Behavioral Sciences: 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	67
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
3	Appetite	43
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	37
5	Autism Research	31
6	Brain and Behavior	29
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	29
8	Epilepsy & Behavior	27
9	Behavioural Brain Research	26
-	Cortex	26
11	Biological Psychology	24
-	Physiology & Behavior	24
13	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Neuropsychologia	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
16	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	20
18	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Human Factors	18
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	18
-	Hormones and Behavior	18
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	18
23	Aggressive Behavior	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
26	Animal Cognition	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	15
29	Behavioural Processes	14
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	14
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	14
32	Behavior Genetics	12
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
-	Ethology	12
37	Brain Behavior and Evolution	11
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	11
39	Behavioral Medicine	10
-	Journal of ECT	10
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	10
42	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	9
44	Chemical Senses	8
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
-	Behaviour	8
48	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7
50	Acta Ethologica	6