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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	66
2	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	52
3	Appetite	42
4	Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences	38
5	Autism Research	30
6	Brain and Behavior	28
-	Epilepsy & Behavior	28
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	28
9	Behavioural Brain Research	26
-	Cortex	26
11	Physiology & Behavior	23
-	Biological Psychology	23
13	Neuropsychologia	21
-	Animal Behaviour	21
15	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	20
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	20
17	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	19
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	19
19	Human Factors	18
20	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	17
-	Hormones and Behavior	17
23	Aggressive Behavior	16
24	Animal Cognition	15
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	15
-	Evolution and Human Behavior	15
27	Genes Brain and Behavior	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	14
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	14
-	Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics	14
32	Behavioural Processes	13
33	Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research	12
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	12
-	Behavior Genetics	12
36	Ethology	11
37	Journal of ECT	10
-	Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior	10
-	Language Cognition and Neuroscience	10
40	Behavioral Medicine	9
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	9
-	Behaviour	9
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	9
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	9
45	Chemical Senses	8
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	8
47	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	7
-	Learning & Behavior	7
49	Acta Ethologica	6
-	Journal of Ethology	6