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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Neuroscience	93
2	Neuron	89
3	Brain Behavior and Immunity	84
4	Brain	75
5	Nature Human Behaviour	70
-	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	70
7	Neuroimage	69
8	Molecular Psychiatry	64
9	Frontiers in Neuroscience	62
10	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	61
11	Journal of Neuroinflammation	59
12	Trends in Neurosciences	57
-	Neural Networks	57
-	Frontiers in Neurology	57
15	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	56
16	Annals of Neurology	55
17	Biological Psychiatry	54
18	Journal of Neuroscience	49
19	Acta Neuropathologica	48
20	European Journal of Neurology	47
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	47
-	Molecular Neurodegeneration	47
-	Neurobiology of Disease	47
24	Sleep Medicine Reviews	46
-	Molecular Neurobiology	46
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	46
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	46
-	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	46
-	Brain Sciences	46
30	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	45
-	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	45
-	Human Brain Mapping	45
33	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	44
34	Pain	43
35	Neuropharmacology	42
-	Brain Stimulation	42
-	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	42
38	Neurological Sciences	41
39	Experimental Neurology	40
40	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	39
-	Journal of Physiology-London	39
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	39
-	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	39
44	Journal of Headache and Pain	37
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	37
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	37
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	37
48	Annual Review of Neuroscience	36
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	36
50	Sleep	35

-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	35
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	35
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	35
-	Cerebral Cortex	35
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	35
-	Neuroscience	35
-	Progress in Neurobiology	35
58	Glia	34
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	34
-	Neurobiology of Aging	34
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	34
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	34
63	npj Parkinsons Disease	33
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	33
-	Cortex	33
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	33
-	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	33
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	33
-	Neural Regeneration Research	33
70	Brain and Behavior	32
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	32
-	Journal of Pineal Research	32
-	Cognitive Computation	32
74	Brain Research Bulletin	31
-	Cephalalgia	31
-	Neurochemistry International	31
-	Journal of Sleep Research	31
78	Neuroscience Letters	30
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	30
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	30
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	30
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	30
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	30
-	Current Neuropharmacology	30
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	30
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	30
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	30
88	Psychopharmacology	29
-	Behavioural Brain Research	29
-	Brain Pathology	29
-	Muscle & Nerve	29
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	29
-	Neurochemical Research	29
94	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	28
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	28
-	Molecular Autism	28
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	28
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	28
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	28
-	Neurobiology of Stress	28
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	28
102	Translational Stroke Research	27
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	27
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	27
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	27
106	Neurotoxicology	26
-	eNeuro	26
-	European Journal of Pain	26
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	26
-	Neuroscience Bulletin	26
-	Brain Research	26
-	Molecular Brain	26
113	Journal of Pain	25
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	25
-	Psychophysiology	25
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	25
-	Brain Structure & Function	25
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	25
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	25
120	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	24
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	24
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	24
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	24
-	Hearing Research	24
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	24
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	24
-	Journal of Neurovirology	24
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	24
129	Neuroscientist	23
-	Gait & Posture	23
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	23
-	Neural Plasticity	23
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	23
-	Bipolar Disorders	23
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	23
136	Neuropsychology Review	22
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	22
-	Neuropsychologia	22
-	Neurotoxicity Research	22
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	22
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	22
142	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	21
-	Chemical Senses	21
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	21
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	21
-	Neuroscience Research	21
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	21
150	Reviews in the Neurosciences	20
-	Hippocampus	20
-	Cognitive Systems Research	20
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	20
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	20
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	20
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	20
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	20
-	Cerebellum	20
-	Experimental Brain Research	20
160	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	19
-	Neural Computation	19
162	Nutritional Neuroscience	18
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	18
-	Neuroinformatics	18
-	Neurophotonics	18
-	Neuropsychology	18
-	Neurologic Clinics	18
-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	18
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	18
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	18
-	Epilepsia Open	18
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	18
173	Human Movement Science	17
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	17

-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	17
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	17
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	17
-	Developmental Neurobiology	17
-	Network Neuroscience	17
-	Neuroendocrinology	17
182	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	16
-	Purinergic Signalling	16
-	Brain Topography	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	16
-	npj Science of Learning	16
-	Vision Research	16
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	16
-	Brain Connectivity	16
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	16
192	Neuromolecular Medicine	15
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	15
-	BMC Neuroscience	15
-	Brain and Language	15
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	15
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	15
-	Current Neurovascular Research	15
-	Neuropeptides	15
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	15
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	15
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	15
-	Brain and Cognition	15
-	Brain Injury	15
-	Current Alzheimer Research	15
206	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	14
-	Neuroreport	14
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	14
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	14
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	14
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	14
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	14
-	Neurological Research	14
214	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	13
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	13
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	13
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	13
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	13
219	Neuropsychobiology	12
-	Journal of Neurogenetics	12
-	Experimental Neurobiology	12
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	12
-	ASN Neuro	12
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	12
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	12
226	Neurology India	11
-	Molecular Pain	11
-	Developmental Neuroscience	11
-	Neuropathology	11
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	11
-	Cognitive Neuroscience	11
232	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	10
-	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	10
-	European Neurology	10
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	10
236	Social Neuroscience	9
-	Biological Cybernetics	9
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
239	Synapse	8
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	8
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	8
-	Folia Neuropathologica	8
243	Motor Control	7
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	7
-	Psychiatric Genetics	7
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	7
-	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	7
248	Brain Impairment	6
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	6
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	6
251	Visual Neuroscience	5
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	5
-	Neurochemical Journal	5
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	5
-	Chemosensory Perception	5
-	Neurocirugia	5
257	Neurophysiology	4
-	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	4
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	4
260	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	3