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

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	Frontiers in Neurology	10350
2	Frontiers in Neuroscience	7198
3	Brain Sciences	6182
4	Sleep	5990
5	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	5636
6	Biological Psychiatry	5062
7	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	4505
8	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	3935
9	Brain Stimulation	3672
10	European Neuropsychopharmacology	3510
11	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	3345
12	Journal of Neuroscience	2940
13	Gait & Posture	2889
14	Neural Networks	2886
15	Neurological Sciences	2868
16	Neuroimage	2829
17	Clinical Neurophysiology	2821
18	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	2748
19	Neuromuscular Disorders	2730
20	Molecular Neurobiology	2706
21	Journal of Pain	2472
22	Neural Regeneration Research	2327
23	Neuroscience	2290
24	Journal of Physiology-London	2289
25	Brain and Behavior	2215
26	Brain Behavior and Immunity	2198
27	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	2070
28	Cerebral Cortex	2046
29	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	1985
30	Molecular Psychiatry	1964
31	Neurology India	1927
32	International Journal of Psychophysiology	1919
33	European Journal of Neurology	1904
34	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	1873
35	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	1872
36	Brain	1863
37	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	1789
38	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	1787
39	Behavioural Brain Research	1782
40	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	1659
41	Brain Research	1609
42	Human Brain Mapping	1601
43	European Journal of Neuroscience	1599
44	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	1544
45	Neuroscience Letters	1539
46	Neuron	1510
47	Psychoneuroendocrinology	1497
48	Neurobiology of Disease	1445
49	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	1379
50	Journal of Neural Engineering	1336

51	eNeuro	1308
52	Pain	1286
53	Journal of Neuroinflammation	1267
54	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	1247
55	Journal of Sleep Research	1221
56	Annals of Neurology	1217
57	Brain Research Bulletin	1205
58	Muscle & Nerve	1204
59	Experimental Neurology	1199
60	Journal of Neurophysiology	1198
61	Neuropharmacology	1173
62	Journal of Neurochemistry	1153
63	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	1148
64	Nature Neuroscience	1131
65	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	1118
66	Nature Human Behaviour	1107
67	Neurochemical Research	1102
68	Acta Neurologica Belgica	1085
69	Neuropsychopharmacology	1062
70	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	1058
71	Cortex	1046
72	Psychophysiology	1042
73	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1008
74	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	988
75	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	972
76	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	953
77	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	952
78	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	942
79	Experimental Brain Research	931
80	Psychopharmacology	919
81	npj Parkinsons Disease	891
82	Neuropsychologia	865
83	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	846
84	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	825
85	Journal of Neurotrauma	819
86	Neurobiology of Aging	816
87	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	789
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	789
89	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	787
90	Epilepsia Open	774
91	Current Neuropharmacology	739
92	European Journal of Pain	736
93	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	735
94	Glia	731
95	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	730
96	Neuroscience Bulletin	726
97	Journal of Neuroimmunology	724
98	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	701
99	Nature and Science of Sleep	699
100	Hearing Research	681
101	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	675
102	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	662
103	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	653
104	Neurochemistry International	622
105	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	616
106	Cognitive Neurodynamics	606
107	Journal of Comparative Neurology	600
108	Journal of Neural Transmission	599
109	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	594
110	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	589
111	Neurological Research	588
112	Journal of Neuroscience Research	583
113	Neurocirugia	581
114	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	574
115	Brain Injury	570
116	Cognitive Computation	568
117	Cephalalgia	565
118	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	553
119	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	540
120	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	533
121	Neurotoxicology	530
122	Trends in Neurosciences	517
123	Journal of Psychopharmacology	514
124	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	511
125	International Journal of Neuroscience	498
126	Sleep Medicine Reviews	497
127	Neuroscience Research	492
128	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	491
129	Bipolar Disorders	488
130	Neuroreport	484
131	Vision Research	482
132	Metabolic Brain Disease	454
133	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	448
134	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	442
135	Translational Stroke Research	436
136	Neuropsychology	431
137	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	423
138	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	422
139	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	412
140	Current Opinion in Neurology	411
141	Human Movement Science	405
142	Progress in Neurobiology	402
143	Molecular Neurodegeneration	401
144	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	400
145	Hippocampus	393
146	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	392
147	Brain Pathology	388
148	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	385
149	Molecular Brain	381
-	Neurobiology of Stress	381
151	Acta Neuropathologica	377
152	Nutritional Neuroscience	376
153	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	374
154	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	363
155	Neurophotonics	360
156	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	359
157	Journal of Pineal Research	355
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	355
159	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	349
160	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	344
161	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	340
162	Neurotoxicity Research	339
163	Neuroendocrinology	337
164	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	334
165	Cognitive Systems Research	332
166	Neuropathology	331
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	331
168	Brain and Language	330
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	330
-	Neurologic Clinics	330
171	Brain and Cognition	329
172	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	326
173	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	325
174	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	323
175	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	317

176	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	315
177	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	314
178	Current Alzheimer Research	310
179	BMC Neuroscience	309
180	Neural Computation	306
181	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	301
182	Neurochemical Journal	296
183	Purinergic Signalling	293
184	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	280
185	Network Neuroscience	276
186	Brain Topography	275
187	Brain Connectivity	268
188	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	262
189	Journal of Neurovirology	260
190	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	257
191	npj Science of Learning	255
192	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	250
193	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	249
194	Translational Neurodegeneration	247
195	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	245
196	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	242
-	Current Neurovascular Research	242
198	Neuropeptides	239
199	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	238
200	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	236
201	Molecular Pain	234
202	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	225
203	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	223
204	Developmental Neuroscience	217
205	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	215
206	Journal of Motor Behavior	214
-	Molecular Autism	214
208	Neuroscientist	213
209	Genes Brain and Behavior	211
210	Journal of Headache and Pain	208
211	Reviews in the Neurosciences	206
212	Behavioral Neuroscience	205
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	205
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	205
215	Brain Structure & Function	204
216	European Neurology	191
217	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	188
218	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	186
219	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	183
220	Brain Impairment	182
221	Folia Neuropathologica	180
222	Chemical Senses	178
-	Neural Plasticity	178
224	Developmental Neurobiology	177
225	Motor Control	162
226	Journal of Neurolinguistics	161
227	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	158
228	Neuropsychology Review	154
229	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	153
230	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	152
231	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	144
-	Synapse	144
233	Neuropsychobiology	134
234	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	132
235	Neuroimmunomodulation	128
-	Social Neuroscience	128
237	Brain Behavior and Evolution	127
238	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	125
239	Experimental Neurobiology	123
240	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	113
241	Psychiatric Genetics	99
-	Neuroinformatics	99
243	ASN Neuro	96
244	Annual Review of Neuroscience	93
245	Annual Review of Vision Science	89
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	89
247	Cognitive Neuroscience	83
248	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	82
249	Neurodegenerative Diseases	80
250	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	78
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	78
252	Journal of Psychophysiology	72
253	Journal of Neurogenetics	70
254	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	59
255	Neurophysiology	49
256	Visual Neuroscience	39
257	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	36
258	Biological Cybernetics	20