New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Behavioral Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Trends in Cognitive Sciences18.032
2 Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews16.615
3 Animal Cognition8.036
4 Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience7.067
5 Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences6.835
6 Autism Research6.453
7 Appetite6.273
8 Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience6.136
9 Cortex6.104
10 Human Factors5.678
11 Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress5.413
12 Hormones and Behavior5.031
13 Behavioural Brain Research4.994
14 Biological Psychology4.859
15 Physiology & Behavior4.846
16 Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology4.792
17 Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience4.738
18 Neuropsychologia4.712
19 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior4.417
20 Behavioral Ecology4.235
21 Evolution and Human Behavior4.197
22 Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics4.157
23 Epilepsy & Behavior4.121
24 Neurobiology of Learning and Memory4.071
25 Applied Animal Behaviour Science4.025
26 Brain and Behavior3.943
27 Animal Behaviour3.683
28 Aggressive Behavior3.610
29 Genes Brain and Behavior3.600
30 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology3.520
31 Behavior Genetics3.463
32 Behavioral Neuroscience3.452
33 Chemical Senses3.243
34 Language Cognition and Neuroscience3.173
35 Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research2.970
36 Behavioural Processes2.952
37 Behavioral Medicine2.630
38 Behavioural Pharmacology2.439
39 Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior2.348
40 Brain Behavior and Evolution2.135
41 Acta Ethologica2.134
42 Learning & Behavior2.027
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences2.027
44 Journal of ECT1.638
45 Journal of Ethology1.574
46 Ethology1.523
47 Behaviour1.483
48 Ethology Ecology & Evolution1.472
49 Journal of Comparative Psychology1.380
50 Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition1.007
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