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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	69
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	52
3	Appetite	41
4	Autism Research	32
5	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	29
6	Epilepsy & Behavior	27
-	Cortex	27
8	Behavioural Brain Research	26
9	Physiology & Behavior	25
-	Biological Psychology	25
11	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	21
-	Neuropsychologia	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
16	Human Factors	19
-	Hormones and Behavior	19
18	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	18
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	18
21	Genes Brain and Behavior	16
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	16
23	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	15
-	Aggressive Behavior	15
-	Animal Cognition	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	15
29	Behavioural Processes	14
30	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	13
31	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	12
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	12
-	Ethology	12
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
35	Behavioral Medicine	11
-	Behavior Genetics	11
37	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
-	Journal of ECT	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
40	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Chemical Senses	9
42	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Behaviour	8
44	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7