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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	67
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	53
3	Appetite	40
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	31
-	Autism Research	31
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	31
7	Brain and Behavior	30
8	Cortex	28
9	Biological Psychology	26
-	Physiology & Behavior	26
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	26
12	Behavioural Brain Research	25
13	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	21
-	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
16	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20
17	Hormones and Behavior	19
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	19
-	Neuropsychologia	19
20	Human Factors	18
21	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
22	Animal Cognition	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	16
27	Aggressive Behavior	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	15
-	Behavioural Processes	15
31	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	14
33	Ethology	12
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	12
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
36	Behavioral Neuroscience	11
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	11
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	11
-	Behavioral Medicine	11
-	Behavior Genetics	11
-	Journal of ECT	11
42	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Chemical Senses	10
44	Learning & Behavior	9
45	Behaviour	8
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	8
48	Journal of Ethology	7
-	Acta Ethologica	7
50	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	6