Neurosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	ca. 17.2
2	Nature Human Behaviour	ca. 15.9
3	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	ca. 13.7
4	Brain	ca. 11.7
5	Journal of Neuroinflammation	ca. 10.1
-	Molecular Psychiatry	ca. 10.1
7	Sleep Medicine Reviews	ca. 9.7
8	Acta Neuropathologica	ca. 9.3
9	Biological Psychiatry	ca. 9
10	Brain Stimulation	ca. 8.4
11	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	ca. 7.9
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	ca. 7.9
13	Annals of Neurology	ca. 7.7
14	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	ca. 7.6
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	ca. 7.6
16	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	ca. 7.5
17	Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 7.1
18	Neurotherapeutics	ca. 6.9
19	Neural Regeneration Research	ca. 6.7
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 6.7
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	ca. 6.7
22	Journal of Pineal Research	ca. 6.3
-	Neural Networks	ca. 6.3
24	Brain Pathology	ca. 6.2
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	ca. 6.2
26	Journal of Psychopharmacology	ca. 5.5
-	Molecular Autism	ca. 5.5
-	Annual Review of Vision Science	ca. 5.5
-	Pain	ca. 5.5
30	Current Neuropharmacology	ca. 5.3
31	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	ca. 5.2
33	Neuropsychology Review	ca. 5
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	ca. 5
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	ca. 5
36	Sleep	ca. 4.9
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 4.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	ca. 4.9
39	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	ca. 4.8
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	ca. 4.8
41	Neuropharmacology	ca. 4.6
-	Cephalalgia	ca. 4.6
43	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	ca. 4.5
-	Neuroimage	ca. 4.5
-	Bipolar Disorders	ca. 4.5
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	ca. 4.5
47	Current Opinion in Neurology	ca. 4.4
-	Journal of Physiology-London	ca. 4.4
49	Translational Stroke Research	ca. 4.3
-	Cognitive Computation	ca. 4.3

51	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	ca. 4.1
52	Journal of Neurochemistry	ca. 4
-	Journal of Pain	ca. 4
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	ca. 4
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	ca. 4
-	Neurochemistry International	ca. 4
57	Journal of Sleep Research	ca. 3.9
-	European Journal of Neurology	ca. 3.9
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	ca. 3.9
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	ca. 3.9
-	Neuroscientist	ca. 3.9
-	Neurotoxicology	ca. 3.9
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	ca. 3.9
64	Journal of Neural Engineering	ca. 3.8
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	ca. 3.8
-	Neurochemical Research	ca. 3.8
-	Neurophotonics	ca. 3.8
68	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	ca. 3.7
69	Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 3.6
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	ca. 3.6
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	ca. 3.6
72	Neurobiology of Aging	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	ca. 3.5
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	ca. 3.5
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	ca. 3.5
76	Clinical Autonomic Research	ca. 3.4
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	ca. 3.4
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	ca. 3.4
-	European Journal of Pain	ca. 3.4
81	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	ca. 3.3
-	Cortex	ca. 3.3
-	Human Brain Mapping	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	ca. 3.3
-	Psychopharmacology	ca. 3.3
86	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	ca. 3.2
88	Muscle & Nerve	ca. 3.1
-	Neuropsychobiology	ca. 3.1
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	ca. 3.1
-	Neuroinformatics	ca. 3.1
92	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	ca. 3
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	ca. 3
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	ca. 3
-	Neuropsychology	ca. 3
-	npj Science of Learning	ca. 3
97	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	ca. 2.9
-	Brain Structure & Function	ca. 2.9
-	Neurologic Clinics	ca. 2.9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 2.9
-	Brain Topography	ca. 2.9
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	ca. 2.9
-	Epilepsia Open	ca. 2.9
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	ca. 2.9
106	Neuroendocrinology	ca. 2.8
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	ca. 2.8
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	ca. 2.8
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	ca. 2.8
-	Psychophysiology	ca. 2.8
-	Frontiers in Neurology	ca. 2.8
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	ca. 2.8
113	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.7
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	ca. 2.7
-	Neuropeptides	ca. 2.7
119	International Journal of Psychophysiology	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	ca. 2.6
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	ca. 2.6
122	Journal of Neuroimmunology	ca. 2.5
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	ca. 2.5
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	ca. 2.5
-	Hearing Research	ca. 2.5
126	Neuroimmunomodulation	ca. 2.4
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 2.4
-	European Neurology	ca. 2.4
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	ca. 2.4
-	Neurological Sciences	ca. 2.4
-	Gait & Posture	ca. 2.4
132	Visual Neuroscience	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	ca. 2.3
-	Behavioural Brain Research	ca. 2.3
-	Developmental Neurobiology	ca. 2.3
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	ca. 2.3
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.3
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	ca. 2.3
-	Brain and Language	ca. 2.3
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	ca. 2.3
142	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	ca. 2.2
143	Acta Neurologica Belgica	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	ca. 2.1
-	Neural Computation	ca. 2.1
148	Journal of Neurogenetics	ca. 2
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	ca. 2
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	ca. 2
-	Developmental Neuroscience	ca. 2
-	Neuropsychologia	ca. 2
153	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Neurovirology	ca. 1.9
-	Chemical Senses	ca. 1.9
-	Current Alzheimer Research	ca. 1.9
-	Human Movement Science	ca. 1.9
158	Brain Behavior and Evolution	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	ca. 1.8
-	Brain Injury	ca. 1.8
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	ca. 1.8
163	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	ca. 1.7
-	Current Neurovascular Research	ca. 1.7
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	ca. 1.7
166	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	ca. 1.6
-	Biological Cybernetics	ca. 1.6
-	Folia Neuropathologica	ca. 1.6
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	ca. 1.6
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	ca. 1.6
171	Social Neuroscience	ca. 1.5
-	Neurological Research	ca. 1.5
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 1.5
174	Brain and Cognition	ca. 1.4
-	Motor Control	ca. 1.4

-	Brain Impairment	ca. 1.4
-	Psychiatric Genetics	ca. 1.4
-	Vision Research	ca. 1.4
179	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	ca. 1.3
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	ca. 1.3
181	Journal of Neurolinguistics	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	ca. 1.2
-	Neuropathology	ca. 1.2
184	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	ca. 1
185	Journal of Psychophysiology	ca. 0.9
186	Neurocirugia	ca. 0.8
187	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	ca. 0.6
-	Neurophysiology	ca. 0.6
189	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	ca. 0.5
190	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	ca. 0.4
191	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	ca. 0.2