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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	66
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	56
3	Appetite	41
4	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	33
5	Brain and Behavior	31
6	Autism Research	29
-	Cortex	29
8	Biological Psychology	26
-	Behavioural Brain Research	26
10	Epilepsy & Behavior	25
11	Physiology & Behavior	24
-	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	24
13	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Animal Behaviour	21
17	Neuropsychologia	20
-	Human Factors	20
19	Hormones and Behavior	19
20	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	18
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	18
22	Behavioral Ecology	17
23	Animal Cognition	16
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	16
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	16
26	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Behavioural Processes	15
29	Aggressive Behavior	14
-	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	14
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	14
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	14
33	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	13
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	13
35	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	12
-	Behavior Genetics	12
-	Chemical Senses	12
38	Behavioral Neuroscience	11
-	Behavioral Medicine	11
40	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
-	Journal of ECT	10
43	Ethology	9
44	Journal of Comparative Psychology	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
47	Acta Ethologica	7
48	Journal of Ethology	6
-	Behaviour	6
50	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	5