Behavioral Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	ca. 20.3
2	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	ca. 8.5
3	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	ca. 8.2
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	ca. 4.4
5	Appetite	ca. 4.2
6	Autism Research	ca. 3.9
7	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	ca. 3.7
8	Human Factors	ca. 3.6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 3.6
10	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 3.4
11	Biological Psychology	ca. 3.3
12	Cortex	ca. 3.2
13	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	ca. 3
14	Evolution and Human Behavior	ca. 2.9
-	Behavioural Brain Research	ca. 2.9
16	Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.8
17	Physiology & Behavior	ca. 2.7
18	Hormones and Behavior	ca. 2.6
-	Chemical Senses	ca. 2.6
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	ca. 2.6
21	Neuropsychologia	ca. 2.5
22	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	ca. 2.4
-	Behavior Genetics	ca. 2.4
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	ca. 2.4
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of ECT	ca. 2.4
27	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	ca. 2.3
-	Animal Behaviour	ca. 2.3
-	Aggressive Behavior	ca. 2.3
-	Animal Cognition	ca. 2.3
31	Behavioral Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	ca. 2.2
33	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	ca. 2.1
34	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	ca. 2
35	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	ca. 1.9
-	Learning & Behavior	ca. 1.9
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	ca. 1.9
38	Behavioural Processes	ca. 1.6
39	Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Ethology	ca. 1.5
42	Behavioural Pharmacology	ca. 1.4
43	Ethology	ca. 1.3
-	Acta Ethologica	ca. 1.3
-	Behaviour	ca. 1.3
46	Behavioral Medicine	ca. 1.2
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	ca. 1.2
48	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	ca. 1.1
50	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	ca. 0.9