Neurosciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Neuroscience	49
2	Nature Neuroscience	38
3	Acta Neuropathologica	36
4	Neuron	33
5	Journal of Headache and Pain	29
6	Nature Reviews Neuroscience	23
-	Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews	23
8	Trends in Neurosciences	22
9	Sleep Medicine Reviews	21
10	Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology	20
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	20
-	Brain	20
13	Molecular Psychiatry	19
-	Trends in Cognitive Sciences	19
15	Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports	18
16	Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology	17
17	Current Opinion in Neurobiology	16
-	Neuropsychology Review	16
-	Neuromolecular Medicine	16
20	Neuroimage	15
21	Metabolic Brain Disease	14
-	Neurobiology of Disease	14
-	Progress in Neurobiology	14
24	Neural Networks	13
-	Annals of Neurology	13
-	Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience	13
27	Journal of Pineal Research	12
-	Neuroinformatics	12
-	Brain Behavior and Immunity	12
-	Neural Regeneration Research	12
-	Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience	12
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	12
-	Glia	12
34	Neurobiology of Aging	11
-	Current Neuropharmacology	11
-	Journal of Neuroscience	11
-	Current Opinion in Neurology	11
-	Experimental Neurology	11
-	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience	11
-	Neurotoxicity Research	11
41	Neurochemistry International	10
-	Frontiers in Neuroscience	10
-	Human Brain Mapping	10
-	Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism	10
-	Reviews in the Neurosciences	10
-	Molecular Neurobiology	10
-	Cephalalgia	10
-	Neuropharmacology	10
-	Frontiers in Neurorobotics	10
-	Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience	10

-	Journal of Molecular Neuroscience	10
52	Journal of Neurotrauma	9
-	Cerebral Cortex	9
-	European Journal of Neurology	9
-	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience	9
-	Frontiers in Neural Circuits	9
-	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	9
-	Neurotoxicology	9
-	Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience	9
-	Neurochemical Research	9
-	Frontiers in Neuroanatomy	9
-	Frontiers in Neuroinformatics	9
-	Pain	9
64	Journal of Psychopharmacology	8
-	BMC Neuroscience	8
-	Journal of Sleep Research	8
-	Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience	8
-	Brain Research Bulletin	8
-	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience	8
-	Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience	8
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	8
-	Journal of Neurochemistry	8
-	Brain Topography	8
-	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	8
-	Neuroscience Bulletin	8
-	Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy	8
77	Behavioural Brain Research	7
-	Brain Pathology	7
-	Multiple Sclerosis Journal	7
-	Nature and Science of Sleep	7
-	Neuropeptides	7
-	Frontiers in Neurology	7
-	Hearing Research	7
-	Nutritional Neuroscience	7
-	Psychopharmacology	7
-	Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	7
-	Journal of Integrative Neuroscience	7
-	Journal of Neuroscience Research	7
-	Journal of Physiology-London	7
-	Brain Research	7
-	Cortex	7
-	Journal of Alzheimers Disease	7
-	Psychophysiology	7
-	Journal of Neural Transmission	7
96	Journal of Neuroimmunology	6
-	Journal of Neuroscience Methods	6
-	Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience	6
-	Neurogastroenterology and Motility	6
-	European Journal of Pain	6
-	Neuropsychobiology	6
-	Neuroscience Letters	6
-	Neuroscientist	6
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6
-	Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress	6
-	Journal of Neuroendocrinology	6
-	Journal of Neurophysiology	6
-	Autonomic Neuroscience-Basic & Clinical	6
-	Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases	6
-	Cognitive Systems Research	6
-	Neurologic Clinics	6
-	Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology	6
-	Neuropsychologia	6
-	Neuroscience	6
-	Neuroscience Research	6
-	Hippocampus	6
-	Seizure-European Journal of Epilepsy	6
118	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Brain and Cognition	5
-	Chemical Senses	5
-	Neurobiology of Learning and Memory	5
-	Experimental Neurobiology	5
-	Neurophysiologie Clinique-Clinical Neurophysiology	5
-	Genes Brain and Behavior	5
-	Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences	5
-	Purinergic Signalling	5
-	Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology	5
-	Journal of Neurovirology	5
-	Brain and Language	5
-	Clinical Autonomic Research	5
-	Neural Computation	5
-	Neuroendocrinology	5
-	European Journal of Neuroscience	5
-	Experimental Brain Research	5
-	Human Movement Science	5
-	Psychoneuroendocrinology	5
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	5
-	Somatosensory and Motor Research	5
139	Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology	4
-	Acta Neuropsychiatrica	4
-	Clinical Eeg and Neuroscience	4
-	Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience	4
-	Current Alzheimer Research	4
-	Developmental Neuroscience	4
-	Neurological Sciences	4
-	Neuroreport	4
-	Vision Research	4
-	Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis	4
-	Journal of Neurolinguistics	4
-	Behavioral Neuroscience	4
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	4
-	Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System	4
-	Brain Injury	4
-	Motor Control	4
-	Muscle & Nerve	4
-	Neuroimmunomodulation	4
-	European Neurology	4
-	Neuropsychology	4
-	International Journal of Neuroscience	4
-	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience	4
-	Journal of Computational Neuroscience	4
-	Visual Neuroscience	4
163	Journal of Neurogenetics	3
-	Audiology and Neuro-Otology	3
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	3
-	Brain Impairment	3
-	Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation	3
-	Neurodegenerative Diseases	3
-	Neuroimaging Clinics of North America	3
-	Folia Neuropathologica	3
-	Neuropathology	3
-	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation	3
-	Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology	3
-	Bipolar Disorders	3
-	Current Neurovascular Research	3

-	Neurological Research	3
-	Neurotoxicology and Teratology	3
-	International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience	3
-	Psychiatric Genetics	3
-	Sleep and Biological Rhythms	3
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	3
-	Synapse	3
183	Acta Neurologica Belgica	2
-	Journal of Pain	2
-	International Journal of Psychophysiology	2
-	Journal of Motor Behavior	2
-	Journal of Psychophysiology	2
-	Encephale-Revue de Psychiatrie Clinique Biologique et Therapeutique	2
-	Gait & Posture	2
190	Behavioral and Brain Sciences	1
-	Journal of the History of the Neurosciences	1
-	Neurology India	1
-	Ideggyogyaszati Szemle-Clinical Neuroscience	1
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	1
-	Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni i P Pavlova	1
-	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria	1
-	Clinical Neurophysiology	1
-	Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience	1
199	Biological Psychiatry	0
-	Journal of the Neurological Sciences	0
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	0
-	Neuromuscular Disorders	0
-	Sleep	0
-	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society	0
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	0
-	Neurocirugia	0
-	Neurophysiology	0