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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Neuroscience	88
2	Neuron	86
3	Molecular Psychiatry	75
4	Brain	72
5	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	67
-	Neuroimage	67
7	Journal of Neuroinflammation	66
8	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	63
9	Neural Networks	62
10	Nature Human Behaviour	61
11	Biological Psychiatry	55
12	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	54
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	54
14	Frontiers in Neuroscience	53
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
16	Molecular Neurodegeneration	52
-	Trends in Neurosciences	52
-	Frontiers in Neurology	52
19	Brain Behavior and Immunity	50
20	Alzheimers Research & Therapy	48
-	Brain Sciences	48
22	npj Parkinsons Disease	47
-	Sleep Medicine Reviews	47
24	Neurobiology of Disease	46
25	Annals of Neurology	45
-	Journal of Neuroscience	45
27	Neuropharmacology	44
28	Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation	43
-	Molecular Neurobiology	43
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	43
31	Neural Regeneration Research	42
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	42
33	Brain Stimulation	41
-	Translational Neurodegeneration	41
35	Acta Neuropathologica	40
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	40
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	40
38	Acta Neuropathologica Communications	39
-	European Journal of Neurology	39
40	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	38
-	IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems	38
42	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	36
-	Journal of Physiology-London	36
-	Progress in Neurobiology	36
45	Glia	35
-	Pain	35
-	Neurochemistry International	35
48	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	Cerebral Cortex	34
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	34

-	Current Neuropharmacology	34
-	Experimental Neurology	34
-	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	34
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	34
55	Human Brain Mapping	33
-	Journal of Headache and Pain	33
-	Journal of Neural Engineering	33
-	Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience	33
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	33
60	Journal of Sleep Research	32
61	Journal of Parkinsons Disease	31
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	31
-	Sleep	31
-	Neurochemical Research	31
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	31
-	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology	31
-	Brain Research Bulletin	31
-	Journal of Neurotrauma	31
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	31
-	Fluids and Barriers of the Cns	31
71	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	30
-	Journal of Pineal Research	30
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	30
-	Cognitive Computation	30
-	Psychopharmacology	30
-	Brain and Behavior	30
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	30
-	Neuroscience	30
-	Journal of Pain	30
80	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	29
-	Annual Review of Neuroscience	29
-	Cephalalgia	29
-	Neuroscience Bulletin	29
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	29
85	Journal of Neural Transmission	28
-	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	28
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	28
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	28
-	Cortex	28
-	Neurobiology of Aging	28
-	Neurological Sciences	28
92	Journal of Neurophysiology	27
-	Neurotoxicology	27
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	27
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	27
-	Journal of Neuroimmunology	27
-	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	27
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	27
99	Annual Review of Vision Science	26
-	Brain Research	26
-	Neurobiology of Stress	26
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	26
-	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	26
-	Gait & Posture	26
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	26
-	Molecular Autism	26
107	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	25
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	25
-	Neuroscience Letters	25
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	25
-	Behavioural Brain Research	25
-	Cognitive Neurodynamics	25
-	Metabolic Brain Disease	25
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	25
-	eNeuro	25
-	European Journal of Pain	25
117	Brain Structure & Function	24
-	Molecular Brain	24
-	Psychophysiology	24
120	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	23
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	23
-	Brain Pathology	23
123	Hearing Research	22
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	22
-	Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders	22
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	22
-	Neuroscience Research	22
-	Muscle & Nerve	22
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	22
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	22
131	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	21
-	Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases	21
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	21
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	21
-	Translational Stroke Research	21
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	21
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	21
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	21
-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	21
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	21
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	21
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	21
145	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	20
-	Neuropsychology Review	20
-	Neurophotonics	20
-	Neurotoxicity Research	20
149	Bipolar Disorders	19
-	Epilepsia Open	19
-	Hippocampus	19
-	Neuropsychologia	19
-	Cognitive Systems Research	19
-	Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience	19
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	19
156	Brain Connectivity	18
-	Neuroscientist	18
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	18
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	18
-	Network Neuroscience	18
-	Experimental Brain Research	18
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
-	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	18
-	Neuropsychology	18
-	Neural Plasticity	18
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	18
167	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	17
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	17
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	17
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
-	Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging	17
-	BMC Neuroscience	17
-	Brain and Language	17
-	Brain Topography	17
175	Genes Brain and Behavior	16

-	Acta Neurologica Belgica	16
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	16
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	16
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	16
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	16
-	npj Science of Learning	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Neural Computation	16
-	Neurologic Clinics	16
185	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	15
-	Purinergic Signalling	15
-	Neuroendocrinology	15
-	Human Movement Science	15
-	Neuropeptides	15
-	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	15
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	15
-	Vision Research	15
-	Neuroinformatics	15
195	Neurology India	14
-	ASN Neuro	14
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	14
-	Brain Injury	14
-	Journal of Neurovirology	14
-	Developmental Neurobiology	14
-	European Neurology	14
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	14
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	14
-	Molecular Pain	14
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	14
206	Neuropsychobiology	13
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	13
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	13
-	Current Alzheimer Research	13
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	13
-	Current Neurovascular Research	13
212	International Journal of Neuroscience	12
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	12
-	Neuroreport	12
-	Neurological Research	12
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	12
-	Developmental Neuroscience	12
218	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	11
-	JARO-Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology	11
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	11
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	11
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	11
223	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Brain and Cognition	10
-	Chemical Senses	10
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	10
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	10
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	10
-	Neuropathology	10
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	10
-	Experimental Neurobiology	10
233	Journal of Motor Behavior	9
-	Social Neuroscience	9
-	Synapse	9
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	9
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	9
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	9
-	Motor Control	9
240	Folia Neuropathologica	8
-	Brain Impairment	8
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	8
243	Cognitive Neuroscience	7
-	Biological Cybernetics	7
-	Journal of Neurogenetics	7
-	Psychiatric Genetics	7
-	Neurochemical Journal	7
248	Neurocirugia	6
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	6
-	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	6
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	6
252	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	5
-	Visual Neuroscience	5
254	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	4
-	Neurological Sciences and Neurophysiology	4
-	Neurophysiology	4
257	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	3
258	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	2