10
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	10
-	Cognitive Computation	10
-	Experimental Neurology	10
-	Neurobiology of Stress	10
-	Neurochemical Research	10
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	10
-	Human Brain Mapping	10
-	Neuropharmacology	10
-	Neurotoxicology	10
-	ASN Neuro	10
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	10
-	Cephalalgia	10
-	Neurochemistry International	10
-	Neuroinformatics	10
77	Cerebral Cortex	9
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	9
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	9
-	Network Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	9
-	Translational Stroke Research	9
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	9
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	9
-	Molecular Neurobiology	9
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	9
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	9
90	Neuroscience Bulletin	8
-	Pain	8
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	8
-	Brain Sciences	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	8
-	Molecular Brain	8
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	8
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	8
-	Psychopharmacology	8
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	8
-	Cortex	8
-	European Journal of Neurology	8
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	8
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	8
105	Neurophotonics	7
-	npj Science of Learning	7
-	Psychophysiology	7
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	7
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	7
-	Behavioural Brain Research	7
-	Journal of Sleep Research	7
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	7
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	7
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	7
-	Frontiers in Neurology	7
-	Hearing Research	7
-	Neuropsychobiology	7
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	7
-	BMC Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	7
-	Brain Pathology	7
-	Brain Research Bulletin	7
-	Brain Topography	7
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	7
-	Molecular Pain	7
-	eNeuro	7
-	European Journal of Pain	7
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	7
130	Neuropsychologia	6
-	Neuroscience	6
-	Neuroscience Research	6
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	6
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	6
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	6
-	Neuropeptides	6
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	6
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	6
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	6
-	Brain Connectivity	6
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	6
-	Brain Research	6
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	6
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	6
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	6
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	6
-	Neuroscience Letters	6
-	Neuroscientist	6
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6
-	Purinergic Signalling	6
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	6
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	6
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	6
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	6
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	6
-	Journal of Physiology-London	6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	6
-	Experimental Neurobiology	6
-	Neurologic Clinics	6
160	Neuropsychology	5
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	5
-	Journal of Neurovirology	5
-	Chemical Senses	5
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	5
-	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	5
-	Current Alzheimer Research	5
-	Epilepsia Open	5
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	5
-	Experimental Brain Research	5
-	Neuroendocrinology	5
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	5
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Social Neuroscience	5
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	5
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	5

-	Brain and Behavior	5
-	Brain and Language	5
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	5
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	5
-	Cognitive Systems Research	5
-	Neural Computation	5
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	5
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	5
-	Neurological Sciences	5
-	Hippocampus	5
-	Human Movement Science	5
188	Psychiatric Genetics	4
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	4
-	Vision Research	4
-	Brain and Cognition	4
-	Brain Injury	4
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	4
-	European Neurology	4
-	Folia Neuropathologica	4
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	4
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	4
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	4
-	Neuroreport	4
-	Visual Neuroscience	4
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	4
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	4
-	Current Neurovascular Research	4
-	Motor Control	4
-	Muscle & Nerve	4
-	Developmental Neuroscience	4
207	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	3
-	Neuropathology	3
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	3
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	3
-	Bipolar Disorders	3
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	3
-	Developmental Neurobiology	3
-	Neurological Research	3
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	3
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	3
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	3
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	3
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	3
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	3
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	3
-	Journal of Neurogenetics	3
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	3
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	3
-	Gait & Posture	3
226	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	2
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	2
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	2
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	2
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	2
-	Synapse	2
-	Brain Impairment	2
-	Journal of Pain	2
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	2
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	2
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	2
237	Neurophysiology	1
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	1
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1
-	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	1
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	1
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	1
-	Neurology India	1
-	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	1
-	Brain Stimulation	1
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	1
-	Neurochemical Journal	1
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	1
249	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	0
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	0
-	Biological Psychiatry	0
-	Neurocirugia	0
-	Sleep	0
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	0
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	0
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	0
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	0